HB 5164

General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 5164
   February Session, 2026
 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS IN THE TOBACCO
 SETTLEMENT FUND.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4-28e of the general statutes is
2    repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
3    2026):
4      (c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, until June
5   30, 2025, annual disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall
6   be made as follows: (1) To the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an
7   amount equal to twelve million dollars; and (2) the remainder to the
8   General Fund. [; except that for] For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2025]
9   2026, [the] such annual [disbursement from the Tobacco Settlement
10   Fund] disbursements shall be made to the General Fund. Commencing
11   with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, annual disbursements from
12   said fund shall be made as follows: (A) To the Tobacco and Health Trust
13   Fund in an amount equal to thirty-two million dollars; and (B) the
14   remainder to the General Fund.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1    July 1, 2026  4-28e(c)
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