SB 1522 Connecticut Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RENAMING THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT THE DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT AND INCREASING FUNDING FOR SAID ACCOUNT.

SB 1522 renames Connecticut's "Community Investment Account" to the "Donald E. Williams, Jr. Community Investment Account" and increases its funding. The bill directs $45 from each $50 document recording fee collected by town clerks (after retaining $2) to the account, effective July 2025. Funds are distributed as follows: 12% to agricultural sustainability, 25% each to the Departments of Economic Development (for historic preservation), Housing (affordable housing), Environmental Protection (open space grants), and Agriculture (for farm programs, food sales, and farmland preservation). This policy change directly affects municipalities (through fee collection) and state agencies (through funding allocations for specific programs).
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025
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Raised Bill GAE Joint Favorable Substitute · 11 edits
MAJOR
This bill was converted from a 'Raised Bill' to a 'Substitute Bill' with significant increases in funding allocations for various state programs, including historic preservation, agriculture, and housing. The changes also adjust recording fees for town clerks and modify how certain mortgage recording fees are distributed.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on land recording fees and fund distribution, but the specific amounts and allocations have been substantially increased.
FISCAL

Increased the fee amount deposited into the agriculture sustainability account from ten dollars to twelve dollars per fee.

Raised the annual allocation for historic preservation activities from three hundred eighty thousand dollars to four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.

Increased agricultural viability grant funding from five hundred thousand to six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars annually.

Raised farm transition program funding from five hundred thousand to six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars annually.

Increased Connecticut farm link program funding from seventy-five thousand to ninety-three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually.

Raised Seafood Advisory Council funding from forty-seven thousand five hundred to fifty-nine thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars annually.

Increased Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council funding from forty-seven thousand five hundred to fifty-nine thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars annually.

Raised Connecticut Food Policy Council funding from twenty-five thousand to thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars annually.

Adjusted the amount town clerks remit to the State Treasurer from thirty-six to forty-five dollars per month.

Added new allocation for mortgage recording fees by nominees of mortgagees for assignments and releases of mortgages.

ELIGIBILITY

Increased the fee town clerks receive for recording documents from forty to fifty dollars.

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Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections
upper
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