2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds
Section 4-33 - Deposit of public money and trust funds.
(a) Any person, with the approval of the Treasurer and the Comptroller, may deposit any funds or moneys in such person's hands belonging to the state or held by such person as a custodian or trustee or in an official capacity, in any qualified public depository, as defined in section 36a-330, or any bank authorized pursuant to section 3-24, provided such deposit shall only be made in such person's name as an official of the state, custodian or trustee or in the name of the state. In no case shall the deposit by such person in any one such qualified public depository or bank exceed in the aggregate at any one time seventy-five per cent of the total capital of such depository or bank, as determined in accordance with applicable federal regulations and regulations adopted by the Banking Commissioner under section 36a-332, provided: (1) Any such qualified public depository or bank is required to disclose such information relating to public deposits as the Banking Commissioner may require by regulations which the Banking Commissioner shall adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, disclosure of the most current quarterly statement of condition and statement of income; and (2) whatever interest or other pecuniary consideration such depository or bank allows for or upon such deposit or payment shall belong to and accrue to the benefit of the state.
(b) On or before September first of each year, each person who deposits funds or moneys in an account under subsection (a) of this section shall submit to the Treasurer and the Comptroller, on a form provided by the Treasurer, a list of all such accounts, as of the preceding June thirtieth.
(c) If the laws of this state have, in all other respects, been complied with, any person acting on behalf of, or as custodian or trustee for, the state, who deposits public funds in any depository, shall, because of failure, insolvency, receivership, forced closing or restricted operation of such depository, or a bank and credit union holiday or banking emergency proclaimed under the provisions of the laws of the United States or of this state, be relieved of personal responsibility for public funds so deposited and the surety or sureties upon the bond of such person shall be likewise relieved to the same extent as such person. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to relieve any such person or such person's surety or sureties from the obligation to account for the whole or such part of public funds so deposited as and when the same may be obtained by such person from such depository.
(1949 Rev., S. 832; 1955, S. 370d; 1957, P.A. 240; 1967, P.A. 517, S. 12; P.A. 73-609, S. 1, 4; P.A. 75-256, S. 1, 5; P.A. 78-121, S. 3, 113; 78-236, S. 7, 20; P.A. 80-183, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-193, S. 13, 16; P.A. 83-140, S. 2; 83-438, S. 1, 8; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 89-73, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-245, S. 9; P.A. 94-7, S. 2; 94-190, S. 4; P.A. 95-282, S. 1, 11; P.A. 96-244, S. 38, 63; P.A. 00-6, S. 2; P.A. 03-84, S. 5.)
History: 1967 act changed bank deposit limit from 50% to 75% of bank's total funds; P.A. 73-609 changed building and loan association deposit limit to $75,000 and added provision concerning public officials acting as fiduciary; P.A. 75-256 deleted provision limiting investments in mutual saving banks as subject to provisions of Sec. 36-104 and changed building and loan association deposit limit to $100,000; P.A. 78-121 removed references to share accounts and to building or savings and loan associations, referring instead to accounts generally and savings and loan associations; P.A. 78-236 required approval of treasurer; P.A. 80-183 included federal savings and loan associations under provisions of section and required investments exceeding amount insured by Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation to be fully collateralized; P.A. 81-193 replaced references to a mutual savings bank, national or state bank and trust company, savings and loan association or federal savings and loan association with “any qualified public depository, as defined in Sec. 36-382” and deleted the limitation of $100,000 on deposits except for a deposit in a savings bank; P.A. 83-140 required the state comptroller to approve the deposit by a public official of the state of any funds or moneys belonging to the state; P.A. 83-438 eliminated the $100,000 maximum on public funds which may be deposited in a savings bank, added disclosure requirements for all qualified public depositories accepting public deposits and precluded any depository whose ratio of net worth to assets falls below 3% from accepting additional public deposits; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9, “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 89-73 revised Subsec. and Subdiv. designations and added Subsec. (b) requiring each public official who deposits funds to submit a list of such accounts; P.A. 91-245 substituted total capital as determined in accordance with applicable regulations for capital, general loss reserve, surplus and undivided profits, and deleted prohibition on acceptance of additional public deposits by depositories whose ratio of net worth to assets falls below 3%; P.A. 94-7 amended Subsec. (a) to allow deposit of funds in an out-of-state bank, trust company or state trust company; P.A. 94-190 changed “depository” to “depository or bank” for consistency and deleted the reference to Sec. 3-24(2); P.A. 95-282 added Subsec. (c) re liability of persons acting on behalf of the state who deposit public funds in any depository and made technical changes, effective July 6, 1995, provided “any designation of a depository of public funds of the state or any municipality or regional school district, and any prescription of the method of supervision of the investment and reinvestment of trust funds of a municipality, made in accordance with the applicable provisions of sections 4-33, 7-401, 7-402, 7-403, subsection (c) of section 10-52 or subsection (d) of section 10-56 in effect on or before July 6, 1995, shall remain in effect until rescinded or otherwise modified in accordance with the provisions of public act 95-282” (Revisor's note: (1) The reference to “section 10-52” appears to be a clerical error since Subsec. (c) of Sec. 10-51 was amended by Sec. 5 of P.A. 95-282; (2) the Revisors changed the reference in Subsec. (c) from “any person acting in behalf of,” to “any person acting on behalf of,” for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 96-244 revised effective date of P.A. 95-282 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-6 replaced “bank holiday” with “bank and credit union holiday” and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality in Subsec. (c); P.A. 03-84 changed “Commissioner of Banking” to “Banking Commissioner” and made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2003.
See Sec. 3-24 re additional powers of Treasurer to deposit state funds.
See Sec. 7-401 et seq. re municipal power to designate depositories and make deposits.
Cited. 189 C. 490.
