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Connecticut data center agreement eligibility and recoupment framework

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit.

Ct agreement framework basis
Agency incentive framework and September14,2026 legislative summary; no individual award determination.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Status
programConnecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Investment basis
Agency says required investment by fifth year of DECD agreement: at least50million dollars in an enterprise zone or federal opportunity zone, or200million dollars elsewhere. These are eligibility gates, not observed investment.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Host fee basis
Agency requires host municipality fee agreement before beginning the capital project. Legislative summary says agreements include property tax recoupment provisions for noncompliance; DECD termination may also require sales and use tax repayment.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Tax scope
Agency describes sales and use exemptions on certain goods and services, property exemptions on certain real property and equipment, and exemption from financial transaction taxes the state may impose in future. No universal tax holiday or current financial transaction tax is inferred.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Amendment boundary
September14,2026 legislative summary cites section32/286 as amended by PublicAct26/122. Underlying amended text is unreviewed; this agency summary is not a claim no2026 amendment occurred.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Actual benefit
Not establishedConnecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Ct agreement terms
Agency describes generally20year agreements and extension to30years with at least200million dollars in a zone or400million dollars elsewhere. A signed agreement and compliance are not established for any facility.Connecticut DECD. Source: Publication date not stated. Checked: October 25, 2026. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research. Source: September 14, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

Agency Program Details and Eligibility body and both pages of September14,2026 legislative issue brief reviewed. Underlying amended statute and individual agreements not reviewed. Eligibility is not an awarded or received benefit. Locator: Agency Program Details and Eligibility; legislative brief page1.

Ct act26122 basis
PublicAct26/122 approved June2,2026. Section7 substitutes subsection32/286(c), effective from passage. No individual agreement or tax receipt is established.Connecticut General Assembly. Source: June 2, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

PublicAct26/122 section7 printed20through23 text and final approval line page59 reviewed; page21 visually checked for amended typography. Remainder of59page act not reviewed. Earlier dated agency summary is retained separately. Locator: Section7 pages20to23; fee page21; approval page59.

Ct fee duration
Subsection(c)(2)(C) requires annually determined fee not exceeding50000dollars, during each year of qualifying period or until applicable qualified investment reached, whichever sooner. This is not a fixed50000dollar charge for the full20or30year agreement.Connecticut General Assembly. Source: June 2, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

PublicAct26/122 section7 printed20through23 text and final approval line page59 reviewed; page21 visually checked for amended typography. Remainder of59page act not reviewed. Earlier dated agency summary is retained separately. Locator: Section7 pages20to23; fee page21; approval page59.

Ct distinct clocks
Subsection(c)(2)(A) measures agreement term from agreement effective date. Subsection(c)(4) separately measures qualifying financial transaction exemption30years from completed construction, rehabilitation, renovation or repair as determined by commissioner. Neither clock establishes actual benefits or operation.Connecticut General Assembly. Source: June 2, 2026. Checked: October 25, 2026.

PublicAct26/122 section7 printed20through23 text and final approval line page59 reviewed; page21 visually checked for amended typography. Remainder of59page act not reviewed. Earlier dated agency summary is retained separately. Locator: Section7 pages20to23; fee page21; approval page59.

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