STATE OF CONNECTICUT Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - Notes to the Financial Statements - Note 3

State of Connecticut

June 30,1996
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)

Note 3

FUND DEFICITS

The following funds have deficit balances at June 30, 1996, in either unreserved fund balances or unreserved retained earnings, none of which constitutes a violation of statutory provisions.

General Fund $639,917
Special Revenue
Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control
$1,716
Enterprise Funds
Bradley International Airport
$14,456
Internal Service Funds
Correction Industries
$1,210
Component Units
Connecticut Development Authority(CDA)
$10,441
Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated(CII) $20,063

The General Fund and Consumer Counsel & Public Utility Control Fund deficits have been addressed by Public Act 93-402, subsequently modified by Public Act 95-178, which among other things, requires any GAAP deficits for budgeted funds existing as of June 30, 1997 to be amortized in fifteen equal increments beginning with the annual budget for fiscal year 1998-99.

While the unreserved retained earnings of Correction Industries, Bradley, CII, and CDA have a deficit balance, the total fund equity of each fund is still positive.

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