STATE OF CONNECTICUT Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - Notes to the Financial Statements - Note 8 - PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

State of Connecticut

June 30,1997
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)

Note 8

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

(1) A summary of changes in general fixed assets is as follows:

BalanceBalance
7/1/96AdditionsRetirements6/30/97
Land$324,447 $6,655 $381 $330,721
Buildings1,849,474129,65178,8291,900,296
Improvements Other Than Buildings201,83664,7342,322264,248
Machinery and Equipment940,858220,87148,2301,113,499
Construction in Progress186,156134,875109,415211,616
Total$3,502,771 $556,786 $239,177 $3,820,380

(2) Property, plant, and equipment for the primary government and its component units consisted of the following as of June 30, 1997:

Primary Government
EnterpriseInternal
Service
Higher
Education
and
University
Hospital
TotalComponent
Units
Land$2,840 $ -$38,381 $41,221 $21,937
Buildings131,473-983,6621,115,135169,760
Improvements Other than Buildings115,36810784,537200,012110
Machinery and Equipment72,678114,376517,135704,189183,060
Construction In Progress2,811 -114,043116,8543,498
Subtotal325,170114,4831,737,7582,177,411378,365
Less Accumulated Depreciation127,39175,015565202,971125,635
Total$197,779 $39,468 $1,737,193 $1,974,440 $252,730

For proprietary and component units funds, the following estimated useful lives are used to compute depreciation: Buildings 10-40 years; Land Improvements 20-50 years; Machinery and Equipment 2-21 years.

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