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PA 228 Funding

Under, PA 05- 228 from October 1, 2005 through June 30,2009 a $30 fee had been collected by town/city clerks for the recording of all documents into municipal land records. Documents subject to this fee include, deeds, mortgages, mechanics’ liens, judgment liens, notices of lease, releases of mortgages and liens, name change certificates, notices of variances, and condominium declarations.

On July 1, 2009, under PA-09-229 a $40 deed recording fee added an Agriculture Sustainability Account, a dairy farm safety net for dairy farmers.


Under the Community Investment Act, funds raised through the $40 fee are distributed as follows:

  • Town Clerks retain $1 for record management and related costs
  • Local governments retain $3 to help fund local capital improvement projects
  • The remaining $36 is remitted to the State Treasurer’s office to be distributed evenly among four state agencies:
    • CT Dept. of Agriculture/various grants and the Agriculture Sustainability Account
    • CT Dept. of Environmental Protection
    • CT Commission on Culture & Tourism
    • CT Housing Finance Authority

Key Supporters of the Community Investment Act

  • 1000 Friends of Connecticut
  • American Farmland Trust
  • CT Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions
  • CT Council of Small Towns
  • CT Conference of Municipalities
  • CT Farm Bureau
  • CT Farmland Trust
  • CT Forest & Park Association
  • CT Fund for the Environment
  • CT Housing Coalition
  • CT Land Conservation Coalition
  • CT League of Conservation Voters
  • CT Main Street Center
  • CT Preservation Action
  • CT State Grange
  • CT Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Partnership for Strong Communities
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Trust for Public Land
  • Working Lands Alliance

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