Connecticut General Statutes Title 3. State Elective Officers § 3-55n. Payments from fund to tribes

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3-55i and 3-55j and in addition to any payments made to towns from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall distribute the amount of twenty thousand dollars from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund to each of the three tribes identified as The Schaghticoke, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and the Golden Hill Paugussett during each fiscal year. Said tribes shall utilize such amounts for the purpose of management of their properties and shall not use such amounts in connection with any legal claim made by said tribe against the state or federal government or to support any petition for federal recognition.