Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2006 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Notes To Financial Statements - Note 22 Related Organizations

State of Connecticut

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2006

Note 23 Commitments and Contingencies

A. Commitments
Primary Government

Commitments are defined as "existing arrangements to enter into future transactions or events, such as long-term contractual obligations with suppliers for future purchases at specified prices and sometimes at specified quantities." As of June 30, 2006, the Departments of Transportation and Public Works had contractual commitments of approximately $1,288 million for infrastructure and other construction projects. Additionally, other commitments were approximately as follows:

School construction and alteration grant program $3,770 million.
Clean and drinking water loan programs $198 million.
Economic and community development grant/loan programs $128 million.
Various programs and services $705 million.
All commitments are expected to be funded by federal grants, bond proceeds, and other resources

In addition, the State has authorized a loan to the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (a component unit) of up to $115 million to support the repayment of the Authority's debt for one of its facilities and to minimize the amount of tipping fee increases chargeable to the towns which use the facility. As of June 30, 2006, the Authority had drawn $21.5 million on these funds.

Component Units
As of December 31, 2005, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority had mortgage loan commitments of approximately $109 million.

B. Contingent Liabilities
The State entered into a contractual agreement with H.N.S. Management Company, Inc. and ATE Management and Service Company, Inc. to manage and operate the bus transportation system for the State. The State shall pay all expenses of the system including all past, present and future pension plan liabilities of the personnel employed by the system and any other fees as agreed upon. When the agreement is terminated the State shall assume or make arrangements for the assumption of all the existing obligations of the management companies including but not limited to all past, present and future pension plan liabilities and obligations.

In 2002 the City of Waterbury issued $97.5 million of General Obligation Special Capital Reserve Fund Bonds. These bonds are secured by a Special Capital Reserve Fund for which the State may be contingently liable as explained previously in Note 17 - Component Units.

Amounts received or receivable by the State from grant agencies are subject to audit and adjustment by grantor agencies, mainly the federal government. Any disallowed claims, including amounts already collected, may constitute a liability of the applicable funds. The amount, if any, of expenditures that may be disallowed by the federal government cannot be determined at this time, although the State expects such amounts, if any, to be immaterial, except as discussed next.

As a result of a recent federal audit of the Medicaid program, the federal government is claiming that it had over paid the State $32.8 million for its share of Medicaid costs paid by State. The State paid back $7.5 million of the amount in question and is contending that no additional funds should be paid back to the federal government. As of June 30, 2006, the State now believes that there is a reasonable possibility that it will be required to pay back an additional $7.6 million to the federal government as a result of the audit.

C. Litigation
The State, its units and employees are parties to numerous legal proceedings, many of which normally occur in government operations. Most of these legal proceedings are not, in the opinion of the Attorney General, likely to have a material adverse impact on the State's financial position.

There are, however, several legal proceedings which, if decided adversely against the State, may require the State to make material future expenditures for expanded services or capital facilities or may impair future revenue sources. It is neither possible to determine the outcome of these proceedings nor to estimate the possible effects adverse decisions may have on the future expenditures or revenue sources of the State.