General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6294
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2669
*02669_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6294
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2669
*02669_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING SHARED SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 7-148kk of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance, the chief elected officials of two or more municipalities that are members of the same federal economic development district, established under 42 USC 3171, may initiate a process for such municipalities to enter into an agreement to promote regional economic development and share the real and personal property tax revenue from new economic development. Such agreement shall provide that the municipalities agree not to compete for new economic development and shall specify the types of new economic development projects subject to the agreement. The agreement shall also have terms providing for (1) identification of areas for (A) new economic development, (B) open space and natural resource preservation, and (C) transit-oriented development, including housing; (2) capital improvements, including the shared use of buildings and other capital assets; (3) regional energy consumption, including strategies for cooperative energy use and development of distributive generation and sustainable energy projects; and (4) promotion and sharing of arts and cultural assets. The agreement shall also include terms providing for at least three municipal cooperative programs and at least three educational cooperative programs, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) Collective bargaining, (B) purchasing cooperatives and shared service agreements, (C) health care pooling with each other or the state, (D) regional shared school curriculum and special education services, through regional educational service centers, established under section 10-66a, and (E) any other initiatives mutually agreed upon. Each municipality that is party to the agreement shall participate in at least one municipal cooperative program and one educational cooperative program. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require each municipality that is party to the agreement to participate in all municipal cooperative programs and educational cooperative programs described in the agreement.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 7-148kk(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
7-148kk(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To encourage two or more municipalities to enter into agreements for shared services.
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