General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5504
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2456
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5504
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2456
*02456_______ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE AND PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR PROJECTS CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-50p of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (k) as follows (Effective from passage and applicable to facilities that obtain certificates on and after July 1, 2016):
(NEW) (k) (1) If the council issued a certificate for a facility and the construction of such facility has not commenced as of three years after the date of the council's order issuing such certificate, the council shall hold a public information session in the same county a public hearing was held in pursuant to subsection (a) of section 16-50m. Such public information session shall provide information regarding the status of such facility. The council shall provide notice of the date and location of such public information session in the manner prescribed in subsection (c) of section 16-50m.
(2) If the council issued a certificate for a facility and the construction of such facility is not complete as of three years after the date of the council's order issuing such certificate, the council shall cause a new copy of the notice of the application to be given in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of section 16-50l.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage and applicable to facilities that obtain certificates on and after July 1, 2016 16-50p
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage and applicable to facilities that obtain certificates on and after July 1, 2016
16-50p
Statement of Purpose:
To require a public information session if a certified facility has not commenced construction three years from the date of the issuance of the certificate and to require reissuance of the notice of application if a certified facility has not completed construction three years from the date of the issuance of the certificate.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]