Connecticut 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00235 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 235
2		-	February Session, 2016 _____SB00235PS____031516____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 235
	2	+	February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1747
	3	+	01747_______PS_
	4	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(PS)
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 235
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 235
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8	12		February Session, 2016
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10		-	_____SB00235PS____031516____
	14	+	LCO No. 1747
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	16	+	01747_______PS_
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(PS)
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12	24		AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIREARMS TRAINING FACILITY.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16	28		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) (a) For the purposes of this section, "state agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79 of the general statutes, and "firearms training facility" means an indoor or outdoor training facility designed and designated for training with firearms.
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18		-	(b) On and after July 1, 2016, any state agency that constructs a firearms training facility shall purchase (1) thirty acres of land for the construction of such firearms training facility, and (2) a minimum of ~~three~~ hundred acres of land that is contiguous to the land purchased for the construction of such firearms training facility.
	30	+	(b) On and after July 1, 2016, any state agency that constructs a firearms training facility shall purchase (1) thirty acres of land for the construction of such firearms training facility, and (2) a minimum of two hundred acres of land that is contiguous to the land purchased for the construction of such firearms training facility.
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20	32		(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the commissioner of any state agency that constructs a firearms training facility shall convey the parcel of land purchased pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section to the municipality in which such parcel of land is located, at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such conveyance. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board.
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22	34		(d) The municipality shall use such parcel of land for open space purposes.
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24	36		(e) If the municipality: (1) Does not use such parcel of land for such purposes; (2) does not retain ownership of all of such parcel of land; or (3) leases all or any portion of such parcel of land, the parcel of land shall revert to the state of Connecticut.
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26	38		(f) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the conveyance of such parcel of land not later than thirty days after it receives a proposed agreement from the state agency. The parcel of land shall remain under the care and control of such agency until a conveyance is made in accordance with the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (d) of this section. Such agency shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance.
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28		-	(g) Any state agency that constructs a firearms training facility shall ~~design~~ such ~~firearms training~~ facility ~~to incorporate noise reducing methods, including the installation of baffles~~ in such a manner to reduce or redirect sound waves. The Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this subsection. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, the size, location, construction and type of baffles in a firearms training facility.
	40	+	(g) Any state agency that constructs a firearms training facility shall install baffles in such facility in such a manner to reduce or redirect sound waves. The Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this subsection. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, the size, location, construction and type of baffles in a firearms training facility.
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30	42		Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 12-18b of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
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32	44		(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 12-19a and 12-20a, all funds appropriated for state grants in lieu of taxes shall be payable to municipalities and districts pursuant to the provisions of this section. On or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in lieu of taxes, to each municipality and district in this state wherein college and hospital property is located and to each municipality in this state wherein state, municipal or tribal property, except that which was acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes, is located.
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34	46		(1) The grant payable to any municipality for state, municipal or tribal property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter shall be equal to the total of:
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36	48		(A) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional facility administered under the auspices of the Department of Correction or a juvenile detention center under direction of the Department of Children and Families that was used for incarcerative purposes during the preceding fiscal year. If a list containing the name and location of such designated facilities and information concerning their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year is not available from the Secretary of the State on August first of any year, the Commissioner of Correction shall, on said date, certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such information;
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38	50		(B) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of the Department of Correction. Nothing in this section shall be construed as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility;
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40	52		(C) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999;
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42	54		(D) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 12-19a, sixty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown;
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44	56		(E) With respect to any municipality in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to such state-owned property;
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46	58		(F) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to all municipally owned airports; except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned airport shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid one-half to the town of Stratford and one-half to the city of Bridgeport;
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48	60		(G) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided the real property subject to this subparagraph shall be the land only, and shall not include the assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on such land; [and]
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50	62		(H) Sixty per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the property purchased pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 1 of this act; and
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52	64		[(H)] (I) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to all other state-owned real property.
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54	66		(2) (A) The grant payable to any municipality or district for college and hospital property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter shall be equal to the total of seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes that, except for any exemption applicable to any institution of higher education or general hospital facility under the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to college and hospital property on the assessment list in such municipality or district for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable; and
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56	68		(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, the grant payable to any municipality or district with respect to a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems shall be one hundred per cent.
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58	70		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) In any fiscal year in which a grant is awarded to a municipality pursuant to subparagraph (H) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 12-18b of the general statutes, as amended by this act, the appropriation to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the following fiscal year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the grant awarded pursuant to said subparagraph.
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63	75		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
64	76		Section 1 July 1, 2016 New section
65	77		Sec. 2 July 1, 2016 12-18b(b)
66	78		Sec. 3 July 1, 2016 New section
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68	80		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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70	82		Section 1
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76	88		Sec. 2
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80	92		12-18b(b)
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82	94		Sec. 3
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	100	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	102	+	To establish requirements for the construction of a firearms training facility by a state agency.
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90		-	PS Joint Favorable Subst.
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92		-	PS
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94		-	Joint Favorable Subst.
	104	+	[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.]