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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5886
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E USE OF LOCAL CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FUND GRA NTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN
TREES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7-536 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(a) As used in sections 7-535 to 7-538, inclusive: 4
(1) "Adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the 5
adjusted equalized net grand list per capita determined for each town 6
pursuant to section 10-261; 7
(2) "Density" means the population of a municipality divided by the 8
number of square miles of the municipality; 9
(3) "Grant anticipation note" means a note issued in anticipation of 10
the receipt of project grants to the municipality from moneys in the 11
Local Capital Improvement Fund; 12
(4) "Local capital improvement project" means a municipal capital 13
expenditure project for any of the following purposes: (A) Road 14
construction, renovation, repair or resurfacing, (B) sidewalk and 15
pavement improvements, (C) construction, renovation, enlargement or 16 Substitute Bill No. 5886
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repair of sewage treatment plants and sanitary or storm, water or 17
sewer lines, including separation of lines, (D) public building 18
construction other than schools, including renovation, repair, code 19
compliance, energy conservation and fire safety projects, (E) 20
construction, renovation, enlargement or repair of dams, bridges and 21
flood control projects, (F) construction, renovation, enlargement or 22
repair of water treatment or filtration plants and water mains, (G) 23
construction, renovation or enlargement of solid waste facilities, (H) 24
improvements to public parks, (I) the preparation and revision of local 25
capital improvement plans projected for a period of not less than five 26
years and so prepared as to show the general description, need and 27
estimated cost of each individual capital improvement, (J) 28
improvements to emergency communications systems and building 29
security systems, including for schools, (K) public housing projects, 30
including renovations and improvements and energy conservation and 31
the development of additional housing, (L) renovations to or 32
construction of veterans' memorial monuments, (M) thermal imaging 33
systems, (N) bulky waste and landfill projects, (O) the preparation and 34
revision of municipal plans of conservation and development adopted 35
pursuant to section 8-23, provided such plans are endorsed by the 36
legislative body of the municipality not more than one hundred eighty 37
days after adoption by the commission, (P) acquisition of automatic 38
external defibrillators, (Q) floodplain management and hazard 39
mitigation activities, (R) on-board oil refining systems consisting of a 40
filtration canister and evaporation canister that remove solid and 41
liquid contaminants from lubricating oil, (S) activities related to the 42
planning of a municipal broadband network, provided the speed of 43
the network shall be not less than three hundred eighty-four thousand 44
bits per second, (T) establishment of bikeways and greenways, (U) 45
land acquisition, including for open space, and costs involved in 46
making land available for public uses, (V) acquisition of technology 47
related to implementation of the Department of Education's common 48
core state standards, (W) technology upgrades, including for 49
improvements to expand public access to government information 50
through electronic portals and kiosks, [and] (X) for the fiscal years 51 Substitute Bill No. 5886
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ending June 30, 2013, and June 30, 2014, acquisition of snow removal 52
equipment, capital expenditures made to improve public safety, and 53
capital expenditures made to facilitate regional cooperation, and (Y) 54
for hazardous tree removal or trimming for "nonutility" related 55
hazardous branches, limbs and trees on municipal property or within a 56
municipal right-of-way. "Local capital improvement project" means 57
only capital expenditures and includes repairs incident to 58
reconstruction and renovation but does not include ordinary repairs 59
and maintenance of an ongoing nature. As used in this subdivision, 60
"floodplain management" and "hazard mitigation" have the same 61
meanings as provided in section 25-68j; 62
(5) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated 63
town and city or consolidated town and borough; 64
(6) "Population" means the number of persons according to the most 65
recent federal decennial census, except that, in intervening years 66
between such censuses, "population" means the number of persons 67
according to the most recent estimate of the Department of Public 68
Health; and 69
(7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 70
Management. 71
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 7-536(a)
PD Joint Favorable Subst.
FIN Joint Favorable