LCO No. 6168 1 of 2 General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6185 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 6168 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) AN ACT EXPANDING THE REGIONAL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE P ROPOSALS FOR REGIONA L MARKETING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP MENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4-124s of the general statutes is 1 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 1, 2019): 3 (b) There is established a regional performance incentive program 4 that shall be administered by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 5 Management. On or before December 31, 2011, and annually 6 thereafter, any regional council of governments, any two or more 7 municipalities acting through a regional council of governments, any 8 economic development district, any regional educational service center 9 or any combination thereof may submit a proposal to the secretary for: 10 (1) The joint provision of any service that one or more participating 11 municipalities of such council, educational service center or agency 12 currently provide but which is not provided on a regional basis, (2) a 13 planning study regarding the joint provision of any service on a 14 regional basis, [or] (3) shared information technology services, or (4) 15 Committee Bill No. 6185 LCO No. 6168 2 of 2 joint regional marketing and economic development. A copy of said 16 proposal shall be sent to the legislators representing said participating 17 municipalities. Any local or regional board of education or regional 18 educational service center serving a population greater than one 19 hundred thousand may submit a proposal to the secretary for a 20 regional special education initiative. 21 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2019 4-124s(b) Statement of Purpose: To expand the regional performance incentive program to include proposals for regional marketing and economic development. [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.] Co-Sponsors: REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.; REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist. REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.; REP. FLOREN, 149th Dist. REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.; REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist. REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist. SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.; REP. BLUMENTHAL, 147th Dist. REP. FOX, 148th Dist. H.B. 6185