LCO No. 2973 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6561 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2973 Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Introduced by: REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist. AN ACT DESIGNATING COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS AS COUNTIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 4 of the general statutes be amended to require the state to 1 designate councils of governments as counties for the purposes of 2 accessing certain federal funding. 3 Statement of Purpose: To require the state to designate councils of governments as counties for the purposes of accessing certain federal funding.