Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07345 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 5668 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7345
6	6	January Session, 2019
7	7	LCO No. 5668
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10	10	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
20	20	AND COMBATTING INVAS IVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Section 4-66aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
26	26	(a) There is established, within the General Fund, a separate, 3
27	27	nonlapsing account to be known as the "community investment 4
28	28	account". The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 5
29	29	deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be distributed 6
30	30	every three months as follows: (1) Ten dollars of each fee credited to 7
31	31	said account shall be deposited into the agriculture sustainability 8
32	32	account established pursuant to section 4-66cc and, then, of the 9
33	33	remaining funds, (2) twenty-five per cent to the Department of 10
34	34	Economic and Community Development to use as follows: (A) Three 11
35	35	hundred eighty thousand dollars, annually, to supplement the 12
36	36	technical assistance and preservation activities of the Connecticut 13
37	37	Trust for Historic Preservation, established pursuant to special act 75-14
38	38	93, and (B) the remainder to supplement historic preservation activities 15
39	39	Raised Bill No. 7345
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43	43	LCO No. 5668 2 of 3
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45	45	as provided in sections 10-409 to 10-415, inclusive; (3) twenty-five per 16
46	46	cent to the Department of Housing to supplement new or existing 17
47	47	affordable housing programs; (4) twenty-five per cent to the 18
48	48	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for municipal 19
49	49	open space grants and grants to lake authorities for the control of 20
50	50	invasive species, provided any such grant to a lake authority for such 21
51	51	purposes shall not exceed one-third of the reasonable costs for such 22
52	52	control measures or project; and (5) twenty-five per cent to the 23
53	53	Department of Agriculture to use as follows: (A) Five hundred 24
54	54	thousand dollars annually for the agricultural viability grant program 25
55	55	established pursuant to section 22-26j; (B) five hundred thousand 26
56	56	dollars annually for the farm transition program established pursuant 27
57	57	to section 22-26k; (C) one hundred thousand dollars annually to 28
58	58	encourage the sale of Connecticut-grown food to schools, restaurants, 29
59	59	retailers and other institutions and businesses in the state; (D) seventy-30
60	60	five thousand dollars annually for the Connecticut farm link program 31
61	61	established pursuant to section 22-26l; (E) forty-seven thousand five 32
62	62	hundred dollars annually for the Seafood Advisory Council 33
63	63	established pursuant to section 22-455; (F) forty-seven thousand five 34
64	64	hundred dollars annually for the Connecticut Farm Wine 35
65	65	Development Council established pursuant to section 22-26c; (G) 36
66	66	twenty-five thousand dollars annually to the Connecticut Food Policy 37
67	67	Council established pursuant to section 22-456; and (H) the remainder 38
68	68	for farmland preservation programs pursuant to chapter 422. Each 39
69	69	agency receiving funds under this section may use not more than ten 40
70	70	per cent of such funds for administration of the programs for which 41
71	71	the funds were provided. 42
72	72	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 43
73	73	fifty per cent of the moneys deposited in the community investment 44
74	74	account from January 1, 2016, until June 30, 2017, shall be credited 45
75	75	every three months to the resources of the General Fund, provided the 46
76	76	funds remaining in the account shall be distributed as provided in 47
77	77	subsection (a) of this section. 48
78	78	Raised Bill No. 7345
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82	82	LCO No. 5668 3 of 3
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84	84	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
85	85	sections:
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87	87	Section 1 October 1, 2019 4-66aa
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89	89	Statement of Purpose:
90	90	To provide a source of funding to lake authorities for the costs of
91	91	combatting invasive species.
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93	93	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
94	94	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
95	95	not underlined.]
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