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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 548
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING CO MMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTA NCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) The chief executive 1
officer of each municipality (1) with a population of more than one 2
hundred thousand, as enumerated in the 2010 federal decennial 3
census, and (2) having a total area of not more than thirty square miles, 4
shall establish and appoint members to one community investment 5
board for each neighborhood in the municipality. Each community 6
investment board may be comprised of, but need not be limited to, 7
residents, business owners, religious leaders, community development 8
corporation representatives and community group representatives. 9
Such boards shall identify priorities for the use of municipal revenue 10
sharing grants awarded pursuant to section 4-66l of the general 11
statutes, as amended by this act, and section 12-18c of the general 12
statutes, as amended by this act. 13
Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is amended by adding 14
subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2022): 15
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(NEW) (j) On and after October 1, 2022, any municipal revenue 16
sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality 17
whose chief executive officer has established community investment 18
boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by such 19
municipality as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be 20
expended on priorities identified by such community investment 21
boards, (2) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on 22
priorities identified by the legislative body of the municipality, and (3) 23
thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities jointly 24
agreed upon by such community investment boards and the legislative 25
body of the municipality. 26
Sec. 3. Section 12-18c of the general statutes is repealed and the 27
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 28
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "select 29
payment in lieu of taxes account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 30
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any 31
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 32
account shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for 33
the purposes of making select grants to municipalities and districts for 34
payments in lieu of taxes as provided for in subdivision (1) of 35
subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 36
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of 37
subsection (e) of section 12-18b and for any other purpose expressly 38
provided by law. 39
(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a 40
municipality whose chief executive officer has established community 41
investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended 42
by such municipality as provided in subsection (j) of section 4-66l, as 43
amended by this act. 44
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than January 1, 45
2021, the Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain 46
an Internet web site to allow residents and organizations to submit 47
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proposals for solutions to problems specific to urban areas to the Office 48
of Policy and Management. 49
(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 50
secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the 51
Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection 52
is viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or 53
neighborhood in which to establish a pilot program to implement the 54
proposal, (2) establish the pilot program in such municipality or 55
neighborhood, (3) monitor the implementation of the pilot program, 56
and (4) assess the results of the pilot program. 57
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 58
appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or 59
organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site 60
created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the 61
secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to 62
implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of 63
the pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 64
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) There is established a task force to 65
study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit 66
providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by 67
state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 68
providers. 69
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 70
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 71
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 72
(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 73
Representatives; 74
(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 75
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(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 76
Representatives; and 77
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 78
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 79
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 80
of the General Assembly. 81
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 82
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 83
filled by the appointing authority. 84
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 85
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 86
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 87
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 88
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 89
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 90
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 91
and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 92
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 93
report on its findings and any recommendations to the joint standing 94
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 95
relating to planning and development, in accordance with the 96
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 97
terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, 98
whichever is later. 99
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 4-66l
Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 12-18c
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Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) require certain municipalities to establish community
investment boards and to use a certain percentage of grant funding
received through the municipal revenue sharing account and the select
payment in lieu of taxes account for the priorities of such boards, (2)
require the Office of Policy and Management to establish an Internet
web site for the submission of proposals for solutions to urban-area
problems and authorize the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management to establish pilot programs to implement certain
proposals, and (3) establish a task force to study issues concerning
nonprofit providers.
[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: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
S.B. 548