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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 548
January Session, 2019
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) (a) Except as provided in 1
subsection (b) of this section, in each municipality with a population of 2
more than sixty thousand, as enumerated in the 2010 federal decennial 3
census, and having a total area of not more than thirty square miles, 4
the chief executive officer of such municipality shall establish and 5
appoint members to one community investment board for each 6
neighborhood in the municipality. Each community investment board 7
may be comprised of, but need not be limited to, residents, business 8
owners, religious leaders, community development corporation 9
representatives and community group representatives. Such boards 10
shall identify priorities for the use of municipal revenue sharing grants 11
awarded pursuant to section 4-66l of the general statutes, as amended 12
by this act, and select grants for payment in lieu of taxes awarded 13
pursuant to section 12-18c of the general statutes, as amended by this 14
act. 15
(b) If any municipality described in subsection (a) of this section has 16
established a neighborhood revitalization zone for a neighborhood 17
pursuant to section 7-600 of the general statutes, the chief executive 18
officer of such municipality shall designate the neighborhood 19 Substitute Bill No. 548
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revitalization planning committee of such neighborhood, as described 20
in section 7-601 of the general statutes, as the community investment 21
board for such neighborhood for the purposes of carrying out the 22
provisions of said subsection. 23
Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is amended by adding 24
subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2022): 25
(NEW) (j) On and after October 1, 2022, any municipal revenue 26
sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality 27
whose chief executive officer has established or designated community 28
investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended 29
by such municipality as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant 30
shall be expended on priorities identified by such community 31
investment boards, (2) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be 32
expended on priorities identified by the legislative body of the 33
municipality, and (3) thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on 34
priorities jointly agreed upon by such community investment boards 35
and the legislative body of the municipality. 36
Sec. 3. Section 12-18c of the general statutes is repealed and the 37
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 38
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "select 39
payment in lieu of taxes account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 40
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any 41
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 42
account shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for 43
the purposes of making select grants to municipalities and districts for 44
payments in lieu of taxes as provided for in subdivision (1) of 45
subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 46
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of 47
subsection (e) of section 12-18b and for any other purpose expressly 48
provided by law. 49
(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a 50 Substitute Bill No. 548
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municipality whose chief executive officer has established or 51
designated community investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this 52
act may be expended by such municipality as provided in subsection 53
(j) of section 4-66l, as amended by this act. 54
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than January 1, 55
2021, the Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain 56
an Internet web site to allow residents and organizations to submit 57
proposals for solutions to problems specific to urban areas to the Office 58
of Policy and Management. 59
(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 60
secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the 61
Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection 62
is viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or 63
neighborhood in which to establish a pilot program to implement the 64
proposal, (2) establish the pilot program in such municipality or 65
neighborhood, (3) monitor the implementation of the pilot program, 66
and (4) assess the results of the pilot program. 67
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 68
appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or 69
organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site 70
created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the 71
secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to 72
implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of 73
the pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 74
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) There is established a task force to 75
study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit 76
providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by 77
state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 78
providers. 79
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 80
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 81 Substitute Bill No. 548
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(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 82
(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 83
Representatives; 84
(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 85
(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 86
Representatives; and 87
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 88
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 89
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 90
of the General Assembly. 91
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 92
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 93
filled by the appointing authority. 94
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 95
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 96
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 97
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 98
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 99
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 100
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 101
and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 102
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 103
report on its findings and any recommendations to the joint standing 104
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 105
relating to planning and development, in accordance with the 106
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 107
terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, 108
whichever is later. 109 Substitute Bill No. 548
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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
Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a), "select grants for payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to"
was inserted before "section 12-18c" for clarity.
PD Joint Favorable Subst.