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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6034
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5676
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PR OJECT LONGEVITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-68bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) For purposes of this section, "Project Longevity Initiative" means 3
a comprehensive community-based initiative that is designed to reduce 4
gun violence in the state's cities and "secretary" means the Secretary of 5
the Office of Policy and Management. 6
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (1) 7
provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in 8
the city of New Haven in order to ensure the continued implementation 9
of the Project Longevity Initiative in said city and the secretary may 10
utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; 11
and (2) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds 12
allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program 13
which support the continued implementation of the Project Longevity 14
Initiative in the city of New Haven. 15
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(c) The secretary, or the secretary's designee, in consultation with the 16
United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, the Chief State's 17
Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the 18
Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of 19
the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, and clergy 20
members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the 21
cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the 22
Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport 23
and Waterbury. 24
(d) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (1) 25
provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in 26
the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury in order to 27
ensure implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said cities 28
and the secretary may utilize state and federal funds as may be 29
appropriated for such purpose; and (2) do all things necessary to apply 30
for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under 31
any federal act or program which will support implementation of the 32
Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport 33
and Waterbury. 34
(e) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may accept 35
and receive on behalf of the office, subject to the provisions of section 36
4b-22, any bequest, devise or grant made to the Office of Policy and 37
Management to further the objectives of the Project Longevity Initiative 38
and may hold and use such property for the purpose specified, if any, 39
in such bequest, devise or gift. 40
(f) The secretary, in consultation with the federal and state officials 41
described in subsection (c) of this section, shall create a plan for 42
implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative on a state-wide basis. 43
Such plan shall, at a minimum, consider how to provide members of the 44
Project Longevity Initiative with access to courses of instruction and 45
apprentice programs provided by, but not limited to, a college, 46
university, community college or the Technical Education and Career 47
System, and training and placement in jobs available in the 48
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manufacturing, health care, construction, science, technology, computer 49
science, engineering and mathematics industries and other emergency 50
sectors of the state's economy. Not later than February 1, 2021, the 51
secretary shall submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the 52
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety 53
and security in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 54
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 4-68bb
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) expand the Project Longevity Initiative to the city of Waterbury,
and (2) require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to
create a plan to implement the initiative on a state-wide basis.
[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. PAOLILLO, 97th Dist.; SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.; REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
H.B. 6034