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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6647
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12	12		AN ACT CONCERNING GE OGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
13	13		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	14		Assembly convened:
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16	16		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) There is created a 1
17	17		Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council to consult with the 2
18	18		Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on matters relating to 3
19	19		(1) the coordination, procurement, processing, storage and distribution 4
20	20		of free and public geographic information systems data, and (2) the 5
21	21		powers and duties of the secretary under section 4d-90 of the general 6
22	22		statutes. In the course of such consultation, the advisory council shall 7
23	23		(A) develop (i) priorities regarding the performance of any action 8
24	24		described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, and (ii) an 9
25	25		annual five-year plan for such performance, and (B) make 10
26	26		recommendations to the secretary concerning such priorities and plan. 11
27	27		(b) The advisory council shall consist of the following members: 12
28	28		(1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 13
29	29		secretary's designee; 14
30	30		(2) The Chief Data Officer, or the officer's designee; 15
31	31		(3) One representative of the Department of Energy and 16
32	32		Environmental Protection who has expertise in geographic information 17
33	33		systems, appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 18 Substitute Bill No. 6647
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40	40		Protection; 19
41	41		(4) One representative of the Department of Transportation who has 20
42	42		expertise in geographic information systems, appointed by the 21
43	43		Commissioner of Transportation; 22
44	44		(5) One representative of the Department of Emergency Services and 23
45	45		Public Protection who has expertise in geographic information systems, 24
46	46		appointed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 25
47	47		Protection; 26
48	48		(6) One representative of the Department of Public Health who has 27
49	49		expertise in geographic information systems, appointed by the 28
50	50		Commissioner of Public Health; 29
51	51		(7) Two representatives of different regional councils of governments 30
52	52		who have expertise in geographic information systems, including aerial 31
53	53		imagery acquisition and the provision of geographic information to 32
54	54		municipalities, appointed by the chairperson of the Connecticut 33
55	55		Association of Councils of Governments; 34
56	56		(8) Two representatives of different municipal governments who 35
57	57		have expertise in geographic information systems and are members of 36
58	58		the Connecticut GIS Network, appointed by the president of the 37
59	59		Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; 38
60	60		(9) One representative of The University of Connecticut who has 39
61	61		experience in providing the state's geospatial information, including 40
62	62		state-wide aerial imagery and elevation, to various constituencies, 41
63	63		appointed by the president of The University of Connecticut; 42
64	64		(10) One representative of a public utility company, appointed by the 43
65	65		chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; and 44
66	66		(11) Two representatives from different private companies, neither of 45
67	67		which is a public utility company, who have expertise in mapping 46
68	68		applications for commercial purposes, one of whom is appointed jointly 47 Substitute Bill No. 6647
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75	75		by the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 48
76	76		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and 49
77	77		development and the other of whom is appointed jointly by the ranking 50
78	78		members of said committee. 51
79	79		(c) All initial appointments to the advisory council shall be made not 52
80	80		later than January 1, 2022, and all subsequent appointments shall be 53
81	81		made not later than January 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter. Each 54
82	82		member of the advisory council shall serve for a term of two years, 55
83	83		except that in the event of any vacancy the appointing authority shall 56
84	84		fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of such term. 57
85	85		(d) The advisory council shall meet not later than March first 58
86	86		following any initial or subsequent appointment of its members, and 59
87	87		shall elect at such meeting a chairperson and vice-chairperson from 60
88	88		among its members. Except as provided in this subsection, all other 61
89	89		meetings of the advisory committee shall be as scheduled by the 62
90	90		chairperson. 63
91	91		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) The Secretary of the Office 64
92	92		of Policy and Management shall designate an employee of the Office of 65
93	93		Policy and Management to serve as Geographic Information Officer. 66
94	94		Such employee shall have extensive knowledge of the principles, 67
95	95		practices, terminology and trends in geographic information systems, 68
96	96		spatial data, analysis and related technology and experience in 69
97	97		administration, project management, policy development, coordination 70
98	98		of services and planning. Such employee shall (1) oversee the operations 71
99	99		of a Geographic Information Systems Office, (2) manage the staff of such 72
100	100		office, and (3) in conjunction with the Geographic Information Systems 73
101	101		Advisory Council created under section 1 of this act, establish goals for 74
102	102		such office within the scope of the powers and duties described in 75
103	103		subsection (b) of this section. 76
104	104		(b) The Geographic Information Officer shall be responsible for (1) 77
105	105		coordinating the collection, compilation and dissemination of 78
106	106		geographic information systems data across the state, including from 79 Substitute Bill No. 6647
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113	113		and to state agencies, regional councils of governments, municipalities 80
114	114		and other constituencies, (2) managing a geospatial data clearinghouse 81
115	115		for public access to such information through the online repository 82
116	116		described in subsection (i) of section 4-67p of the general statutes, (3) 83
117	117		supporting economic development efforts in the state through the 84
118	118		provision of such information, (4) providing training and outreach on 85
119	119		the use of such information, (5) administering the creation and 86
120	120		acquisition of geospatial data, including aerial imagery and elevation 87
121	121		and parcel information, (6) adopting geospatial data standards, 88
122	122		guidelines and procedures to ensure consistency and quality of such 89
123	123		data, and (7) performing technical data processing to aggregate and 90
124	124		organize existing data sets and create new data sets. 91
125	125		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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128	128		Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
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	131	+	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
	132	+	In Section 1(b)(7), "councils of governments" was changed to "regional
	133	+	councils of governments" for consistency.
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