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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 605
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PORT AUTHORITY.
15	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	21		Assembly convened:
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18	23		Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 15-31a of the general statutes is 1
19	24		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
20	25		passage): 3
21	26		(b) The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a 4
22	27		board of directors, which shall consist of fifteen voting members as 5
23	28		follows: (1) The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, the 6
24	29		Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the 7
25	30		commissioner's designee, the Commissioner of Transportation, or the 8
26	31		commissioner's designee, the Commissioner of Economic and 9
27	32		Community Development, or the commissioner's designee, and the 10
28	33		Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's 11
29	34		designee, all of whom shall serve ex officio; (2) one appointed by the 12
30	35		speaker of the House of Representatives for a term of four years; (3) one 13
31	36		appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives for a 14
32	37		term of two years; (4) one appointed by the minority leader of the House 15
33	38		of Representatives for a term of two years; (5) one appointed by the 16
34	39		president pro tempore of the Senate for a term of four years; (6) one 17
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35	42		appointed by the majority leader of the Senate for a term of two years; 18
36		-	(7) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate for a term of four 19 Substitute Bill No. 605
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	43	+	(7) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate for a term of four 19
43	44		years; and (8) four appointed by the Governor, two for a term of four 20
44	45		years and two for a term of two years, one of whom shall represent a 21
45	46		port located in the town of New Haven, New London or Bridgeport and 22
46	47		one of whom shall represent a port not located in the town of New 23
47	48		Haven, New London or Bridgeport. Thereafter, said members of the 24
48	49		General Assembly and the Governor shall appoint members of the 25
49	50		board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire and each member 26
50	51		so appointed shall hold office for a period of four years from the first 27
51	52		day of July in the year of his or her appointment. Appointed members 28
52	53		shall include: (A) Individuals who have experience and expertise in one 29
53	54		or more of the following areas: (i) International trade; (ii) marine 30
54	55		transportation; (iii) finance; or (iv) economic development; (B) one 31
55	56		member or employee of a local port authority; (C) one elected or 32
56	57		appointed municipal official from a coastal municipality with a 33
57	58		population not greater than one hundred thousand; and (D) one elected 34
58	59		or appointed municipal official from a coastal community with a 35
59	60		population not greater than fifty thousand. The board of directors shall 36
60	61		select the chairperson from among the members of the board, who shall 37
61	62		serve for a term of two years. The board of directors shall select a vice-38
62	63		chairperson from among its members and such other officers as it deems 39
63	64		necessary. 40
64	65		Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 15-13c of the general statutes is 41
65	66		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 42
66	67		passage): 43
67	68		(a) There is created the Connecticut Pilot Commission, within the 44
68	69		[Connecticut Port Authority,] Department of Transportation for 45
69	70		administrative purposes only, [the Connecticut Pilot Commission] to 46
70	71		assist and advise the [authority] Connecticut Port Authority on matters 47
71	72		relating to the licensure of pilots, the safe conduct of vessels and the 48
72	73		protection of the ports and waters of the state, including the waters of 49
73	74		Long Island Sound. 50
74		-	Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2022, the 51
75		-	executive director of the Connecticut Port Authority shall submit a plan 52 Substitute Bill No. 605
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82		-	to ensure a transparent and equitable process for selecting and 53
83		-	disbursing grants through the program known as the Small Harbor 54
84		-	Improvement Projects Program. The executive director shall submit 55
85		-	such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 56
86		-	having cognizance of matters relating to transportation in accordance 57
87		-	with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 58
	77	+	Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Connecticut Port Authority 51
	78	+	and the Commissioner of Transportation shall enter into a 52
	79	+	memorandum of understanding to provide that any employee of the 53
	80	+	Department of Transportation who is assigned to work at the 54
	81	+	Connecticut Port Authority shall be paid from the budget of the 55
	82	+	department. 56
	83	+	Sec. 4. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2022, the 57
	84	+	executive director of the Connecticut Port Authority shall submit a plan 58
	85	+	to ensure a transparent and equitable process for selecting and 59
	86	+	disbursing grants through the program known as the Small Harbor 60
	87	+	Improvement Projects Program. The executive director shall submit 61
	88	+	such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 62
	89	+	having cognizance of matters relating to transportation in accordance 63
	90	+	with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 64
88	91		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
89	92		sections:
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91	94		Section 1 from passage 15-31a(b)
92	95		Sec. 2 from passage 15-13c(a)
93	96		Sec. 3 from passage New section
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95		-	TRA Joint Favorable Subst.
	99	+	Statement of Purpose:
	100	+	To appoint new members to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut
	101	+	Port Authority, place the Connecticut Pilot Commission within the
	102	+	Department of Transportation for administrative purposes only, require
	103	+	an employee of the Department of Transportation who is assigned to the
	104	+	Connecticut Port Authority be compensated from the department's
	105	+	budget and require the Connecticut Port Authority to develop a plan for
	106	+	the transparent and equitable distribution of grants.
	107	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	108	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	109	+	underlined.]
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	111	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.; REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
	112	+	REP. SIMMS, 140th Dist.; REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist.
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