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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 869
8	6		January Session, 2021
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12		-	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
13		-	DEVELOPMENT
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21	19		AN ACT CONCERNING CO MMUNITY INVESTMENT B OARDS AND
22	20		NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTA NCE.
23	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	22		Assembly convened:
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26	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Except as provided in 1
27	25		subsection (b) of this section, in each municipality with a population of 2
28	26		more than sixty thousand, as enumerated in the 2010 federal decennial 3
29	27		census, and having a total area of not more than thirty square miles, the 4
30	28		chief executive officer of such municipality shall establish and appoint 5
31	29		members to one community investment board for each neighborhood in 6
32	30		the municipality. Each community investment board may be comprised 7
33	31		of, but need not be limited to, residents, business owners, religious 8
34	32		leaders, community development corporation representatives and 9
35	33		community group representatives. Such boards shall identify priorities 10
36	34		for the use of municipal revenue sharing grants awarded pursuant to 11
37	35		section 4-66l of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and select 12
38	36		grants for payment in lieu of taxes awarded pursuant to section 12-18c 13
39		-	of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 14 Raised Bill No. 869
	37	+	of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 14
	38	+	(b) If any municipality described in subsection (a) of this section has 15 Raised Bill No. 869
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46		-	(b) If any municipality described in subsection (a) of this section has 15
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47	44		established a neighborhood revitalization zone for a neighborhood 16
48	45		pursuant to section 7-600 of the general statutes, the chief executive 17
49	46		officer of such municipality shall designate the neighborhood 18
50	47		revitalization zone committee of such neighborhood, as described in 19
51	48		section 7-602 of the general statutes, as the community investment board 20
52	49		for such neighborhood for the purposes of carrying out the provisions 21
53	50		of said subsection. 22
54	51		Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is amended by adding 23
55	52		subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2024): 24
56	53		(NEW) (j) On and after October 1, 2024, any municipal revenue 25
57	54		sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality whose 26
58	55		chief executive officer has established or designated community 27
59	56		investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by 28
60	57		such municipality as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall 29
61	58		be expended on priorities identified by such community investment 30
62	59		boards, (2) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on 31
63	60		priorities identified by the legislative body of the municipality, and (3) 32
64	61		thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities jointly 33
65	62		agreed upon by such community investment boards and the legislative 34
66	63		body of the municipality. 35
67	64		Sec. 3. Section 12-18c of the general statutes is repealed and the 36
68	65		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 37
69	66		(a) There is established an account to be known as the "select payment 38
70	67		in lieu of taxes account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account 39
71	68		within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 40
72	69		required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 41
73	70		shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the 42
74	71		purposes of making select grants to municipalities and districts for 43
75	72		payments in lieu of taxes as provided for in subdivision (1) of subsection 44
76	73		(e) of section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (2) of 45
77		-	subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of 46 Raised Bill No. 869
	74	+	subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of 46
	75	+	section 12-18b and for any other purpose expressly provided by law. 47 Raised Bill No. 869
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85	81		(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a 48
86	82		municipality whose chief executive officer has established or designated 49
87	83		community investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be 50
88	84		expended by such municipality as provided in subsection (j) of section 51
89	85		4-66l, as amended by this act. 52
90	86		Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, 53
91	87		the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 54
92	88		appropriations, create and maintain an Internet web site to allow 55
93	89		residents and organizations to submit proposals for solutions to 56
94	90		problems specific to urban areas to the Office of Policy and 57
95	91		Management. 58
96	92		(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 59
97	93		secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the 60
98	94		Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection is 61
99	95		viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or neighborhood in 62
100	96		which to establish a pilot program to implement the proposal, (2) 63
101	97		establish the pilot program in such municipality or neighborhood, (3) 64
102	98		monitor the implementation of the pilot program, and (4) assess the 65
103	99		results of the pilot program. 66
104	100		(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 67
105	101		appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or 68
106	102		organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site 69
107	103		created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the 70
108	104		secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to 71
109	105		implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of the 72
110	106		pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 73
111	107		Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established a task force to 74
112	108		study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit 75
113	109		providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by 76
114		-	state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 77 Raised Bill No. 869
	110	+	state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 77
	111	+	providers. 78
	112	+	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 79 Raised Bill No. 869
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123	118		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 80
124	119		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 81
125	120		(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 82
126	121		Representatives; 83
127	122		(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 84
128	123		(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 85
129	124		Representatives; and 86
130	125		(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 87
131	126		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 88
132	127		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 89
133	128		of the General Assembly. 90
134	129		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 91
135	130		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 92
136	131		filled by the appointing authority. 93
137	132		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 94
138	133		tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 95
139	134		among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 96
140	135		the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 97
141	136		days after the effective date of this section. 98
142	137		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 99
143	138		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 100
144	139		and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 101
145	140		(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 102
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	141	+	on its findings and any recommendations to the joint standing 103
153	142		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 104
154	143		relating to planning and development, in accordance with the 105
155	144		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 106
156		-	terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2022, 107
	145	+	terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2022, 107 Raised Bill No. 869
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157	151		whichever is later. 108
158	152		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
159	153		sections:
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161	155		Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
162	156		Sec. 2 October 1, 2024 4-66l
163	157		Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 12-18c
164	158		Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 New section
165	159		Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 New section
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	161	+	Statement of Purpose:
	162	+	To (1) require certain municipalities to establish community investment
	163	+	boards to identify priorities for the use of municipal revenue sharing
	164	+	grants and select grants for payment in lieu of taxes, (2) require the
	165	+	Office of Policy and Management to accept proposals for solutions to
	166	+	problems specific to urban areas and establish pilot programs to
	167	+	implement such proposals, and (3) establish a task force to study issues
	168	+	concerning nonprofit providers.
	169	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	170	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	171	+	underlined.]
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