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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 869
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2946
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING CO MMUNITY INVESTMENT B OARDS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTA NCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (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, the 4
chief executive officer of such municipality shall establish and appoint 5
members to one community investment board for each neighborhood in 6
the municipality. Each community investment board may be comprised 7
of, but need not be limited to, residents, business owners, religious 8
leaders, community development corporation representatives and 9
community group representatives. Such boards shall identify priorities 10
for the use of municipal revenue sharing grants awarded pursuant to 11
section 4-66l of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and select 12
grants for payment in lieu of taxes awarded pursuant to section 12-18c 13
of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 14 Raised Bill No. 869
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(b) If any municipality described in subsection (a) of this section has 15
established a neighborhood revitalization zone for a neighborhood 16
pursuant to section 7-600 of the general statutes, the chief executive 17
officer of such municipality shall designate the neighborhood 18
revitalization zone committee of such neighborhood, as described in 19
section 7-602 of the general statutes, as the community investment board 20
for such neighborhood for the purposes of carrying out the provisions 21
of said subsection. 22
Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is amended by adding 23
subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2024): 24
(NEW) (j) On and after October 1, 2024, any municipal revenue 25
sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality whose 26
chief executive officer has established or designated community 27
investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by 28
such municipality as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall 29
be expended on priorities identified by such community investment 30
boards, (2) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on 31
priorities identified by the legislative body of the municipality, and (3) 32
thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities jointly 33
agreed upon by such community investment boards and the legislative 34
body of the municipality. 35
Sec. 3. Section 12-18c of the general statutes is repealed and the 36
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 37
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "select payment 38
in lieu of taxes account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account 39
within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 40
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 41
shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the 42
purposes of making select grants to municipalities and districts for 43
payments in lieu of taxes as provided for in subdivision (1) of subsection 44
(e) of section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (2) of 45
subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of 46 Raised Bill No. 869
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section 12-18b and for any other purpose expressly provided by law. 47
(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a 48
municipality whose chief executive officer has established or designated 49
community investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be 50
expended by such municipality as provided in subsection (j) of section 51
4-66l, as amended by this act. 52
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, 53
the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 54
appropriations, create and maintain an Internet web site to allow 55
residents and organizations to submit proposals for solutions to 56
problems specific to urban areas to the Office of Policy and 57
Management. 58
(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 59
secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the 60
Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection is 61
viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or neighborhood in 62
which to establish a pilot program to implement the proposal, (2) 63
establish the pilot program in such municipality or neighborhood, (3) 64
monitor the implementation of the pilot program, and (4) assess the 65
results of the pilot program. 66
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 67
appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or 68
organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site 69
created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the 70
secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to 71
implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of the 72
pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 73
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established a task force to 74
study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit 75
providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by 76
state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 77 Raised Bill No. 869
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providers. 78
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 79
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 80
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 81
(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 82
Representatives; 83
(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 84
(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 85
Representatives; and 86
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 87
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 88
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 89
of the General Assembly. 90
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 91
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 92
filled by the appointing authority. 93
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 94
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 95
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 96
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 97
days after the effective date of this section. 98
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 99
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 100
and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 101
(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 102
on its findings and any recommendations to the joint standing 103 Raised Bill No. 869
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committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 104
relating to planning and development, in accordance with the 105
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 106
terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2022, 107
whichever is later. 108
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2024 4-66l
Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 12-18c
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 New section
PD Joint Favorable