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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1026
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4696
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TR AINING FOR CERTAIN PLANNING AND
ZONING OFFICIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) On and after January 1, 1
2023, any municipality may, by ordinance, annually require each 2
member of such municipality's planning commission, zoning 3
commission, combined planning and zoning commission and zoning 4
board of appeals, as applicable, to complete not less than four hours of 5
training designed to assist such members in the effective performance 6
of such members' duties. Not less than two hours of training shall 7
include education on alternative or affordable housing. Any member 8
that completes training in excess of four hours in a year may count not 9
more than four hours of such excess training toward satisfying such 10
member's training requirement for the next calendar year. 11
(b) Training required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 12
be (1) provided through the Department of Housing or the Land Use 13
Academy at the Center for Land Use Education and Research at The 14
University of Connecticut, or (2) certified by the Connecticut Chapter of 15 Raised Bill No. 1026
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the American Planning Association, the planning and zoning section of 16
the Connecticut Bar Association or a similar professional land use 17
association. Training may be conducted in a variety of formats, 18
including, but not limited to, electronic media, a video or distance 19
learning program or in a traditional classroom setting. 20
(c) Not later than March 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each 21
planning commission, zoning commission, combined planning and 22
zoning commission or zoning board of appeals that becomes subject to 23
the training requirement of subsection (a) of this section, shall submit a 24
statement to the legislative body of the municipality for such 25
commission or board affirming compliance with such training 26
requirement by each member of such commission or board, except that 27
any planning commission may instead include such statement in the 28
annual report required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-19 of the 29
general statutes. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit municipalities to require training for members of planning
commissions, zoning commissions, combined planning and zoning
commissions and zoning boards of appeals.
[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.]