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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1026
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	6	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1026
8	7		January Session, 2021
	8	+	LCO No. 4696
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	20		AN ACT CONCERNING TR AINING FOR CERTAIN PLANNING AND
15	21		ZONING OFFICIALS.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) On and after January 1, 1
20		-	2023, each member of a municipal planning commission, zoning 2
21		-	commission, combined planning and zoning commission and zoning 3
22		-	board of appeals shall, within one year of election or appointment to 4
23		-	such commission or board, complete not less than five hours of training 5
24		-	designed to assist such member in the effective performance of such 6
25		-	member's duties. Not less than two hours of such training shall include 7
26		-	education on alternative or affordable housing. 8
27		-	(b) Training required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 9
28		-	be (1) provided through the Department of Housing or the Land Use 10
29		-	Academy at the Center for Land Use Education and Research at The 11
30		-	University of Connecticut, or (2) certified by the Connecticut Chapter of 12
31		-	the American Planning Association, the planning and zoning section of 13
32		-	the Connecticut Bar Association or a similar professional land use 14
33		-	association. Training may be conducted in a variety of formats, 15
34		-	including, but not limited to, electronic media, a video or distance 16
35		-	learning program or in a traditional classroom setting. 17
36		-	(c) Not later than March 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each 18 Substitute Bill No. 1026
	26	+	2023, any municipality may, by ordinance, annually require each 2
	27	+	member of such municipality's planning commission, zoning 3
	28	+	commission, combined planning and zoning commission and zoning 4
	29	+	board of appeals, as applicable, to complete not less than four hours of 5
	30	+	training designed to assist such members in the effective performance 6
	31	+	of such members' duties. Not less than two hours of training shall 7
	32	+	include education on alternative or affordable housing. Any member 8
	33	+	that completes training in excess of four hours in a year may count not 9
	34	+	more than four hours of such excess training toward satisfying such 10
	35	+	member's training requirement for the next calendar year. 11
	36	+	(b) Training required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 12
	37	+	be (1) provided through the Department of Housing or the Land Use 13
	38	+	Academy at the Center for Land Use Education and Research at The 14
	39	+	University of Connecticut, or (2) certified by the Connecticut Chapter of 15 Raised Bill No. 1026
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43		-	planning commission, zoning commission, combined planning and 19
44		-	zoning commission and zoning board of appeals shall submit a 20
45		-	statement to the legislative body of the municipality for such 21
46		-	commission or board affirming compliance with the training 22
47		-	requirement established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by 23
48		-	each member of such commission or board required to complete such 24
49		-	training in the calendar year ending the preceding December thirty-first, 25
50		-	except that any planning commission may instead include such 26
51		-	statement in the annual report required pursuant to subsection (a) of 27
52		-	section 8-19 of the general statutes. 28
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	45	+	the American Planning Association, the planning and zoning section of 16
	46	+	the Connecticut Bar Association or a similar professional land use 17
	47	+	association. Training may be conducted in a variety of formats, 18
	48	+	including, but not limited to, electronic media, a video or distance 19
	49	+	learning program or in a traditional classroom setting. 20
	50	+	(c) Not later than March 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each 21
	51	+	planning commission, zoning commission, combined planning and 22
	52	+	zoning commission or zoning board of appeals that becomes subject to 23
	53	+	the training requirement of subsection (a) of this section, shall submit a 24
	54	+	statement to the legislative body of the municipality for such 25
	55	+	commission or board affirming compliance with such training 26
	56	+	requirement by each member of such commission or board, except that 27
	57	+	any planning commission may instead include such statement in the 28
	58	+	annual report required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-19 of the 29
	59	+	general statutes. 30
53	60		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
54	61		sections:
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56	63		Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
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58		-	PD Joint Favorable Subst.
	65	+	Statement of Purpose:
	66	+	To permit municipalities to require training for members of planning
	67	+	commissions, zoning commissions, combined planning and zoning
	68	+	commissions and zoning boards of appeals.
	69	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	70	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	71	+	underlined.]
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