Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05297 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5297
8	6		February Session, 2022
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12	10		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE MULTIPLICITY OF AFFECTING
21	20		FACILITIES IN CERTAIN CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS IN THE STATE.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and 1
26	25		Environmental Protection shall consult with the Connecticut Equity and 2
27	26		Environmental Justice Council and not later than January 1, 2023, 3
28	27		submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 4
29	28		general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 5
30	29		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment. 6
31	30		Such report shall include recommendations for revisions to section 22a-7
32	31		20a of the general statutes to prevent the further multiplicity of affecting 8
33	32		facilities, as defined in said section, in: (1) Census block groups for 9
34	33		which thirty per cent or more of the population consists of low income 10
35	34		persons who are not institutionalized and have an income below two 11
36	35		hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (2) distressed 12
37	36		municipalities, as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p of the 13
38	37		general statutes. 14 Raised Bill No. 5297
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45	43		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
46	44		sections:
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48	46		Section 1 from passage New section
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50		-	ENV Joint Favorable
	48	+	Statement of Purpose:
	49	+	To require recommendations for revisions to the state's environmental
	50	+	justice law that would prevent the further citing of numerous affecting
	51	+	facilities in environmental justice communities.
	52	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	53	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	54	+	underlined.]
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