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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5297
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 1724
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MULTIPLICITY OF AFFECTING
FACILITIES IN CERTAIN CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and 1
Environmental Protection shall consult with the Connecticut Equity and 2
Environmental Justice Council and not later than January 1, 2023, 3
submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 4
general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 5
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment. 6
Such report shall include recommendations for revisions to section 22a-7
20a of the general statutes to prevent the further multiplicity of affecting 8
facilities, as defined in said section, in: (1) Census block groups for 9
which thirty per cent or more of the population consists of low income 10
persons who are not institutionalized and have an income below two 11
hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (2) distressed 12
municipalities, as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p of the 13
general statutes. 14 Raised Bill No. 5297
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
ENV Joint Favorable