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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 127
8	6		February Session, 2022
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12		-	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
13		-	DEVELOPMENT
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21	19		AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BOARDS AND
22	20		NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE.
23	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	22		Assembly convened:
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26	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) Except as provided in 1
27	25		subsection (b) of this section, in each municipality with a population of 2
28	26		more than sixty thousand, as enumerated in the 2020 federal decennial 3
29	27		census, and having a total area of not more than thirty square miles, the 4
30	28		chief executive officer of such municipality shall establish and appoint 5
31	29		members to one community investment board for each neighborhood in 6
32	30		the municipality. Each community investment board may be 7
33	31		compromised of, but need not be limited to, residents, business owners, 8
34	32		religious leaders, community development corporation representatives 9
35	33		and community group representatives. Such boards shall identify 10
36	34		priorities for the use of municipal revenue sharing grants awarded 11
37	35		pursuant to section 4-66l of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 12
38	36		(b) If any municipality described in subsection (a) of this section has 13
39		-	established a neighborhood revitalization zone for a neighborhood 14 Raised Bill No. 127
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	38	+	pursuant to section 7-600 of the general statutes, the chief executive 15 Raised Bill No. 127
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47	44		officer of such municipality shall designate the neighborhood 16
48	45		revitalization zone committee of such neighborhood, as described in 17
49	46		section 7-602 of the general statutes, as the community investment board 18
50	47		for such neighborhood for the purposes of carrying out the provisions 19
51	48		of such subsection. 20
52	49		Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is amended by adding 21
53	50		subsection (h) as follows (Effective October 1, 2022): 22
54	51		(NEW) (h) On and after October 1, 2022, any municipal revenue 23
55	52		sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality whose 24
56	53		chief executive officer has established or designated community 25
57	54		investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by 26
58	55		such municipalities as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant on 27
59	56		priorities identified by such community investment boards, (2) thirty-28
60	57		five per cent of such grant on priorities identified by the legislative body 29
61	58		of the municipality, and (3) thirty per cent of such grant on priorities 30
62	59		jointly agreed upon by such community investment boards and the 31
63	60		legislative body of the municipality. 32
64	61		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, 33
65	62		the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 34
66	63		appropriations, create and maintain an Internet web site to allow 35
67	64		residents and organizations to submit proposals for solutions to 36
68	65		problems specific to urban areas to the Office of Policy and 37
69	66		Management. 38
70	67		(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 39
71	68		secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the 40
72	69		Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection is 41
73	70		viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or neighborhood in 42
74	71		which to establish a pilot program to implement the proposal, (2) 43
75	72		establish the pilot program in such municipality or neighborhood, (3) 44
76	73		monitor the implementation of the pilot program, and (4) assess the 45
77		-	results of the pilot program. 46 Raised Bill No. 127
	74	+	results of the pilot program. 46
	75	+	(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available 47 Raised Bill No. 127
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85	81		appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or 48
86	82		organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site 49
87	83		created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the 50
88	84		secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to 51
89	85		implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of the 52
90	86		pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 53
91	87		Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) There is established a task force to 54
92	88		study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit 55
93	89		providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by 56
94	90		state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit 57
95	91		providers. 58
96	92		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 59
97	93		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 60
98	94		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 61
99	95		(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 62
100	96		Representatives; 63
101	97		(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 64
102	98		(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 65
103	99		Representatives; and 66
104	100		(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 67
105	101		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 68
106	102		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 69
107	103		of the General Assembly. 70
108	104		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 71
109	105		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 72
110		-	filled by the appointing authority. 73 Raised Bill No. 127
	106	+	filled by the appointing authority. 73
	107	+	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 74
	108	+	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 75 Raised Bill No. 127
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119	114		among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 76
120	115		the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 77
121	116		days after the effective date of this section. 78
122	117		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 79
123	118		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 80
124	119		and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 81
125	120		(g) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report 82
126	121		on its findings and any recommendations to the joint standing 83
127	122		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 84
128	123		relating to planning and development, in accordance with the 85
129	124		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 86
130	125		terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2023, 87
131	126		whichever is later. 88
132	127		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
133	128		sections:
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135	130		Section 1 October 1, 2022 New section
136	131		Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 4-66l
137	132		Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 New section
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	135	+	Statement of Purpose:
	136	+	To (1) require certain municipalities to establish community investment
	137	+	boards to identify priorities for the use of municipal revenue sharing
	138	+	grants, (2) require the Office of Policy and Management to accept
	139	+	proposals for solutions to problems specific to urban areas and establish
	140	+	pilot programs to implement such proposals, and (3) establish a task
	141	+	force to study issues concerning nonprofit providers.
	142	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	143	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	144	+	underlined.]
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