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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6652
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 3948
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS'
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES
CONCERNING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-169hh of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
For purposes of this section and sections 8-169ii to 8-169ss, inclusive: 3
(1) "Authority" means the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment 4
Authority established in section 8-169ii; 5
(2) "Authority development project" means a project occurring within 6
the boundaries of a Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority 7
development district; 8
(3) "Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority development 9
district" or "development district" means the area determined by a 10
memorandum of agreement between the authority and the chief 11
executive officer of the member municipality, or the chief executive 12
officers of the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, as 13
applicable, where such development district is located, provided such 14 Raised Bill No. 6652
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area shall be considered a downtown or does not exceed a one-half-mile 15
radius of a transit station; 16
(4) "Designated tier III municipality" has the same meaning as 17
provided in section 7-560; 18
(5) "Designated tier IV municipality" has the same meaning as 19
provided in section 7-560; 20
(6) "Downtown" means a central business district or other 21
commercial neighborhood area of a community that serves as a center 22
of socioeconomic interaction in the community, characterized by a 23
cohesive core of commercial and mixed -use buildings, often 24
interspersed with civic, religious and residential buildings and public 25
spaces, that are typically arranged along a main street and intersecting 26
side streets and served by public infrastructure; 27
(7) "Member municipality" means (A) any municipality with a 28
population of seventy thousand or more that opts to join the 29
Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in accordance with 30
section 8-169ll, or (B) any designated tier III or tier IV municipality. 31
"Member municipality" does not include the city of Hartford or any 32
municipality that is considered part of the capital region, as defined in 33
section 32-600; 34
(8) "Joint member entity" means two or more municipalities with a 35
combined population of seventy thousand or more that together opt to 36
join the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in accordance 37
with section 8-169ll, provided no such municipality is considered part 38
of the capital region, as defined in section 32-600; 39
(9) "Project" means any or all of the following: (A) The design and 40
construction of transit-oriented development, as defined in section 13b-41
79kk; (B) the creation of housing units through rehabilitation or new 42
construction; (C) the demolition or redevelopment of vacant buildings; 43
and (D) development and redevelopment; 44 Raised Bill No. 6652
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(10) [State-wide transportation investment program"] "State-wide 45
transportation investment program" means the planning document 46
developed and updated at least every four years by the Department of 47
Transportation in compliance with the requirements of 23 USC 135, 48
listing all transportation projects in the state expected to receive federal 49
funding during the four-year period covered by the program; and 50
(11) "Transit station" means any passenger railroad station or bus 51
rapid transit station that is operational, or for which the Department of 52
Transportation has initiated planning or that is included in the state-53
wide transportation investment program, that is or will be located 54
within the boundaries of a member municipality or the municipalities 55
constituting a joint member entity. 56
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 22a-478 of the general statutes is 57
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 58
passage): 59
(h) The Department of Public Health shall establish and maintain a 60
priority list of eligible drinking water projects and shall establish a 61
system setting the priority for making project loans to eligible public 62
water systems. In establishing such priority list and ranking system, the 63
Commissioner of Public Health shall consider all factors which he 64
deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The 65
public health and safety; (2) protection of environmental resources; (3) 66
population affected; (4) risk to human health; (5) public water systems 67
most in need on a per household basis according to applicable state 68
affordability criteria; (6) compliance with the applicable requirements of 69
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and other related federal acts; (7) 70
applicable state and federal regulations. The priority list of eligible 71
drinking water projects shall include a description of each project and 72
its purpose, impact, cost and construction schedule, and an explanation 73
of the manner in which priorities were established. The Commissioner 74
of Public Health shall adopt an interim priority list of eligible drinking 75
water projects for the purpose of making project loans prior to adoption 76
of final regulations, and in so doing may utilize existing rules and 77 Raised Bill No. 6652
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regulations of the department relating to the program. To the extent 78
required by applicable federal law, the Department of Public Health 79
shall prepare any required intended use plan with respect to eligible 80
drinking water projects; (8) consistency with the state plan of 81
conservation and development; (9) consistency with the policies 82
delineated in section 22a-380; and (10) consistency with the coordinated 83
water system plan in accordance with subsection (f) of section 25-33d. 84
Sec. 3. Section 25-201 of the general statutes is repealed and the 85
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 86
For the purposes of sections 25-200 to 25-210, inclusive: 87
(1) "Approved map" means a map approved by the commissioner 88
pursuant to section 25-205; 89
(2) "Approved river corridor protection plan" means a river corridor 90
protection plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-91
205; 92
(3) "Clear cutting" means removal of all standing woody vegetation 93
greater than one inch diameter at breast height within a designated river 94
corridor; 95
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Energy and 96
Environmental Protection or his agent; 97
(5) "Designation" means designation, by act of the General Assembly, 98
of a river corridor for protection and preservation in accordance with an 99
approved river corridor protection plan and the provisions of sections 100
25-200 to 25-210, inclusive; 101
(6) "Designated river corridor" means that portion of a river corridor 102
defined on a map prepared in accordance with section 25-204 and which 103
has been designated by the General Assembly pursuant to sections 25-104
200 to 25-210, inclusive; 105
(7) "Eligible river corridor" means a river corridor which is included 106 Raised Bill No. 6652
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on the list adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-202; 107
(8) "Local drainage basin" means a local drainage basin referenced on 108
a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut", published by 109
the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981; 110
(9) "Member municipality" means a municipality which is a member 111
of a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203; 112
(10) "Major state plan" means the plan for development of outdoor 113
recreation adopted pursuant to section 22a-21, the state-wide solid 114
waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228, the state-115
wide plan for the management of water resources adopted pursuant to 116
section 22a-352, the state-wide environmental plan adopted pursuant to 117
section 22a-8, the plan for the disposal of dredged material for Long 118
Island Sound, the historic preservation plan adopted under the National 119
Historic Preservation Act, as amended, the state-wide facility and 120
capital plan adopted pursuant to section 4b-23, the water quality 121
management plan adopted under the federal Clean Water Act, the 122
marine resources management plan, the plan for managing forest 123
resources, the wildlife management plans and the salmon restoration 124
plan; 125
(11) "Person" means ["person"] person as defined in section 22a-2; 126
(12) "River corridor" means any river, river segment or river system, 127
together with its floodplains, wetlands and uplands, contributing 128
overland runoff to such river, river segment or river system; 129
(13) "River committee" means a river committee established pursuant 130
to section 25-203; 131
(14) "River system" means a river, its tributaries and any lands 132
draining into such river or its tributaries; 133
(15) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 134
Management or his agent; 135 Raised Bill No. 6652
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(16) ["State rivers assessment data base"] "State rivers assessment 136
database" means the state-wide assessment of the state's rivers prepared 137
by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of 138
section 25-102qq; 139
(17) "State plan of conservation and development" means the state 140
plan of conservation and development prepared pursuant to part I of 141
chapter 297; 142
(18) "Subregional drainage basin" means a subregional drainage 143
basin as depicted on a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of 144
Connecticut", published by the Department of E nergy and 145
Environmental Protection, 1981; and 146
(19) "Water-dependent use" means a use which, by its nature or 147
function, requires direct access to, or location in or immediately adjacent 148
to, water and which therefore cannot be located upland and shall 149
include such recreational uses as riverside trails and bicycle paths. 150
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 8-169hh
Sec. 2 from passage 22a-478(h)
Sec. 3 from passage 25-201
Statement of Purpose:
To make minor and technical revisions to statutes concerning planning
and development.
[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.]