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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 Section 8-169hh of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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, 3
inclusive: 4
(1) "Authority" means the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment 5
Authority established in section 8-169ii; 6
(2) "Authority development project" means a project occurring 7
within the boundaries of a Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment 8
Authority development district; 9
(3) "Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority development 10
district" or "development district" means the area determined by a 11
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executive officer of the member municipality, or the chief executive 13
officers of the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, as 14
applicable, where such development district is located, provided such 15
area shall be considered a downtown or does not exceed a one-half-16
mile radius of a transit station; 17
(4) "Designated tier III municipality" has the same meaning as 18
provided in section 7-560; 19
(5) "Designated tier IV municipality" has the same meaning as 20
provided in section 7-560; 21
(6) "Downtown" means a central business district or other 22
commercial neighborhood area of a community that serves as a center 23
of socioeconomic interaction in the community, characterized by a 24
cohesive core of commercial and mixed -use buildings, often 25
interspersed with civic, religious and residential buildings and public 26
spaces, that are typically arranged along a main street and intersecting 27
side streets and served by public infrastructure; 28
(7) "Member municipality" means (A) any municipality with a 29
population of seventy thousand or more that opts to join the 30
Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in accordance with 31
section 8-169ll, or (B) any designated tier III or tier IV municipality. 32
"Member municipality" does not include the city of Hartford or any 33
municipality that is considered part of the capital region, as defined in 34
section 32-600; 35
(8) "Joint member entity" means two or more municipalities with a 36
combined population of seventy thousand or more that together opt to 37
join the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in 38
accordance with section 8-169ll, provided no such municipality is 39
considered part of the capital region, as defined in section 32-600; 40
(9) "Project" means any or all of the following: (A) The design and 41
construction of transit-oriented development, as defined in section 42
13b-79kk; (B) the creation of housing units through rehabilitation or 43 Bill No. 6652
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new construction; (C) the demolition or redevelopment of vacant 44
buildings; and (D) development and redevelopment; 45
(10) [State-wide transportation investment program"] "State-wide 46
transportation investment program" means the planning document 47
developed and updated at least every four years by the Department of 48
Transportation in compliance with the requirements of 23 USC 135, 49
listing all transportation projects in the state expected to receive federal 50
funding during the four-year period covered by the program; and 51
(11) "Transit station" means any passenger railroad station or bus 52
rapid transit station that is operational, or for which the Department of 53
Transportation has initiated planning or that is included in the state-54
wide transportation investment program, that is or will be located 55
within the boundaries of a member municipality or the municipalities 56
constituting a joint member entity. 57
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 22a-478 of the general statutes is 58
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 59
passage): 60
(h) The Department of Public Health shall establish and maintain a 61
priority list of eligible drinking water projects and shall establish a 62
system setting the priority for making project loans to eligible public 63
water systems. In establishing such priority list and ranking system, 64
the Commissioner of Public Health shall consider all factors which he 65
deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The 66
public health and safety; (2) protection of environmental resources; (3) 67
population affected; (4) risk to human health; (5) public water systems 68
most in need on a per household basis according to applicable state 69
affordability criteria; (6) compliance with the applicable requirements 70
of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and other related federal acts; 71
(7) applicable state and federal regulations. The priority list of eligible 72
drinking water projects shall include a description of each project and 73
its purpose, impact, cost and construction schedule, and an 74
explanation of the manner in which priorities were established. The 75 Bill No. 6652
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Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt an interim priority list of 76
eligible drinking water projects for the purpose of making project 77
loans prior to adoption of final regulations, and in so doing may utilize 78
existing rules and regulations of the department relating to the 79
program. To the extent required by applicable federal law, the 80
Department of Public Health shall prepare any required intended use 81
plan with respect to eligible drinking water projects; (8) consistency 82
with the state plan of conservation and development; (9) consistency 83
with the policies delineated in section 22a-380; and (10) consistency 84
with the coordinated water system plan in accordance with subsection 85
(f) of section 25-33d. 86
Sec. 3. Section 25-201 of the general statutes is repealed and the 87
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 88
For the purposes of sections 25-200 to 25-210, inclusive: 89
(1) "Approved map" means a map approved by the commissioner 90
pursuant to section 25-205; 91
(2) "Approved river corridor protection plan" means a river corridor 92
protection plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-93
205; 94
(3) "Clear cutting" means removal of all standing woody vegetation 95
greater than one inch diameter at breast height within a designated 96
river corridor; 97
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Energy and 98
Environmental Protection or his agent; 99
(5) "Designation" means designation, by act of the General 100
Assembly, of a river corridor for protection and preservation in 101
accordance with an approved river corridor protection plan and the 102
provisions of sections 25-200 to 25-210, inclusive; 103
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defined on a map prepared in accordance with section 25-204 and 105
which has been designated by the General Assembly pursuant to 106
sections 25-200 to 25-210, inclusive; 107
(7) "Eligible river corridor" means a river corridor which is included 108
on the list adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-202; 109
(8) "Local drainage basin" means a local drainage basin referenced 110
on a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut", published 111
by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981; 112
(9) "Member municipality" means a municipality which is a member 113
of a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203; 114
(10) "Major state plan" means the plan for development of outdoor 115
recreation adopted pursuant to section 22a-21, the state-wide solid 116
waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228, the 117
state-wide plan for the management of water resources adopted 118
pursuant to section 22a-352, the state-wide environmental plan 119
adopted pursuant to section 22a-8, the plan for the disposal of dredged 120
material for Long Island Sound, the historic preservation plan adopted 121
under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, the state-122
wide facility and capital plan adopted pursuant to section 4b-23, the 123
water quality management plan adopted under the federal Clean 124
Water Act, the marine resources management plan, the plan for 125
managing forest resources, the wildlife management plans and the 126
salmon restoration plan; 127
(11) "Person" means ["person"] person as defined in section 22a-2; 128
(12) "River corridor" means any river, river segment or river system, 129
together with its floodplains, wetlands and uplands, contributing 130
overland runoff to such river, river segment or river system; 131
(13) "River committee" means a river committee established 132
pursuant to section 25-203; 133 Bill No. 6652
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(14) "River system" means a river, its tributaries and any lands 134
draining into such river or its tributaries; 135
(15) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 136
Management or his agent; 137
(16) ["State rivers assessment data base"] "State rivers assessment 138
database" means the state-wide assessment of the state's rivers 139
prepared by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (3) of 140
subsection (c) of section 25-102qq; 141
(17) "State plan of conservation and development" means the state 142
plan of conservation and development prepared pursuant to part I of 143
chapter 297; 144
(18) "Subregional drainage basin" means a subregional drainage 145
basin as depicted on a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of 146
Connecticut", published by the Department of Energy and 147
Environmental Protection, 1981; and 148
(19) "Water-dependent use" means a use which, by its nature or 149
function, requires direct access to, or location in or immediately 150
adjacent to, water and which therefore cannot be located upland and 151
shall include such recreational uses as riverside trails and bicycle 152
paths. 153
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
PD Joint Favorable