House Bill No. 6652
Public Act No. 23-120
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 Section 8-169hh of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
For purposes of this section and sections 8-169ii to 8-169ss, inclusive:
(1) "Authority" means the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment
Authority established in section 8-169ii;
(2) "Authority development project" means a project occurring within
the boundaries of a Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority
development district;
(3) "Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority development
district" or "development district" means the area determined by a
memorandum of agreement between the authority and the chief
executive officer of the member municipality, or the chief executive
officers of the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, as
applicable, where such development district is located, provided such
area shall be considered a downtown or does not exceed a one-half-mile House Bill No. 6652
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radius of a transit station;
(4) "Designated tier III municipality" has the same meaning as
provided in section 7-560;
(5) "Designated tier IV municipality" has the same meaning as
provided in section 7-560;
(6) "Downtown" means a central business district or other
commercial neighborhood area of a community that serves as a center
of socioeconomic interaction in the community, characterized by a
cohesive core of commercial and mixed -use buildings, often
interspersed with civic, religious and residential buildings and public
spaces, that are typically arranged along a main street and intersecting
side streets and served by public infrastructure;
(7) "Member municipality" means (A) any municipality with a
population of seventy thousand or more that opts to join the
Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in accordance with
section 8-169ll, or (B) any designated tier III or tier IV municipality.
"Member municipality" does not include the city of Hartford or any
municipality that is considered part of the capital region, as defined in
section 32-600;
(8) "Joint member entity" means two or more municipalities with a
combined population of seventy thousand or more that together opt to
join the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority in accordance
with section 8-169ll, provided no such municipality is considered part
of the capital region, as defined in section 32-600;
(9) "Project" means any or all of the following: (A) The design and
construction of transit-oriented development, as defined in section 13b-
79kk; (B) the creation of housing units through rehabilitation or new
construction; (C) the demolition or redevelopment of vacant buildings;
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(10) [State-wide transportation investment program"] "State-wide
transportation investment program" means the planning document
developed and updated at least every four years by the Department of
Transportation in compliance with the requirements of 23 USC 135,
listing all transportation projects in the state expected to receive federal
funding during the four-year period covered by the program; and
(11) "Transit station" means any passenger railroad station or bus
rapid transit station that is operational, or for which the Department of
Transportation has initiated planning or that is included in the state-
wide transportation investment program, that is or will be located
within the boundaries of a member municipality or the municipalities
constituting a joint member entity.
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 22a-478 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(h) The Department of Public Health shall establish and maintain a
priority list of eligible drinking water projects and shall establish a
system setting the priority for making project loans to eligible public
water systems. In establishing such priority list and ranking system, the
Commissioner of Public Health shall consider all factors which he
deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The
public health and safety; (2) protection of environmental resources; (3)
population affected; (4) risk to human health; (5) public water systems
most in need on a per household basis according to applicable state
affordability criteria; (6) compliance with the applicable requirements of
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and other related federal acts; (7)
applicable state and federal regulations. The priority list of eligible
drinking water projects shall include a description of each project and
its purpose, impact, cost and construction schedule, and an explanation
of the manner in which priorities were established. The Commissioner
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water projects for the purpose of making project loans prior to adoption
of final regulations, and in so doing may utilize existing rules and
regulations of the department relating to the program. To the extent
required by applicable federal law, the Department of Public Health
shall prepare any required intended use plan with respect to eligible
drinking water projects; (8) consistency with the state plan of
conservation and development; (9) consistency with the policies
delineated in section 22a-380; and (10) consistency with the coordinated
water system plan in accordance with subsection (f) of section 25-33d.
Sec. 3. Section 25-201 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
For the purposes of sections 25-200 to 25-210, inclusive:
(1) "Approved map" means a map approved by the commissioner
pursuant to section 25-205;
(2) "Approved river corridor protection plan" means a river corridor
protection plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-
205;
(3) "Clear cutting" means removal of all standing woody vegetation
greater than one inch diameter at breast height within a designated river
corridor;
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Energy and
Environmental Protection or his agent;
(5) "Designation" means designation, by act of the General Assembly,
of a river corridor for protection and preservation in accordance with an
approved river corridor protection plan and the provisions of sections
25-200 to 25-210, inclusive;
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defined on a map prepared in accordance with section 25-204 and which
has been designated by the General Assembly pursuant to sections 25-
200 to 25-210, inclusive;
(7) "Eligible river corridor" means a river corridor which is included
on the list adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-202;
(8) "Local drainage basin" means a local drainage basin referenced on
a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut", published by
the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981;
(9) "Member municipality" means a municipality which is a member
of a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203;
(10) "Major state plan" means the plan for development of outdoor
recreation adopted pursuant to section 22a-21, the state-wide solid
waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228, the state-
wide plan for the management of water resources adopted pursuant to
section 22a-352, the state-wide environmental plan adopted pursuant to
section 22a-8, the plan for the disposal of dredged material for Long
Island Sound, the historic preservation plan adopted under the National
Historic Preservation Act, as amended, the state-wide facility and
capital plan adopted pursuant to section 4b-23, the water quality
management plan adopted under the federal Clean Water Act, the
marine resources management plan, the plan for managing forest
resources, the wildlife management plans and the salmon restoration
plan;
(11) "Person" means ["person"] person as defined in section 22a-2;
(12) "River corridor" means any river, river segment or river system,
together with its floodplains, wetlands and uplands, contributing
overland runoff to such river, river segment or river system;
(13) "River committee" means a river committee established pursuant House Bill No. 6652
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to section 25-203;
(14) "River system" means a river, its tributaries and any lands
draining into such river or its tributaries;
(15) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management or his agent;
(16) ["State rivers assessment data base"] "State rivers assessment
database" means the state-wide assessment of the state's rivers prepared
by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of
section 25-102qq;
(17) "State plan of conservation and development" means the state
plan of conservation and development prepared pursuant to part I of
chapter 297;
(18) "Subregional drainage basin" means a subregional drainage
basin as depicted on a map entitled "Natural Drainage Basins of
Connecticut", published by the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection, 1981; and
(19) "Water-dependent use" means a use which, by its nature or
function, requires direct access to, or location in or immediately adjacent
to, water and which therefore cannot be located upland and shall
include such recreational uses as riverside trails and bicycle paths.