| 14 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) For the purposes of this section, |
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| 15 | | - | "metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as |
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| 16 | | - | provided in 23 USC 134, as amended from time to time. The Connecticut |
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| 17 | | - | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, established |
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| 18 | | - | pursuant to section 2-79a of the general statutes, in consultation with the |
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| 19 | | - | Department of Transportation, shall study and make recommendations |
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| 20 | | - | regarding the consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations to |
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| 21 | | - | achieve a greater level of consistency and efficiency in transportation |
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| 22 | | - | planning. Not later than January 1, 2024, the commission shall submit |
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| 23 | | - | the results of such study and its recommendations to the Governor and |
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| 24 | | - | the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having |
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| 25 | | - | cognizance of matters relating to transportation, in accordance with the |
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| 26 | | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The results of such |
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| 27 | | - | study shall, at a minimum, (1) recommend a minimum population to be |
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| 28 | | - | represented by a metropolitan planning organization, (2) recommend |
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| 29 | | - | metropolitan planning organizations that can be consolidated or |
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| 30 | | - | reconfigured to represent a larger population, (3) identify the potential |
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| 31 | | - | consistencies, efficiencies and benefits to the state and municipalities as |
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| 32 | | - | a result of consolidating metropolitan planning organizations, (4) House Bill No. 6670 |
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| 27 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) For the purposes of this section, 1 |
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| 28 | + | "metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as 2 |
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| 29 | + | provided in 23 USC 134, as amended from time to time. The 3 |
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| 30 | + | Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 4 |
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| 31 | + | established pursuant to section 2-79a of the general statutes, in 5 |
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| 32 | + | consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall study and 6 |
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| 33 | + | make recommendations regarding the consolidation of metropolitan 7 |
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| 34 | + | planning organizations to achieve a greater level of consistency and 8 |
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| 35 | + | efficiency in transportation planning. Not later than January 1, 2024, 9 |
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| 36 | + | the commission shall submit the results of such study and its 10 |
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| 37 | + | recommendations to the Governor and the joint standing committee of 11 |
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| 38 | + | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 12 |
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| 39 | + | transportation, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 13 |
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| 40 | + | the general statutes. The results of such study shall, at a minimum, (1) 14 |
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| 41 | + | recommend a minimum population to be represented by a 15 Bill No. 6670 |
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| 36 | | - | identify any barriers that the state or municipalities may encounter |
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| 37 | | - | while planning, and during, the consolidation of metropolitan planning |
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| 38 | | - | organizations, (5) identify any state resources that can assist |
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| 39 | | - | municipalities to overcome any such barrier, (6) include transition |
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| 40 | | - | planning to address the staffing and funding needs of metropolitan |
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| 41 | | - | planning organizations that are consolidated or reconfigured, and (7) |
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| 42 | | - | identify any conclusions that can be drawn from the configuration of |
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| 43 | | - | metropolitan planning organizations in other states. |
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| 46 | + | metropolitan planning organization, (2) recommend metropolitan 16 |
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| 47 | + | planning organizations that can be consolidated or reconfigured to 17 |
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| 48 | + | represent a larger population, (3) identify the potential consistencies, 18 |
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| 49 | + | efficiencies and benefits to the state and municipalities as a result of 19 |
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| 50 | + | consolidating metropolitan planning organizations, (4) identify any 20 |
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| 51 | + | barriers that the state or municipalities may encounter while planning, 21 |
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| 52 | + | and during, the consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations, 22 |
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| 53 | + | (5) identify any state resources that can assist municipalities to 23 |
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| 54 | + | overcome any such barrier, (6) include transition planning to address 24 |
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| 55 | + | the staffing and funding needs of metropolitan planning organizations 25 |
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| 56 | + | that are consolidated or reconfigured, and (7) identify any conclusions 26 |
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| 57 | + | that can be drawn from the configuration of metropolitan planning 27 |
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| 58 | + | organizations in other states. 28 |
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| 59 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 62 | + | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 64 | + | TRA Joint Favorable |
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