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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7144
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE
REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT TO EACH REGIONAL
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE HIRING OF CERTAIN
PERSONNEL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-66k of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "regional 3
planning incentive account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 4
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 5
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 6
shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 7
Management for the purposes of first providing funding to regional 8
planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of this section, 9
next providing grants for the support of regional election advisors 10
pursuant to section 9-229c and then providing grants under the regional 11
performance incentive program established pursuant to section 4-124s. 12
(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, funds from the regional 13
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planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional 14
planning organization, as defined in section 4-124i of the general 15
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, in the amount of 16
one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. Any regional council of 17
governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning 18
organizations that voluntarily consolidate on or before December 31, 19
2013, shall receive an additional payment in an amount equal to the 20
amount the regional planning organizations would have received if 21
such regional planning organizations had not voluntarily consolidated. 22
[(c)] (2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2021, 23
inclusive, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be 24
distributed to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to 25
section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand 26
dollars plus fifty cents per capita, using population information from 27
the most recent federal decennial census. Any regional council of 28
governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning 29
organizations, as defined in section 4-124i of the general statutes, 30
revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, that voluntarily consolidated 31
on or before December 31, 2013, shall receive a payment in the amount 32
of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for each such regional 33
planning organization that voluntarily consolidated on or before said 34
date. 35
[(d) (1)] (3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 36
funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed 37
to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-38
124j, in the amount of one hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred 39
dollars plus sixty-eight cents per capita, using population information 40
from the most recent federal decennial census. 41
[(2)] (4) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2024, and [each 42
fiscal year thereafter] June 30, 2025, funds from the regional planning 43
incentive account shall be distributed to the regional [council] councils 44
of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount 45
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totaling seven million dollars. Such funds shall be distributed under a 46
formula determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 47
Management in consultation with the regional [council] councils of 48
governments, that includes (A) a base payment amount payable to each 49
such regional council, and (B) a per capita payment amount to each such 50
regional council based upon population data for each such regional 51
council from the most recent federal decennial census. [Such formula 52
shall be reviewed and updated every five years after the initial adoption 53
of such formula.] 54
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year 55
thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be 56
distributed to the regional councils of governments formed pursuant to 57
section 4-124j as follows: (A) Each such regional council shall receive 58
four hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of funding three 59
positions within each such council, including, but not limited to, a 60
regional building inspector position, to provide technical support for 61
the planning and development of additional housing in each such 62
council's region, and (B) an amount totaling seven million dollars shall 63
be distributed under a formula determined by the Secretary of the Office 64
of Policy and Management in consultation with the regional councils of 65
governments, that includes (i) a base payment amount payable to each 66
such regional council, and (ii) a per capita payment amount to each such 67
regional council based upon population data for each such regional 68
council from the most recent federal decennial census. Such formula 69
shall be reviewed and updated every five years after the initial adoption 70
of such formula. 71
[(3)] (c) Not later than July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each 72
regional council of governments shall submit to the secretary a proposal 73
for expenditure of the funds described in [subdivision (1) of this] 74
subsection (b) of this section. Such proposal may include, but need not 75
be limited to, a description of [(A)] (1) functions, activities or services 76
currently performed by the state or municipalities that may be provided 77
in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner 78
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by such council, a regional educational service center or similar regional 79
entity; [(B)] (2) anticipated cost savings relating to the sharing of 80
government services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing; 81
[(C)] (3) the standardization and alignment of various regions of the 82
state; or [(D)] (4) any other initiatives that may facilitate the delivery of 83
services to the public in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or 84
higher quality manner. 85
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-66k
Statement of Purpose:
To distribute funds from the regional planning incentive account to each
regional council of governments for the hiring of personnel to facilitate
the creation of additional housing.
[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.]