Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01186 Compare Versions

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3		-	LCO 3731 1 of 2
	3	+	LCO No. 3731 1 of 2
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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1186
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 3731
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10		-	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
11		-	DEVELOPMENT
	10	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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14	13		Introduced by:
15	14		(PD)
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19	17		AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE
20	18		ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.
21	19		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	20		Assembly convened:
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24	22		Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 4-66k of the general statutes is 1
25	23		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
26	24		2025): 3
27	25		(d) (1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 4
28	26		funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed 5
29	27		to each regional council of governments [formed] created pursuant to 6
30	28		section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred eighty-five thousand five 7
31	29		hundred dollars plus sixty-eight cents per capita, using population 8
32	30		information from the most recent federal decennial census. 9
33	31		(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 10
34	32		thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be 11
35	33		distributed to [the] each regional council of governments [formed] 12
36	34		created pursuant to section 4-124j, in [the] an amount totaling seven 13
37		-	million dollars. Such funds shall be distributed under a formula 14 Raised Bill No. 1186
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39		-
40		-	LCO 3731 2 of 2
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	35	+	million dollars. Such funds shall be distributed under a formula 14
42	36		determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in 15
43	37		consultation with the regional [council] councils of governments, that 16
44	38		includes (A) a base payment amount payable to each such regional 17
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1186
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	42	+
	43	+	LCO No. 3731 2 of 2
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45	45		council, and (B) a per capita payment amount to each such regional 18
46	46		council based upon population data for each such regional council from 19
47	47		the most recent federal decennial census, adjusted in accordance with 20
48	48		any change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as 21
49	49		published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 22
50	50		Statistics, during the preceding twelve-month period, if such change 23
51	51		reflects an increase in said index. Such formula shall be reviewed and 24
52	52		updated [every five years after the initial adoption of such formula] 25
53	53		annually. 26
54	54		(3) Not later than July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each regional 27
55	55		council of governments shall submit to the secretary a proposal for 28
56	56		expenditure of the funds described in [subdivision (1) of] this 29
57	57		subsection. Such proposal may include, but need not be limited to, a 30
58	58		description of (A) functions, activities or services currently performed 31
59	59		by the state or municipalities that may be provided in a more efficient, 32
60	60		cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner by such regional 33
61	61		council, a regional educational service center or similar regional entity; 34
62	62		(B) anticipated cost savings relating to the sharing of government 35
63	63		services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing; (C) the 36
64	64		standardization and alignment of various regions of the state; or (D) any 37
65	65		other initiatives that may facilitate the delivery of services to the public 38
66	66		in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner. 39
67	67		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
68	68		sections:
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70	70		Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-66k(d)
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72		-	PD Joint Favorable
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	72	+	Statement of Purpose:
	73	+	To index the per capita payment amount to each regional council of
	74	+	governments from the regional planning incentive account to any
	75	+	increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers.
	76	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	77	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	78	+	underlined.]