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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1307
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND
DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES TO PROMOTE HOUSING GROWTH
AND PROTECT THE STATE'S WATER SUPPLY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working 1
group to develop best practices to promote housing growth and protect 2
the state's water supply. 3
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: 4
(1) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 5
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing; 6
(2) The ranking members of the joint standing committee of the 7
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, or 8
their designees; 9
(3) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 10
secretary's designee; 11
(4) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; 12 Raised Bill No. 1307
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(5) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 13
the commissioner's designee; 14
(6) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 15
designee; 16
(7) Two representatives with expertise in housing, appointed by the 17
chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 18
having cognizance of matters relating to housing; 19
(8) Two representatives with expertise in state, regional or local 20
planning, appointed by the chairpersons of the joint standing committee 21
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 22
housing; and 23
(9) Two representatives with expertise in public water supply, 24
appointed by the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the 25
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. 26
(c) Any member of the working group appointed under subdivision 27
(1), (2), (7), (8) or (9) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 28
of the General Assembly. 29
(d) All initial appointments to the working group shall be made not 30
later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 31
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 32
(e) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 33
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing shall serve 34
as the chairpersons of the working group. Such chairpersons shall 35
schedule the first meeting of the working group, which shall be held not 36
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 37
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 38
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 39
shall serve as the administrative staff of the working group. 40
(g) Not later than January 1, 2026, the working group convened 41 Raised Bill No. 1307
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pursuant to this section shall submit a report on its findings to the joint 42
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 43
matters relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 44
11-4a of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate on the 45
date that it submits such report or January 1, 2026, whichever is later. 46
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
HSG Joint Favorable