Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01491 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1491
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 5884
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10	10		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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13	13		Introduced by:
14	14		(PS)
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A FIRE SUPPRESSION INFRASTRUCTURE
19	20		GRANT PROGRAM.
20	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	22		Assembly convened:
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23	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) For the fiscal year ending June 1
24	25		30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of 2
25	26		Administrative Services shall establish a grant program to reimburse 3
26	27		municipalities, each with a population of not more than ten thousand, 4
27	28		for the cost of fire suppression infrastructure, including, but not limited 5
28	29		to, fire hydrants. Not later than October 1, 2025, the department shall 6
29	30		post in a conspicuous place on the department's Internet web site a 7
30	31		description of the grant program, including, but not limited to, 8
31	32		eligibility criteria and the application process for the program. A 9
32	33		municipality shall apply for such grants on such forms and in such 10
33	34		manner as determined by the department. For purposes of this section, 11
34	35		"municipality" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-323j of the 12
35		-	general statutes. 13 Raised Bill No. 1491
	36	+	general statutes. 13
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 1491
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38		-	LCO 5884 2 of 2
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	41	+	LCO No. 5884 2 of 2
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40	43		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
41	44		sections:
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43	46		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
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45		-	PS Joint Favorable C/R APP
	48	+	Statement of Purpose:
	49	+	To require the Department of Administrative Services to establish a
	50	+	grant program to reimburse certain municipalities for the cost of fire
	51	+	suppression infrastructure.
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	53	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	54	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	55	+	underlined.]
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