Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01495 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1495
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1495
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5193
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(ENV)
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
13	20		ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S REVIEW OF SURPLUS STATE
14	21		PROPERTY.
15	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	23		Assembly convened:
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18	25		Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 4b-21 of the 1
19	26		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
20	27		thereof (Effective from passage): 3
21	28		(c) (1) Not later than thirty days after receipt of such notification from 4
22	29		the secretary, the following agencies shall determine and notify the 5
23	30		secretary in writing if the land, improvement or interest serves the 6
24	31		following needs: (A) The Commissioner of Economic and Community 7
25	32		Development, whether it can be used or adapted for economic 8
26	33		development or exchanged for property that can be used for economic 9
27	34		development; (B) the Commissioner of Transportation, whether it can 10
28	35		be used for transportation purposes; (C) the Commissioner of Energy 11
29	36		and Environmental Protection, whether it can be used for open space 12
30		-	purposes, for the siting of a renewable energy facility or to otherwise 13
31		-	support the department's mission; (D) the Commissioner of Agriculture, 14
32		-	whether it can be used for farming or agricultural purposes; (E) the 15
33		-	Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, whether it can be used for veterans' 16
34		-	housing; (F) the Commissioner of Children and Families, whether it can 17
35		-	be used to support the department's mission; (G) the Commissioner of 18 Substitute Bill No. 1495
	37	+	purposes, for the siting of a renewable energy facility to serve existing 13
	38	+	or proposed state facilities or to otherwise support the department's 14
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1495
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40		-	Developmental Services, whether it can be used to support the 19
41		-	department's mission; (H) the Commissioner of Administrative 20
42		-	Services, whether it can be used to house state agencies or can be leased; 21
43		-	(I) the Commissioner of Housing, whether it can be used as an 22
44		-	emergency shelter or transitional living facility for homeless persons, or 23
45		-	used for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of housing for 24
46		-	persons and families of low and moderate income; and (J) the 25
47		-	Commissioner of Early Childhood, whether it can be used for the 26
48		-	provision of early childhood care and early childhood education 27
49		-	programs. 28
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	45	+	mission; (D) the Commissioner of Agriculture, whether it can be used 15
	46	+	for farming or agricultural purposes; (E) the Commissioner of Veterans 16
	47	+	Affairs, whether it can be used for veterans' housing; (F) the 17
	48	+	Commissioner of Children and Families, whether it can be used to 18
	49	+	support the department's mission; (G) the Commissioner of 19
	50	+	Developmental Services, whether it can be used to support the 20
	51	+	department's mission; (H) the Commissioner of Administrative 21
	52	+	Services, whether it can be used to house state agencies or can be leased; 22
	53	+	(I) the Commissioner of Housing, whether it can be used as an 23
	54	+	emergency shelter or transitional living facility for homeless persons, or 24
	55	+	used for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of housing for 25
	56	+	persons and families of low and moderate income; and (J) the 26
	57	+	Commissioner of Early Childhood, whether it can be used for the 27
	58	+	provision of early childhood care and early childhood education 28
	59	+	programs. 29
50	60		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
51	61		sections:
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53	63		Section 1 from passage 4b-21(c)(1)
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55		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	65	+	Statement of Purpose:
	66	+	To authorize the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
	67	+	to determine whether surplus state property could be used for certain
	68	+	renewable energy facilities.
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	70	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	71	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	72	+	underlined.]
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