Chapter 50

Sec. 4-66c. Urban action bonds. (a) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate two billion two hundred twenty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars, provided forty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission in its discretion may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent hereinafter stated, shall be used, subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section, for the purpose of redirecting, improving and expanding state activities which promote community conservation and development and improve the quality of life for urban residents of the state as hereinafter stated: (A) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: Economic and community development projects, including administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding sixty-seven million five hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred forty-two dollars, one million dollars of which shall be used for a grant to the development center program and the nonprofit business consortium deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-411; (B) for the Department of Transportation: Urban mass transit, not exceeding two million dollars; (C) for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: Recreation development and solid waste disposal projects, not exceeding one million nine hundred ninety-five thousand nine hundred two dollars; (D) for the Department of Social Services: Child day care projects, elderly centers, shelter facilities for victims of domestic violence, emergency shelters and related facilities for the homeless, multipurpose human resource centers and food distribution facilities, not exceeding thirty-nine million one hundred thousand dollars, provided four million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994; (E) for the Department of Economic and Community Development: Housing projects, not exceeding three million dollars; (F) for the Office of Policy and Management: (i) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for a pilot demonstration program to leverage private contributions for redevelopment of designated historic preservation areas, not exceeding one million dollars; (ii) grants-in-aid for urban development projects including economic and community development, transportation, environmental protection, public safety, children and families and social services projects and programs, including, in the case of economic and community development projects administered on behalf of the Office of Policy and Management by the Department of Economic and Community Development, administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding two billion one hundred nine million eight hundred thousand dollars, provided forty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022.

(2) (A) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available to private nonprofit organizations for the purposes described in said subparagraph (F)(ii). (B) Twelve million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for necessary renovations and improvements of libraries. (C) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for small business gap financing. (D) Ten million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for regional economic development revolving loan funds. (E) One million four hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for rehabilitation and renovation of the Black Rock Library in Bridgeport. (F) Two million five hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for site acquisition, renovation and rehabilitation for the Institute for the Hispanic Family in Hartford. (G) Three million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for the acquisition of land and the development of commercial or retail property in New Haven. (H) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for repairs and replacement of the fishing pier at Cummings Park in Stamford. (I) Ten million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for development of an intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut.

(c) Any proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section or of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from the sale of such bonds may be used to fund grants-in-aid to municipalities or the grant-in-aid programs of said departments, including, but not limited to, financial assistance and expenses authorized under chapters 128, 129, 130, 133, 136 and 298, and section 16a-40a, provided any such program shall be implemented in an eligible municipality or is for projects in other municipalities which the State Bond Commission determines will help to meet the goals set forth in section 4-66b. For the purposes of this section, “eligible municipality” means a municipality which is economically distressed within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p, which is classified as an urban center in any plan adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30, which is classified as a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545, or in which the State Bond Commission determines that the project in question will help meet the goals set forth in section 4-66b. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, proceeds from the sale of bonds pursuant to this section may, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, be used for transit-oriented development projects, as defined in section 13b-79o, in any municipality.

(d) Any economic development project eligible for assistance under this section may include but not be limited to: (1) The construction or rehabilitation of commercial, industrial and mixed use structures; and (2) the construction, reconstruction or repair of roads, accessways and other site improvements. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may enter into a contract for state financial assistance for any eligible economic or community development project in the form of a grant-in-aid. Any grant-in-aid shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost of the project for which the grant is made as determined and approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. Before entering into a grant-in-aid contract the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall have approved an application submitted on forms provided by the commissioner. No project shall be undertaken until the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development approves the plans, specifications and estimated costs. The commissioner may adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as are necessary for the implementation of this section.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, whenever the Department of Economic and Community Development or the Office of Policy and Management is authorized by the general statutes to assess, collect or fund administrative expenses or service charges or otherwise recover costs or expenses incurred by the state in carrying out the provisions of any economic or community development project or program administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, except in the case of administrative oversight charges described in section 8-37tt amounts so assessed, collected or funded by the state may be used to pay any administrative expenses of the Department of Economic and Community Development and shall not be required to be used to pay expenses related to a particular project or program.

(P.A. 79-607, S. 21; P.A. 80-21, S. 1, 5; 80-411, S. 2, 3; 80-483, S. 11, 186; P.A. 81-472, S. 1, 159; P.A. 83-365; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 2, 17; P.A. 84-443, S. 1, 20; P.A. 85-558, S. 2, 17; 85-613, S. 16, 154; P.A. 86-396, S. 3, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 1, 26; P.A. 88-343, S. 3, 32; P.A. 89-211, S. 3; 89-331, S. 4, 30; P.A. 90-297, S. 1, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 6, 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 1, 36; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-382, S. 53, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 1, 45; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-272, S. 1, 29; P.A. 96-181, S. 104, 121; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 169, 209; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 2, 20; P.A. 98-259, S. 1, 17; P.A. 99-241, S. 2, 66; 99-242, S. 88, 90; P.A. 00-167, S. 57, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 1, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 110; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 1; P.A. 06-136, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 40; P.A. 10-44, S. 26; P.A. 11-57, S. 61; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-239, S. 51; P.A. 14-98, S. 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 51; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 238; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 427; P.A. 18-178, S. 17; P.A. 20-1, S. 51; P.A. 21-111, S. 51.)

History: P.A. 80-21 removed housing projects from control of economic development department and gave control to housing department under Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-411 included shelter facilities for victims of household abuse under control of human resources department in Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-483 and P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 83-365 added Subsec. (d) concerning economic development projects; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33 increased total authorization from $12,000,000 to $13,000,000 and economic development project segment from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; P.A. 84-443 increased general authorization limit to $15,000,000, including an increase for the departments of economic development and human resources to $4,000,000 each, delayed the deadline for authorization by the state bond commission to October 1, 1986, and incorrectly showed Subsec. (d) as new language whereas it had already been added by P.A. 83-365; P.A. 85-558 increased the bond authorization limit to $17,300,000, increasing economic development segment to $5,300,000 and human resources segment to $5,000,000; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 86-396 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $17,300,000 to $20,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b) to increase bond authorization in Subdiv. (1) from $5,300,000 five to 6,300,000, to increase bond authorization in Subdiv. (4) from $5,000,000 to $5,750,000 and to add Subdiv. (6) re historic preservation areas; P.A. 87-405 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $20,050,000 to $59,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b) to increase the bond authorization in Subdiv. (1) from $6,300,000 to $7,300,000, to increase the bond authorization in Subdiv. (4) from $5,750,000 to $8,750,000 and to include emergency shelters for the homeless and multipurpose human resource centers within that authorization and to add Subdiv. (6)(B) re grants-in-aid to municipalities, municipal entities and certain nonprofit organizations; P.A. 88-343 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $59,050,000 to $68,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $7,300,000 to $9,300,000 and (b)(4) from $8,750,000 to $15,750,000 and added “related facilities” in Subsec. (b)(4); P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 89-331 increased the total bond authorization from $68,050,000 to $72,550,000 and increased the bond authorization for the department of human resources from $15,750,000 to $20,250,000; P.A. 90-297 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $72,550,000 to $79,645,902 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $9,300,000 to $9,800,000,(b)(2) to decrease the bond authorization from $2,000,000 to $1,995,902 and (b)(4) to increase the bond authorization from $20,250,000 to $26,850,000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 increased the bond authorization in Subsec. (a) from $79,645,902 to $92,345,902, in Subsec. (b)(1) the amount of the proceeds from the sale of said bonds to be used for economic development was increased from $9,800,000 to $17,500,000 and in Subsec. (b)(4) the amount to be used for the department of human resources was increased from $26,850,000 to $31,850,000; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $92,345,902 to $106,595,902 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $17,500,000 to $18,500,000, Subsec. (b)(4) to increase the bond authorization from $31,850,000 to $35,100,000 and to include in such authorization food distribution facilities and Subsec. (b)(6)(B) to increase the bond authorization from $35,000,000 to $45,000,000 and to include in such authorization public safety programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of department of social services for department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-382 added definition of “applicant” in Subsec. (d), extending eligibility for grants-in-aid to nonmunicipal entities, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $106,595,902 to $173,895,902, effective July 1, 1993, provided $30,500,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase bond authorization from $18,500,000 to $48,500,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $10,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, (b)(4) from $35,100,000 to $39,100,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $4,000,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, and (b)(6) from $45,000,000 to $78,300,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $16,500,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-272 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $173,895,902 to $197,895,902 provided $12,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, Subsec. (b) to increase authorization for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $48,500,000 to $58,500,000 provided $5,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, and the authorization for grants-in-aid for urban development projects from $78,300,000 to $92,300,000 provided $7,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-181 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $197,895,000 to $275,895,000 and the amount available for July 1, 1996, from $12,000,000 to $90,000,000, Subsec. (b) to include administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, to provide that $2,000,000 be used for the Technology-Based Revolving Loan Fund program, to add the Department of Children and Families and to increase the amounts available for grants-in-aid under Subdiv. (6)(B) from $92,300,000 to $170,300,000 and the amount available for July 1, 1996, from $7,000,000 to $85,000,000, Subsec. (c) to add to the definition of “eligible municipality” reference to determination by Bond Commission that projects meet goal of Sec. 4-66b, and Subsec. (d) to delete definition of “applicant” and make technical changes, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-256 amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Sec. 33-421 with Sec. 33-1002, effective January 1, 1997; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $275,895,902 to $384,695,902 provided $54,400,000 is effective July 1, 1998, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase bond authorization from $58,500,000 to $67,300,000 provided $4,400,000 is effective July 1, 1998, and to delete reference to the Technology-Based Revolving Loan Fund program, effective July 31, 1997; P.A. 98-259, effective July 1, 1998, amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $384,695,902 to $409,695,902 provided $79,400,000 of said authorization was effective July 1, 1998, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase authorization in Subdiv. (2) from $1,995,902 to $2,000,000, to decrease the authorization in Subdiv. (3) from $2,000,000 to $1,995,902, and to increase the authorization in Subdiv. (6) from $270,300,000 to $295,300,000 provided $75,000,000 of said authorization was effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $409,695,902 to $596,695,902 provided $93,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, and Subsec. (b) to increase authorization from $67,300,000 to $77,300,000, one million to be used for a grant to the deployment center program provided $5,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-242 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $596,695,902 to $669,695,902 provided $130,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-167 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that $5,000,000 of the grants authorized under Subdiv. (6)(B) may be made to private nonprofit organizations and that $5,000,000 of the grants authorized under Subdiv. (6)(B) may be made for necessary renovations and improvements of libraries, and amended Subsec. (c) to include public investment communities as eligible municipalities, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the authorization from $669,695,902 to $953,695,902 provided $142,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development for economic and community development projects from $77,300,000 to $81,300,000 provided $2,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, and to increase authorization to Office of Policy and Management for various projects from $545,300,000 to $825,300,000 provided $140,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease authorization from $953,695,902 to $906,987,544 and to provide that $107,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to decrease amount authorized for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $81,300,000 to $74,591,642 and to provide that $7,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, Subsec. (b)(6)(B) to decrease the amount authorized for the Office of Policy and Management from $825,300,000 to $785,300,000 and to provide that $100,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, and to add provision that $5,000,000 be made available for small business gap financing, effective July 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization to $982,487,544 and to provide that $75,500,000 of said authorization is effective July 1, 2004, and amended Subsec. (b) to decrease authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development in Subdiv. (1) to $67,591,642, to delete provision re part of said authorization which was effective July 1, 2003, to increase authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development in Subdiv. (6)(B) to $867,800,000, of which $82,500,000 is effective July 1, 2004, to increase authorization for renovations and improvements of libraries to $10,000,000 and to add provision making a portion of authorized funds available for regional economic development revolving loan funds, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (b) to increase an authorization for renovations and improvements of libraries to $12,000,000, effective May 12, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization from $982,487,541 to $1,132,487,544, of which $65,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and amended Subsec. (b) by dividing it into Subdivs. (1) and (2), making conforming changes therein, increasing the amount authorized for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $867,800,000 to $1,017,800,000, of which $65,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and providing that $1,400,000 be made available for Black Rock Library and $2,500,000 be made available for the Institute for the Hispanic Family, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-136 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that bonds may be used for transit-oriented development projects, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,132,487,544 to $1,172,487,544, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,017,800,000 to $1,057,800,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; P.A. 10-44 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $1,172,487,544 to $1,159,487,544 and to delete provision re authorization amount effective on July 1, 2008, amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to decrease amount authorized from $1,057,800,000 to $1,044,800,000 and to delete provision re authorization amount effective on July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (G) providing that $3,000,000 be made available for land acquisition and development in New Haven and Subpara. (H) providing that $750,000 be made available for Cummings Park in Stamford, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-57 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,159,487,544 to $1,259,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,044,800,000 to $1,144,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,259,487,544 to $1,359,487,544 and change date that $50,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,144,800,000 to $1,244,800,000 and change date that $50,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-98 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,359,487,544 to $1,439,487,544 and delete provision re $50,000,000 of authorization to be effective July 1, 2014, amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,244,800,000 to $1,324,800,000 and delete provision re $50,000,000 of authorization to be effective July 1, 2014, and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (I) authorizing $10,000,000 for an intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,439,487,544 to $1,559,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase authorization from $1,324,800,000 to $1,444,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,559,487,544 to $1,584,487,544, of which $75,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,444,800,000 to $1,469,800,000, of which $75,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,584,487,544 to $1,684,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,469,800,000 to $1,569,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-178 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,684,487,544 to $1,784,487,544, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,569,800,000 to $1,669,800,000, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,784,487,544 to $1,984,487,544, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2020, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,669,800,000 to $1,869,800,000, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2020, effective March 12, 2020; P.A. 21-111 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,984,487,544 to $2,224,487,544, of which $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,869,800,000 to $2,109,800,000, of which $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-66g. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) Small town economic assistance program. Bond authorization. Certain sewer projects eligible. *(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred one million dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for a small town economic assistance program the purpose of which shall be to provide grants-in-aid to any municipality or group of municipalities, provided the municipality and each municipality that is part of a group of municipalities is not economically distressed within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p, does not have an urban center in any plan adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30 and is not a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545. Such grants shall be used for purposes for which funds would be available under section 4-66c. No group of municipalities may receive an amount exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars per municipality in such group in any one fiscal year under said program. No individual municipality may receive more than five hundred thousand dollars in any one fiscal year under said program, except that any municipality that receives a grant under said program as a member of a group of municipalities shall continue to be eligible to receive an amount equal to five hundred thousand dollars less the amount of such municipality's proportionate share of such grant. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection and section 4-66c, a municipality that is (1) a distressed municipality within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p or a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545, and (2) otherwise eligible under this subsection for the small town economic assistance program may elect to be eligible for said program individually or as part of a group of municipalities in lieu of being eligible for financial assistance under section 4-66c, by a vote of its legislative body or, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, and submitting a written notice of such vote to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any such election shall be for the four-year period following submission of such notice to the secretary and may be extended for additional four-year periods in accordance with the same procedure for the initial election.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(d) Any grant-in-aid allowed under the small town economic assistance program under this section may be administered on behalf of the Office of Policy and Management by another state agency as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16a-31, no municipality that has a population of less than fifteen thousand as determined by the most recent decennial census and in which at least five thousand five hundred acres of land but not more than six thousand acres of land is owned by a regional water authority shall be denied a grant pursuant to subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section for a sewer project solely because such project is not consistent with the locational guide map accompanying the state plan of conservation and development adopted under chapter 297.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 19, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 21; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 2; P.A. 05-194, S. 1; 05-247, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 41; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 1; P.A. 11-57, S. 62; 11-123, S. 1; P.A. 13-239, S. 52; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 52; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 239; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 428; P.A. 20-1, S. 52.)

*Note: On and after July 1, 2022, subsection (a) of this section, as amended by section 52 of public act 21-111, is to read as follows:

“(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred sixteen million dollars.”

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 added Subsec. (d) re administration of grant-in-aid, effective August 15, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization to $60,000,000, make $20,000,000 of said authorization effective July 1, 2004, and delete provision re funds authorized in 2002, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-194 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize certain distressed municipalities and public investment communities to elect to be eligible for the small town economic assistance program in lieu of being eligible for financial assistance under Sec. 4-66c, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-247, designated editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (e), provided that certain municipalities shall not be denied a grant for a sewer project solely because the project is not consistent with the locational guide map, effective July 8, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization from $60,000,000 to $100,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and amended Subsec. (b) to remove requirement that to receive grant, municipality must have a population under thirty thousand, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing aggregate authorization from $100,000,000 to $140,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $140,000,000 to $180,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2010, effective September 25, 2009; P.A. 11-57 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $180,000,000 to $220,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-123 amended Subsec. (b) to allow groups of municipalities to apply for grants, to limit the amount of any such grant and to make conforming changes, effective July 8, 2011; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $220,000,000 to $260,000,000, and change date that $20,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $260,000,000 to $300,000,000 and change date that $20,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $300,000,000 to $280,000,000, delete provision re $20,000,000 of authorization effective July 1, 2016, and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $280,000,000 to $271,000,000, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $271,000,000 to $301,000,000, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 21-111 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $301,000,000 to $316,000,000, effective July 1, 2022.

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Sec. 4-66k. Regional planning incentive account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “regional planning incentive account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of first providing funding to regional planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section and then to providing grants under the regional performance incentive program established pursuant to section 4-124s.

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional planning organization, as defined in section 4-124i, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. Any regional council of governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning organizations that voluntarily consolidate on or before December 31, 2013, shall receive an additional payment in an amount equal to the amount the regional planning organizations would have received if such regional planning organizations had not voluntarily consolidated.

(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars plus fifty cents per capita, using population information from the most recent federal decennial census. Any regional council of governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning organizations, as defined in section 4-124i, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, that voluntarily consolidated on or before December 31, 2013, shall receive a payment in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for each such regional planning organization that voluntarily consolidated on or before said date.

(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred dollars plus sixty-eight cents per capita, using population information from the most recent federal decennial census.

(2) Not later than July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each regional council of governments shall submit to the secretary a proposal for expenditure of the funds described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. Such proposal may include, but need not be limited to, a description of (A) functions, activities or services currently performed by the state or municipalities that may be provided in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner by such council, a regional educational service center or similar regional entity; (B) anticipated cost savings relating to the sharing of government services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing; (C) the standardization and alignment of various regions of the state; or (D) any other initiatives that may facilitate the delivery of services to the public in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner.

(e) There is established a regionalization subaccount within the regional planning incentive account. If the Connecticut Lottery Corporation offers online its existing lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, and after any payment to the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund required pursuant to section 12-182, the revenue from such online offering that exceeds an amount equivalent to the costs of the debt-free community college program under section 10a-174 shall be transferred to the subaccount, or, if such online offering is not established, the amount provided under subsection (b) of section 364 of public act 19-117* for regionalization initiatives shall be deposited in the subaccount. Moneys in the subaccount shall be expended only for the purposes recommended by the task force established under section 4-66s.

(P.A. 11-6, S. 95; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 190; P.A. 13-247, S. 251; P.A. 19-117, S. 365; P.A. 21-178, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 179.)

*Note: Section 364 of public act 19-117 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 designated existing provision re grants as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re providing funding to Voluntary Regional Consolidation Bonus Pool, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-247 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by changing name of account to regional planning incentive account, specifying that moneys be expended “in accordance with subsection (b) of this section”, adding “first providing funding to regional planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section and then to”, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re funding to Voluntary Regional Consolidation Bonus Pool and making a conforming change, and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re distribution of funds in account in fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 19-117 added Subsec. (d) re establishment of regionalization subaccount and made a conforming change in Subsec. (a), effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 21-178 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re payment to Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund and changing “deposited in” to “transferred to”, effective July 7, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “in accordance with subsection (b) of this section” and making technical and conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) by changing “Beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and annually thereafter” to “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2021, inclusive”, added new Subsec. (d) re distribution of funds to regional councils of government as Subdiv. (1) and submission of proposals for expenditure of such funds as Subdiv. (2) and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-66l. Municipal revenue sharing account. Grants. (a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “FY 15 mill rate” means the mill rate a municipality used during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015;

(2) “Mill rate” means, unless otherwise specified, the mill rate a municipality uses to calculate tax bills for motor vehicles;

(3) “Municipality” means any town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;

(4) “Municipal spending” means:

Municipal		Municipal
spending for		spending for
the fiscal year	–	the fiscal year
prior to the		two years
current fiscal		prior to the
year		current year

—————————————————	X 100 = Municipal spending;
Municipal spending for the fiscal year two years prior to the current year

(5) “Per capita distribution” means:

Municipal population
——————————————	X Sales tax revenue = Per capita distribution;
Total state population

(6) “Pro rata distribution” means:

Municipal weighted

mill rate

calculation

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X Sales tax revenue = Pro rata distribution;

Sum of all municipal

weighted mill rate

calculations combined

(7) “Regional council of governments” means any such council organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;

(8) “Municipal population” means the number of persons in a municipality according to the most recent estimate of the Department of Public Health;

(9) “Total state population” means the number of persons in this state according to the most recent estimate published by the Department of Public Health;

(10) “Weighted mill rate” means a municipality's FY 15 mill rate divided by the average of all municipalities' FY 15 mill rate;

(11) “Weighted mill rate calculation” means per capita distribution multiplied by a municipality's weighted mill rate;

(12) “Sales tax revenue” means the moneys in the account remaining for distribution pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section;

(13) “District” means any district, as defined in section 7-324; and

(14) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal revenue sharing account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary shall set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the following order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys as follows:

(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be expended not later than August first annually by the secretary;

(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d) of section 12-18b, subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and

(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants between October first and June thirtieth shall be distributed to municipalities on the following October first and any such moneys deposited in the account between July first and September thirtieth shall be distributed to municipalities on the following January thirty-first. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth.

(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles greater than 45 mills or that, when combined with the mill rate of any district located within the municipality, impose mill rates greater than 45 mills, shall be made in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of property taxes levied by the municipality and any district located within the municipality on motor vehicles for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2017, and the amount such levy would have been if the mill rate on motor vehicles for said assessment year was equal to the mill rate imposed by such municipality and any district located within the municipality on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.

(2) Not later than fifteen calendar days after receiving a property tax grant pursuant to this section, the municipality shall disburse to any district located within the municipality the amount of any such property tax grant that is attributable to the district.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing grant as follows:

(1) (A) A municipality having a mill rate at or above twenty-five shall receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is higher for such municipality.

(B) Such grants shall be increased by a percentage calculated as follows:

Sum of per capita distribution amount

for all municipalities having a mill rate

below twenty-five – pro rata distribution

amount for all municipalities

having a mill rate below twenty-five

___________________________________

Sum of all grants to municipalities

calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A)

of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision, Hartford shall receive not more than 5.2 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection; Bridgeport shall receive not more than 4.5 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection; New Haven shall receive not more than 2.0 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection and Stamford shall receive not more than 2.8 per cent of the equalization grants distributed pursuant to this subsection. Any excess funds remaining after such reductions in payments to Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford shall be distributed to all other municipalities having a mill rate at or above twenty-five on a pro rata basis according to the payment they receive pursuant to this subdivision; and

(2) A municipality having a mill rate below twenty-five shall receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is less for such municipality.

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, “mill rate” means the mill rate for real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a municipality may disburse any municipal revenue sharing grant funds to a district within such municipality.

(f) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced if such municipality increases its adopted budget expenditures for such fiscal year above a cap equal to the amount of adopted budget expenditures authorized for the previous fiscal year by 2.5 per cent or more or the rate of inflation, whichever is greater. Such reduction shall be in an amount equal to fifty cents for every dollar expended over the cap set forth in this subsection. For the purposes of this section, (A) “municipal spending” does not include expenditures for debt service, special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards, expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section, budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities, (B) “adopted budget expenditures” includes expenditures from a municipality's general fund and expenditures from any nonbudgeted funds, and (C) “capital expenditure” means a nonrecurring capital expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars or more. Each municipality shall annually certify to the secretary, on a form prescribed by said secretary, whether such municipality has exceeded the cap set forth in this subsection and if so the amount by which the cap was exceeded.

(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall not be reduced in the case of a municipality whose adopted budget expenditures exceed the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection by an amount proportionate to any increase to its municipal population from the previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary.

(g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount available for such grants in the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(P.A. 11-6, S. 96; 11-61, S. 44; 11-239, S. 17; P.A. 12-104, S. 10; P.A. 15-244, S. 207; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 110, 111, 494; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 189; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 700; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 21; P.A. 18-81, S. 24; P.A. 21-3, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 181, 444.)

History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 designated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (b)(1) and amended same by removing reference to Sec. 32-9s and replacing general provision re grants with list of grant amounts to each municipality, added Subsec. (b)(2) re reduction of grant amounts, added Subsec. (b)(3) re treatment of overpayments and amended Subsec. (c) to specify sources of numbers to be used in the formula under Sec. 3-55j(e), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-239 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to change reference to Sec. 12-94b to the revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-104 amended Subsec. (b) to change grant payment to Franklin from $413,545 to $18,317 and grand total from $50,271,099 to $49,875,871 in Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (4) re additional payments to Ledyard and Montville, effective June 8, 2012; P.A. 15-244 added new Subsec. (a) re definitions, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by establishing order for disbursement of account moneys, deleted former Subsec. (b) re manufacturing transition grants, deleted former Subsec. (c) re distribution of moneys remaining in account, added new Subsec. (c) re motor vehicle property tax grants, added Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, added Subsec. (e) re regional services grants, added Subsec. (f) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, added Subsec. (g) re disbursement of municipal revenue sharing grants to districts, added Subsec. (h) re reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when municipality exceeds spending cap and added Subsec. (i) re proportionate reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when grant total exceeds amount available in account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (13) defining “district”, amended Subsec. (b) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, in Subdiv. (4), by deleting provisions re distribution of moneys for regional services grants on a per capita basis in Subdiv. (5) and by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (6), amended Subsec. (c) by making provisions applicable to combined mill rate of municipality and any district located within the municipality and requiring municipality to disburse district's share not later than 15 calendar days after receiving property tax grant, amended Subsec. (d) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and replacing list of grant amounts, amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re grants to regional councils of governments to be calculated by formula determined by secretary, amended Subsec. (f) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (h) by redefining “municipal spending”, and made conforming and technical changes throughout; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (14) defining “secretary”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re secretary to set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in order of priority, deleting provision re amount for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and adding provision re transfer not later than April 15th in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdiv. (2) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by adding “payable” and “not later than August first”, adding new Subdiv. (3) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, adding reference to June 30, 2019, and provision re expenditure not later than October 31st annually in Subdiv. (4), adding new Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (6), and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7) and amending same by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (f) by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (h) by adding reference to Subsec. (d), amended Subsec. (i) by adding “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter,” and deleting reference to Subsec. (d), and made conforming and technical changes, effective December 29, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “, unless otherwise specified,” in Subdiv. (2), redefining “municipality” in Subdiv. (3), replacing references to town with references to municipal in Subdivs. (5) and (8), and making a conforming change in Subdiv. (12), amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), deleting “June 30, 2017,” and adding “subdivision (2) of” in Subdiv. (4), deleting former Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, deleting former Subdiv. (6)(A) re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (6)(B) as new Subdiv. (5), redesignating existing Subdiv. (7) as new Subdiv. (6) and amending same by replacing “town” with “municipality”, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter” and adding “on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles” in provision re mill rates, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, substantially revised Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants, and amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re 35 per cent of grant moneys awarded to regional councils of governments for regional education service center purposes for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (f) by adding Subdiv. (3) defining “mill rate”, and amended Subsec. (h) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing “For” with “Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for”, replacing “general budget expenditures” with “adopted budget expenditures”, designating existing provision re exclusions from municipal spending as Subpara. (A) and adding “budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities”, adding Subparas. (B) and (C) defining “adopted budget expenditures” and “capital expenditure”, respectively, and adding Subdiv. (2) re grant reduction prohibition for certain municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles greater than the maximum mill rate as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing maximum mill rate of 32 mills to maximum mill rate of 39 mills and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,”, adding Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, and designating existing provision re disbursement of property tax grant pursuant to this section as Subdiv. (3), effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (6) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grants and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7), amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grant requirements and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), and made technical and conforming changes, effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “2019” and “2013” with “2020” and “2016”, respectively, in Subdiv. (2) and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 21-3 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “2018” with “2022”, deleting reference to select payment in lieu of taxes grant account and adding reference to Sec. 12-18b(d) re moneys to be expended for grants, effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 181 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter and redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) and (7) as Subdivs. (5) and (6), deleted former Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 and municipal sharing grants for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019, deleted former Subsec. (e) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, use of such grants, approval of expenditures from such grants, and submission of biennial reports, redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (d) to (g), and S. 444 substantially revised Subsec. (b) re transfer or disbursement of moneys from account, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (1) re motor vehicle property tax grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to replace “2020” with “2022”, “2016” with “2017”, and “45 mills” with provision re mill rate imposed on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles, deleting former Subdiv. (3) re municipality that imposed mill rate for real and personal property of more than 39 mills during fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and redesignating Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (2), deleted former Subsec. (d) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) to (i) as Subsecs. (d) to (h) (codified by the Revisors as Subsecs. (d) to (g) per S. 181), and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-66r. Regional councils of governments. Grants-in-aid. Use of funds. Report to General Assembly. (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, each regional council of governments shall, within available appropriations, receive a grant-in-aid to be known as a regional services grant, the amount of which shall be based on a formula to be determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before November 1, 2017. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before July 1, 2018.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29 of public act 19-117*, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each regional council of governments shall receive a grant-in-aid to be known as a regional services grant, the amount of which shall be determined pursuant to section 4-66k. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or any fiscal year thereafter, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter. The secretary may provide biennial spending plan approval process guidelines at the secretary's discretion.

(c) Each regional council of governments shall use such grant funds for planning purposes and to achieve efficiencies in the delivery of municipal services, without diminishing the quality of such services. On or before October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, each regional council of governments shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and finance, revenue and bonding, and to the secretary. Such report shall (1) summarize the expenditure of such grant funds in the prior fiscal year, (2) describe any regional program, project or initiative currently provided or planned by the council, (3) review the performance of any existing regional program, project or initiative relative to its initial goals and objectives, (4) analyze the existing services provided by member municipalities or by the state that, in the opinion of the council, could be more effectively or efficiently provided on a regional basis, and (5) provide recommendations for legislative action concerning potential impediments to the regionalization of services.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 259; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 180.)

*Note: Section 29 of public act 19-117 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions re regional services grants as Subsec. (a) and amended same to make applicable to fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 and make conforming changes, added Subsec. (b) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, and designated existing provisions re use of grant funds and annual report as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add “in the prior fiscal year” in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-67aa. Data sharing agreements with state instrumentalities. Required provisions. Disclosure. Exemption. (a) A data sharing agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-15, subsection (j) of section 31-225a or section 269 of public act 21-2 of the June special session* by an office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other instrumentality of the state with one or more individuals or organizations that allows for the sharing of data held by such state instrumentality shall include, but need not be limited to, the following provisions:

(1) The purposes for which any party that has entered into a data sharing agreement with a state instrumentality will use such data and a restriction that such data may only be used for purposes authorized in the data sharing agreement;

(2) The specific individuals, within any party that has entered into a data sharing agreement with a state instrumentality, who may access or use such data;

(3) Data provided by the state instrumentality shall not be shared with another party unless such party has entered into a data sharing agreement with such instrumentality pursuant to this section and with approval from such instrumentality;

(4) Data shall not be copied or stored in any location by any party, unless approved by the state instrumentality in the agreement;

(5) All data shall be stored and accessed in a secure manner, as prescribed in the data sharing agreement;

(6) Procedures for notifying the state instrumentality of any breach of such agreement;

(7) If any provision of the data sharing agreement or the application of such agreement is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of such agreement that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application;

(8) A party entering into a data sharing agreement shall not (A) use records or information obtained for such data for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, or (B) share, disclose or make accessible in any manner, directly or indirectly, such information or records to any federal or state agency that enforces federal immigration law, or to any officer or agent of such agency, unless required in compliance with a judicial warrant or court order issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state or federal judicial branches;

(9) A data sharing agreement shall have an explicit term of length;

(10) If personally identifying information is permitted or required to be shared pursuant to a data sharing agreement, a description of any methods to de-identify such data.

(b) Any data or information shared with a third party pursuant to a data sharing agreement that is not subject to disclosure under section 1-210 by a state instrumentality shall not be subject to disclosure by such third party under section 1-210.

(c) Any data sharing agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a public record. Any state instrumentality that enters into such an agreement shall not release any information that may endanger data security or safety.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any contracts entered into by a state agency that comply with section 4e-70.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 271.)

*Note: Section 269 of public act 21-2 of the June special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-68m. Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division. Duties. Collaboration with other agencies. Access to information and data. Availability of reports and presentations. (a) There is established a Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management. The division shall be under the direction of an undersecretary.

(b) The division shall promote a more effective and cohesive state criminal justice system by:

(1) Conducting an in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system;

(2) Determining the long-range needs of the criminal justice system and recommending policy priorities for the system;

(3) Identifying critical problems in the criminal justice system and recommending strategies to solve those problems;

(4) Assessing the cost-effectiveness of the use of state and local funds in the criminal justice system;

(5) Recommending means to improve the deterrent and rehabilitative capabilities of the criminal justice system;

(6) Advising and assisting the General Assembly in developing plans, programs and proposed legislation for improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system;

(7) Making computations of daily costs and comparing interagency costs on services provided by agencies that are a part of the criminal justice system;

(8) Reviewing the program inventories and cost-benefit analyses submitted pursuant to section 4-68s and considering incorporating such inventories and analyses in its budget recommendations to the General Assembly;

(9) Making population computations for use in planning for the long-range needs of the criminal justice system;

(10) Determining long-range information needs of the criminal justice system and acquiring that information;

(11) Cooperating with the Office of the Victim Advocate by providing information and assistance to the office relating to the improvement of crime victims' services;

(12) Serving as the liaison for the state to the United States Department of Justice on criminal justice issues of interest to the state and federal government relating to data, information systems and research;

(13) Measuring the success of community-based services and programs in reducing recidivism;

(14) Developing and implementing a comprehensive reentry strategy as provided in section 18-81w; and

(15) Engaging in other activities consistent with the responsibilities of the division.

(c) In addition to the division's other duties under this section, the division may perform any function described in subsection (b) of this section to promote an effective and cohesive juvenile justice system.

(d) In the performance of its duties under this section, the division shall collaborate with the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and consult with the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the Chief State's Attorney and the Chief Public Defender.

(e) (1) At the request of the division, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the Chief State's Attorney and the Chief Public Defender shall provide the division with information and data needed by the division to perform its duties under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The division shall have access to individualized records maintained by the Judicial Branch and the agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection as needed for research purposes. The division, in collaboration with the Judicial Branch and the agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop protocols to protect the privacy of such individualized records consistent with state and federal law. The division shall use such individualized records for statistical analyses only and shall not use such records in any other manner that would disclose the identity of individuals to whom the records pertain.

(3) Any information or data provided to the division pursuant to this subsection that is confidential in accordance with state or federal law shall remain confidential while in the custody of the division and shall not be disclosed.

(f) The Office of Policy and Management shall make any report or presentation by the division publicly available on the office's Internet web site, including those required pursuant to sections 4-68n, 4-68o and 4-68p.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 1; P.A. 06-193, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 197; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 488; P.A. 21-97, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (13) requiring division to develop and implement a comprehensive reentry strategy as provided in Sec. 18-81w and redesignate existing Subdiv. (13) as Subdiv. (14) and added new Subsec. (f) requiring division to submit the plan developed pursuant to Subsec. (b) to the Governor and certain legislative committees not later than January 15, 2007, and to update such plan and submit it to the Governor and said legislative committees not later than January 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 amended Subsec. (f) to change the deadline for updating and submitting the updated plan to the Governor and legislative committees from “January 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter” to “February 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter”, effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (8) re review of inventories and analyses submitted under Sec. 4-68s and to redesignate existing Subdivs. (8) to (14) as Subdivs. (9) to (15), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-97 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “develop a plan to” and “and, to accomplish such plan, shall” and making technical changes and replaced existing Subsec. (f) re submission of plan with new Subsec. (f) re public availability of reports and presentations.

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Sec. 4-68n. Correctional system population projections. The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop population projections for the correctional system for planning purposes and issue a report on such projections not later than February fifteenth of each year. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 198; P.A. 21-97, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 changed the annual reporting deadline from November first to February fifteenth, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 21-97 made a technical change and added provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68o. Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes. (a) The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a reporting system that is able to track trends and outcomes related to policies designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.

(b) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on a monthly basis: (1) The number of admissions to prison (A) directly from courts, (B) on account of parole revocation, and (C) on account of probation revocation, (2) the number of releases on parole and to other forms of community supervision and facilities, (3) the rate of granting parole, (4) the number of probation placements and placements to probation facilities, (5) the prison population, and (6) the projected prison population.

(c) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on an annual basis: (1) Recidivism of offenders released from prison, (2) recidivism of offenders on probation, (3) recidivism of offenders participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison, and (4) recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits pursuant to section 18-98e. The division shall measure recidivism in accordance with a nationally-accepted methodology.

(d) The division shall monthly report the reporting system's tracking pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(e) The division shall publish an annual outcome report not later than February fifteenth of each year thereafter. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site. Such report may be included as part of the report submitted under section 4-68p.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 199; P.A. 10-32, S. 8; P.A. 21-97, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that subsequent annual outcome reports be published “not later than February fifteenth of each year”, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-32 amended Subsec. (f) to add “shall publish an annual outcome report”, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 21-97 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (4) re earned risk reduction credits, deleted existing Subsec. (d) re defining outcomes for major programs and Subsec. (e) re monthly publication of report, added new Subsec. (d) re monthly reporting of tracking, and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e) and amended same to delete provision re first annual outcome report and add provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68p. Report of data analysis of state criminal justice system trends. Not later than October fifteenth of each year, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, in accordance with section 11-4a, containing data analysis of state criminal justice system trends, including, if available, the number of reported crimes and arrests, and the size of the populations on probation, parole, special parole and in prison. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 4; P.A. 06-193, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 200; P.A. 21-97, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 required that division report and presentation to be made not later than January 1, 2008, include assessment of the status of development and implementation of the reentry strategy under Sec. 18-81w, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 changed the annual deadline for submitting a report and making a presentation from January first to February fifteenth and changed the deadline for beginning to include an assessment of the status of the reentry strategy from January 1, 2008, to February 15, 2008, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 21-97 changed reporting month from February to October, required report submission to Governor and committee having cognizance relating to judiciary rather than presentation to committees having cognizance relating to criminal justice and appropriations, changed subject matter of report from that specifying actions to promote effective and cohesive criminal justice system to that containing data analysis of criminal justice system trends and added provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68q. Notification of outstanding rearrest warrants and arrest warrants for probation violations. Section 4-68q is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(P.A. 06-99, S. 1; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Sec. 4-68s. Program inventory of agency programs. Pilot program re Pew-MacArthur Results First cost-benefit analysis of state grant programs. Report. (a) Not later than October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Departments of Correction, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall compile a program inventory of each of said agency's programs and shall categorize them as evidence-based, research-based, promising or lacking any evidence. Each program inventory shall include a complete list of all agency programs, including the following information for each such program for the prior fiscal year, as applicable: (1) A detailed description of the program, (2) the names of providers, (3) the intended treatment population, (4) the intended outcomes, (5) the method of assigning participants, (6) the total annual program expenditures, (7) a description of funding sources, (8) the cost per participant, (9) the annual number of participants, (10) the annual capacity for participants, and (11) the estimated number of persons eligible for, or needing, the program.

(b) Each program inventory required by subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding, the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut.

(c) Not later than November 1, 2018, and annually thereafter by November first, the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut shall submit a report containing a cost-benefit analysis of the programs inventoried in subsection (a) of this section to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding, and the Office of Fiscal Analysis, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(d) The Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis may include the cost-benefit analysis provided by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut under subsection (c) of this section in their reports submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding on or before November fifteenth annually, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 2-36b.

(e) Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall create a pilot program that applies the principles of the Pew-MacArthur Results First cost-benefit analysis model, with the overall goal of promoting cost-effective policies and programming by the state, to at least eight grant programs financed by the state selected by the secretary. Such grant programs shall include, but need not be limited to, programs that provide services for families in the state, employment programs and at least one contracting program that is provided by a state agency with an annual budget of over two hundred million dollars.

(f) Not later than April 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of the grant programs the secretary has included in the pilot program described in subsection (e) of this section, the status of the pilot program and any recommendations.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 487; P.A. 16-28, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 247; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 24.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-28 added references to children's committee re submittal of program inventory and annual reports and made technical changes, effective May 17, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to January 1, 2016 with reference to October 1, 2018, add reference to Department of Social Services, replace “agency's criminal and juvenile justice programs” with “agency's programs” and add “as applicable” re information for program inventory, amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to replace “Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within” with “Secretary of”, amended Subsec. (c) to replace “March 1, 2016” with “November 1, 2018”, added new Subsecs. (e) and (f) re pilot program and report re pilot program and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “Central Connecticut State University” with “The University of Connecticut” and made a conforming change in Subsec. (d).

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Sec. 4-68t. Tracking, analysis and reporting of recidivism rates for children. Section 4-68t is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(P.A. 16-147, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 142; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Sec. 4-68x. Urban violence reduction grant program. Section 4-68x is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 9; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Sec. 4-68bb. Project Longevity Initiative. Definitions. Implementation. (a) For purposes of this section, “Project Longevity Initiative” means a comprehensive community-based initiative that is designed to reduce gun violence in the state's cities and “secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (1) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the city of New Haven in order to ensure the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said city and the secretary may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (2) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which support the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the city of New Haven.

(c) The secretary, or the secretary's designee, in consultation with the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, the Chief State's Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, and clergy members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(d) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (1) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury in order to ensure implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said cities and the secretary may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (2) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which will support implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(e) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may accept and receive on behalf of the office, subject to the provisions of section 4b-22, any bequest, devise or grant made to the Office of Policy and Management to further the objectives of the Project Longevity Initiative and may hold and use such property for the purpose specified, if any, in such bequest, devise or gift.

(f) The secretary, in consultation with the federal and state officials described in subsection (c) of this section, shall create a plan for implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative on a state-wide basis. Such plan shall, at a minimum, consider how to provide clients served by the Project Longevity Initiative with access to courses of instruction and apprentice programs provided by, but not limited to, a college, a university, a community college or the Technical Education and Career System. Not later than February 1, 2022, the secretary shall submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(P.A. 13-247, S. 25; P.A. 21-153, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 21-153 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) by adding “and Waterbury” and amended Subsec. (f) by adding provisions re plan considerations and submission and making a technical change, effective July 12, 2021.

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Sec. 4-68hh. Analysis and report re impact of federal and state housing programs on economic and racial segregation. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, aggregate data related to existing federal and state housing programs in the state to analyze the impact of such programs on economic and racial segregation. Such review shall include, but need not be limited to, data relating to (1) housing development programs, (2) housing affordability initiatives, (3) communities where low-income housing tax credits and rental assistance are spent, and (4) specific neighborhood racial and economic demographics. In collecting and measuring such data, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall implement tools such as the dissimilarity index and the five dimensions of segregation used by the United States Bureau of the Census.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. Such report shall include a summary of any findings and recommendations relating to the data collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 62.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.

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PART II

BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 4-89. Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year. (a) No officer, department, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state shall, after the close of any fiscal year, incur, or vote or order or approve the incurring of, any obligation or expenditure under any appropriation made by the General Assembly for any fiscal year that had expired at the time the obligation for such expenditure was incurred. The Comptroller is authorized to draw warrants or process interdepartmental transactions against the available appropriations made for the current fiscal year for the payment of expenditures incurred during the prior fiscal year for which appropriations were made or in fulfillment of contracts properly made during such prior year, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay such warrants or record such interdepartmental transactions. The balances of certain appropriations which otherwise would lapse at the close of any fiscal year and for which no appropriation is made in the following year shall be extended into the succeeding fiscal year to permit liquidation of obligations of the prior fiscal year.

(b) Except as provided in this section, all unexpended balances of appropriations made by the General Assembly in the state budget act shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation or appropriations were made, except that any appropriation for the improvement of or maintenance work by contract on public roads, for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings or new construction or for specific projects for capital improvements and repairs, provided in the case of such specific projects allotments shall have been made by the Governor for design and construction, shall continue to be available until the attainment of the object or the completion of the work for which such appropriation was made, but in no case for more than six years unless renewed by act of the General Assembly.

(c) All unexpended balances of special appropriations made by the General Assembly for special programs, projects or studies shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made, except that if satisfied that the work of any such program, project or study is not completed and will continue during the following fiscal year, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall order any unexpended balance remaining in the special appropriation to be continued to the ensuing fiscal year.

(d) Any appropriation made by the General Assembly for no specific period, or any unexpended balance thereof, shall lapse on June thirtieth in the fourth year after such appropriation was made, provided when the purpose for which any such appropriation was made has been accomplished or there is no further need for funds thereunder, the unexpended balance thereof, upon the written consent of the head of the department, board, commission, institution or other agency to which such appropriation was made, shall lapse and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation was made.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations for Department of Transportation equipment, the highway and planning research program administered by the Department of Transportation, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection equipment or the purchase of public transportation equipment, the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Administrative Services, the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, library or educational equipment for the constituent units of the state system of higher education, or library or educational materials for the State Library, or the state-wide tourism marketing account of the Department of Economic and Community Development. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation, provided an obligation to spend such funds has been incurred in the next preceding fiscal year, except that for the purposes of library or educational equipment or materials, such funds shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount of the appropriation for such purposes.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to (1) the Office of Higher Education for (A) student financial assistance for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program established under section 10a-173, or (B) the minority advancement program established under subsection (b) of section 10a-11, (2) the Board of Regents for Higher Education for Connecticut higher education centers of excellence established under section 10a-25h, (3) the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education established pursuant to sections 10a-105, 10a-99 and 10a-77, or (4) the Connecticut Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council established under section 10a-44d. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation except that centers of excellence appropriations deposited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund, established under section 10a-20a, shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and any moneys remaining in higher education operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in such funds. On or before September first, annually, the Office of Higher Education and Board of Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning the amount of each such appropriation carried over from the preceding fiscal year.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Department of Aging and Disability Services in an amount not greater than the amount of reimbursements of prior year expenditures for the services of interpreters received by the department during the fiscal year pursuant to section 46a-33b and such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Labor Department, from the General Fund, for the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Such appropriations shall not lapse.

(1949 Rev., S. 267; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 6; 605, S. 1; P.A. 78-268, S. 1, 5; 78-356, S. 1, 5; P.A. 80-322, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-408, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-310, S. 1, 3; 83-550, S. 1, 2; 83-587, S. 5, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6, S. 5, 6; P.A. 84-270, S. 1, 2; 84-368, S. 4, 5; 84-450, S. 1, 2; 84-465, S. 1–3; P.A. 85-565, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-283, S. 4; P.A. 87-336, S. 1, 3; 87-408, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-231, S. 11, 19; P.A. 89-351, S. 3, 11; P.A. 91-256, S. 6, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 161, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 20, 21; P.A. 92-126, S. 33, 48; P.A. 98-252, S. 75, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 6, 51; P.A. 00-192, S. 26, 102; P.A. 06-187, S. 15, 74; P.A. 08-72, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 475; P.A. 11-44, S. 34; 11-48, S. 49, 136, 285; 11-51, S. 90; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-156, S. 2; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 31; P.A. 13-240, S. 7; 13-247, S. 179, 200; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; 16-179, S. 2; P.A. 19-157, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 34.)

History: 1967 acts made provision for extension of appropriations to permit liquidation of prior obligations and for date on which balances of appropriations lapse and included contracted maintenance work on roads in exception to provisions of section; P.A. 78-268 transferred governor's powers under section to secretary of the office of policy and management, allowed comptroller to process interdepartmental transactions against current appropriations for expenditures of previous year for one month and added Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive, clarifying times when appropriations lapse and exceptions to provisions; P.A. 78-356 introduced new material which excluded appropriations for transportation department and public transportation equipment from provisions of section and which was codified as Subsec. (e); P.A. 80-322 included environmental protection department in exclusion provision of Subsec. (e); P.A. 81-408 added Subsec. (f) to prevent lapse of certain amount of appropriations for student financial assistance; P.A. 83-310 amended Subsec. (a) to repeal provision limiting comptroller's authority to draw warrants or process transactions to a one-month period after close of prior fiscal year without authorization of secretary of office of policy and management and to repeal provision that after said one-month period, the secretary, in his discretion, may authorize payment of a claim for an expenditure incurred before the appropriation for such purpose has lapsed; P.A. 83-550 amended Subsec. (e) to allow for the carry-over of unexpended balances for the purchase of library or educational equipment for higher education, provided the funds shall not exceed 25% of the amount appropriated for such purchases; P.A. 83-587 amended Subsec. (f) to make the exemption from the provisions of this section applicable for appropriations to the board of governors; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6 amended Subsec. (f) to exempt appropriations for the high technology graduate scholarship program from the provisions of the section and to delete obsolete reference to appropriations made to board of higher education; P.A. 84-270 amended Subsec. (e) to specify that section does not apply to appropriations for highway and planning research program; P.A. 84-368 amended Subsec. (f) to include appropriations to the Connecticut higher education fund for excellence established pursuant to Sec. 10a-25h; P.A. 84-450 added Subsec. (g) concerning appropriations to the commission on the deaf and hearing impaired; P.A. 84-465 amended Subsec. (e) adding provision re “library or educational materials for the state library” and amended Subsec. (f) to refer to appropriations for higher education department rather than for board of governors, to delete provision that student financial assistance appropriations may be carried over in an amount not greater than “the amount of any unanticipated federal funds received for that purpose during the second half of the state fiscal year”, substituting provision that carry-over would equal 5% of the annual “state student financial assistance appropriation”, and to add provision requiring board of governors to submit annual report re carried over appropriation; P.A. 85-565 specified that fund for excellence appropriations deposited in the endowed chair investment fund do not lapse; P.A. 86-283 substituted “centers of” for “fund for” excellence in Subsec. (f); P.A. 87-336 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that appropriations for the minority advancement program not lapse; P.A. 87-408 in Subsec. (f) specified that appropriations for the high technology doctoral fellowship program do not lapse; P.A. 88-231 added Subsec. (h) concerning appropriations from the municipal solid waste recycling trust fund; P.A. 89-351 amended Subsec. (h) to replace provision that appropriations from trust fund shall not lapse until end of fiscal year succeeding fiscal year of appropriation with provision that such appropriations shall not lapse; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (f) added provisions concerning the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 added Subsec. (i), concerning appropriations to the local transportation infrastructure account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 deleted all changes made by P.A. 91-3 of the June session; P.A. 92-126 in Subsec. (f) removed a reference to repealed Sec. 10a-83; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the word “fund” in the phrase “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” in Subsec. (h) was replaced editorially by the Revisors with the word “account” to conform with Sec. 22a-241 and incorrect reference to Subsec. (f) of that section was changed to “(d)”); P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (g) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; (Revisor's note: In codifying section 75 of public act 98-252, an incorrect reference to “section 69 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 74 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 46a-33b”); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (e) to add appropriations for the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Public Works, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (e) to include appropriations for the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (e) to add appropriations for the state-wide tourism marketing account of the Commission on Culture and Tourism and added Subsec. (i) re nonlapsing of funds appropriated for the federal Workforce Investment Act, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 08-91 amended Subsec. (f) to eliminate 5% cap re appropriations for student financial assistance and add scholarship program established under Sec. 10a-169 to exceptions, effective July 1, 2008; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted former Subsec. (h) re appropriations from municipal solid waste recycling trust account and redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as Subsec. (h); P.A. 11-44 replaced “Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” in Subsec. (g), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “for the period of one month” re extension of certain appropriations that would otherwise lapse into succeeding fiscal year and amended Subsec. (e) to replace “Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” and “Department of Higher Education” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing reference to Board of Regents for Higher Education with reference to Office of Higher Education re programs established under Secs. 10a-169 and 10a-170a and adding references to Board of Regents for Higher Education and Office of Higher Education, effective June 15, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services” and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-240 amended Subsec. (f) to remove reference to high technology doctoral fellowship program established under Sec. 10a-25n, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (f) to delete references to scholarship programs established under Secs. 10a-169 and 10a-170a and add reference to Governor's Scholarship program established under Sec. 10a-173, effective July 1, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Department of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” in Subsec. (h); P.A. 16-179 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “Governor's” with “Roberta B. Willis”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (f) by designating existing provisions re Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program as Subdiv. (1)(A), re minority advancement program as Subdiv. (1)(B), re Board of Regents for Higher Education's centers of excellence as Subdiv. (2) and re operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education as Subdiv. (3) and added Subdiv. (4) re the Connecticut Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council, effective July 1, 2021.

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PART IV

STATE PLANNING

Sec. 4-124n. Bylaws. Officers. Committees. Meetings. A regional council of governments shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and shall annually elect from among the representatives to the council a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as may be designated or permitted in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for alternate representatives of the council to attend and vote at any meeting in place of absent representatives and may provide for the organization of a regional planning commission. The bylaws may provide for an executive committee of the council and for additional committees including nonvoting advisory committees. Meetings of the council shall be called pursuant to the bylaws and minutes of all meetings of the council, its committees and other official actions shall be filed in the office of the council and shall be of public record.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 7; P.A. 00-54, S. 2, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 176.)

History: P.A. 00-54 restated provision authorizing adoption of bylaws re regional planning commission, effective May 16, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted “, who shall be bonded,” and prohibition on serving more than 2 consecutive terms in same office, changed “shall” to “may” re bylaws to provide for executive committee of the council, deleted “executive committee of the regional planning commission and may provide”, and replaced provision requiring meetings to be called by chairman or as bylaws otherwise provide with provision requiring meetings to be called pursuant to bylaws, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124s. Regional performance incentive program. (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Regional council of governments” means any such council organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;

(2) “Municipality” means a town, city or consolidated town and borough;

(3) “Legislative body” means the board of selectmen, town council, city council, board of alderman, board of directors, board of representatives or board of the warden and burgesses of a municipality;

(4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the designee of the secretary;

(5) “Regional educational service center” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-282; and

(6) “Employee organization” means any lawful association, labor organization, federation or council having as a primary purpose the improvement of wages, hours and other conditions of employment.

(b) There is established a regional performance incentive program that shall be administered by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any regional council of governments, regional educational service center or a combination thereof may submit a proposal to the secretary for: (1) The provision of any service that one or more participating municipalities of such council or local or regional board of education of such regional educational service center currently provide but which is not provided on a regional basis, (2) the redistribution of grants awarded pursuant to sections 4-66g, 4-66h, 4-66m and 7-536, according to regional priorities, or (3) regional revenue sharing among such participating municipalities pursuant to section 7-148bb. A copy of said proposal shall be sent to the legislators representing said participating municipalities or local or regional boards of education. Any regional educational service center serving a population greater than one hundred thousand may submit a proposal to the secretary for a regional special education initiative.

(c) (1) A regional council of governments or regional educational service center shall submit each proposal in the form and manner the secretary prescribes and shall, at a minimum, provide the following information for each proposal: (A) Service or initiative description; (B) the explanation of the need for such service or initiative; (C) the method of delivering such service or initiative on a regional basis; (D) the organization that would be responsible for regional service or initiative delivery; (E) a description of the population that would be served; (F) the manner in which the proposed regional service or initiative delivery will achieve economies of scale for participating municipalities or boards of education; (G) the amount by which participating municipalities will reduce their mill rates as a result of savings realized; (H) a cost benefit analysis for the provision of the service or initiative by each participating municipality and by the entity or board of education submitting the proposal; (I) a plan of implementation for delivery of the service or initiative on a regional basis; (J) a resolution endorsing such proposal approved by the governing body of the council or center, which shall include a statement that not less than twenty-five per cent of the cost of such proposal shall be funded by the council or center in the first year of operation, and that by the fourth year of operation the council or center shall fund one hundred per cent of such cost; (K) a resolution endorsing such proposal approved by the governing body of the council of each planning region in which the service or initiative is to be provided; (L) an acknowledgment from any employee organization that may be impacted by such proposal that they have been informed of and consulted about the proposal; and (M) an explanation of the potential legal obstacles, if any, to the regional provision of the service or initiative, and how such obstacles will be resolved.

(2) The secretary shall review each proposal and shall award grants for proposals the secretary determines best satisfy the following criteria: (A) The proposed service or initiative will be available to or benefit all participating members of the regional council of governments or regional educational service center regardless of such members' participation in the grant application process; (B) when compared to the existing delivery of services by participating members of the council or center, the proposal demonstrates (i) a positive cost benefit to such members, (ii) increased efficiency and capacity in the delivery of services, (iii) a diminished need for state funding, and (iv) increased cost savings; (C) the proposed service or initiative promotes cooperation among participating members that may lead to a reduction in economic or social inequality; (D) the proposal has been approved by a majority of the members of the council or center and, pursuant to this subsection, contains a statement that not less than twenty-five per cent of the cost of such proposal shall be funded by the council or center in the first year of operation, and that by the fourth year of operation the council or center shall fund one hundred per cent of such cost; and (E) any employee organizations that may be impacted by such proposal have been informed of and consulted about such proposal, pursuant to this subsection.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, or any other provision of the general statutes, no regional council of governments or regional educational service center or any member municipalities or local or regional boards of education of such councils or centers shall be required to execute an interlocal agreement to implement a proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(e) Any board of education awarded a grant for a proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may deposit any cost savings realized as a result of the implementation of the proposed service or initiative into a nonlapsing account pursuant to section 10-248a.

(f) The secretary shall submit to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding a report on the grants provided pursuant to this section. Each such report shall (1) include information on the amount of each grant and the potential of each grant for leveraging other public and private investments, and (2) describe any property tax reductions and improved services achieved by means of the program established pursuant to this section. The secretary shall submit a report for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2011, not later than February 1, 2012, and shall submit a report for each subsequent fiscal year not later than the first day of March in such fiscal year.

(P.A. 07-239, S. 8; P.A. 08-182, S. 11; P.A. 11-61, S. 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 253, 254; P.A. 14-122, S. 4, 5; P.A. 16-144, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 177.)

History: P.A. 07-239 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-182 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdivs. (4) to (6) defining “municipality”, “legislative body” and “secretary”, respectively, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions re submission of proposals for joint services or a planning study and deleting prior submittal requirements, replaced former Subsec. (c) with new Subsec. (c) re information to be submitted to secretary and criteria and priority for awarding grants, and amended Subsec. (d) by revising provisions re submittal deadlines and by adding provision requiring report to include information on property tax reductions, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) to add as eligible entities any 2 or more municipalities and economic development districts and to change application dates from December 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, to December 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, respectively, amended Subsec. (c)(2) to replace “such member municipalities” with “participating municipalities” and add Subpara. (B) re economic development district, and amended Subsec. (d) to change reporting dates from July 1, 2007, and February 1, 2008, to July 1, 2011, and February 1, 2012, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re submission of proposal by specified entities for joint provision of service or services currently provided by municipalities within region of such an entity or contiguous thereto, but not provided on a regional basis, by authorizing specified entities to submit proposal for purposes described in Subdivs. (1) and (2) and by adding Subdiv. (3) re shared information technology services, added new Subsec. (d) re applying for a grant and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective June 19, 2013, and amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdivs. (2) and (3) re definitions of “regional council of elected officials” and “regional planning agency” and redesignating existing Subdivs. (4) to (6) as Subdivs. (2) to (4), amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by replacing “An entity specified in subsection (a) of this section” with “A regional council of governments or an economic development district” and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by adding provision re including costs to connect at same rate as other government entities, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-122 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “legislative body” by substituting “board of the warden” for “board of the mayor”; P.A. 16-144 added Subdiv. (5) re definition of “regional educational service center” in Subsec. (a), added references to regional educational service center and added provision authorizing local or regional board of education or regional educational service center serving population greater than 100,000 to submit proposal for regional special education initiative in Subsec. (b), added references to regional educational service center or local or regional board of education and added references to initiative in Subsec. (c) and added “until December 31, 2018” in Subsec. (d), effective June 9, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (6) defining “employee organization”, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “On or before December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter, any” and “any two or more municipalities acting through a regional council of governments, any economic development district, any” re submission of proposal to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, adding reference to local or regional boards of education, and deleting “local or regional board of education or” re submission of proposal for regional special education initiative, deleting “joint” and “or agency” and adding reference to local or regional board of education in Subdiv. (1), replacing provision re planning study with provision re redistribution of grants according to regional priorities in Subdiv. (2), and replacing “shared information technology services” with provision re regional revenue sharing in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to economic development district and to local or regional board of education in Subdiv. (1), adding “the proposed” and “for participating municipalities or boards of education” in Subdiv. (1)(F), replacing provision re legislative body of each participating municipality with provision re governing body of council or center in Subdiv. (1)(J), adding new Subdiv. (1)(K) re resolution approved by governing body of council, adding Subdiv. (1)(L) re acknowledgment from employee organization, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (1)(K) as Subdiv. (1)(M) and amending same to add “, and how such obstacles will be resolved”, and substantially revising Subdiv. (2) re criteria for awarding grants for proposals, substantially revised Subsec. (d) by replacing provisions re application to fund operating and capital costs to connect with state-wide, high speed, flexible network with prohibition on requiring execution of interlocal agreement, added new Subsec. (e) re depositing cost savings into nonlapsing account, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f) and amended same to add Subdiv. (1) designator, add Subdiv. (2) re description of property tax reductions and improved services achieved, delete inclusion in report of property tax reductions achieved and make a technical change, effective July 23, 2021 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c), references to Subsec. (c) of this section were changed editorially by the Revisors to “this subsection” for consistency with customary statutory usage).

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PART V

OFFICE OF WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS

Sec. 4-124w. Office of Workforce Strategy. Responsibilities. (a) There is established an Office of Workforce Strategy. The office shall be within the Office of the Governor, for administrative purposes only.

(b) The department head of the Office of Workforce Strategy shall be the Chief Workforce Officer, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties therein prescribed. The Chief Workforce Officer shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office as set forth in this section and shall have knowledge of publicly funded workforce training programs. The Chief Workforce Officer shall:

(1) Be the principal advisor for workforce development policy, strategy and coordination to the Governor;

(2) Be the lead state official for the development of employment and training strategies and initiatives;

(3) Be the chairperson of the Workforce Cabinet, which shall consist of agencies involved with employment and training, as designated by the Governor pursuant to section 31-3m. The Workforce Cabinet shall meet at the direction of the Governor or the Chief Workforce Officer;

(4) Be the liaison between the Governor, the Governor's Workforce Council, established pursuant to section 31-3h and any local, regional, state or federal organizations and entities with respect to workforce development policy, strategy and coordination, including, but not limited to, implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time;

(5) Develop, and update as necessary, a state workforce strategy in consultation with the Governor's Workforce Council and the Workforce Cabinet and subject to the approval of the Governor. The Chief Workforce Officer shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, the state workforce strategy to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, commerce, education, higher education and employment advancement, and labor and public employees at least thirty days before submitting such state workforce strategy to the Governor for his or her approval;

(6) Coordinate workforce development activities (A) funded through state resources, (B) funded through funds received pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, or (C) administered in collaboration with any state agency for the purpose of furthering the goals and outcomes of the state workforce strategy approved by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection and the workforce development plan developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant to the provisions of section 31-11p;

(7) Collaborate with the regional workforce development boards to adapt the best practices for workforce development established by such boards for state-wide implementation, if possible;

(8) Coordinate measurement and evaluation of outcomes across education and workforce development programs, in conjunction with state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Labor Department, the Department of Education and the Office of Policy and Management;

(9) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, review any state plan for each program set forth in Section 103(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, before such plan is submitted to the Governor;

(10) Establish methods and procedures to ensure the maximum involvement of members of the public, the legislature and local officials in workforce development policy, strategy and coordination;

(11) In conjunction with one or more state agencies enter into such contractual agreements, in accordance with established procedures and the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The Chief Workforce Officer may enter into agreements with other state agencies for the purpose of performing the duties of the Office of Workforce Strategy, including, but not limited to, administrative, human resources, finance and information technology functions;

(12) Market and communicate the state workforce strategy to ensure maximum engagement with students, trainees, job seekers and businesses while effectively elevating the state's workforce profile nationally;

(13) For the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-21c identify subject areas, courses, curriculum, content and programs that may be offered to students in elementary and high school in order to improve student outcomes and meet the workforce needs of the state;

(14) Issue guidance to state agencies, the Governor's Workforce Council and regional workforce development boards in furtherance of the state workforce strategy and the workforce development plan developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant to the provisions of section 31-11p. Such guidance shall be approved by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, allow for a reasonable period for implementation and take effect not less than thirty days from such approval. The Chief Workforce Officer shall consult on the development and implementation of any guidance with the agency, council or board impacted by such guidance;

(15) Coordinate, in consultation with the Labor Department and regional workforce development boards to ensure compliance with state and federal laws for the purpose of furthering the service capabilities of programs offered pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and the United States Department of Labor's American Job Center system;

(16) Coordinate, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, with community action agencies to further the state workforce strategy; and

(17) Take any other action necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(c) The Chief Workforce Officer may call upon any office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other agency of the state to supply such reports, information, data and assistance as may be reasonable, necessary and appropriate in order to carry out the Chief Workforce Officer's or the Office of Workforce Strategy's duties and requirements. Each officer or employee of such office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other agency of the state shall furnish such reports, information, data and assistance as requested by the Chief Workforce Officer, to the extent permitted under state and federal law. Any request for data from a participating agency in CP20 WIN, established pursuant to section 10a-57g, shall be submitted through CP20 WIN in accordance with the policies and procedures established by CP20 WIN.

(d) The Office of Workforce Strategy shall provide staff to the Governor's Workforce Council and such other resources as the Chief Workforce Officer can make available, and shall coordinate all necessary support that other state agencies make available, as needed by the Governor's Workforce Council.

(e) The Chief Workforce Officer, on behalf of the Governor and the Governor's Workforce Council and in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall coordinate the state's role in the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and may issue guidance to this effect. The Labor Commissioner shall offer such resources as the commissioner can make available for such purpose.

(f) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, higher education and employment advancement, education, commerce, and labor and public employees, a report regarding workforce development in the state. Such report shall include but not be limited to, any programs undertaken by the Office of Workforce Strategy, information on the number of individuals served by such programs, demographic information about such individuals and outcomes of such individuals after completion of a workforce development program.

(P.A. 00-192, S. 19, 102; P.A. 01-170, S. 1; P.A. 03-19, S. 5; 03-278, S. 8; P.A. 04-212, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 109; P.A. 11-48, S. 81; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 203.)

History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-170 added Subsec. (b)(9) re annual reporting requirements; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(9), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-212 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and, in Subsec. (b), inserted new Subdiv. (5) charging Office of Workforce Competitiveness with coordinating strategies re technology-based talent and innovation among state and quasi-public agencies, renumbering existing Subdivs. accordingly, revised internal references in renumbered Subdivs. (8) and (9), and added Subdiv. (10) making Office of Workforce Competitiveness the lead state agency for developing strategies and initiatives to support Connecticut's position in the knowledge economy, effective July 1, 2004; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re coordination of development and implementation of strategies re technology-based talent and innovation among state and quasi-public agencies and redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) to (11) as Subdivs. (5) to (10), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by placing Office of Workforce Competitiveness within Labor Department rather than within Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes, amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to the office to Labor Commissioner with assistance of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, deleted former Subsec. (b)(6) re appointing officials and employees, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(7) and (8) as Subsec. (b)(6) and (7), deleted former Subsec. (b)(9) re lead state agency for development of employment and training strategies, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(10) as Subsec. (b)(8), and amended Subsec. (c) by designating Labor Department as lead state agency for development of employment and training strategies and by changing references to Office of Workforce Competitiveness to Labor Commissioner, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” in Subsec. (b)(2), (4) and (5); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing Office of Workforce Competitiveness within the Labor Department with Office of Workforce Strategy within Office of the Governor and establishing appointment and duties of Chief Workforce Officer, substantially revised Subsec. (c) re provision of reports, information, data and assistance and deleting provision re Labor Department as lead state agency for development of certain employment and training strategies and initiatives, added Subsecs. (d) to (f) re provision of staff and resources to Governor's Workforce Council, coordination of state's role in implementation of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and submission of annual report, respectively, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124z. Review and evaluation of linkage between skill standards for education and training and employment needs of business and industry. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and as necessary thereafter, the board of the Technical Education and Career System, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer, the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Education and Social Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and one member of industry representing each of the economic clusters identified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development pursuant to section 32-1m shall (1) review, evaluate and, as necessary, recommend improvements for certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system to ensure that such programs meet the employment needs of business and industry, (2) develop strategies to strengthen the linkage between skill standards for education and training and the employment needs of business and industry, (3) assess the unmet demand from employers in the state to hire graduates of trade programs from technical education and career schools and the unmet demand from students in the state to enroll in a trade program at a technical education and career school, and (4) assess opportunities to increase utilization of technical education and career schools during after school hours and on weekends.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, commerce, labor and higher education and employment advancement on any certification or degree programs offered by technical education and career schools or community-technical colleges that do not meet current industry standards.

(P.A. 01-193, S. 6, 9; P.A. 03-278, S. 9; P.A. 04-212, S. 3; P.A. 05-191, S. 10; P.A. 11-48, S. 82; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 13-31, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 6; P.A. 17-237, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 229.)

History: P.A. 01-193 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-212 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 05-191 substituted “32-1m” for “32-4g” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Office of Workforce Competitiveness, by requiring Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to work with Office of Workforce Competitiveness and by changing “Chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges” to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical school” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” and “technical high schools”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high school system and technical high school with references to Technical Education and Career System and technical education and career school, respectively, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsec. (a) re membership and duties of group reviewing and examining certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system, further amended Subsec. (a) by adding time frame for duties under section and adding Subdivs. (3) and (4) re assessment of unmet demand to hire graduates of and to enroll in technical education and career schools and of opportunities to increase utilization of such schools, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing the Commissioner of Education with the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System, deleting former Subdiv. (1) re implementation of programs to strengthen linkage between technical education and career schools, programs at regional community-technical colleges and employment needs and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “Chief Workforce Office” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Chief Workforce Officer” for accuracy).

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Sec. 4-124ff. Innovation Challenge Grant program. Council of Advisors on Strategies for the Knowledge Economy. (a) There is established, within available appropriations and in consultation with the council established under subsection (b) of this section, a competitive Innovation Challenge Grant program to promote and encourage partnerships and collaborations involving technology-based business and industry with institutions of higher education and technical education and career schools for the development of educational programs in emerging and interdisciplinary technology fields and to address related issues.

(b) There is established a Council of Advisors on Strategies for the Knowledge Economy to promote the formation of university-industry partnerships, identify benchmarks for technology-based workforce innovation and competitiveness and advise the award process (1) for innovation challenge grants to public postsecondary schools and their business partners, and (2) grants under section 4-124hh. The council shall be chaired by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and shall include the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, the Labor Commissioner, the Chief Workforce Officer, the chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and four representatives from the technology industry, one of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.

(P.A. 04-212, S. 1; P.A. 05-198, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 84, 285; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 145; P.A. 13-123, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 9; P.A. 17-237, S. 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 230.)

History: P.A. 04-212 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-198 amended Subsec. (b) by designating provisions re innovation challenge grants as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re grants under Sec. 4-124hh and expanding the council to include the executive directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Development Authority, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by removing Innovation Challenge Grant program from Office of Workforce Competitiveness and amended Subsec. (b) by making Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, rather than director of Office of Workforce Competitiveness, the chair of the council and by removing subsequent reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “regional vocational-technical schools” with “technical high schools” in Subsec. (a) and designated Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as the chairperson and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development as a member of the council and replaced “executive directors” with “chief executive officer” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-123 deleted reference to Connecticut Development Authority in Subsec. (b), effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Chief Workforce Officer, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124gg. Industry advisory committees for career clusters within the Technical Education and Career System and regional community-technical college system. The board of the Technical Education and Career System, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall create an integrated system of state-wide industry advisory committees for each career cluster offered as part of the Technical Education and Career System and regional community-technical college system. Said committees shall include industry representatives of the specific career cluster. Each committee for a career cluster shall, with support from the Office of Workforce Strategy, Labor Department, Technical Education and Career System, regional community-technical college system and the Department of Education, establish specific skills standards, corresponding curriculum and a career ladder for the cluster which shall be implemented as part of the schools' core curriculum.

(P.A. 04-212, S. 5; P.A. 11-48, S. 85; P.A. 12-116, S. 73; P.A. 17-237, S. 31; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 231.)

History: P.A. 04-212 effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 11-48 changed deadline date from October 1, 2005, to October 1, 2012, and changed Office of Workforce Competitiveness to Labor Commissioner, with the assistance of Office of Workforce Competitiveness, re creation of system of committees and replaced Office of Workforce Competitiveness with Labor Department as the entity to provide support to each committee, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 added “chairperson of the technical high school system board and the” and replaced references to regional vocational-technical school with references to technical high school, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school system” with “Technical Education and Career System” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Not later than October 1, 2012, the Labor Commissioner, with the assistance of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness and in consultation with the superintendent” with “The board” and added reference to consultation with Labor Commissioner and reference to Office of Workforce Strategy, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124jj. Office of Workforce Strategy account. Report (a) There is established an account to be known as the “Office of Workforce Strategy account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any funds received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Workforce Strategy for the purposes of funding workforce training programs and supporting administrative expenses of the Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce Strategy may enter into contracts or agreements with the constituent units of the state system of higher education and regional workforce development boards for the purposes of this section. The Chief Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and the regional workforce development boards, shall (1) ensure that, as appropriate, participants in a workforce training program funded through the Office of Workforce Strategy account also enroll in additional workforce development programs for the purpose of minimizing duplication across existing workforce programs and leveraging federal funds; and (2) establish funding eligibility criteria for workforce training programs for the purpose of meeting the workforce needs of in-demand occupations.

(b) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter until October 1, 2025, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, higher education and employment advancement, education, commerce, and labor and public employees a report regarding the workforce training programs funded through the Office of Workforce Strategy account. Such report shall include but not be limited to, information on the number of individuals served, demographic information about such individuals and outcomes of such individuals after completion of a workforce training program.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 205.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124kk. American Rescue Plan Act funds; use by Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce Strategy may expend funds received by the state pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the purpose of supporting workforce development initiatives in accordance with state and federal law.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 256.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124tt. Pilot program for training re employment skills and credentials for certain individuals with minor dependents. Eligibility. Section 4-124tt is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.

(P.A. 06-164, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

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Sec. 4-124vv. Labor Department to fund Connecticut Career Choices. Section 4-124vv is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 33; P.A. 11-48, S. 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

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OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT:GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS;STATE PLANNING

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PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART II

BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

PART IV

STATE PLANNING

PART V

OFFICE OF WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS

OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT:
GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS;
STATE PLANNING