SB 548 — AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

29356176 Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Introduced by:

SEN.(PD) AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE.

FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE ACT.

ThatSection the1. general statutes be amended to (1) create requirements for the expenditure of municipal revenue sharing grants and select payment in lieu of taxes grants;

(2)(NEW) authorize(Effective theOctober Office1, of2019) PolicyThe andchief Managementexecutive toofficer createof andeach maintainmunicipality (1) with a webpopulation siteof formore than one hundred thousand, as enumerated in the solicitation2010 federal decennial census, and (2) having a total area of proposalsnot formore solutionsthan thirty square miles, shall establish and appoint members to urbanone areacommunity problems;investment board for each neighborhood in the municipality.

(3)Each establishcommunity pilotinvestment programsboard basedmay onbe suchcomprised proposals;of, but need not be limited to, residents, business owners, religious leaders, community development corporation representatives and community group representatives.

andSuch (4)boards establishshall aidentify taskpriorities forcefor to study the manneruse inof whichmunicipal staterevenue fundingsharing isgrants utilizedawarded bypursuant nonprofitto providerssection and4-66l reviewof the requirementsgeneral imposedstatutes, onas nonprofitamended providers by statethis agenciesact, and compliancesection with12-18c thoseof requirementsthe general statutes, as amended by nonprofitthis providers.act.

StatementSec. of Purpose:

To2. (1) create requirements for the expenditure of municipal revenue sharing grants and select payment in lieu of taxes grants;

(2)Section authorize4-66l the Office of Policythe andgeneral Managementstatutes tois createamended andby maintainadding asubsection web(j) siteas forfollows the(Effective solicitationOctober of1, proposals2022): for solutions to urban area problems;

(3) establish pilot programs based on such proposals;

and (4) establish a task force to study the manner in which state funding is utilized by LCO No.

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548 nonprofit providers and review the requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit providers.

29356176 21 of 25 Committee Bill No.548 (NEW) (j) On and after October 1, 2022, any municipal revenue sharing grant awarded pursuant to this section to a municipality whose chief executive officer has established community investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by such municipality as follows:

(1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities identified by such community investment boards, (2) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities identified by the legislative body of the municipality, and (3) thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities jointly agreed upon by such community investment boards and the legislative body of the municipality.

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Section 12-18c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):

(a) There is established an account to be known as the "select payment in lieu of taxes 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.

Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of making select grants to municipalities and districts for payments in lieu of taxes as provided for in subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b and for any other purpose expressly provided by law.

(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a municipality whose chief executive officer has established community investment boards pursuant to section 1 of this act may be expended by such municipality as provided in subsection (j) of section 4-66l, as amended by this act.

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(NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than January 1, 2021, the Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain an Internet web site to allow residents and organizations to submit LCO No.

6176 2 of 5 Committee Bill No.548 proposals for solutions to problems specific to urban areas to the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, determines that a proposal submitted through the Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection is viable, the secretary shall (1) identify a municipality or neighborhood in which to establish a pilot program to implement the proposal, (2) establish the pilot program in such municipality or neighborhood, (3) monitor the implementation of the pilot program, and (4) assess the results of the pilot program.

(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, provide a monetary award to each resident or organization that submits a proposal through the Internet web site created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, if the secretary, or the secretary's designee, determines that a pilot program established to implement the proposal was successful after assessing the results of the pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

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(Effective July 1, 2019) (a) There is established a task force to study the (1) programs for which state funding is utilized by nonprofit providers, and (2) requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit providers.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

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