Bill Text: CT HB05159 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Regional Plans Of Conservation And Development.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-03 - Senate Calendar Number 473 [HB05159 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05159-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL PLANS OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 8-35a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) Before adopting the regional plan of conservation and development or any part thereof or amendment thereto, the agency shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time, place and subject of which shall be given in writing to the chief executive officer and planning commission, where one exists, of each member town, city or borough. Notice of the time, place and subject of such hearing shall be published once in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the region. Such notices shall be given not more than twenty days or less than ten days before such hearing. At least sixty-five days before the public hearing the regional planning agency shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the agency, if any, and submit the plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for findings in the form of comments and recommendations. By October 1, [2011] 2013, the secretary shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, criteria for such findings which shall include procedures for a uniform review of regional plans of conservation and development to determine if a proposed regional plan of conservation and development is not inconsistent with the state plan of conservation and development and the state economic strategic plan. The regional planning agency shall note on the record any inconsistency with the state plan of conservation and development and the reasons for such inconsistency. Adoption of the plan or part thereof or amendment thereto shall be made by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the representatives on the agency. The plan shall be posted on the Internet web site of the agency, if any, and a copy of the plan or of any amendments thereto, signed by the chairman of the agency, shall be transmitted to the chief executive officers, the town, city or borough clerks, as the case may be, and to planning commissions, if any, in member towns, cities or boroughs, and to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee. The regional planning agency shall notify the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management of any inconsistency with the state plan of conservation and development and the reasons therefor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
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8-35a(b) |
PD |
Joint Favorable Subst. |