Bill Text: CT SB00421 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Community Empowerment And The Neighborhood Assistance Act.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - File Number 519 [SB00421 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00421-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 421 | ||
February Session, 2016 |
LCO No. 2625 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) Each municipality shall establish a community investment board. Each community investment board may be comprised of, but need not be limited to, residents, business owners, religious leaders, community development corporation representatives and community group representatives. Any municipality with a population of fifty thousand or more shall establish one community investment board for each neighborhood in the municipality.
Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (j) as follows (Effective July 1, 2016):
(NEW) (j) Any municipal revenue sharing grant awarded to a municipality pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall be expended by the municipality as follows: (A) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities identified by the community investment board or community investment boards established by the municipality pursuant to section 1 of this act, provided such priorities are approved by a majority vote of the electorate of the municipality, (B) thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities identified by the legislative body of the municipality, and (C) thirty per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities jointly agreed upon by the community investment board or community investment boards established by the municipality pursuant to section 1 of this act and the legislative body of the municipality, except that in the event that the community investment board or community investment boards and the legislative body of the municipality cannot agree on priorities for expenditure, thirty per cent of such grant shall be remitted to the state.
Sec. 3. Section 12-18c of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(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 subsection (d) of [this section] section 12-18b, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, and subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b.
(b) Any select grant for payment in lieu of taxes awarded to a municipality or district pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be expended by the municipality or district as follows: (1) Thirty-five per cent of such grant shall be expended on priorities identified by the community investment board or community investment boards established by the municipality pursuant to section 1 of this act, provided such priorities are approved by a majority vote of the electorate of the municipality, (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 the community investment board or community investment boards established by the municipality pursuant to section 1 of this act and the legislative body of the municipality, except that in the event that the community investment board or community investment boards and the legislative body of the municipality cannot agree on priorities for expenditure, thirty per cent of such grant shall be remitted to the state.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) (a) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain an Internet web site that will allow residents and organizations to submit proposals for solutions to specific urban area problems 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 is viable, the secretary shall identify a municipality or neighborhood in which to establish a pilot program to implement the proposal, establish the pilot program in such municipality or neighborhood, monitor the implementation of the pilot program and 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 pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if such proposal becomes the basis for a pilot program and the secretary, or the secretary's designee, determines that such pilot program was successful after assessing the results of such pilot program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2016) (a) There is established a commission to study the manner in which state funding is utilized by nonprofit providers and to review the 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, one of whom shall have expertise in nonprofit administration and one of whom shall have expertise in economics;
(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;
(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
(c) Any member of the commission appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the commission shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the commission from among the members of the commission. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the commission, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to economic development activities impacting local governments shall serve as administrative staff of the commission.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2017, the commission shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to economic development activities impacting local governments, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The commission shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2017, whichever is later.
Sec. 6. Subsection (c) of section 12-632 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(c) Any business firm which desires to engage in any of the activities or programs approved by any municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and listed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may apply to the Commissioner of Revenue Services for a tax credit in an amount as provided in section 12-633, 12-634, 12-635 or 12-635a. The proposal for such credit, which shall be made on a form prescribed and made available by the commissioner, shall set forth the program to be conducted, the neighborhood area to be invested in, the plans for implementing the program and such other information as said commissioner may prescribe. Such proposals shall be submitted to the commissioner on or after September fifteenth but no later than October [first] fifteenth of each year. Such proposals shall be approved or disapproved by the Commissioner of Revenue Services based on the compliance of such proposal with the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. The commissioner may only approve proposals received between September fifteenth and October [first] fifteenth of each year. If, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Revenue Services, a business firm's investment can, for the purposes of this chapter, be made through contributions to a neighborhood organization as defined in subsection (h) of section 12-631, tax credits may be allowed in amounts as provided in section 12-633, 12-634, 12-635 or 12-635a.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2016 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2016 |
4-66l |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2016 |
12-18c |
Sec. 4 |
July 1, 2016 |
New section |
Sec. 5 |
July 1, 2016 |
New section |
Sec. 6 |
July 1, 2016 |
12-632(c) |
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) create requirements for the expenditure of municipal revenue sharing grants and select payment in lieu of taxes grants; (2) authorize the Office of Policy and Management to create and maintain a web site for the solicitation of proposals for solutions to urban area problems; and (3) establish pilot programs based on such proposals, and to establish a commission to study the manner in which state funding is utilized by nonprofit providers and review the requirements imposed on nonprofit providers by state agencies and compliance with those requirements by nonprofit providers.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]