Section 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. 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 this section, next providing grants for the support of regional election advisors pursuant to section 9-229c and then 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 of the general statutes, 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 of the general statutes, 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 years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 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) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to the regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount totaling seven million dollars. Such funds shall be distributed under a formula determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in consultation with the regional council of governments, that includes (A) a base payment amount payable to each such regional council, and (B) a per capita payment amount to each such regional council based upon population data for each such regional council from the most recent federal decennial census. Such formula shall be reviewed and updated every five years after the initial adoption of such formula.(3) 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.( P.A. 11-6 , S. 95 ; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 , S. 190 ; P.A. 13-247 , S. 251 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0205,S. 168 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 23-0205,S. 155 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 23-0204, S. 93 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 22-0131, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 22-0110, S. 40 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 21-0178, S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/7/2021.Amended by P.A. 21-0002, S. 179 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 19-0117, S. 365 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 6/26/2019.