Connecticut HB 5287: AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Bill Text

House Bill No. 5287 
 
Public Act No. 26-138 
 
 
AN   ACT   CONCERNING   THE   LEGISLATIVE   COMMISSIONERS' 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES 
RELATING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 7-576e of the 2026 supplement to 
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
(d) Notwithstanding   any   provision   of [the] this section,   no 
municipality  shall  be  designated  a  tier IV  municipality,  by  any  means 
other  than  that  provided  in  subdivision  (1)  of  subsection  (a)  of  this 
section, until April 1, 2018. 
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 7-576i of the 2026 supplement to the 
general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
(b) The   secretary   may   distribute   funds   from   the   Municipal 
Restructuring  Fund  to  a  third  party  on  behalf  of  a  designated  tier  II, 
[tier] III  or [tier] IV  municipality.  Funds  received  by  a  municipality 
pursuant  to  this  section  may  be  used,  in  part,  to  pay  an  arbitrator 
selected  pursuant  to  clause  (v)  of  subdivision  (3)  of  subsection  (a)  of 
section 7-576e. 

House Bill No. 5287 
 
Public Act No. 26-138 2 of 2 
 
Sec. 3. Subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 8-13dd of the 2026 
supplement  to  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
(8) "Planning region" has the same meaning as provided in section 4-
124i; 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved June 4, 2026