Connecticut SB 11: AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT RESILIENCY PLANNING AND PROVIDING MUNICIPAL OPTIONS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 11
February Session, 2024 LCO No. 577

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9

AN ACT COORDINATING CONNECTICUT RESILIENCY PLANNING
AND BROADENING MUNICIPAL OPTIONS FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) As used in sections 1 to 10, 1
inclusive, of this act unless the context otherwise requires: 2
(1) "Captured assessed value" means the amount, as a percentage or 3
stated sum, of increased assessed value that is utilized from year to year 4
to finance project costs pursuant to the district master plan. 5
(2) "Clean energy project" means a renewable energy project that 6
utilizes Class I renewable sources, as defined in section 16-1 of the 7
general statutes. 8
(3) "Current assessed value" means the assessed value of all taxable 9
real property within a resiliency improvement district as of October first 10
of each year that the resiliency improvement district remains in effect. 11
(4) "District master plan" means a statement of means and objectives 12

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prepared by the municipality, or two or more municipalities acting 13
jointly under an interlocal agreement, relating to a resiliency 14
improvement district that is designed to (A) reduce the risk of, or 15
exposure to, extreme events, hazards and the effects of climate change, 16
(B) support economic development, (C) provide housing opportunities 17
in existing residential areas, (D) improve or broaden the tax base, and 18
(E) construct or improve the physical facilities and structures necessary 19
for resilience projects, environmental infrastructure or clean energy 20
projects, or any combination thereof, as described in section 4 of this act. 21
(5) "Environmental infrastructure" has the same meaning as provided 22
in section 16-245n of the general statutes. 23
(6) "Financial plan" means a statement of the project costs and sources 24
of revenue required to accomplish the district master plan. 25
(7) "Increased assessed value" means the valuation amount by which 26
the current assessed value of a resiliency improvement district exceeds 27
the original assessed value of the resiliency improvement district. If the 28
current assessed value is equal to or less than the original assessed 29
value, there is no increased assessed value. 30
(8) "Increased savings" means the valuation amount by which the 31
current cost of any existing insurance premium, or other premium, 32
surcharge or other fee identified within the resiliency improvement 33
district may be reduced after the implementation of such district, 34
resulting in a monetary savings to a resident of, or a business located in, 35
such district. 36
(9) "Joint resiliency improvement district" means a resiliency 37
improvement district established by two or more contiguous 38
municipalities that have entered into an interlocal agreement in 39
accordance with sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, of the general 40
statutes. 41
(10) "Maintenance and operation" means all activities necessary to 42
maintain facilities after they have been developed and all activities 43

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necessary to operate such facilities, including, but not limited to, 44
informational, promotional and educational programs and safety and 45
surveillance activities. 46
(11) "Municipality" means a town, city, borough, consolidated town 47
and city or consolidated town and borough. 48
(12) "Original assessed value" means the assessed value of all taxable 49
real property within a resiliency improvement district as of October first 50
of the tax year preceding the year in which the resiliency improvement 51
district was established by the legislative body of a municipality. 52
(13) "Project costs" means any expenditures or monetary obligations 53
incurred or expected to be incurred that are authorized by section 6 of 54
this act and included in a district master plan. 55
(14) "Resilience" has the same meaning as provided in section 16-243y 56
of the general statutes. 57
(15) "Resilience project" means a project, including a capital project, 58
that is designed and implemented to address climate change mitigation, 59
adaptation or resilience, including, but not limited to, the following: 60
(A) A project that mitigates the effects of river, bay or sea level rise, 61
or rising groundwater, including wetlands or marsh restoration, 62
riparian buffers, vegetated dunes, living shorelines, erosion control, 63
road elevation, levees or other flood structures; 64
(B) A project that mitigates the effects of extreme heat or the urban 65
heat island effect, including increasing shade, deploying building and 66
surface materials designed to reflect or absorb less heat, using pavement 67
materials designed to reflect or absorb less heat