Connecticut HB 5346: AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL SEWER USE CHARGES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5346
February Session, 2026

AN ACT PERMITTING PROXY DESIGNATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND 2030 BOARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 32-285a of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective from passage): 3
(b) (1) There is established a Community Investment Fund 2030 4
Board, which shall be within the Department of Economic and 5
Community Development. The board shall consist of the following 6
members: 7
(A) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 8
pro tempore of the Senate; 9
(B) The majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority 10
leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives 11
and the minority leader of the Senate; 12
(C) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives 13
and one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, each of 14
whom shall be a member of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the 15
General Assembly; 16
(D) The two chairpersons of the general bonding subcommittee of the 17

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joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 18
matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding; 19
(E) Two appointed by the Governor; and 20
(F) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the 21
Attorney General, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Secretary of the 22
State and the Commissioners of Economic and Community 23
Development, Administrative Services, Social Services and Housing, or 24
their designees. 25
(2) All initial appointments shall be made not later than sixty days 26
after June 30, 2021. The terms of the members appointed by the 27
Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the Governor or until 28
their successors are appointed, whichever is later. Any vacancy in 29
appointments shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any vacancy 30
occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance 31
of the unexpired term. 32
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, it shall not 33
constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, partner, officer, 34
stockholder, proprietor, counsel or employee of any person to serve as 35
a member of the board, provided such trustee, director, partner, officer, 36
stockholder, proprietor, counsel or employee abstains and absents 37
himself or herself from any deliberation, action and vote by the board in 38
specific respect to such person. The members appointed by the 39
Governor shall be deemed public officials and shall adhere to the code 40
of ethics for public officials set forth in chapter 10. 41
(4) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 42
tempore of the Senate shall serve as the chairpersons of the board and 43
shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not 44
later than January 1, 2022. The board shall meet at least quarterly. Any 45
member who is unable to attend a meeting may, by notifying the 46
administrator in writing, designate another person to act as a proxy in 47
such member's absence. 48

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(5) Eleven members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the 49
transaction of any business. 50
(6) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but 51
shall, within the limits of available funds, be reimbursed for expenses 52
necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. 53
(7) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (A) To 54
review eligible projects to be recommended to the Governor under 55
subsection (c) of this section for approval; (B) to establish bylaws to 56
govern its procedures; (C) to review and provide comments to the 57
Department of Economic and Community Development on projects 58
funded through the state's Economic Action Plan as provided under 59
section 32-4p; and (D) to perform such other acts as may be necessary 60
and appropriate to carry out its duties described in this section. 61
(8) The administrator shall hire such employee or employees as may 62
be necessary to assist the board to carry out its duties described in this 63
section. 64
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage 32-285a(b)

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b)(4), "by notifying" was added for clarity.

GAE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO