Connecticut SB 449: AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.

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Substitute Senate Bill No. 449 
 
Public Act No. 26-137 
 
 
AN   ACT   CONCERNING   THE   RECOMMENDATIONS   OF   THE 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL    POLICY    AND    PLANNING    DIVISION 
WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 10-265u of the 2026 supplement to 
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
(d) On [March] April first of each year, the Secretary of the Office of 
Policy and Management shall notify each public school operator of the 
amount allocated to such public school operator pursuant to subsections 
(b) and (c) of this section and shall post on said office's Internet web site 
such  allocation  amounts  and  the  calculations  for  all  public  school 
operators. 
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage and applicable to assessment years 
commencing   on   or   after   October   1,   2026)   (a)   Notwithstanding   the 
provisions of sections 12-107a to 12-107e, inclusive, 12-107g, 12-504e and 
12-504f  of  the  general  statutes,  any  special  act,  municipal  charter  or 
ordinance, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 
collaborate  with  each  state  agency  having  custody  or  control  of  real 
property belonging to or held in trust for the state, to identify all such 

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real property that is farm land, forest land, open space land or maritime 
heritage  land,  as  those  terms  are  defined  in  section  12-107b  of  the 
general  statutes.  Upon  making  any  such  identification,  the  secretary 
shall  notify  the  assessor  of  the  municipality in  which  such  land  is 
located, in whole or in part, that such land has been identified as farm 
land,  forest  land,  open  space  land  or  maritime  heritage  land,  as 
applicable.  The  secretary  shall  make  such  notification  not  earlier  than 
thirty days before or later than thirty days after the assessment date in 
any  year,  except  that  in  a  year  in  which  a  revaluation  is  required 
pursuant to section 12-62 of the general statutes, such notification may 
be  made  not  later  than  ninety  days  after  such  assessment  date.  Upon 
receipt of such notification, the assessor shall (1) classify such property 
accordingly, (2) value  such property in accordance with the  schedules 
of  unit  prices  developed  pursuant  to  section  12-2b  of  the  general 
statutes, and (3) add such property to the grand list of the municipality 
in the manner described in section 12-109 of the general statutes. 
(b)  Any  classification  of  property  as  farm  land,  forest  land,  open 
space  land  or maritime  heritage  land  pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be 
deemed personal to the state and shall not run with the land. Any such 
property  that  has  been  so  classified  shall  remain  so  classified  without 
additional notification to the municipal assessor until (1) the use of such 
property is changed to a use other than that identified by the secretary 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) such property is sold or 
transferred. 
Sec. 3.  Section  8-3j  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
[(a)] No zoning regulation shall treat any family child care home or 
group child care home, located in a residence and licensed by the Office 
of Early Childhood pursuant to chapter 368a, in a manner different from 
single or multifamily dwellings. 

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[(b) Not  later  than  December  1,  2023,  and  annually  thereafter,  each 
municipality  shall  submit  to  the  Office  of  Policy  and  Management  a 
sworn  statement  from  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  municipality 
stating (1) that the municipality's zoning ordinances are in compliance 
with  (A)  subsection  (a)  of  this  section,  and  (B)  the  provisions  of 
subdivision  (1)  of  subsection  (d)  of  section  8-2,  or  (2)  the  specific  time 
frame  within  which  the  municipality  will  bring  its  zoning  ordinances 
into compliance with subsection (a) of this section and subsection (d) of 
section 8-2.] 
Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 4-124s of the 2026 supplement to the 
general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
(b) There  is  established  a  regional  performance  incentive  program 
that  shall  be  administered  by  the Secretary of  the  Office  of  Policy  and 
Management.    Any    regional    council    of    governments,    regional 
educational  service  center  or  a  combination  thereof  may  submit  a 
proposal to the secretary for: (1) The provision of any service that two 
or more participating municipalit