Connecticut HB 5030: AN ACT REQUIRING THE TRACKING OF CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED EMISSIONS FROM FOODS CONSUMED BY RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5030
February Session, 2026

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) On and after July 1, 2026, 1
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue Pizza State 2
commemorative number plates of a design to enhance public awareness 3
of the state's pizza-making tradition and to provide funding to 4
Connecticut Foodshare. The design shall be determined by the 5
commissioner. No use shall be made of such plates except as official 6
registration marker plates. 7
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of sixty-8
five dollars for Pizza State commemorative number plates, in addition 9
to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a motor 10
vehicle. The commissioner shall deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into 11
an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used 12
for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such number 13
plates, and fifty dollars of such fee into the Pizza State commemorative 14
account established under subsection (d) of this section. Except as 15
provided in subsection (f) of this section, no additional fee shall be 16
charged in connection with the renewal of such number plates. No 17
transfer fee shall be charged for transfer of an existing registration to or 18
from a registration with Pizza State commemorative number plates. 19

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Such number plates shall have letters and numbers selected by the 20
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The commissioner may establish a 21
higher fee for number plates: (1) That contain the numbers and letters 22
from a previously issued number plate; (2) that contain letters in place 23
of numbers, as authorized by section 14-49 of the general statutes, in 24
addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under said section; 25
and (3) that are low number plates issued in accordance with section 14-26
160 of the general statutes, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for 27
registration under said section. All fees established and collected 28
pursuant to this section, except moneys designated for administrative 29
costs of the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall be deposited in the 30
Pizza State commemorative account. 31
(c) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in 32
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 33
establish standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal and 34
replacement of Pizza State commemorative number plates. 35
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "Pizza State 36
commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 37
account. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 38
deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be distributed 39
annually by the Department of Motor Vehicles to Connecticut 40
Foodshare. The commissioner may receive private donations to the 41
account and any such receipts shall be deposited in the account. 42
(e) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may provide for the 43
reproduction and marking of the Pizza State commemorative number 44
plates image for use on clothing, recreational equipment, posters, 45
mementoes or other products or programs deemed by the commissioner 46
to be suitable as a means of supporting the Pizza State commemorative 47
account. Any moneys received by the commissioner from such 48
marketing shall be deposited in the account. 49
(f) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may allow a registrant to 50
make an additional voluntary donation of fifteen dollars at the time of 51

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registration renewal for any motor vehicle bearing a Pizza State 52
commemorative number plate. Any such donation shall be deposited in 53
the Pizza State commemorative account. 54
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 29-1r of the general statutes is 55
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 56
passage): 57
(a) There is established a Department of Emergency Services and 58
Public Protection. Said department shall be the designated emergency 59
management and homeland security agency for the state. The 60
department head shall be the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 61
Public Protection, who shall be appointed by the Governor in 62
accordance with sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, as amended by this act, 63
with the powers and duties prescribed in said sections. The 64
commissioner shall be responsible for providing a coordinated, 65
integrated program for the protection of life and property and for state-66
wide emergency management and homeland security. The 67
commissioner shall appoint not more than [two] three deputy 68
commissioners who shall, under the direction of the commissioner, 69
assist in the adminis