Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future
Section 16a-28. - Draft revisions; preparation; legislative review; public hearings.

(a) The secretary shall present a draft of the revised plan of conservation and development for preliminary review to the continuing legislative committee on state planning and development prior to September first in 2023 and prior to September first in each prerevision year thereafter.

(b) After December first in 2023 and after December first in each prerevision year thereafter the secretary shall proceed with such further revisions of the draft of the revised plan of conservation and development as he deems appropriate. The secretary shall, by whatever means he deems advisable, publish said plan and disseminate it to the public on or before March first in revision years. The secretary shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the state.
(c) Not later than five months after publication of said revised plan the secretary shall hold public hearings, in cooperation with regional councils of governments, to solicit comments on said plan.
(P.A. 76-130, S. 5, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 46, 610; P.A. 83-203, S. 3; P.A. 95-307, S. 12, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 4, 131; P.A. 05-205, S. 4, 14; P.A. 09-230, S. 4; P.A. 10-138, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 312; P.A. 22-71, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted “secretary”, i.e. secretary of the office of policy and management, for “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 83-203 provided for the revision of the plan every five years instead of every three, updating obsolete reference to 1977; P.A. 95-307 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 1985, to September 1, 1996, effective July 6, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-205 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 2002, to September 1, 2008, effective July 6, 2005, and amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re posting plan on Internet web site of the state, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-230 amended Subsec. (a) to extend time for submittal of revised plan draft to committee from September 1, 2008, to September 1, 2010, and made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 10-138 amended Subsec. (a) to extend time for submittal of revised plan draft from September 1, 2010, to September 1, 2011, and made a conforming year change in Subsec. (b), effective June 8, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agencies” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional councils of governments” in Subsec. (c), effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 22-71 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by substituting “2023” for “2011”, effective May 24, 2022.

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