(a) Upon the adoption of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or upon the ratification of a resolution adopting said sections, as provided in section 4-124j, by any town, city or borough entitled to membership on a regional council of governments, the clerk of such town, city or borough shall immediately prepare and file with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his or her designee a certified copy of the adopting or ratifying ordinance, and, upon receipt of such certified ordinances from not less than sixty per cent of all such towns, cities and boroughs within a planning region, said secretary or his or her designee shall certify to such towns, cities and boroughs and all other eligible towns, cities and boroughs within the planning region, that a regional council of governments has been duly established within such planning region. Any subsequent ordinances adopting the provisions of said sections, or effecting the withdrawal from the council of a member shall be similarly filed.
(b) (1) If two or more regional councils of governments, regional councils of elected officials, regional planning agencies or any combination of such councils or agencies exist within the same planning region at the time of an adoption or ratification pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the municipalities comprising such councils and agencies shall negotiate a consolidation of operations. The individual activities of such existing councils and agencies shall continue, uninterrupted, for the transitional period. Such transitional period shall commence upon the date of the certification by the secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. During such transitional period, the chief elected officials of each municipality within the planning region designated by the secretary pursuant to section 16a-4c shall constitute a transitional executive committee that shall have the following authority and responsibility: (A) To draft and propose bylaws for adoption by the certified regional council of governments; (B) to select and propose for election by the certified regional council of governments candidates for offices of such council, which may include one or more members of the transitional executive committee; (C) to propose staffing arrangements for adoption by the merged regional council of governments; (D) to prepare and propose, for adoption by the certified regional council of governments, a program of planning and implementation activities that shall provide for the assumption of active programs of the existing council or agency, as agreed upon and deemed appropriate by the transitional executive committee following appropriate due diligence and good faith negotiations, including a budget for such agreed-upon programs for a period not to exceed one year from the date on which the transitional period terminates; and (E) to propose, for adoption by the certified regional council of governments, the date on which the transitional period shall terminate, provided such date is not later than January 1, 2015.
(2) Upon the termination of the transitional period, the certified regional council of governments shall succeed to and be responsible for all of the rights, privileges and obligations, whether statutory or contractual, of any existing councils or agencies relating to such active programs as may be recommended by the transitional executive committee and adopted by the certified regional council of governments following appropriate due diligence and good faith negotiations during such transitional period. Any of the rights, privileges and obligations of the existing councils or agencies that are deemed unacceptable, in the sole discretion of the transitional executive committee, for assumption by the certified regional council of governments may continue to be administered by an unincorporated association of the municipalities that comprised the existing council or agency for a term to be determined by the member municipalities.
(1971, P.A. 821, S. 4; P.A. 73-679, S. 22, 23, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 36, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 06-196, S. 28; P.A. 13-247, S. 261; P.A. 14-217, S. 228, 256.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of state planning office with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 replaced managing director with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the lower case Roman numeral indicators in Subsec. (b) were changed editorially by the Revisors to Arabic numerals for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 13-247 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provision prohibiting subsequent establishment of regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency within planning region where regional council of governments established, deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d), and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision prohibiting subsequent establishment of regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency within planning region where regional council of governments is established, deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d) re transitional period and reversion to regional council of elected officials, added new Subsec. (b) re establishing a transitional executive committee during a transitional period and made technical changes, and repealed P.A. 13-247, S. 261, effective June 13, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Section 4-65a. - Office of Policy and Management.
Section 4-66. - Powers and duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management.
Section 4-66aa. - Community investment account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66b. - Capital development impact statements.
Section 4-66c. - Urban action bonds.
Section 4-66cc. - Agricultural sustainability account.
Section 4-66d. - Standardized form for notification of possible reimbursement liability.
Section 4-66e. - Development of interagency self-sufficiency measurement standards.
Section 4-66f. - Maintenance of funds received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Section 4-66h. - Main Street Investment Fund account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66k. - Regional planning incentive account.
Section 4-66l. - Municipal revenue sharing account. Grants.
Section 4-66m. - Intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program. Bond authorization.
Section 4-66n. - Municipal reimbursement and revenue account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66o. - Receivables for anticipated revenue.
Section 4-66p. - Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund.
Section 4-66q. - Regional councils of governments. Establishment of revenue sharing agreements.
Section 4-67a. - Medical Affairs Reference Committee.
Section 4-67b. - Appraisal fee schedule established.
Section 4-67c. - Fee schedule for health services established by Commissioner of Social Services.
Section 4-67d. - Professional Advisory Committee.
Section 4-67i. - Agency procurement plan.
Section 4-67m. - Development of goals, objectives and measures; implementation and revision; report.
Section 4-67s. - Child Poverty and Prevention Council: Definitions.
Section 4-67v. - Governor's budget document re prevention goals.
Section 4-67z. - Review of legal obstacles to sharing of high value data. Report.
Section 4-68aa. - Social innovation investment enterprise. Social innovation account.
Section 4-68bb. - Project Longevity Initiative. Definitions. Implementation.
Section 4-68cc. - Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program.
Section 4-68d. - Collection of sums due state for public assistance.
Section 4-68dd. - Municipal Grant Portal.
Section 4-68ff. - Collection, presentation and reporting of prosecutorial data.
Section 4-68g. (Formerly Sec. 17-21). - Conservators for mentally ill or mentally retarded persons.
Section 4-68gg. - Annual report re community engagement training.
Section 4-68j. - Disapproval of requests by any state agency or official may be in writing.
Section 4-68l. - Grants to towns to supplement reimbursement under the general assistance program.
Section 4-68n. - Correctional system population projections.
Section 4-68o. - Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes.
Section 4-68p. - Report of data analysis of state criminal justice system trends.
Section 4-68t. - Tracking, analysis and reporting of recidivism rates for children.
Section 4-68x. - Urban violence reduction grant program.
Section 4-68y. - Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports.
Section 4-70e. - Office of Finance. Executive financial officer.
Section 4-71a. - Estimates of recommended state grants-in-aid to towns under the budget document.
Section 4-71b. - Estimates of state grants-in-aid under state budget act.
Section 4-71c. - Computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments.
Section 4-72. - Governor's budget message.
Section 4-73. - Recommended appropriations.
Section 4-74. - Appropriation and revenue bills.
Section 4-75. - Publication of the budget document.
Section 4-76. - Governor to explain budget document and reports to legislative committees.
Section 4-78. - Information contained in budget recommendations.
Section 4-79. - Tentative budget.
Section 4-80. - Hearings on tentative budget.
Section 4-81. - Formulation of the budget.
Section 4-82. - Supplemental estimates.
Section 4-82a. - Governor to report to General Assembly re projected deficit.
Section 4-83. - Prohibited estimates or requests.
Section 4-84. - Contingency appropriation.
Section 4-85a. - Reductions of appropriations for the fiscal year 1971–1972.
Section 4-85d. - Submission of accounting of federal energy funds.
Section 4-87. - Transfer and revision of appropriations. Relocation expenses.
Section 4-88. - Reversion of unencumbered balances.
Section 4-89. - Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year.
Section 4-93. - Finance Advisory Committee; appointment and term. Meeting agenda.
Section 4-94. - Finance Advisory Committee to approve transfers of funds.
Section 4-95. - Appropriation for social services assistance and care.
Section 4-96. - Additions to specific appropriations.
Section 4-97. - Use of appropriations.
Section 4-97a. - Moneys received for specific statutory purpose.
Section 4-99. - Commitment of appropriations prior to beginning of fiscal period.
Section 4-100. - Penalty for exceeding appropriations; exceptions.
Section 4-101. - Appropriations to hospitals.
Section 4-101b. - Certification of reasonable efforts of hospitals to provide uncompensated care.
Section 4-102. - Hospital societies' reports.
Section 4-103. - Uniform system of accounting for hospitals receiving state aid.
Section 4-104. - Inspection and subpoena of hospital records.
Section 4-105. - Procedure where right to inspect records is denied.
Section 4-106. - Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in hospitals receiving state aid.
Section 4-107. - Institutions receiving state aid; visitation.
Section 4-108. - Director of purchases; appointment.
Section 4-112a. - Sale of state highway equipment.
Section 4-121. - Supervisor of State Publications.
Section 4-124aa. - Information technology internship and work-study program. Guidelines. Report.
Section 4-124bb. - Connecticut Career Ladder Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership.
Section 4-124cc. - Career ladder programs. Development of three-year plan.
Section 4-124ee. - Connecticut nursing faculty incentive program. Guidelines. Report.
Section 4-124ii. - Awarding of grants to generate talent in institutions of higher education.
Section 4-124jj. - Office of Workforce Strategy account. Report
Section 4-124kk. - American Rescue Plan Act funds; use by Office of Workforce Strategy.
Section 4-124nn. - Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Advisory Committee.
Section 4-124uu. - Program re trained workforce for the film industry.
Section 4-124vv. - Labor Department to fund Connecticut Career Choices.
Section 4-124w. - Office of Workforce Strategy. Responsibilities.
Section 4-124ww. - Report identifying workforce shortage sectors and subsectors.
Section 4-124g. - Transitional provisions.
Section 4-124i. - Regional councils of governments. Definitions.
Section 4-124j. - Creation. Membership. Withdrawal.
Section 4-124k. - Representatives of members.
Section 4-124l. - Certification of establishment of council. Transitional period.
Section 4-124m. - Rights and duties of councils.
Section 4-124n. - Bylaws. Officers. Committees. Meetings.
Section 4-124o. - Regional planning commissions.
Section 4-124p. - Receipt of funds. Dues. Contracts. Audits. Annual report.
Section 4-124r. - Purchase of real property; borrowing for such purchase.
Section 4-124s. - Regional performance incentive program.
Section 4-124u. - Process for voluntary review of projects of regional significance.