Bill Text: CT SB00943 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Changes To The State Economic Strategic Plan.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Commerce [SB00943 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00943-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 943
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3487
		*_____SB00943CE____030813____*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE STATE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 32-1o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) On or before July 1, [2009] 2015, and every [five] four years thereafter, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, within available appropriations, shall prepare an economic development strategic plan for the state in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation, the Labor Commissioner, the chairperson of the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, the executive directors of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, and the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, or their respective designees, and any other agencies the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development deems appropriate.

(b) In developing the plan, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall:

(1) Ensure that the plan is consistent with (A) the text and locational guide map of the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297, and (B) the state's consolidated plan for housing and community development prepared pursuant to section 8-37t;

[(2) Consult regional councils of governments, regional planning organizations, regional economic development agencies, interested state and local officials, entities involved in economic and community development, stakeholders and business, economic, labor, community and housing organizations;

(3) Consider (A) regional economic, community and housing development plans, and (B) applicable state and local workforce investment strategies;]

[(4)] (2) Assess and evaluate the economic development challenges and opportunities of the state and against the economic development competitiveness of other states and regions; and

[(5)] (3) [Host regional forums to provide for public involvement in the planning process] Provide for public input in the development of the plan.

(c) The strategic plan required under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) A review and evaluation of the economy of the state; [. Such review and evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, a sectoral analysis, housing market and housing affordability analysis, labor market and labor quality analysis, demographic analysis and historic trend analysis and projections;]

(2) A review and analysis of factors, issues and forces that impact or impede economic development and responsible growth in Connecticut and its constituent regions; [. Such factors, issues or forces shall include, but not be limited to, transportation, including, but not limited to, commuter transit, rail and barge freight, technology transfer, brownfield remediation and development, health care delivery and costs, early education, primary education, secondary and postsecondary education systems and student performance, business regulation, labor force quality and sustainability, social services costs and delivery systems, affordable and workforce housing cost and availability, land use policy, emergency preparedness, taxation, availability of capital and energy costs and supply;]

[(3) Identification and analysis of economic clusters that are growing or declining within the state;]

[(4)] (3) An analysis of targeted industry sectors in the state that (A) identifies those industry sectors that are of current or future importance to the growth of the state's economy and to its global competitive position, (B) identifies what those industry sectors need for continued growth, and (C) identifies those industry sectors' current and potential impediments to growth;

[(5) A review and evaluation of the economic development structure in the state, including, but not limited to, (A) a review and analysis of the past and current economic, community and housing development structures, budgets and policies, efforts and responsibilities of its constituent parts in Connecticut, and (B) an analysis of the performance of the current economic, community and housing development structure, and its individual constituent parts, in meeting its statutory obligations, responsibilities and mandates and their impact on economic development and responsible growth in Connecticut;]

[(6)] (4) Establishment and articulation of a vision for Connecticut that identifies where the state should be in [five, ten, fifteen and twenty years] the future;

[(7)] (5) Establishment of prioritized, clear and measurable goals and objectives for the state and regions [, to meet the short and long-term goals established under this section] and provide clear steps and strategies to achieve said goals and objectives; [, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) The promotion of economic development and opportunity, (B) the fostering of effective transportation access and choice including the use of airports and ports for economic development, (C) enhancement and protection of the environment, (D) maximization of the effective development and use of the workforce consistent with applicable state or local workforce investment strategy, (E) promotion of the use of technology in economic development, including access to high-speed telecommunications, and (F) the balance of resources through sound management of physical development;]

[(8) Prioritization of goals and objectives established under this section;]

[(9)] (6) Establishment of relevant measures that clearly identify and quantify (A) whether a goal and objective is being met at the state, regional, local and private sector level, and (B) cause and effect relationships, and provide a clear and replicable measurement methodology; and

[(10)] (7) Recommendations on how the state can best achieve goals under the strategic plan and provide cost estimates for implementation of the plan and the projected return on investment for those areas. [;]

[(11) A review and evaluation of the operation and efficacy of the urban jobs program established pursuant to sections 32-9i to 32-9l, inclusive, enterprise zones established pursuant to section 32-70, railroad depot zones established pursuant to section 32-75a, qualified manufacturing plants designated pursuant to section 32-75c, entertainment districts established pursuant to section 32-76 and enterprise corridor zones established pursuant to section 32-80. The review and evaluation of enterprise zones shall include an analysis of enterprise zones that have been expanded to include an area in a contiguous municipality or in which there are base or plant closures;

(12) An assessment of program performance with regard to the development, research and economic assistance matching grant program established pursuant to section 32-345; and

(13) Any other responsible growth information that the commissioner deems appropriate.]

(d) On or before July 1, [2009] 2015, and every [five] four years thereafter, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit [an] the economic development strategic plan for the state prepared pursuant to this section to the [Governor for approval. The Governor shall review and approve or disapprove such plan not more than sixty days after submission. The plan shall be effective upon approval by the Governor or sixty days after the date of submission.

(e) Upon approval, the commissioner shall submit the economic development strategic plan to the] joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, planning and development, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding. Not later than thirty days after such submission, the commissioner shall post the plan on the web site of the Department of Economic and Community Development.

[(f) The commissioner from time to time, may revise and update the strategic plan upon approval of the Governor. The commissioner shall post any such revisions on the web site of the Department of Economic and Community Development.]

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2013	32-1o

CE

Joint Favorable