AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill updates language referencing April 1, 2018. Since this date is in the past relative to the effective date (October 1, 2026), it may be unclear if this rule has any current practical effect or if it was intended as a technical cleanup of old text.

Technical Updates to Planning and Development Laws

This law makes small corrections to state rules about how towns are classified, who can receive money for restructuring on their behalf, what that money can pay for, and the definition of a planning region.

What This Bill Does

• Updates the rule stating no municipality shall be designated as tier IV until April 1, 2018, except through specific methods already in place.
• Allows the secretary to distribute funds from the Municipal Restructuring Fund to third parties on behalf of designated tier II, III, or IV municipalities.
• Permits towns receiving these funds to use them partially to pay an arbitrator selected under specific rules.
• Updates the definition of 'planning region' so it matches the meaning in section 4-124i.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipalities designated as tier II, III, or IV
• The secretary responsible for distributing funds from the Municipal Restructuring Fund
• Third parties receiving money on behalf of towns

Terms To Know

Tier municipality

A classification given to a town under state planning and development rules.

Municipal Restructuring Fund

A fund from which the secretary may distribute money for municipal restructuring purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not list specific towns that will receive funds or be reclassified.
• The exact amount of money available in the Municipal Restructuring Fund is not stated in this text.
• This bill updates a rule referencing April 1, 2018, which was already past when the new effective date (October 1, 2026) begins.

Official Summary Text

To make technical revisions to statutes relating to planning and development.

Current Bill Text

House Bill No. 5287

Public Act No. 26-138

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS'
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES
RELATING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 7 -576e of the 2026 supplement to
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of [the] this section, no
municipality shall be designated a tier IV municipality, by any means
other than that provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this
section, until April 1, 2018.
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 7 -576i of the 2026 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(b) The secretary may distribute funds from the Municipal
Restructuring Fund to a third party on behalf of a designated tier II,
[tier] III or [tier] IV municipality. Funds received by a municipality
pursuant to this section may be used, in part, to pay an arbitrator
selected pursuant to clause (v) of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of
section 7-576e.
House Bill No. 5287

Public Act No. 26-138 2 of 2

Sec. 3. Subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 8 -13dd of the 2026
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(8) "Planning region" has the same meaning as provided in section 4-
124i;