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What Else?
To see a copy of Raised Bill #5873, Face of Connecticut's Legislation for the 2008 term, please visit this web page: HB #5873. Please note that the exact language of the final bill will change before the General Assembly ultimately votes on it.
To see our numbers explained, please click here.
To view graphs which illustrate our funding proposals, please click on the following link: Face of Connecticut Funding
Also:
Face of Connecticut Legislation passed in 2007. You may see a copy of that House Bill 7275 at the following link: Public Act No. 07-131
To read our summary of H.B. 7275, please follow this link: Benefits to Municipalities
An Act Concerning the Face of Connecticut: Proposal for 2008
There is established a Face of Connecticut Fund, through which state funds would be directed annually as follows:
To existing state programs:
- $10 million to the Department of Agriculture’s Purchase of Development Rights program;
- $10 million to the DoA’s Joint Town-State Farmland Preservation program;
- $12.5 million to the DEP’s Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust program;
- $12.5 million to the DEP’s Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Matching Grants program;
- $10 million to the Commission on Culture and Tourism’s Historic Preservation Planning and Restoration Fund; and
- $10 million to the CCT’s Historic Landscapes Fund.
To new programs - $35 million to grant programs including the following:
- for Historic Villages and Urban Centers – Municipal and Regional Planning grants, urban parks renovation and enhancement grants, and grants to promote linkages between land conservation, affordable housing and/or historic preservation;
- for Distinctive Landscapes – Greenways and Active Recreation grants, Stewardship grants, and grants to protect locally significant working farms and assist beginner farmers;
- for Immediately Threatened High Priority Projects – a rapid response fund and a low-interest loan program.
The Face of Connecticut Steering Committee would:
- consist of agency heads and legislative and gubernatorial appointees;
- distribute funds for existing programs to the relevant agencies to be administered in accordance with current practice;
- either directly administer new programs or assign them to the relevant agency;
- appear one time annually before the Bond Commission for its funds;
- would accept funds from federal, corporate or individual sources.
