Bill Text: CT HB05370 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Program Review And Investigations Committee Concerning Certain Fiscal And Resource-related Matters Pertaining To State Parks.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-08 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05370 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05370-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5370 | ||
February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 1734 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS |
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AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONNECTICUT'S STATE PARKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall develop a results-based accountability report card in accordance with guidelines established by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report card shall include measures regarding: (1) Park use, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety and patron satisfaction, and (2) park operations, including but not limited to, planning, facilities and personnel. Any such report card shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall post any such report card on the department's Internet web site.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) In administering the budget for the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a program that enables any state park to retain any savings that the personnel of such park realize for such state park within the nonpersonal services portion of such budget for such state park. Such retained funds may be used for the maintenance and operations of such state park.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Biennially, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a budget request of the General Assembly for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection that relies upon the receipt of not less than twenty-five per cent and not more than fifty per cent of state park generated revenues for the funding of such state parks in addition to any amount of state revenues budgeted for such parks in the previous biennial state budget. Concomitantly, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall develop a plan for the use of such state park generated revenues that distributes such revenues in a manner that balances the needs of the entire state park system with the needs of the state parks that generated such revenues. Such plan shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
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Statement of Purpose:
To implement the recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee concerning the performance of Connecticut's state parks.
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