Bill Text: CT SB01014 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Definition Of "rise In Sea Level" And Consideration Of Sea Level Change Scenarios.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - House Calendar Number 609 [SB01014 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01014-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "RISE IN SEA LEVEL" AND CONSIDERATION OF SEA LEVEL CHANGE SCENARIOS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (19) of section 22a-93 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(19) "Rise in sea level" means the arithmetic mean of the most recent equivalent per decade rise in the surface level of the tidal and coastal waters of the state, as documented [for an annual, decadal or centenary period, at any sites specified in the state] in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration online or printed publications for said agency's Bridgeport and New London tide gauges.
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 16a-27 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(h) Any revision made after October 1, 2012, shall (1) take into consideration risks associated with increased coastal erosion, depending on site topography, [caused by a rise in sea level, as defined in section 22a-93] as anticipated in sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1, (2) identify the impacts of such increased erosion on infrastructure and natural resources, and (3) make recommendations for the siting of future infrastructure and property development to minimize the use of areas prone to such erosion.
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 8-23 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) In preparing such plan, the commission or any special committee shall consider the following: (1) The community development action plan of the municipality, if any, (2) the need for affordable housing, (3) the need for protection of existing and potential public surface and ground drinking water supplies, (4) the use of cluster development and other development patterns to the extent consistent with soil types, terrain and infrastructure capacity within the municipality, (5) the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297, (6) the regional plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-35a, (7) physical, social, economic and governmental conditions and trends, (8) the needs of the municipality including, but not limited to, human resources, education, health, housing, recreation, social services, public utilities, public protection, transportation and circulation and cultural and interpersonal communications, (9) the objectives of energy-efficient patterns of development, the use of solar and other renewable forms of energy and energy conservation, [and] (10) protection and preservation of agriculture, and (11) sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1.
Sec. 4. Section 28-5 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (g) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (g) On and after the effective date of this section, the state civil preparedness plan and program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall consider sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1.
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) On and after the effective date of this section, in the preparation of any municipal evacuation plan or hazard mitigation plan, such municipality shall consider sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1.
(b) Within available resources and not less than once every ten years, the Marine Sciences Division of The University of Connecticut shall update the sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1. Within available resources and not less than ninety days prior to any update of such sea level change scenarios by said Marine Sciences Division, the division shall conduct not less than one public hearing concerning such update.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
22a-93(19) |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
16a-27(h) |
Sec. 3 |
from passage |
8-23(d) |
Sec. 4 |
from passage |
28-5 |
Sec. 5 |
from passage |
New section |
ENV |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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PD |
Joint Favorable |
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PS |
Joint Favorable |