Sec. 16a-4a. Office of Policy and Management. Duties and powers.
Sec. 16a-4a. Office of Policy and Management. Duties and powers. The Office
of Policy and Management shall:
(1) Formulate and prepare state-wide or interregional plans for the physical, social
and economic development of the state. Such plans may be prepared jointly or in consultation with other state, interstate, federal, regional or local agencies. Such plans may
include, but need not be limited to, (A) demographic projections, (B) economic projections, (C) land use and water considerations, (D) transportation requirements, (E) environmental considerations, (F) energy capabilities and requirements, (G) public facilities,
(H) labor needs and skills, (I) educational objectives, (J) housing needs and (K) health
needs;
(2) Receive for review, information and recommendations, plans proposed by any
state agency acting alone or jointly which has among its duties planning responsibilities
relating to those considerations set forth in subdivision (1) of this section or similar
subjects;
(3) Coordinate regional and state planning activities and accomplish such planning
review activities as may be necessary;
(4) Designate or redesignate logical planning regions within the state and promote
and assist in the promotion and continuation of regional planning agencies under chapter
127. Such planning regions shall be redesignated in accordance with section 16a-4c;
(5) Provide for technical aid and the administration of financial assistance to regional planning agencies established under chapter 127 or any regional council of elected
officials in any region without a regional planning agency or any regional council of
governments organized under sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, under such terms
and conditions as may be agreed upon by the secretary;
(6) Accept from any source funds, revenue or other consideration available to this
state for interstate, state, regional, interregional or area planning activities or projects
and provide for the administration of such funds, revenues or other consideration;
(7) Make available to the public, for a reasonable fee, all reports, testing results and
other material developed or procured as a result of activities authorized by this section,
section 16a-14 and section 16a-14b; and
(8) Provide technical assistance to municipalities that want to aggregate electric
generation services.
(P.A. 75-537, S. 3, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 43, 610; P.A. 79-576, S. 2, 7; P.A. 91-343, S. 7, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 59, 117; P.A.
08-182, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office of policy and
management and its secretary and deleted requirement that plans be submitted to state planning council; P.A. 79-576 added
Subdivs. (7) to (9); P.A. 91-343 repealed former Subdivs. (8) and (9) re duties re energy-related products and services;
P.A. 98-28 added new Subdiv. (8) re technical assistance to municipalities that want to aggregate electric generation
services, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 08-182 amended Subdiv. (4) to require redesignation of planning regions to be in
accordance with Sec. 16a-4c (Revisor's note: In codifying section 8 of public act 08-182, a reference to "section 11 of this
act" was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to section 9 of that act and therefore cited as "section 16a-4c").
See Sec. 16a-4b re petitions for redesignation of planning region.