Sec. 8-31a. Formation of regional planning agencies. Representation.
Sec. 8-31a. Formation of regional planning agencies. Representation. Within
any planning region of the state as defined or redefined by the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management, or his designee under the provisions of section 16a-4a a
regional planning agency may be created by the adoption of sections 8-31a to 8-37a,
inclusive, by ordinance of the legislative bodies of two or more towns, cities or boroughs
within such region, provided the total number of representatives of such towns, cities
or boroughs shall equal sixty per cent or more of the total number of representatives
possible of all the towns, cities or boroughs within such region computed as prescribed
in this section. Any other town, city or borough within such region may join such regional
planning agency by the adoption of said sections by ordinance of its legislative body.
Each town, city or borough within such region, except as provided herein, shall be
entitled to two representatives on such agency and shall be entitled to additional representation on such agency at the ratio of one representative for each fifty thousand of
population or fraction thereof over and above a population of twenty-five thousand as
determined by the last-completed federal census. Cities and boroughs with boundaries
not coterminous with the boundaries of the town in which they are located, upon adoption
of the provisions of said sections, may have one representative on such agency provided
the population of the city or borough is greater than fifty per cent of the total population
of the town as determined by the last-completed federal census, and the town, upon
adoption of the provisions of said sections, may have one representative on such agency.
If the total population of the town is greater than twenty-five thousand, the town may
elect or appoint the extra representative or representatives as prescribed above, except
that, for each fifty thousand population residing in the city or borough, the city or borough
may have one additional representative. Noncoterminous cities or boroughs which do
not contain fifty per cent or more of the total population of the town in which they are
located shall not adopt the provisions of said sections and shall not join such regional
planning agency. Where a planning commission exists in a town, city or borough established under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, at least one of the
representatives from such town, city or borough to the regional planning agency shall
be appointed by such planning commission. The other representative or representatives
shall be elected or appointed in the manner provided by ordinance adopted by the legislative body of such town, city or borough.
(1959, P.A. 613, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 6; P.A. 73-679, S. 30, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 43, 55; P.A. 77-604, S. 43, 84;
77-614, S. 19, 610.)
History: 1969 act substituted director of the office of state planning for Connecticut development commission; P.A.
73-679 substituted managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee
for director of office of state planning; P.A. 75-537 substituted commissioner of planning and energy policy for managing
director; P.A. 77-604 replaced reference to Sec. 4-70b with reference to Sec. 16a-4a; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of
the office of policy and management for commissioner.
See Sec. 16a-4b re municipality's authority to petition for redefinition of planning region or redesignation as part of
different planning region.