The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his or her designee shall be the contractor for the purposes of sections 22a-352 to 22a-354, inclusive, and may engage consultants or arrange for other technical assistance to implement the work program, and within the limitations of the budget, developed under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 22a-352. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his or her designee, may make grants to any regional council of governments organized under sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, for the purpose of preparing regional plans for water and sewer facilities. Such grants may cover retroactively work initiated by a regional planning agency after January 1, 1967. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his or her designee shall apply for any and all funds available from the federal government to support such planning work and shall see that regional councils of governments receiving state grants take similar advantage of available federal funds in order to reduce expenditure of funds appropriated under section 22a-354, provided utilization of such federal funds shall not unduly delay the conduct of said study.

(1967, P.A. 477, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 13; P.A. 73-679, S. 41, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 53, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 13-247, S. 300.)

History: 1969 act transferred powers formerly held by Connecticut development commission to director of the office of state planning contingent upon approval of commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of the office of state planning with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee and made provisions applicable to regional councils of elected officials or regional councils of government; P.A. 75-537 replaced managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of planning and energy policy with secretary of the office of policy and management; Sec. 25-5c transferred to Sec. 22a-353 in 1983; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials, changed “government” to “governments” re councils receiving state grants and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2015.

Cited. 215 C. 616.