Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68o: Consideration of sea level change scenarios and threats to transportation, critical infrastructure and local land use as a result of such scenarios and impacts of climate change re municipal evacuation and hazard mitigation plans. Publishing of sea level change scenarios.

(a)(1) On and after October 1, 2019, in the preparation of any municipal evacuation plan or hazard mitigation plan, such municipality shall consider the most recent sea level change scenario updated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(2) On and after October 1, 2027, any such municipal evacuation or hazard mitigation plan shall identify and address (A) threats to surface transportation, critical infrastructure and local land uses as a result of such sea level change, and (B) actions, strategies and capital projects to avoid or reduce the impacts and risks resulting from climate change, including, but not limited to, increased precipitation, flooding, sea level rise and extreme heat. Any such surface transportation, critical infrastructure, local land uses, actions, strategies and capital projects shall be identified in geospatial data, as applicable, in addition to being identified in such plan, and such data shall be made available to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Commissioner of Transportation and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management upon request. Such geospatial data shall be produced in the plane coordinate system, as described in section 13a-255. Such work may be conducted on a regional basis.

(b) Within available resources and not less than once every ten years, the Marine Sciences Division of The University of Connecticut shall publish a sea level change scenario for the state based upon the sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1 and other available scientific data necessary to create a scenario applicable to the state coastline. Within available resources and not less than ninety days prior to publishing such sea level change scenario by said Marine Sciences Division, the division and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct not less than one public hearing concerning such update. Not later than sixty days after the last public hearing, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall publish the sea level change scenario for the state on the Internet web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection along with a notice that any previous updates are superseded.