On or before July 1, 1997, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to environment and the Department of Economic and Community Development a report on the permitting efforts of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in the preceding state fiscal year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: An identification of revenues received from permit application fees and any revenues derived from the processing of such applications as set forth in this chapter and the department’s appropriation from the General Fund for permitting activities; the number and amount of permit applications received; the number of permit decisions issued and the number of permits pending; the number and amount of permit application fees refunded; the number of permit applications requiring alternative timely action schedules pursuant to § 22a-6q; a summary of the significant improvements the department has made in its permitting programs; a summary of the information collected in surveys of permit applicants that requested preapplication meetings in accordance with § 22a-6ff and the average time for processing applications that were the subject of such preapplication meetings; and the number of violations investigated by the department’s environmental quality division in the preceding state fiscal year and the number of such violations resolved by the division without the levy of a fine.