Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05055 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/04/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5055
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 149
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5055 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 149

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development 

Introduced by:

REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW MUNICIPAL MANDATES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 2-32b of the general statutes be amended to provide that no bill creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments shall be enacted except upon approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require new municipal mandates to have the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly.