Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05856 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5856
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1615
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
REP. MOLGANO, 144th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5856 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1615

Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding 

Introduced by:

REP. MOLGANO, 144th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR ANY TAX INCREASE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly on any bill proposing a tax increase.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require state tax increases to have the support of at least two-thirds of the General Assembly.