General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5097
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 153
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. DAVIS C., 57th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5097
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 153
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. DAVIS C., 57th 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 chapter 16 of the general statutes be amended to require the approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly for the enactment of any new unfunded mandate to local governments.
Statement of Purpose:
To require a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly before a new municipal mandate can be enacted in order to reduce unfunded mandates.