Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05528 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5528
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 714
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5528 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 714

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.

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

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

That the general statutes be amended to require legislation imposing a mandate on municipalities be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly before placing new mandates on municipalities.