Connecticut 2014 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05195 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/14/2014

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5195
February Session, 2014  LCO No. 607
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5195 

February Session, 2014

LCO No. 607

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING 

Introduced by:

REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING A PRIORITY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEW HAVEN LINE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee to develop criteria to follow for all future bond authorizations that shall place infrastructure improvements on the New Haven Line and its branches as the top priority among public transportation projects.

Statement of Purpose: 

To make commuter railroad improvements the top priority among public transportation projects.