Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06059 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/21/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6059
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1389
 *01389*
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6059 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1389

*01389*

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING 

Introduced by:

REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR THE BONDING OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to bonding to develop criteria for each future bond authorization, which criteria shall place infrastructure improvements on the Metro-North New Haven Line and its branches as the top priority among rail-related transportation projects.

Statement of Purpose: 

To make certain commuter railroad infrastructure improvements the top priority among rail-related transportation projects.