General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6483
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5264
*05264HB06483PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6483
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5264
*05264HB06483PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY GROUP HOME DISTRIBUTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the distribution of group homes throughout the state.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) Two members appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One member appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;
(4) One member appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(5) One member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and
(6) One member appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2016, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2016, whichever is later.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to determine how to equitably distribute group homes throughout the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.; REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist. REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.; REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.
H.B. 6483