General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5220 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 721 *00721* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5220 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 721 *00721* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to provide that no bill shall be enacted, except upon approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the General Assembly, that creates or expands a state mandate to local governments for which no state reimbursement of costs resulting from such new or expanded state mandate is provided. Statement of Purpose: To require the vote of two-thirds of each chamber of the General Assembly to enact a new unfunded state mandate.