Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05554 Compare Versions

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1		-	House Bill No. 5554
	1	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5554
	2	+	January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5643
	3	+	_____HB05554GAE___042517____
	4	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(PD)
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3		-	~~Special Act No. 17-9~~
	8	+	General Assembly
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5		-	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE WESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TO BORROW FUNDS OR OBTAIN LOANS OR GRANTS.
	10	+	Committee Bill No. 5554
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	12	+	January Session, 2017
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	14	+	LCO No. 5643
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	16	+	_____HB05554GAE___042517____
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(PD)
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	24	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE POLITICAL COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL POLITICAL BODIES.
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7	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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9		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes and any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance, the Westport Library Association, incorporated pursuant to number 228 of the special acts of 1907, may borrow funds or obtain loans or grants from the state, the town of Westport and institutional or other lenders, and may, to secure any such loans or grants, grant liens, pledges, mortgages or other encumbrances on any assets, real or personal, of said association. Additionally, said association may engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed under the provisions of sections 33-1000 to 33-1290, inclusive, of the general statutes.
	28	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-167a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2018):
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	30	+	(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the maximum number of members of any board, commission, legislative body, committee or similar body of the state or any political subdivision thereof, whether elective or appointive, who may be members of the same political party, shall be as specified in the following table:
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	35	+	T1 COLUMN I COLUMN II
	36	+	T2 Total Membership Maximum from One Party
	37	+	T3 3 ……………………………………… 2
	38	+	T4 4 ……………………………………… 3
	39	+	T5 5 ……………………………………… 4
	40	+	T6 6 ……………………………………… 4
	41	+	T7 7 ……………………………………… 5
	42	+	T8 8 ……………………………………… 5
	43	+	T9 9 ……………………………………… 6
	44	+	T10 More than 9 ………….………........... Two-thirds of
	45	+	T11 total membership
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	47	+	T1
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	49	+	COLUMN I
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	51	+	COLUMN II
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	53	+	T2
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	55	+	Total Membership
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	57	+	Maximum from One Party
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	59	+	T3
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	61	+	3 ……………………………………… 2
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	63	+	T4
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	65	+	4 ……………………………………… 3
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	67	+	T5
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	69	+	5 ……………………………………… 4
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	71	+	T6
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	73	+	6 ……………………………………… 4
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	75	+	T7
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	77	+	7 ……………………………………… 5
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	79	+	T8
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	81	+	8 ……………………………………… 5
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	83	+	T9
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	85	+	9 ……………………………………… 6
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	87	+	T10
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	89	+	More than 9 ………….………........... Two-thirds of
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	91	+	T11
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	93	+	total membership
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	95	+	(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply (A) to any such board, commission, committee or body whose members are elected wholly or partially on the basis of a geographical division of the state or political subdivision, (B) to a legislative body of a municipality (i) having a town meeting as its legislative body, or (ii) for which the charter or a special act, on January 1, 1987, provided otherwise, (C) to the city council of an unconsolidated city within a town and the town council of such town if the town has a town council and a representative town meeting, the town charter provides for some form of minority representation in the election of members of the representative town meeting, and the city has a city council and a body having the attributes of a town meeting, [or] (D) to the board of directors and other officers of any district, as defined in section 7-324, having annual receipts from all sources not in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or (E) to a municipal board, commission, committee or body that is advisory in nature and does not have independent regulatory powers.
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	100	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
	101	+	Section 1 January 1, 2018 9-167a(a)
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	103	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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	105	+	Section 1
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	107	+	January 1, 2018
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	109	+	9-167a(a)
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	113	+	PD Joint Favorable
	114	+	GAE Joint Favorable
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	116	+	PD
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	118	+	Joint Favorable
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	120	+	GAE
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	122	+	Joint Favorable