Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05944 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5944
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1+General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5944
2+January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5645
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4+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
5+Introduced by:
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18+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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1224 AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON REPORTS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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1628 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any state agency that is the subject of a report issued by the Auditors of Public Accounts pursuant to any provision of the general statutes shall hold a public hearing concerning such report not later than one hundred eighty days after such report is submitted to the General Assembly by the auditors.
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18-(b) The chairpersons of any such committee may elect not to hold a public hearing on any auditor report that (1) contains no state agency violations of state statute or regulation, (2) contains only minor or technical recommendations, or (3) the chairpersons determine does not otherwise necessitate a public hearing.
30+(b) Any such committee may elect not to hold a public hearing on any auditor report that (1) contains no state agency violations of state statute or regulation, (2) contains only minor or technical recommendations, or (3) the committee determines does not otherwise necessitate a public hearing.
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2335 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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2638 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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46+Statement of Purpose:
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48+To require that legislative committees hold public hearings on reports issued by the Auditors of Public Accounts with certain exceptions.
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50+[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.]
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54+Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.; REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist. REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
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58+REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
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60+REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
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62+REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
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64+REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.; REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.
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66+REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
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68+H.B. 5944