Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06687 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6687
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1248
 *01248*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist. REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6687 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1248

*01248*

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING VOTES ON NEW UNFUNDED MANDATES.

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

That chapter 16 of the general statutes be amended to require the approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly for the enactment of any new unfunded mandate to local governments.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly before a new municipal mandate can be enacted in order to reduce unfunded mandates.