Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HJ00002 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/03/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 2
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 33
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 2 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 33

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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING 

Introduced by:

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION OF RETROACTIVE TAXES.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That article twenty-eighth of the amendments to the Constitution of the state of Connecticut be amended to prohibit the General Assembly from authorizing an increase in any tax or the imposition of any new tax if such increase or imposition would have retroactive effect.

Statement of Purpose: 

To amend the state Constitution to prohibit the imposition of retroactive taxes.