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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 418 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2018 LCO No. 2123 | |
| 3 | 3 | *02123_______PD_* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (PD) | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 418 | |
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| 12 | 12 | February Session, 2018 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 2123 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *02123_______PD_* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
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| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (PD) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CREATE OR ENLARGE MUNICIPAL MANDATES. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 2-32b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018): | |
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| 30 | 30 | (d) On and after January 1, 1985, (1) any bill reported by a joint standing committee of the General Assembly which may create or enlarge a state mandate to local governments, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be referred by such committee to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, unless such reference is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly, and (2) any bill amended by either house of the General Assembly or by the report of a committee on conference in such a manner as to create or enlarge a state mandate shall be referred to said committee, unless such reference is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly. Any such bill which is favorably reported by said committee shall contain a determination by said committee concerning the following: (A) Whether or not such bill creates or enlarges a state mandate, and, if so, which type of mandate is created or enlarged; (B) whether or not the state shall reimburse local governments for costs resulting from such new or enlarged mandate, and, if so, which costs are eligible for reimbursement, the level of reimbursement, the timetable for reimbursement and the duration of reimbursement. On and after October 1, 2018, no bill creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments shall be enacted except upon approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly. | |
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| 35 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | 36 | Section 1 October 1, 2018 2-32b(d) | |
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| 38 | 38 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 40 | 40 | Section 1 | |
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| 42 | 42 | October 1, 2018 | |
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| 44 | 44 | 2-32b(d) | |
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| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 48 | 48 | To require a two-thirds vote of each house of the General Assembly to enact legislation that creates or enlarges a state mandate to local governments. | |
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| 50 | 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.] |