LCO No. 221 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5336 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 221 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. PETIT, 22 nd Dist. AN ACT RESTRICTING THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE TO DRIVERS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 2-15 of the general statutes be amended to restrict the 1 transportation allowance to members or members-elect who drive a 2 motor vehicle to the State Capitol or other location where a public 3 hearing or meeting is held and to prohibit any member or member-4 elect who is a passenger in a motor vehicle from collecting such 5 allowance. 6 Statement of Purpose: To restrict mileage reimbursement to legislators who drive to work and prohibit legislators who are passengers from collecting the reimbursement.