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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5683
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DRY-LAND WATER SAFETY
INSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the fiscal years ending June 1
30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, there is established, within available 2
appropriations, a dry-land water safety instruction pilot program. The 3
pilot program shall be administered by the Commission on Women, 4
Children and Seniors, and shall provide dry-land water safety 5
instruction to children in not more than fifteen municipalities in the 6
state. Municipalities shall be chosen for participation in the pilot 7
program based on the lack of availability of public school swimming 8
facilities and water safety education programs in such municipalities, 9
and priority shall be given to municipalities with high concentrations 10
of minority populations that lack such facilities and programs. 11
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commission on Women, 12
Children and Seniors shall report, in accordance with the provisions of 13
section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the implementation of the pilot 14
program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 15
having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall 16
evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program and include 17
recommendations for legislation concerning a state -wide 18
implementation of the pilot program. 19 Substitute Bill No. 5683
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
Throughout the bill, "dry land" was changed to "dry-land" for
consistency with standard drafting conventions.
KID Joint Favorable Subst.