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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6567
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2137
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL CHARTERS AND HOME RULE
ORDINANCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 7-190 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require 1
the appointing authority of a municipality to appoint a commission to 2
review the municipality's charter or home rule ordinance once every 3
ten years and prepare a report summarizing any amendments to the 4
charter or home rule ordinance that such commission determines are 5
necessary, and (2) permit a municipal legislative body to make minor 6
and technical revisions to the municipality's charter or home rule 7
ordinance without following the procedure set forth in subsections (a) 8
to (g), inclusive, of section 7-190 of the general statutes, provided such 9
revisions are deemed minor and technical by a two-thirds vote of such 10
municipal legislative body. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To require that municipal charters and home rule ordinances be
reviewed every ten years and to permit municipalities to make minor
and technical revisions to charters and home rule ordinances without
following the procedure set forth in section 7-191 of the general
statutes.