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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7207
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4122
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E APPROVAL OF CERTAI N NEW
MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTI ON PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Notwithstanding the 1
provisions of the general statutes, any special act, municipal charter or 2
ordinance to the contrary, no legislative body of a municipality shall 3
vote to approve any new municipal construction project for which the 4
estimated cost is greater than twenty-five million dollars unless there 5
has been opportunity for public comment on such project at a properly 6
noticed public hearing in such municipality prior to such vote. For 7
purposes of this section, "municipality" means any town, city, 8
consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
PD Joint Favorable Raised Bill No. 7207
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