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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 526
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6613
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY CONCERNING THE CREAT ION OF A
MUNICIPAL OPTION TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL FISCAL YEAR TO
ALIGN WITH THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the Office of Policy 1
and Management, in consultation with a representative of each 2
regional council of governments established under the provisions of 3
sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, of the general statutes, selected by 4
the secretary and municipal officials selected by the secretary, shall 5
conduct a study concerning the creation of a municipal option to 6
amend the municipal fiscal year to align with the federal fiscal year. 7
Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, potential obstacles 8
and benefits to the adoption of the federal fiscal year by municipalities. 9
Not later than January 1, 2020, the secretary shall submit a report, in 10
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 11
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 12
cognizance of matters relating to local governments. Such report shall 13
contain the findings of such study and legislative recommendations 14
concerning the implementation of such municipal option, including 15
any recommendations for conforming statutory changes to implement 16
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such municipal option. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to
conduct a study concerning the creation of a municipal option to
amend the municipal fiscal year to align with the federal fiscal year.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. DAUGHERTY ABRAMS, 13th
Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.; SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
S.B. 526