LCO No. 3171 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 719 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3171 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That sufficient funds be appropriated to the Department of 1 Transportation, from the Special Transportation Fund, for the fiscal 2 year ending June 30, 2020, to fund the drug recognition expert 3 program so that a sufficient number of state and municipal police 4 officers will be qualified to identify drivers impaired by drugs. 5 Statement of Purpose: To fund the drug recognition expert program in Connecticut.