Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05877 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 2123 1 of 1
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5		-	LCO No. 3652 1 of 2
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7		-	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5877
	5	+	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5877
8	6		January Session, 2021
9		-	LCO No. ~~3652~~
	7	+	LCO No. 2123
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12	10		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
13	11		AND ELECTIONS
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16	14		Introduced by:
17		-	~~(GAE)~~
	15	+	REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.
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21	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONAL ADOPTION OF ATLANTIC
22	20		STANDARD TIME.
23	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	22		Assembly convened:
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26		-	Section 1. Section 1-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
27		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
28		-	[The] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 3
29		-	standard of time for the seventy-fifth meridian west of Greenwich shall 4
30		-	be the standard of time for this state, except that the standard of time of 5
31		-	this state shall be one hour in advance of such established time from two 6
32		-	o'clock ante meridian on the second Sunday in March until two o'clock 7
33		-	ante meridian on the first Sunday in November. 8
34		-	(b) Upon the enactment of legislation in the states of Massachusetts, 9
35		-	Rhode Island and New York adopting Atlantic standard time, the 10
36		-	Governor of this state shall forthwith apply to the United States 11
37		-	Secretary of Transportation to change the standard of time for this state 12
38		-	to Atlantic standard time. If such application is approved by the 13
39		-	secretary, the standard of time for this state shall be Atlantic standard 14
40		-	time. 15
41		-	Committee Bill No. 5877
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44		-	LCO No. 3652 2 of 2
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46		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
47		-	sections:
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49		-	Section 1 October 1, 2021 1-6
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	24	+	That section 1-6 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
	25	+	once the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York adopt 2
	26	+	Atlantic standard time, the Governor of this state apply to the United 3
	27	+	States Secretary of Transportation to change the standard of time for 4
	28	+	this state to Atlantic standard time and, if approved, adopt said time. 5
51	29		Statement of Purpose:
52	30		To require the state to adopt Atlantic standard time upon the enactment
53	31		of legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York adopting
54	32		said time and federal approval of such change.
55		-	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
56		-	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
57		-	underlined.]
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59		-	Co-Sponsors: REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.; REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
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61		-	H.B. 5877
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