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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1097
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING
Introduced by:
(FIN)
AN ACT CONCERNING ME ETINGS OF THE STATE BOND
COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (j) of section 3-20 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(j) (1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall be 4
the secretary of the State Bond Commission and shall be responsible for 5
keeping complete records of the commission, including minutes 6
certified by [him] the secretary of any meeting showing the adoption of 7
any resolution by the commission and other actions taken by and 8
documents filed with the commission, and such records shall be the 9
official records of the proceedings of said commission and shall be 10
maintained in the office of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 11
Management and open for public inspection. 12
(2) Meetings of the State Bond Commission shall be called upon such 13
notice as may be determined by the State Bond Commission, [and] 14 Raised Bill No. 1097
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except that on and after January 1, 2022, the State Bond Commission 15
shall hold at least one meeting each calendar quarter to authorize bonds. 16
Meetings may be open to the public. 17
Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general 18
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 19
(Effective from passage): 20
(2) (A) The Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the 21
speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the 22
minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall 23
jointly agree on the grants and projects to be included in the agenda of 24
each State Bond Commission meeting held on or after January 1, 2022, 25
to authorize bonds or the use of bond funds. 26
(B) The agenda of each meeting shall be made available to the 27
members of the commission not later than five business days prior to 28
the meeting at which such agenda is to be considered. The day of the 29
meeting shall count as one of the business days. The agenda of each 30
meeting, or any supporting documents included with such agenda, shall 31
include a reference to the statute or public or special act which is the 32
source of any funds to be used for any project on such agenda, including 33
any contingency funds and any reuse or reallocation of funds previously 34
approved for any other use or project, and a notation of the outside 35
source from which any funds for any such project were received, if any. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 3-20(j)
Sec. 2 from passage 3-20(g)(2)
Statement of Purpose:
To require the State Bond Commission to meet at least once each
calendar quarter and the agenda for each meeting to be jointly agreed
on by the Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Raised Bill No. 1097
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speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the
minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
[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.]