Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01097 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1097
7	7	January Session, 2021
8	8	LCO No. 6633
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11	11	Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
12	12	BONDING
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15	15	Introduced by:
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21	21	AN ACT CONCERNING ME ETINGS OF THE STATE BOND
22	22	COMMISSION.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	24	Assembly convened:
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26	26	Section 1. Subsection (j) of section 3-20 of the general statutes is 1
27	27	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
28	28	passage): 3
29	29	(j) (1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall be 4
30	30	the secretary of the State Bond Commission and shall be responsible for 5
31	31	keeping complete records of the commission, including minutes 6
32	32	certified by [him] the secretary of any meeting showing the adoption of 7
33	33	any resolution by the commission and other actions taken by and 8
34	34	documents filed with the commission, and such records shall be the 9
35	35	official records of the proceedings of said commission and shall be 10
36	36	maintained in the office of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 11
37	37	Management and open for public inspection. 12
38	38	(2) Meetings of the State Bond Commission shall be called upon such 13
39	39	notice as may be determined by the State Bond Commission, [and] 14 Raised Bill No. 1097
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43	43	LCO No. 6633 2 of 3
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45	45	except that on and after January 1, 2022, the State Bond Commission 15
46	46	shall hold at least one meeting each calendar quarter to authorize bonds. 16
47	47	Meetings may be open to the public. 17
48	48	Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general 18
49	49	statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 19
50	50	(Effective from passage): 20
51	51	(2) (A) The Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the 21
52	52	speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the 22
53	53	minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall 23
54	54	jointly agree on the grants and projects to be included in the agenda of 24
55	55	each State Bond Commission meeting held on or after January 1, 2022, 25
56	56	to authorize bonds or the use of bond funds. 26
57	57	(B) The agenda of each meeting shall be made available to the 27
58	58	members of the commission not later than five business days prior to 28
59	59	the meeting at which such agenda is to be considered. The day of the 29
60	60	meeting shall count as one of the business days. The agenda of each 30
61	61	meeting, or any supporting documents included with such agenda, shall 31
62	62	include a reference to the statute or public or special act which is the 32
63	63	source of any funds to be used for any project on such agenda, including 33
64	64	any contingency funds and any reuse or reallocation of funds previously 34
65	65	approved for any other use or project, and a notation of the outside 35
66	66	source from which any funds for any such project were received, if any. 36
67	67	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
68	68	sections:
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70	70	Section 1 from passage 3-20(j)
71	71	Sec. 2 from passage 3-20(g)(2)
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73	73	Statement of Purpose:
74	74	To require the State Bond Commission to meet at least once each
75	75	calendar quarter and the agenda for each meeting to be jointly agreed
76	76	on by the Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Raised Bill No. 1097
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82	82	speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the
83	83	minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
84	84	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
85	85	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
86	86	underlined.]
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