Bill Text: CT HB05082 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Providing Funds For Hurricane Victims From Puerto Rico And The U.s. Virgin Islands Living In Connecticut.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [HB05082 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05082-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5082

 

February Session, 2018

 

LCO No. 620

 

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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDS FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LIVING IN CONNECTICUT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That two million five hundred thousand dollars be appropriated during the current biennial budget to various state agencies to provide increased educational funding for school districts accepting students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, funding to nonprofits and resource centers assisting families from Puerto Rican and U.S. Virgin Islands and rental assistance for such families.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide state funds to assist hurricane victims from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who are living in Connecticut.

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