Bill Text: CT HB05096 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Threshold Required For Passage Of Unfunded Mandates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-30 - Public Hearing 02/04 [HB05096 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05096-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5096
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 27
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE OF UNFUNDED MANDATES.

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

That chapter 16 of the general statutes be amended to require the approval of two-thirds of the members of both chambers of the General Assembly for passage of any new or expanded unfunded mandate on municipalities.

Statement of Purpose:

To require a two-thirds majority vote of both chambers in order to pass any new or expanded unfunded mandates.