Bill Text: CT HB05406 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Barriers To The Formation Of Municipal Utilities.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - Public Hearing 03/09 [HB05406 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05406-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5406
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1620
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY BARRIERS TO THE FORMATION OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study barriers to the formation of public utilities. Such study shall include an examination of legal difficulties municipalities may face when forming a public utility and shall include recommendations for statutory changes to overcome such difficulties and encourage the formation of such public utilities.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and

(7) The Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force, from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2013, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and energy, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2013, whichever is later.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a task force to study legal barriers to the formation of municipal utilities.

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