Connecticut-2013-HB05529-Introduced


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5529*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1744

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ZIOBRON, 34^th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW MUNICIPAL 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 by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly for the enactment of any new unfunded mandate to local governments.

Statement of Purpose:

To require a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly before a new municipal mandate can be enacted.