Bill Text: CT HB06410 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Revision Of Municipal Charters.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-07-13 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB06410 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06410-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6410
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3394
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISION OF MUNICIPAL CHARTERS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 7-190 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(b) The appointing authority shall direct the commission to consider those recommendations included in the petition and may make other recommendations to the commission. [The commission may also consider other items for inclusion in the proposed charter, other changes to the charter or home rule ordinance and such other items as it deems desirable or necessary.] The commission shall in its reports comment on each recommendation which it has been directed to consider. [, if any, and on such other changes or items.] The appointing authority shall specify by resolution when the commission shall submit its draft report, which shall be not later than sixteen months from the date of its appointment.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	7-190(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that charter commissions, charter revision commissions and home rule ordinance revision commissions may only consider changes to charters and home rule ordinances recommended by the appointing authority or by petition.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]