Bill Text: CT HB06888 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Proposed Budget And Allotments Of The Commission On Human Rights And Opportunities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06888 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06888-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6888
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2999
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND ALLOTMENTS OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the executive branch to submit in the proposed budget document submitted to the legislature the estimates of expenditure requirements of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and any recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates for the commission as received from the executive director of the commission, and (2) prohibit the Governor from reducing the allotment requisitions or allotments in force for the commission.

Statement of Purpose:

To safeguard the independence of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in one of its roles, that of a watchdog agency.