Bill Text: CT SB00089 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Preventing Budget Deficits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [SB00089 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00089-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 89
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1252
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT PREVENTING BUDGET DEFICITS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that if the cumulative monthly financial statement issued by the Comptroller pursuant to section 3-115 of the general statutes for each of two consecutive months includes a projected General Fund deficit, the General Assembly shall enact legislation as necessary to prevent such projected deficit.

Statement of Purpose:

To require early intervention by the legislature to prevent budget deficits.