Bill Text: CT SB00288 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Studying The Feasibility Of Establishing A State, Federal And Private Partnership To Fund A New Dock Facility At The Nautilus Museum In Groton.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [SB00288 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00288-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 288
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5470
		*05470SB00288GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO FUND A NEW DOCK FACILITY AT THE NAUTILUS MUSEUM IN GROTON.

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 the feasibility of establishing a state, federal and private partnership to fund a new dock facility at the Nautilus Museum in the town of Groton. Such study shall also include any recommendations on any legislation necessary to establish such a partnership.

(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;

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

(8) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 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 government administration shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2018, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration and the environment, 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, 2018, 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 the feasibility of establishing a partnership to fund a new dock facility at the Nautilus Museum in the town of Groton.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

S.B. 288