Bill Text: CT SB00296 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 296 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Threshold Necessary For Passage Of Unfunded Mandates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [SB00296 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00296-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 296*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2439
		02439
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD NECESSARY FOR PASSAGE OF UNFUNDED 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 of two-thirds of the members of both chambers of the General Assembly for passage of any new or expanded unfunded mandate on municipalities.

Statement of Purpose:

To require a two-thirds majority vote of both chambers in order to pass any new or expanded unfunded mandates.