General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 445

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1899

   

Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING PASSAGE OF NEW OR INCREASED TAXES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that passage of any new or increased tax must be offset by a reduction or elimination of an unfunded state mandate on municipalities, with the value of each to be determined by the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide relief to taxpayers on the local level when increasing or adding taxes on the state level.