Bill Text: CT SB00455 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Unfunded State Mandates On Municipal Governments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [SB00455 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00455-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 455*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1649
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES ON MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the General Assembly to enact any new state mandate for which no state reimbursement is provided to municipal governments for costs resulting from such mandate.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect municipalities from unfunded state mandates and provide property tax relief.