Bill Text: CT SB00632 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Bonds Of The State For A Footbridge Connecting Pawcatuck To Westerly, Rhode Island.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [SB00632 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00632-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 632
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2940
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A FOOTBRIDGE CONNECTING PAWCATUCK TO WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND.

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

That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate ____ dollars, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to the town of Stonington for the construction of a footbridge connecting Pawcatuck to Westerly, Rhode Island, at Coggswell Street to spur economic development in the area.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide funds for a footbridge between Pawcatuck and Westerly, Rhode Island, to spur economic development in the area.