Bill Text: CT HB05172 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Requiring A Two-thirds Vote To Enact New Municipal Mandates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-28 - Public Hearing 02/01 [HB05172 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05172-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5172

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 302

   

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

 

AN ACT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW MUNICIPAL MANDATES.

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

That section 2-32b of the general statutes be amended to provide that no bill creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments shall be enacted except upon approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose:

To require new municipal mandates to be approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the House and Senate.

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