Bill Text: CT HB05332 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Phasing In Zero-based Budgeting For State Agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [HB05332 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05332-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5332
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 351
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT PHASING IN ZERO-BASED BUDGETING FOR STATE AGENCIES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that, for each of the ensuing ten fiscal years, appropriations to each state agency shall be (1) the amount of appropriations for such agency for the immediately preceding fiscal year, (2) reduced by ten per cent, provided each agency shall have an opportunity to be heard prior to each such reduction regarding justifications for a higher amount of funding.

Statement of Purpose:

To phase in zero-based budgeting for state agencies.