Bill Text: CT HB05984 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5984 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Reducing Legislative Printing Costs.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/07 [HB05984 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05984-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5984*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 1549

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.

AN ACT REDUCING LEGISLATIVE PRINTING COSTS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) reduce the number of bound copies made of the general statutes, State Register and Manual, Public and Special Acts, and the Summary of Public Acts and only provide bound copies upon the request of a legislator or staff; (2) reduce the number of printed copies of the Legislative Record Index, engrossed bills, bulletins, house and senate calendars, house and senate journals, daily list of bills, file copies, and offsets and provide a printed copy only upon request; (3) eliminate the printing of the Legislative Guide but continue to post it on the Internet web site of the General Assembly; (4) eliminate, where possible, the use of printed bills in committees, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and (5) eliminate the printing of all mandated reports to the legislature, including the Office of Fiscal Analysis' budget books and the Governor's budget documents, and require such reports to be accessible online or sent to the legislature by electronic mail, unless a legislator requests a printed copy.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce the state's printing costs and further streamline state government.