Bill Text: CT HB05214 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [HB05214 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05214-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5214
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 285
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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.