Bill Text: CT HJ00001 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Resolution Proposing An Amendment To The State Constitution Requiring A Two-thirds Vote To Enact New Unfunded Mandates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Public Hearing 04/03 [HJ00001 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HJ00001-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 1
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 87
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
REP. HALL, 59th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW UNFUNDED MANDATES.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That article third of the Constitution of the state be amended to require the approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly to enact any new state mandate for which no state reimbursement is provided to local governments for costs resulting from such new mandate.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the vote of two-thirds of each chamber of the General Assembly to enact a new unfunded state mandate.