Bill Text: CT HJ00012 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Joint Resolution 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Resolution Proposing A Constitutional Amendment To Make The General Assembly Full Time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HJ00012 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HJ00012-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 12*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 471
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FULL TIME.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That article third of the amendments to the Constitution of the state be amended to make the General Assembly a full-time legislature, in regular session throughout the year except for recesses comparable to that of the United States Congress, and that members of the General Assembly receive a salary and benefits commensurate with a full-time position.

Statement of Purpose:

To make the General Assembly a full-time legislature.