Bill Text: CT SB00194 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning State Agency Response To Permit Applications.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [SB00194 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00194-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 194
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5616
		*05616SB00194GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE AGENCY RESPONSE TO PERMIT APPLICATIONS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for each application for a permit pursuant to any provision of the general statutes received on or after October 1, 2017, the relevant executive branch agency responsible for issuing such permit shall, not later than sixty days after receipt of such application, either: (1) Issue a decision on such application, or (2) issue a status report to the applicant that includes the reasons why additional time is required for a decision on such application and an estimate of the date for decision on such application.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require executive branch agencies to either issue a decision on a permit application or a status report on the application within sixty days.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

S.B. 194