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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-16. - Members as attorneys before the General Assembly.

No member of the General Assembly shall appear as an attorney before it, or before any committee thereof, or of either house, unless in his own cause, or that of the town which he represents or of some public corporation therein, or where there is so near a relation between such member and either of the parties as between parent and child, brothers, sisters, brother and sister, uncle and nephew or niece, aunt and nephew or niece, by nature or marriage, or landlord and tenant.
(1949 Rev., S. 15; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-16a. - Restriction on former members becoming lobbyists.

No state representative or state senator who is elected at the 1994 state election or any election thereafter shall engage in the profession of lobbyist, as that term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91, until one year after the expiration of the term for which such state representative or state senator was elected.
(P.A. 80-462, S. 3; P.A. 93-156; P.A. 02-89, S. 4; P.A. 13-244, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 93-156 extended period during which former legislators are prohibited from engaging in profession of lobbyist, applicable to legislators elected at 1994 state election or thereafter; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) prohibiting a state representative or state senator whose term expires on January 4, 1995, and who resigns before the expiration of such term, from engaging in the profession of lobbyist until the expiration of the term, deleted Subsec. (b) designator and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 13-244 replaced reference to Sec. 1-91(l) with reference to Sec. 1-91(12).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-17. - Presession introduction of bills.

Any member-elect of either house of the General Assembly, prior to the beginning of the regular session in the January following such member's election, may introduce any bill for a public or special act by filing the same with the clerk of the House or Senate, who shall assign to each such bill a House or Senate serial number and shall cause to be made a sufficient number of photo-offset copies of such bill. Each such bill shall be filed in triplicate and shall be typewritten or printed, without interlineation or erasure, on paper eight and one-half by thirteen inches or eight and one-half by fourteen inches in size, the second and third copies to be on yellow-colored and blue-colored paper, respectively, of the same size and format as the original. Any member-elect offering such bill shall endorse by signing thereon such member-elect's name in some conspicuous place and shall attach thereto a statement of its purpose in not more than one hundred and fifty words, which are to be typewritten or printed at the end of the bill under the caption “statement of purpose”. The head of each state department, board, commission or other state agency shall file such head's requests for legislative enactment in the form of bills, appended to each a summary and a fiscal note containing the information required pursuant to section 2-24a, with the clerk of the House or Senate on or before January fifteenth of the odd-numbered year and on or before February eighth in the even-numbered year. Such head of each state department, board, commission or other state agency requiring assistance from the Legislative Commissioners' Office in the preparation of such bills shall submit requests for such assistance on or before December first of each year.
(1949 Rev., S. 17; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 1, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 80; 1971, P.A. 167; 709; P.A. 05-262, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act made presession filing actual introduction of bill, required duplicate on yellow paper, same size and format as original, and required endorsement of name by actual signature; 1965 act required bills to be in triplicate; 1971 acts removed from comptroller the responsibility to make photo-offset copies of bills and permitted use of paper 8 1/2 by 14 inches for bills and added provisions re deadlines for submission of bill requests and requests for assistance in preparing bills; P.A. 05-262 added requirement that state agency attach summary and fiscal note to bill request and made technical changes for gender neutrality.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-18. - Form of bills amending statutes and resolutions amending Constitution; ballot designation of proposed constitutional amendments.

Each bill for a public act amending any statute, each special act amending any special act and each resolution proposing an amendment to any provision of the Constitution shall set forth in full the act or constitutional provision, or the section or subsection thereof, to be amended. Matter to be omitted or repealed shall be surrounded by brackets and new matter shall be indicated by underscoring or, where an electric magnetic tape typewriter or other electronic equipment or device is used, by capitalization or underscoring of all words in the manuscript bill and by underscoring, capitalization or italics in its printed form. Each resolution proposing an amendment to any provision of the Constitution shall also include the designation of such proposed amendment to be used on the voting tabulator ballots and absentee ballots in the event such amendment is approved by the General Assembly. Such designation shall be a question, commencing with the words “shall the Constitution of the state be amended to” and ending with a statement of the intended objective addressed by the amendment. Nothing in this section shall preclude the General Assembly from adopting rules authorizing the introduction by members of bills, special acts or resolutions which set forth only a statement of purpose or of intent and do not set forth the statute or constitutional provision to be amended.
(1949 Rev., S. 34; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 9; February, 1965, P.A. 1, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 274; 1969, P.A. 156, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 175, S. 1; 610, S. 1; P.A. 83-335, S. 1; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act authorized use of capitalization to indicate new material; 1967 act amended to include resolutions proposing constitutional amendments; 1969 act authorized assembly to adopt rules allowing bills or resolutions containing statement of purpose which do not fully set out statute or constitutional provision to be amended; 1971 acts amended section to include special acts, to permit use of any electronic equipment and to permit use of underscoring in manuscript bill and underscoring and capitalization in printed bill to indicate new material and provided that resolutions for constitutional amendments include designation to be used on voting ballots; P.A. 83-335 set forth the form in which proposed amendments to the constitution are designated on voting machine labels and absentee ballots; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” and “ballot labels” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator” and “ballots”, respectively, effective May 24, 2011.
Validating acts of 1929 not in conflict with former section. 112 C. 140. Cited. 165 C. 338; 199 C. 667; 215 C. 701.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-19. - Preliminary printing and franchise fees for special charters. Engrossing fees.

Section 2-19 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 9; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 350, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-20. - Certain charters granted only on petition.

No act of incorporation or alteration thereof shall be granted by the General Assembly, except upon a petition therefor, when the law requires that notice of such petition shall be given by advertisement. Each charter of any railroad company shall confine the road within the limits indicated by such notice, specify the towns through which it may pass, and otherwise designate the route on which the respective roads may be authorized to be made.
(1949 Rev., S. 12; P.A. 85-246, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-246 deleted reference to street railway company charters.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-22. - Numbering of bills and joint resolutions.

Each bill and joint resolution shall be numbered by the clerk of the house in which it was presented, in the order of presentation, and shall be designated in the journal as “Senate Bill”, “House Bill”, “Senate Joint Resolution” or “House Joint Resolution”, as the case may be, with the addition of its proper number; and each bill or resolution reported as a substitute for another shall be endorsed with the number of the original bill or resolution.
(1949 Rev., S. 20.)
Acts passed in form of resolutions prior to 1911 validated by Public Acts of 1911, chapter 297. 87 C. 508. See 133 C. 130.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-23a. - Alkaline paper for legislative documents.

All bills and joint resolutions, the calendar and journal of each house of the General Assembly, including the journal printed in accordance with the provisions of section 2-49, the legislative record index published in accordance with the provisions of section 2-13, the public and special acts published in accordance with the provisions of section 2-58, all stationery and all other publications, reports, records and documents of the General Assembly and its committees, commissions, task forces and offices, shall be printed on paper that meets or exceeds the American National Standards Institute standards for permanent paper. All photocopies made by the General Assembly and its committees, commissions, task forces and offices shall be made using paper that meets or exceeds such standards. The provisions of this section shall not apply if such paper is not available.
(P.A. 91-144, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-24. - Style of printing bills; endorsements; file number; fiscal note; ratepayer impact statement.

The words “State of Connecticut” shall be printed at the head of each bill and document printed by order of the General Assembly, or either house thereof, and on its title page or cover, if any. Before printed, electronic or photographic copies of an original bill are made, the bill shall be endorsed with (1) the date of its introduction; (2) its number; (3) the name of the member or committee introducing it; and (4) the name of the committee to which it was referred. Copies of bills or resolutions printed or produced electronically after favorable report by a committee or reprinted or produced electronically after amendment on the third reading, i.e., files, shall bear the file number of such bill or resolution, placed conspicuously at the head of the same, which file number shall be assigned by the Legislative Commissioners' Office in the order printed or produced, the number and title of the bill, the name of the committee to which it was referred, the date and nature of the committee's report, in any case where the bill, if passed, would require the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue, a fiscal note, including an estimate of the cost or of the revenue impact shall be appended thereto, and, in any case where the bill, if passed, would have a financial impact on electric ratepayers, a ratepayer impact statement, as described in subsection (b) of section 2-24a. When a bill or resolution is accompanied with a report of a committee, other than a recommendation that it ought or ought not to pass, it shall then have an additional endorsement, as follows: “Accompanied by special report, No.-”. Bills shall be designated in the calendar of each house by their file numbers, as well as by the titles and numbers of the bills.
(1949 Rev., S. 21, 22; 1953, S. 9d; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 4; P.A. 74-108, S. 1; P.A. 78-176, S. 1, 4; P.A. 11-150, S. 3; P.A. 17-144, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 74-108 required fiscal notes on bills affecting state revenue; P.A. 78-176 further required fiscal notes on bills affecting municipal revenue; P.A. 11-150 added references to electronic production of bills or resolutions, replaced reference to “printer” with “Legislative Commissioners' Office” re assigning of file number and deleted “printed” re calendar of each house, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 17-144 added provision re ratepayer impact statement, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-24a. - Fiscal note and ratepayer impact statement required for action upon bill.

(a) No bill without a fiscal note appended thereto which, if passed, would require the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue in the current fiscal year or any of the next ensuing five fiscal years shall be acted upon by either house of the General Assembly unless said requirement of a fiscal note is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of such house. Such fiscal note shall clearly identify the cost and revenue impact to the state and municipalities in the current fiscal year and in each of the next ensuing five fiscal years.
(b) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on January 9, 2019, no bill without a ratepayer impact statement appended thereto which, if passed, would have a financial impact on electric ratepayers, shall be acted upon by either house of the General Assembly unless said requirement of a ratepayer impact statement is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of such house. Such statement shall (1) be prepared by the Office of Fiscal Analysis; and (2) provide an assessment as to whether such bill will have a significant direct financial impact on the cost of electricity to the majority of Connecticut electric ratepayers.
(P.A. 78-176, S. 2, 4; P.A. 05-262, S. 2; P.A. 15-244, S. 169; P.A. 17-144, S. 7, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 729.)
History: P.A. 05-262 added requirement that fiscal note include costs and revenues for five fiscal years, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-244 provided that if a bill has impact on personal income tax or corporation business tax, fiscal note shall identify resulting impact on deposits to Budget Reserve Fund, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 17-144 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re ratepayer impact statement, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 repealed P.A. 15-244, S. 169, effective July 1, 2019, as amended by P.A. 17-144, S. 8, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-24b. - Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments.

(a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on January 9, 2019, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared with respect to certain bills and amendments at the request of any member of the General Assembly. With respect to a bill favorably reported during the regular session, any such request shall be made not later than ten days after the deadline for the committee that introduced the bill to vote to report favorably under the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate. With respect to an amendment introduced during the regular session, any such request shall be made at least ten days prior to the deadline for adjournment sine die of the regular session.
(b) The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration may make recommendations for a provision to be included in the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure for the preparation of such racial and ethnic impact statements, the content of such statements and the types of bills and amendments with respect to which such statements should be prepared.
(P.A. 08-143, S. 5; P.A. 18-78, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-143 effective June 5, 2008; P.A. 18-78 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “January 7, 2009” with “January 9, 2019”, to delete reference to increasing or decreasing pretrial or sentenced population of state correctional facilities, to add “at the request of any member of the General Assembly” and add provisions re deadlines for request, and amended Subsec. (b) to replace “shall” with “may”, replace reference to judiciary committee with reference to government administration committee and make a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-25. - Printing to be done at one establishment.

Section 2-25 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 23; February, 1965, P.A. 382, S. 1; P.A. 78-237, S. 2, 5; P.A. 90-17, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-26. - Printing and electronic availability of bills prior to passage.

At each regular or special session of the General Assembly no bill shall be passed or become a law unless it has been printed in its final form, as prescribed by section 2-24, with the exception of germane amendments, and made available in electronic version on the Internet web site of the General Assembly at least two legislative days prior to its final passage, unless the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives have certified, in writing, the facts which in their opinion necessitate an immediate vote on such bill, in which case it shall nevertheless be upon the desks of the members or available electronically to the members in final form, accompanied by the fiscal note required by section 2-24 when applicable, with the exception of germane amendments, but not necessarily printed, before its final passage.
(1955, June, 1955, S. 10d; P.A. 74-108, S. 2; P.A. 11-150, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 74-108 amended section to include fiscal notes where applicable; P.A. 11-150 replaced requirement that bills be upon desks of the members prior to passage with requirement that bills be available electronically on the Internet prior to passage and added provision re bills available electronically to members, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-27. - Printing and distribution of file bills.

Copies of each bill for an act reported favorably by a committee shall be made available electronically on the Internet web site of the General Assembly and shall be printed in sufficient numbers, as determined by the clerks of the House and Senate, for use by the General Assembly. A greater number of copies of any bill shall be printed upon order of either legislative commissioner. Two copies of each printed bill shall be reserved for the use of the Secretary of the State who shall distribute one copy to the State Library and one to the law library of The University of Connecticut.
(1949 Rev., S. 32; 1957, P.A. 368; 627; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 285; P.A. 93-180; P.A. 11-150, S. 5.)
History: 1959 act made technical change required by appointment of two legislative commissioners instead of one; 1961 act removed mandatory quantities of file copies to be printed and left the number within the discretion of the clerks and reduced from 20 to 7 the number of copies to be given the secretary; P.A. 93-180 deleted provision requiring that private-nature bills be printed at the expense of the party applying therefor before being finally considered and substituted reference to “Quinnipiac College” for reference to “the University of Bridgeport”; P.A. 11-150 required copies of bills to be available electronically on the Internet, reduced number of copies distributed and deleted requirements that Secretary bind bills in volumes and that copies be distributed to certain libraries, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-27a. - Fiscal review of bills.

(a) The speaker of the House, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the House or Senate, the House or Senate chairman or ranking minority member of any committee or the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis may request the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to review any bill to provide the General Assembly with information as to its fiscal effect. The secretary, after consultation with any state agency affected by such bill or having special knowledge or information as to its fiscal effect, shall report his estimate of the change in revenue, the amount required to provide for increased liability or the amount of decrease of liability, as the case may be. Such report shall be made to the General Assembly within seven days after the request for review is received.
(b) This section shall not apply to (1) any appropriation or revenue bill included in the budget document as provided by section 4-74 or (2) any bill making supplemental appropriations as provided by section 4-82.
(1963, P.A. 561; February, 1965, P.A. 166; P.A. 74-108, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)
History: 1965 act authorized minority leaders and ranking minority committee members to request fiscal review; P.A. 74-108 included director of office of fiscal analysis among those empowered to request review of bill; P.A. 77-614 changed “commissioner of finance and control” to “secretary of the office of policy and management”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-27b. - Review of bond acts.

(a) Each bond act, as defined in section 3-20, shall be reviewed by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding no later than five years following the effective date of such act. Such review shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the amount expended prior to such review on any project provided for in such act and the total cost for completion of such project. Said committee may request whatever information is required to conduct such review from any state official, board, commission or department and such information shall be provided to said committee within fourteen days following receipt of such request. Upon completion of its review, said committee shall recommend to the General Assembly whatever legislation it shall deem necessary with respect to such project.
(b) The Treasurer shall compute the aggregate amount of indebtedness in accordance with section 3-21 as of January first and July first each year and shall certify the results of such computation to the Governor and the General Assembly. If the aggregate amount of indebtedness so computed reaches ninety per cent of the limit set forth in said section, the Governor shall review each bond act, as defined in section 3-20, for which, at the time of such certification, no bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness have been issued, and recommend to the General Assembly priorities for repealing authorizations for remaining projects. Such review shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the amount expended prior to such review on any such project and the total cost for completion of such project. Such recommendations shall be referred to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to capital bonding, which shall consider such recommendations. Said committee may request whatever information is required to conduct such review from any state official, board, commission or department and such information shall be provided to the committee within fourteen days following receipt of such request. Upon completion of its review, the committee shall propose whatever legislation it shall deem necessary with respect to such project.
(P.A. 76-349, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-31, S. 1, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 128, 168.)
History: P.A. 79-31 changed formal designation of finance committee; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 added Subsec. (b), concerning times of computation, review by the governor if 90% of limit is reached and consideration of such review by the general assembly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-28. - Time limit on favorable reports of bills. Submission to Legislative Commissioners' Office. Action upon bills not in the files.

Section 2-28 is repealed.
(June, 1955, S. 11d; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 6; 1959, P.A. 1, S. 2; 478, S. 2; P.A. 78-139, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-30. - Engrossing bills after adjournment. Vetoed bills.

Each bill for an act passed by the General Assembly, but not engrossed prior to the final adjournment thereof, shall be engrossed, signed and presented to the Governor in the same manner as during the session of the General Assembly, such presentation to be not later than the twenty-fifth calendar day after its passage by the General Assembly. The Governor shall, within fifteen days from its receipt by him, either sign the same, endorsing his approval thereon, and transmit it to the Secretary of the State or transmit the same without his signature to said secretary. If any such unsigned bill is accompanied by a statement of the Governor's objections thereto, it shall not become a law unless such bill is reconsidered and repassed by the General Assembly by at least a two-thirds vote of the members of each house of the General Assembly at the time of its reconvening; if not accompanied by such a statement, it shall, at the expiration of the constitutional limit of fifteen days after receipt by the Governor, become a law.
(1949 Rev., S. 43; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 12; 1961, P.A. 350, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 222, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act extended period for presentation to governor from 15 to 25 days after passage; 1967 act added provisions for passing bill over governor's veto.
See Conn. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 15; Conn. Const. Amdts. Art. III.
Former section cited. 79 C. 153. Under former constitutional provision and statute, bills became law when signed and approved by Governor and before being engrossed; essential that presentment to Governor be made forthwith following adjournment of General Assembly. 112 C. 134.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-30a. - Explanatory texts concerning proposed constitutional amendments; preparation, approval, printing, distribution, posting at polls.

(a) At such time as a proposed constitutional amendment and its concomitant ballot question are approved by the General Assembly for presentation to the electors of the state for their consideration at a general election, the Office of Legislative Research shall prepare a concise explanatory text as to the content and purpose of the proposed constitutional amendment subject to the approval of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of constitutional amendments. Upon such approval, the Secretary of the State shall cause such proposed amendment and such explanatory text to be printed and transmitted to the town clerk, and to the registrars of voters in each town in the state in sufficient supply for public distribution.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall print the explanations of proposed constitutional amendments, as required by subsection (a) of this section, on posters of a size to be determined by said Secretary and shall mail at least three such posters for every polling place within a town, to the registrars of voters. Said registrars shall cause at least three such posters to be posted at each polling place at which electors shall be voting on such proposed constitutional amendments. Any posters received by the registrars in excess of the number required by this subsection to be so posted may be displayed by said registrars at their discretion at locations which are frequented by the public. No expenditure of state funds shall be made to influence electors to vote for or against any such proposed constitutional amendment.
(1967, P.A. 303, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 610, S. 2; P.A. 73-404; P.A. 79-31, S. 8, 17; P.A. 82-314, S. 7, 63; P.A. 83-335, S. 2; P.A. 84-94, S. 1; P.A. 11-173, S. 53.)
History: 1971 act deleted reference to the committee on constitutional amendments, giving the secretary of the state responsibility for preparing explanation of amendment, subject to approval of committee on government administration and policy; P.A. 73-404 added Subsec. (b) concerning poster-sized copies of the explanations for display at polling places; P.A. 79-31 changed committee name to committee on government administration and elections; P.A. 82-314 transferred responsibility for approval of constitutional amendments from government administration and elections committee to committee having cognizance of constitutional amendments; P.A. 83-335 transferred the responsibility for preparing an explanatory text for proposed constitutional amendments from the office of the secretary of state to the office of legislative research; P.A. 84-94 prohibited expenditure of state funds to influence vote on constitutional amendments; P.A. 11-173 added language re concomitant ballot question and registrars in Subsec. (a) and replaced references to clerks with references to registrars in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-30b. - Construction of multiple amendments.

(a) When two or more acts passed at the same session of the General Assembly amend the same section of the general statutes, or the same section of a public or special act, and reference to the earlier adopted act is not made in the act passed later, each amendment shall be effective except in the case of irreconcilable conflict, in which case the act which was passed last in the second house of the General Assembly shall be deemed to have repealed the irreconcilable provision contained in the earlier act, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) In the case of an irreconcilable conflict between an act adopted earlier in the same session and an amendment in the legislative commissioners' revisor's bill to a section of the general statutes or to a section of any public or special act made solely for the purposes of correcting a clerical defect or imperfection such as, but not limited to, a grammatical, spelling or computer or data processing error or mistake as to form, and which amendment does not alter the substance of the section, such amendment shall not be deemed to have repealed the irreconcilable provision in the earlier act, and the conflicting provision in the legislative commissioners' revisor's bill shall not be effective.
(P.A. 74-15, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-403, S. 109, 132.)
History: P.A. 86-403 added “except as provided in subsection (b) of this section” and added Subsec. (b) concerning irreconcilable conflict between act adopted earlier in same session and amendment in legislative commissioners' revisor's bill.
Legislature intended word “amendment” used in section to apply to all acts expressly changing existing legislation regardless of specific prefatory language used, and amendments to Sec. 14-227a in public acts 85-387 and 85-590 are entitled to concurrent effect. 199 C. 667. Conflict between public act 03-184, repealing Sec. 14-55, and subsequent public act 03-265, amending Sec. 14-55, cannot be resolved by application of Subsec. (a) because an outright repeal does not qualify as an amendment so as to justify the application of section. 337 C. 806.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-32. - Effective date of public and special acts.

All public acts, except when otherwise therein specified, shall take effect on the first day of October following the session of the General Assembly at which they are passed, and special acts, unless otherwise therein provided, from the date of their approval.
(1949 Rev., S. 8891.)
Former statute cited. 108 C. 77; 131 C. 714. Cited. 143 C. 152; 144 C. 27; 147 C. 358; 180 C. 545; 184 C. 51; 196 C. 53; 199 C. 496; 233 C. 243; 240 C. 658.
Cited. 3 CA 201.
Cited. 18 CS 162. Provision that special act shall take effect upon approval at annual town meeting in 1935, held to be directory only and not mandatory where act was approved a year later. 19 CS 250. Unless there is a plain indication of an intent that a general statute will supersede a special act, the special act will continue in effect. 26 CS 262. Cited. 44 CS 207.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 471; 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 462.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-32a. - Effective date of public acts imposing state mandate.

No public act which imposes a state mandate on any political subdivision of this state which requires the appropriation of funds for the budget of such political subdivision in order to comply with the provisions of such act shall be effective as to such political subdivision earlier than the first fiscal year of such political subdivision beginning after five months following the date of passage of such act.
(1972, P.A. 234, S. 1; P.A. 93-434, S. 15, 20.)
History: P.A. 93-434 changed the term “duty” to “state mandate”, effective June 30, 1993.
Cited. 197 C. 554.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-32c. - Submission of list of state mandates to General Assembly and municipal chief elected officials.

On and after July 1, 2019, the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, established pursuant to section 2-79a, shall, not more than ninety days after adjournment of any regular or special session of the General Assembly or November fifteenth immediately following adjournment of a regular session, whichever is later, submit to the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the chief elected official of each municipality a report that lists each state mandate enacted during said regular or special session of the General Assembly. Not later than five days after receipt of the report, the speaker and the president pro tempore shall refer each state mandate to the joint standing committee or select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject matter of the mandate.
(P.A. 93-434, S. 17, 20; P.A. 97-243, S. 64, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 107; P.A. 19-193, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 93-434 effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 97-243 deleted requirement for committee public hearing and report to speaker and president pro tempore, effective June 24, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added reference to January 1, 2019, and made technical changes, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-193 replaced “January 1, 2019” with “July 1, 2019”, replaced “September first” with “November fifteenth”, replaced “whichever is sooner” with “whichever is later” and replaced “Within five days of” with “Not later than five days after”, added provision re submission by commission of report to chief elected official of each municipality, deleted provision re submission by speaker and president pro tempore of report to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, deleted provision re notice of report provided to the chief elected official of each municipality by secretary and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-33. - Specific appropriations. Recurring appropriations.

The General Assembly shall make appropriations of specific sums of money for purposes for which appropriations are authorized by law to be made by the state, and shall specify the amount thereof to be made available for expenditure in each fiscal year. No statutory provision requiring a recurring appropriation for aid to or in support of a state institution or agency shall specify the amount to be appropriated.
(1949 Rev., S. 25, 28; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act changed “biennial” to “recurring”.
Scope of section. 89 C. 562. Cited. 163 C. 537.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-33c. - Limitation of General Fund and Special Transportation Fund appropriations.

(a) In addition to the provisions of section 2-33a, on and after July 1, 2019, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the General Assembly shall not authorize General Fund and Special Transportation Fund appropriations for any fiscal year in an amount that, in the aggregate, exceeds the percentage of the statement of estimated revenue passed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 2-35 for each fiscal year indicated as follows:
Fiscal Year Ending June 30,
Percentage of Estimated Revenue
2020
99.5
2021
99.25
2022
99
2023
98.75
2024
98.5
2025
98.25
2026, and each
fiscal year thereafter
98
(b) The General Assembly may authorize General Fund and Special Transportation Fund appropriations for any fiscal year in an amount that, in the aggregate, exceeds the percentage of estimated revenue specified in subsection (a) of this section for such fiscal year, if:
(1) (A) The Governor declares an emergency or the existence of extraordinary circumstances and at least three-fifths of the members of each house of the General Assembly vote to exceed such percentage for the purposes of such emergency or extraordinary circumstances, and (B) any such appropriation is for the fiscal year in progress only. Any such declaration shall specify the nature of such emergency or circumstances; or
(2) Each house of the General Assembly approves by majority vote any such appropriation for purposes of an adjusted appropriation and revenue plan.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 705.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-34. - Title of appropriation bills.

The title of the biennial budget bill shall be “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June Thirtieth”, (here insert the calendar year) “and Making Appropriations Therefor”. The title of the deficiency bill shall be “An Act Making Deficiency Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth”, (here insert the calendar year). The title of all other bills making appropriations from the treasury shall be “An Act Concerning” (here insert the purpose) “and Making an Appropriation Therefor”.
(1949 Rev., S. 26; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 31, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30.)
History: 1971 act deleted language concerning appropriations bills spanning more than one year; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 deleted requirements re title of “each bill for an act making appropriations from the treasury” and substituted requirements re title of biennial budget bill, deficiency bill and all other bills making appropriations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 31 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-35a. - Government organization and reorganization.

The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, organization and reorganization shall be charged with the duty and responsibility of overseeing all government organization and reorganization and in particular any transfer, allocation or consolidation of any state department or agency. The committee shall have responsibility for continuing review of the organization and reorganization of state departments and agencies and may from time to time make recommendations to the General Assembly with regard to government organization and reorganization.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 15, 584, 587, 610; P.A. 79-31, S. 9, 17; P.A. 82-314, S. 6, 63.)
History: P.A. 79-31 changed committee name from “committee on government administration and policy” to “committee on government administration and elections”; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of committee.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-35b. - Legislative involvement in Job Training Partnership Act. Recommendations. Reports from Governor.

(a) Any proposed plan to implement the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300) in this state which shall be made available to the General Assembly for comment, as required in Section 105 of the act, shall be referred to the joint standing committee or committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor, economic development and job training. Such committee or committees shall make recommendations, in writing, which shall be submitted to the Governor within thirty days of such referral, concerning the purpose and content of any such plan.
(b) The committee or committees shall provide the Governor with written recommendations concerning possible procedures to be used to identify “dislocated workers” for purposes of applying for employment and training assistance for such workers under the provisions of Section 301 of the act.
(c) The Governor shall forward, to such committee or committees on a timely basis, a copy of each report submitted to him pursuant to the requirements of the Job Training Partnership Act.
(P.A. 83-19, S. 1, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-35c. - Funds appropriated to Judicial Department for specified purposes included in current expense account.

Funds appropriated to the Judicial Department for purposes of implementing subsection (a) of section 17a-77, subsection (c) of section 17a-78, subsection (d) of section 17a-274, subsection (b) of section 17a-498, subsection (b) of section 45a-716, sections 45a-717, 46b-571 and 45a-654, subsection (h) of section 19a-265, subsection (g) of section 17a-498, subsection (c) of section 17a-502, section 17a-510, subsection (c) of section 45a-111, sections 45a-132a and 45a-620, subsection (b) of section 45a-649, subsection (c) of section 45a-660, section 45a-673, subsection (a) of section 45a-681 and section 45a-708 shall be appropriated to a specific “other current expense” account.
(P.A. 96-170, S. 22, 23; P.A. 97-90, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 96-170 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 97-90 revised effective date of P.A. 96-170 but without affecting this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-36. - Deficiency bills.

(a) On or before the twenty-fifth day of each month, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the Governor, the Comptroller and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, a list of appropriation accounts in which a potential deficiency exists. Such list shall be accompanied by a statement which explains the reasons for each such potential deficiency.
(b) On the day the Governor submits a budget document to the General Assembly, or a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year, pursuant to section 4-71, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the Treasurer and said joint standing committee, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, any items to be included in a deficiency bill, which may be passed by the General Assembly to pay expenses of the current fiscal year of the biennium. Each such item shall be accompanied by a statement which explains the need for a deficiency appropriation. Any agency which has an item to be included in the deficiency bill shall, on such day, submit a report to said joint standing committee, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning any steps taken by the agency to reduce or eliminate the deficiency.
(1949 Rev., S. 30; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 4; P.A. 82-314, S. 2, 63; P.A. 83-488, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 33, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30.)
History: 1971 act changed deficiency appropriations to cover one year instead of two; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee; P.A. 83-488 repealed prior provisions that (1) the general assembly may pass deficiency bills for current year expenses provided estimates are referred to committee having cognizance of appropriations and state agency budgets on or before opening of fifth week of session; (2) any person authorized to make estimates for appropriations for next fiscal year may, any time prior to opening of such fifth week, furnish treasurer with estimate of amount needed for a deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year; (3) no deficiency bill other than for expenses connected with general assembly session shall be passed unless based on an estimate as herein provided, substituting new Subsecs. (a) and (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 33 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-36a. - Legislative committee to meet re potential deficiency in state agency appropriated account.

Section 2-36a is repealed, effective October 1, 2019.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 45, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 19-117, S. 399.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-37. - Contingent expenses of General Assembly.

The Comptroller shall draw his order on the Treasurer in payment of the contingent expenses of each house of the General Assembly upon certification to him by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
(1949 Rev., S. 31, 197; 1969, P.A. 749, S. 6.)
History: 1969 act made legislative management committee responsible for certifying contingent expense payments.
History of section. 78 C. 558. See 85 C. 657.