Connecticut SB 445: AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES ARISING FROM MISUSE OF SNOWMOBILES AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 445
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND REPORTS CONCERNING
STATE MANDATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 2-79a of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective from passage): 3
(c) [On or before the second Wednesday after the convening of the 4
regular session of the General Assembly in 2020, and every four years 5
thereafter on such second Wednesday, the commission shall submit to 6
the General Assembly a report which lists] The commission shall 7
maintain on the commission's Internet web site a record of each existing 8
state mandate, as defined in subsection (a) of section 2-32b. [, and which 9
(1) categorizes] Such record shall categorize each mandate as 10
constitutional, statutory or executive, and [(2) describes] describe the 11
potential impacts on local governments implementing the mandate. [In 12
each report the commission may also make recommendations on state 13
mandates for consideration by the commission. On and after October 1, 14
1996, the report shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the 15
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 16
appropriations and budgets of state agencies, to any other joint standing 17
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance and, upon 18

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request, to any member of the General Assembly. A summary of the 19
report shall be submitted to each member of the General Assembly if the 20
summary is two pages or less and a notification of the report shall be 21
submitted to each member if the summary is more than two pages. 22
Submission shall be by mailing the report, summary or notification to 23
the legislative address of each member of the committees or the General 24
Assembly, as applicable. The provisions of this subsection shall not be 25
construed to prevent the commission from making more frequent 26
recommendations on state mandates.] 27
(d) [Commencing on or before January 15, 1997, and every year] Not 28
later than January 15, 2027, and not less than every two years thereafter, 29
[except a year in which a report is filed pursuant to subsection (c) of this 30
section,] the commission shall [submit to the General Assembly a 31
supplement to the report required in said subsection identifying any 32
new mandates adopted and any mandates changed in the previous 33
year] select not fewer than three state mandates, as defined in section 2-34
32b, from the record maintained pursuant to subsection (c) of this 35
section, pertaining to municipalities or school districts, and create a 36
report (1) analyzing the net additional cost or savings to municipalities 37
or school districts realized as a result of each such mandate, (2) 38
describing any efficiencies or difficulties arising from each such 39
mandate, and (3) recommending any modifications to or the repeal of 40
each such mandate, as applicable. The commission shall publish such 41
report on the commission's Internet web site. The provisions of this 42
subsection shall not be construed to prevent the commission from 43
making more frequent recommendations concerning state mandates. 44
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage 2-79a(c) and (d)

PD Joint Favorable Subst.