2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 2-27a. Fiscal review of bills.

      Sec. 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".