LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED COMMITTEE STUDIES

OLR Research Report


May 3, 2002		2002-R-0498
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED COMMITTEE STUDIES

By: George Coppolo, Chief Attorney

You asked for examples of public or special acts that required joint standing committees to study an area specified by the act.

The following table contains examples of public or special acts that required a joint standing legislative committee to study an area specified by the act.

Table 1 Legislatively Mandated Studies


*Act*	*Committee*	*Subject*
SA 01-1	Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee	Causes of the financial emergency affecting Waterbury
PA 98-30	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee	Sunset law
PA 96-267	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee and Labor and Public Employees Committee	Effectiveness of workplace health and safety committees established under CGS § 31-40v
PA 95-253	Banks Committee	Community Reinvestment Act- legislative alternatives
Table 1 Continued
*Act*	*Committee*	*Subject*
PA 93-228	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee and Labor and Public Employees Committee	Workers compensation- second injury fund
PA 92-99	Energy and Public Utilities Committee	State's telecommunications system
PA 91-407	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee	Insurance rate-making in worker's compensation
SA 87-101	Government Administration and Elections Committee	Conveyance of state land
SA 87-96	Government Administration and Elections Committee	Campaign ethics
PA 87-526	Government Administration and Elections Committee	Freedom of information
PA 87-100	Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee	Unemployment compensation, state corporation business tax, and use of taxable bonds.
PA 83-446	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee	Income Maintenance Department-performance audit of selected programs
PA 83-446	Legislative Management Committee	Program review and investigations process
PA 83-412	Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Handicapped Parking and Transportation	Parking facilities for handicapped people
SA 81-73	Energy and Public Utilities Committee	Public Utility Control Department takeover of the Division of Consumer Counsel
PA 81-436	Planning and Development Committee	Housing problems in the state and the effectiveness of regional planning Agencies
PA 78-214	Environment Committee and the Regulated Activities and Energy Committee on Nuclear Matters	Nuclear energy

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