AN ACT CONCERNING A MERGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5065*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 154

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
REP. O'CONNOR, 35^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A MERGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

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

That the general statutes be amended to eliminate the Department of Environmental Protection and assign its functions to the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce state expenditures and improve effectiveness by merging the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Economic and Community Development.