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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5092

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 38

 

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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN LOBBYING BY STATE EMPLOYEE UNIONS.

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

That chapter 10 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit an employee organization, as defined in section 5-270 of the general statutes, from lobbying any legislator or legislative committee regarding the state budget or an increase in salary for state employees.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit certain lobbying by state employee unions in order to prevent a conflict of interest.