General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 595
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2063
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION REFORM PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a Transportation
2 Strategy and Advisory Board, and a Connecticut and New York
3 Railroad Strategy Board; (2) require the Commissioner of
4 Transportation to provide certain information to the Transportation
5 Strategy and Advisory Board and the Connecticut and New York
6 Railroad Strategy Board; (3) require the commissioner consider the use
7 of TIFIA and RRIF loan agreements; (4) transfer amounts from the
8 Budget Reserve Fund to the State Employees Retirement Fund for the
9 purpose of paying unfunded past service liability; and (5) require the
10 Auditors of Public Accounts to conduct certain audits of the Department
11 of Transportation.
Statement of Purpose:
To implement a plan to provide fiscal accountability and sustainability
to transportation projects and funding.
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