GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
June 9, 2006
BILL NOTIFICATION
RELEASE No. 15
For Immediate Release
Governor M. Jodi Rell signed the following bills of the 2006 Session on the date indicated after the title of the bill:
S.A. 06-8
H.B. 5803 AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE SHORELINE EROSION
This act passed and shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
S.A. 06-9
H.B. 5802 AN ACT CONCERNING WATER BASINS
This act passed and shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
S.A. 06-10
s.H.B. 5776 AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF STATE LAND
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
P.A. 06-171
s.H.B. 5647 AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS WITH A DISABILITY
This Act passed and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
P.A. 06-172
s.H.B. 5797 AN ACT CONCERNING DIGITAL MEDIA AND MOTION PICTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect on October 1, 2006. Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
P.A. 06-173
s.H.B. 5839 AN ACT CONCERNING BLOOD OR BREATH TESTS OF SURVIVING OPERATORS INVOLVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND PROHIBITING PERSON FACILITATING ILLEGAL STREET RACING
This Act passed and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-174
s.H.B. 5023 AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TAX CREDIT
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
and shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill
on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-175
s.H.B. 5034 AN ACT CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-176
s.H.B. 5093 AN ACT CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS AND THE PHASE IN OF CERTAIN REVALUATIONS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-2 shall take effect October 1, 2006 and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2006; and Sections 3-4 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-177
H.B. 5123 AN ACT CONCERNING SPARKLERS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedules
A and B and shall take effect upon passage, which is the day
the Governor signed the bill. The Governor signed the bill on
June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-178
H.B. 5189 AN ACT REQUIRING THE DISCLOSURE OF FEE INFORMATION BY HEALTH INSURERS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-179
s.H.B. 5254 AN ACT CONCERNING STATE INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION AND CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION AND THE MERGER OF THE STATE PREVENTION AND CHILD POVERTY COUNCILS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-180
s.H.B. 5372 AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO IMAGING SERVICES
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-181
s.H.B. 5446 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF PAVING OF ABANDONED ROADS IN PRESERVED LANDS AND REVISIONS TO THE MERCURY REDUCTION PROVISIONS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1 and 6 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill; and Sections 2-5 shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-182
s.H.B. 5532 AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH POLICY AND THE KINSHIP NAVIGATOR PROGRAM
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule B
and shall take effect as follows: Section 1 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and Section 2 shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-183
s.H.B. 5605 AN ACT CONCERNING UNIFORM TREATMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY TAX DELINQUENCIES AND CONCERNING ASSESSMENT OF APARTMENT AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AFTER REVALUATION
This Act passed and shall take effect as follows: Section 1 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 2006; Section 2 shall take effect July 1, 2006 and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2006 and Section 3 shall take effect July 1, 2006 and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2010. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-184
s.H.B. 5685 AN ACT CONCERNING BROWNFIELDS
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-2, 4-8 and 11-13 shall take effect July 1, 2006; Section 9 shall take effect October 1, 2006; and Sections 3 and 10 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-185
s.S.B. 389 AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON BLIGHTED HOUSING, INCREASING THE FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LIENS FOR ACCRUED FINES AND CODE VIOLATIONS
This Act passed as amended by Senate Amendment Schedules A and B and House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Section 1 shall take effect July 1, 2006 and Sections 2-9 shall take effect October 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-189
s.S.B. 602 AN ACT ALLOWING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN LATE FILERS, VALIDATING ACTIONS BY CERTAIN TOWNS, THE JOINT EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE CONNECTICUT STAT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, CLARIFYING APPROVAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PURCHASE OF STATE LAND AND THE URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL SITE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM, AND AMENDING A PROGRAM PROVIDING TAX CREDITS FOR BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT EXPANSION PROJECTS
This Act passed and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-16
and section 23 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day
the Governor signed the bill; Sections 17-19 shall take effect
October 1, 2006 and Sections 20-22 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and applicable to projects with a commencement date on or after September 1, 2005. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-190
s.H.B. 5723 AN ACT AUTHORIZING MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PLANS FOR TEACHERS AND TO PURCHASE RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE AS ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORKERS
This Act passed and shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-191
H.B. 5747 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF BANTAM LAKE AS A HERITAGE LAKE AND A SCHEDULE FOR THE ANNUAL WATER LEVEL OF LAKE BESECK
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-192
s.H.B. 5758 AN ACT MINOR REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-3, 6, 8, and 10-13 shall take effect July 1, 2006; and Sections 4-5, 7 and 9 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-193
s.H.B. 5781 AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY AND PLANNING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SENTENCING TASK FORCE
This Act passed and shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-194
s.H.B. 5814 AN ACT CONCERNING THE BONDING PROCESS, CONFIDENTIALITY OF TAX RETURN INFORMATION, LOANS FOR MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOMES, VARIOUS TAXES ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SERVICES, CREATION OF A SPECIAL DISTRICT IN DERBY, TAXATION OF LAND PURCHASED FROM THE STATE BY A TOWN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY RAILROAD CROSSING
This Act passed as amended by House Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-6, 9, 18, 23 and 25 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill; Sections 7-8, 10-16, 22 and 24 shall take effect July 1, 2006; and Section 17 shall take effect upon passage and applicable to taxes payable on or after said date; Sections 19 and 20 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and applicable to gifts made during calendar years commencing on or after January 1, 2006; and Section 21 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill and applicable to taxes due for calendar years commencing on or after January 1,2005. The Governor signed the bill on June 9, 2006.
PA. 06-195
s.H.B. 317 AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES
This Act passed as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-3, 7-13, 17, 20-22, 24-29, 36-39, 41, 44, 48, 52, 54-55, 59-83, 85 and 87 shall take effect October 1, 2006; Sections 4-5, 14-16, 18-19, 30-35, 40, 42-43, 45-47, 49-51, 53, 56-58 and 86 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill; and Sections 6, 23 and 84 shall take effect July 1,2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
PA. 06-196
s.H.B. 5820 AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR’S TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATUES, THE 2006 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL STATUES AND CERTAIN PUBLIC ACTS
This Act passed and shall take effect as follows: Sections 1-54,
57-59, 62-286, 290-292, 294, 296 and 299 shall take effect upon passage, which is the day the Governor signed the bill; Sections
287-289, 293 and 295 shall take effect July 1, 2006; Sections
55-56 and 60-61 shall take effect December 31, 2006 and applicable to elections held on or after said date; Sections 297-298 shall take effect October 1, 2006 and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2005 and Sections 287-289, 293 and 295 shall take effect July 1, 2006. The Governor signed the bill on June 7, 2006.
Distributed by:
Office of the Legal Counsel
NOTE: The Governor has now acted on every bill passed by the 2006 session of the General Assembly: two hundred and six (206) bills were passed, two hundred
and three (203) were signed and enacted into law, and three (3) were vetoed.
