Sec. 3-6c. Compacts between Connecticut and other states or Indian tribes. Amendments. General Assembly approval or rejection.
Sec. 3-6c. Compacts between Connecticut and other states or Indian tribes.
Amendments. General Assembly approval or rejection. Within ten days after the
date of execution of any compact or amendment to a compact between the state of
Connecticut and another state or an Indian tribe, the Governor shall file such compact
or amendment with the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The
General Assembly may approve such compact or amendment, in whole, by a majority
vote of each house or may reject such compact or amendment, in whole, by a majority
vote of either house. If rejected, the compact or amendment shall not be valid and shall
not be implemented. The compact or amendment shall be deemed rejected if the General
Assembly fails to vote to approve or reject the compact or amendment (1) prior to the
adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly during which such compact
or amendment is filed, (2) prior to the adjournment of the regular session of the General
Assembly first following the date on which such compact or amendment is filed if the
General Assembly is not in regular session on such date or (3) prior to the adjournment
of a special session convened before the next regular session of the General Assembly
for the purpose of considering such compact or amendment if the General Assembly is
not in regular session on the date on which such compact or amendment is filed, provided,
if the compact or amendment is filed less than thirty days before the end of a regular
session, the General Assembly may vote to approve or reject the compact or amendment
(A) within thirty days after the first day of a special session convened before the next
regular session of the General Assembly for the purpose of considering such compact
or amendment, or (B) within thirty days after the first day of the next regular session
of the General Assembly.
(P.A. 94-244, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 94-244 effective June 20, 1994.