A list of WestCOG’s legislative priorities can be downloaded in the link below. Also provided is a list of WestCOG’s testimony on a number of house and senate bills.
Senate Bill 169, An Act Concerning a Study of the Effects of Affordable Housing Policies in the State.
Senate Bill 202, An Act Concerning Property Tax Abatement for Certain First-Time Homebuyers.
Senate Bill 215, An Act Concerning the Development of a Transportation Engineering Recruitment Program.
Senate Bill 216, An Act Concerning the Expansion of Passenger Rail Service on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad.
Senate Bill 277, An Act Establishing a Trash-to-Energy Working Group.
Senate Bill 292, An Act Concerning Heating Efficiency in New Residential Construction and Major Alterations of Residential Buildings.
Senate Bill 295, An Act Concerning Tax Credits for Energy-Efficient Homes.
Senate Bill 296, An Act Eliminating the Requirement to Store the Personal Property of Evicted Tenants.
Senate Bill 323, An Act Establishing a Municipal Tree Removal Account.
Senate Bill 324, An Act Establishing a Working Group to Study Title Seven of the General Statutes.
Senate Bill 326, An Act Lowering the Mill Rate Cap for Motor Vehicle Property Tax and Concerning Reimbursements to Municipalities for Lost Revenue.
Senate Bill 390, An Act Concerning Revisions to the Transportation Statutes.
Senate Bill 393, An Act Establishing a Pilot Program Delegating the Management of Small-Scale Transportation Projects to the Capitol Region Council of Governments.