During last night’s session of the House of Representatives, Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112) and House Republicans offered an amendment to municipal unfunded mandate relief legislation. The measure would have given significant relief to local school districts which are currently struggling to balance the needs of educating children and harsh budget realities.
Under current law, the state [...]
Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112) worked successfully this week to obtain passage of a measure in the State House that would create a crime of second-degree misconduct with a motor vehicle for those whose negligence causes serious injury to “vulnerable users” of a public way.
The measure defines a vulnerable user as a pedestrian, a highway worker [...]
Rep. DebraLee Hovey today co-sponsored legislation that would immediately stimulate Connecticut’s long-suffering job market by repealing the state’s Business Entity Tax and offering tax credits to companies that create full-time positions.
The proposal would also require that a Jobs Impact Statements accompany bills and amendments—a move addressing the business community’s complaint that the legislature habitually passes [...]
Representative DebraLee Hovey cast her vote today in favor of a unanimously-approved bill in the House of Representatives which expands municipal reports concerning recycling, and expands the list of designated recyclable items.
It also prohibits zoning laws that prevent the use of recycling receptacles, expands curbside recycling, requires recycling at certain gathering venues and requires solid [...]
On the last day Connecticut residents have to mail in their tax bills, Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112) and House Republicans unveiled their 2011 budget that erases the $736 million deficit for 2011 without raising taxes by consolidating government agencies, shrinking the public workforce and stimulating job growth.
The balanced plan preserves municipal and school aid, and [...]
State Representative DebraLee Hovey voted Tuesday in favor of a bipartisan measure which closes the current $350 million deficit for the fiscal year ending this June 30. The measure closes the current deficit without raising taxes and is a step forward in the budget process. However, Hovey noted that the legislature still needed to address [...]
