When Connecticut Mandates, Towns Pay  - Yankee Institute

When Connecticut Mandates, Towns Pay  - Yankee Institute

Connecticut has a law requiring the state to estimate the local cost of mandates before lawmakers pass them. It has another law requiring the state to keep track of those mandates after they pass.  What it does not have is a general requirement that Hartford help towns cover the costs of the mandates it imposes.  A review of Connecticut’s annual state mandate reports, prepared by the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations…