October 26, 2017

Yaccarino Supports Passage of State Budget

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HARTFORD –State Representative Dave Yaccarino voted for a bipartisan budget that averts Gov. Malloy’s devastating education cuts to cities and towns and installs structural municipal mandate reform that will provide long-term relief sought by local leaders and the taxpayers they serve. “No budget is perfect and even this one included some material that I was not pleased with, but it’s important to note that this budget does contain much good. This budget is a compromise that seeks to achieve the most good for the most people and moves Connecticut in a new direction. More importantly, restores most the municipal aid and education funding to North Haven that would have been drastically cut by the governor just a few months back.”

Budget highlights include:

Enacts the constitutional spending cap that was first approved by voters in 1992
Imposes a $1.9 billion cap on bonding, $500 million less than what was bonded last year
Restores municipal aid and education funding
Protects core social services
Supports seniors and tax cuts on retirees
Imposes a state employee hiring freeze
Requires mandatory votes on union contracts by the legislature
Provides municipal mandate relief and prevailing wage reform, raising the threshold from $400,000 to $1 million
Phases in tax reductions on pensions and social security

The budget also stopped proposals which would have raised taxes on our residents including:

No sales tax increase
No income tax increase
No tax on cell phones
No restaurant tax
No business tax increase
Does not shift teachers pensions on to municipalities
No tolls

The plan passed the Senate 33-3 Wednesday evening and by 126-23 in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The budget awaits action from the governor.

Rep. Yaccarino stated that constituents can feel free to contact him with any questions at Dave.Yaccarino@housegop.ct.gov.

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