Connecticut_Raised_Bill_1098
Raised Bill S.B. 1098, Session Year 2009, entitled "An Act Modifying Corporate Laws Relating to Certain Religious Corporations",[1] was a bill in the Connecticut General Assembly that would have applied solely to Roman Catholic parishes as civil corporations incorporated under the law of Connecticut. The bill, introduced in March 2009, was sponsored by Democratic state senators Mike Lawlor and Andrew J. McDonald. Its stated purpose was to "revise the corporate governance provisions applicable to the Roman Catholic Church and provide for the investigation of the misappropriation of funds by religious corporations."[1]
On March 10, 2009, the bill was tabled.