AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE OF HELICOPTERS USED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official status shows the bill was referred to a committee; it has not yet been enacted into law based on the provided text.

Funding for Search and Rescue Helicopter Maintenance

This bill provides $300,000 to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection so it can help maintain helicopters used for search and rescue operations throughout the state.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $300,000 from the General Fund.
• Sends this money to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
• Designates the funds for the New Milford Police Department to maintain helicopters used in search and rescue operations throughout the state.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
• The New Milford Police Department

Limits and Unknowns

• This funding is only for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
• The bill does not specify which helicopters will be maintained or how many there are.

Official Summary Text

To provide critical funding for helicopter search and rescue.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 272 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5047
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 272

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE OF
HELICOPTERS USED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars be appropriated to 1
the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, from the 2
General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, for the New 3
Milford Police Department to maintain helicopters used for search and 4
rescue operations throughout the state. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To provide critical funding for helicopter search and rescue.