Bill Text: CT HB05040 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5040 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Commercial Drivers And Unemployment Compensation Benefits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05040 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05040-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5040*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 29

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 567 of the general statutes be amended to deny unemployment compensation benefits to individuals required to have a commercial drivers' license as part of their employment and who are subsequently discharged as a result of being denied a special operator's permit pursuant to section 14-37a of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow employers to control unemployment compensation costs by discharging commercial drivers who are denied a special operator's permit.