Bill Text: CT HB05084 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Workers' Compensation Insurance And Roof-mounted Solar Panels.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-07 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05084 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05084-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5084

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 56

 

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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE AND ROOF-MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to reduce workers' compensation insurance rates in the solar panel industry and to exempt companies providing roof-mounted solar panel services from the general licensing requirements imposed on companies that provide traditional roofing services.

Statement of Purpose:

To lessen the workers' compensation insurance burden for roof-mounted solar panel service providers and to exempt such providers from the general licensing requirements imposed on companies that provide traditional roofing services.

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