Bill Text: CT HB05134 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Mandating The Establishment Of The Learn Here, Live Here Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce [HB05134 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05134-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5134

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 223

 

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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. BYRON, 27th Dist.

 

AN ACT MANDATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEARN HERE, LIVE HERE PROGRAM.

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

That section 32-4i of the general statutes be amended to require that the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development establish the Learn Here, Live Here program.

Statement of Purpose:

To require, rather than allow, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish the Learn Here, Live Here program, which would help students save toward a down payment on their first home in Connecticut by segregating a portion of their state income tax payments for up to ten years after they graduate.

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