Bill Text: CT HB05366 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Eligibility For Unemployment Compensation And For-profit Delivery Service Courier Companies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/24 [HB05366 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05366-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5366
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 602
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND FOR-PROFIT DELIVERY SERVICE COURIER COMPANIES.

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

That subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 31-222 of the general statutes be amended to ensure that the provisions of chapter 567 of the general statutes shall not apply to services performed by the operator of a motor vehicle transporting property for compensation pursuant to an agreement with a contracting party if (1) the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand pounds, or (2) the service is provided to a for-profit delivery service courier company as defined in the June 7, 1994, Declaratory Ruling issued by the Labor Department and certain other statutory requirements are satisfied.

Statement of Purpose:

To standardize the regulation of messenger carrier services.