Bill Text: CT HB05707 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5707 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Unemployment Benefits And The State Unemployment Rate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05707 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05707-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5707*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1523

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to index the number of weeks that an individual shall be eligible to receive unemployment benefits to the state's unemployment rate.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the period of time that an individual may receive unemployment benefits to be related to the rate of unemployment in the state.