Bill Text: CT HB05756 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5756 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Standard Wage And Employers Receiving Assistance From State Economic Development Agencies.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-25 - Referred by House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05756 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05756-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5756*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 2533
		02533_______LAB
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT REQUIRING THE STANDARD WAGE BE PAID TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF EMPLOYERS WHO RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2014, and applicable to any agreement for financial assistance entered into on or after said date) (a) On and after January 1, 2014, if the state or any agency of the state, including, but not limited to, the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Connecticut Development Authority or Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, provides financial assistance to any business organization in an amount greater than or equal to five hundred thousand dollars, such providing agency shall require, as a condition of receiving such financial assistance, that (1) the business organization pay, to each employee providing food preparation or service, or both, or building, property or equipment services, as defined in section 31-57f of the general statutes, within a period of ten years from the date the business organization received such assistance, wages greater than or equal to the standard rate of wages paid by a required employer, as defined in said section 31-57f, to an employee performing such services pursuant to said section 31-57f, and (2) any contract entered into by the business organization for the provision of food preparation or service, or both, or building, property or equipment services, as defined in said section 31-57f, for a period of ten years from the date the business organization received such assistance, shall contain the following provision: "The wages paid on an hourly basis to any person providing food preparation or service, or both, or building, property or equipment services and the amount of payment or contribution paid or payable on behalf of each such person to any employee benefit fund, as defined in section 31-57f of the Connecticut general statutes, shall be at a rate greater than or equal to the standard rate of wages paid by a required employer, as defined in said section 31-57f, to an employee performing such services pursuant to said section 31-57f."

(b) If a business organization receiving financial assistance in an amount greater than or equal to five hundred thousand dollars from the state or any agency of the state, including, but not limited to, the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Connecticut Development Authority or Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, fails to pay any employee providing such services at a rate greater than or equal to the standard rate of wages, as required by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or fails to contract for the payment of employees at a rate greater than or equal to the standard rate of wages, as required by subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the full amount of any financial assistance received and a penalty of five per cent of such amount shall be repaid by the business organization to the providing agency. For purposes of this section, "financial assistance" includes, but is not limited to, all forms of loans, grants, guarantees and tax abatements.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2014, and applicable to any agreement for financial assistance entered into on or after said date	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require any business organization receiving financial assistance from a state economic development entity to pay the standard wage to certain employees.

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