Bill Text: CT HB05874 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Preventing The Labor Department From Unilaterally Instituting Unemployment Tax Increases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/24 [HB05874 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05874-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5874
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1796
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT PREVENTING THE LABOR DEPARTMENT FROM UNILATERALLY INSTITUTING UNEMPLOYMENT TAX INCREASES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Labor Department from implementing broad-based unemployment tax rate increases without the approval of the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide legislative oversight when the Labor Department seeks to implement unemployment tax rate increases.