Bill Text: CT SB00697 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning An Entrepreneur Learner's Permit Program.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-02 - Senate Recommitted to Commerce [SB00697 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00697-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 4360 | ||
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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE |
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AN ACT CONCERNING AN ENTREPRENEUR LEARNER'S PERMIT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) The Department of Economic and Community Development, through its Office of Small Business Affairs established pursuant to section 32-9n of the general statutes, shall develop and implement an Entrepreneur Learner's Permit program to assist individuals seeking to form new businesses in the state. Under such program, the Office of Small Business Affairs shall issue Entrepreneur Learner's Permits, which shall provide the holder of such permit with a waiver of any state or municipal filing, permitting or licensing fees associated with the formation of a new business in the state. An Entrepreneur Learner's Permit shall be valid for not more than two years following its date of issuance.
(b) The department shall not award an Entrepreneur Learner's Permit to any individual who (1) has previously received an Entrepreneur Learner's Permit, or (2) is or has been a principal of any business formed in connection with an Entrepreneur Learner's Permit.
(c) The department shall reimburse a municipality for the value of any municipal filing, permitting or licensing fees waived for holders of Entrepreneur Learner's Permits.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2015 |
New section |
CE |
Joint Favorable C/R |
GAE |
GAE |
Joint Favorable |
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FIN |
Joint Favorable |