Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00842 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 842
2		-	January Session, 2011 _____SB00842CE_APP022511____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 842
	2	+	January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2540
	3	+	02540_______CE_
	4	+	Referred to Committee on Commerce
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(CE)
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 842
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 842
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8	12		January Session, 2011
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10		-	~~_____SB00842CE_APP022511____~~
	14	+	LCO No. 2540
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12		-	AN ACT REQUIRING JOB IMPACT STATEMENTS ON CERTAIN LEGISLATION CHOSEN BY LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.
	16	+	02540_______CE_
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on Commerce
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(CE)
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	24	+	AN ACT REQUIRING JOBS IMPACT STATEMENTS ON LEGISLATION AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. ~~(NEW)~~ (Effective October 1, ~~2012~~) (a) At each regular session of the General Assembly, prior to the proposed bill deadline, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate shall submit a list of legislation concepts to the Office of Fiscal Analysis that may be the subject of a request for a job impact statement. The majority leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate may each identify not more than eight concepts on the list submitted pursuant to this subsection, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and Senate may each identify not more than four concepts on the list submitted pursuant to this subsection.
	28	+	Section 1. Section 2-24a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
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18		-	(b) ~~At each regular session~~ of the ~~General Assembly,~~ after the last joint favorable deadline of any joint standing committee, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate may require a job impact statement be appended to a bill reported favorably by any committee. The majority leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate may each identify not more than four bills for a job impact statement, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and Senate may each identify not more than two bills for a job impact statement. Any bill identified as a bill requiring a job impact statement pursuant to this section shall ~~not~~ be acted upon by either house of the General Assembly ~~until~~ such ~~impact statement is appended thereto~~. ~~Each job impact statement~~ shall identify the ~~potential effect on employment, including the number of jobs lost or gained,~~ and ~~shall, where possible, identify the additional costs~~ to ~~the employer, per employee, created by the bill. For the purposes of this subsection, "employer" shall mean any person engaged in business who has employees, including~~ the state and ~~any political subdivision~~ of the ~~state~~.
	30	+	(a) No bill without a fiscal note appended thereto which, if passed, would require the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue in the current fiscal year or any of the next ensuing five fiscal years shall be acted upon by either house of the General Assembly unless said requirement of a fiscal note is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of such house. Such fiscal note shall clearly identify the cost and revenue impact to the state and municipalities in the current fiscal year and in each of the next ensuing five fiscal years.
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20		-	(c) ~~Not later than January 1, 2013, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall make recommendations for~~ a ~~provision to be included~~ in ~~the joint rules~~ of ~~the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure for the preparation of such job impact statements, the methodology used to calculate such impact on~~ jobs in the state ~~and~~ the ~~content~~ of such ~~statements~~.
	32	+	(b) No bill without a jobs impact statement appended thereto which, if passed, would result in a gain or loss of jobs in the state or have an effect on unemployment in the current fiscal year or any of the next ensuing five fiscal years shall be acted upon by either house of the General Assembly unless such requirement of a jobs impact statement is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of such house. Such jobs impact statement shall identify the potential effect on unemployment, including the number of jobs lost or gained, and shall, where possible, identify the additional costs to the employer per employee created by the bill. For the purposes of this subsection, "employer" shall mean any person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.
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25	37		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
26		-	Section 1 October 1, ~~2012 New section~~
	38	+	Section 1 October 1, 2011 2-24a
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28	40		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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30	42		Section 1
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32		-	October 1, ~~2012~~
	44	+	October 1, 2011
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34		-	~~New section~~
	46	+	2-24a
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	48	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	50	+	To require jobs impact statements to accompany every legislative proposal that has an effect on employment.
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38		-	CE Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP
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40		-	CE
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42		-	Joint Favorable Subst. C/R
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44		-	APP
	52	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]