Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00321 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 321
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1581
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 321 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1581

Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW 

Introduced by:

SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR GAS STATIONS AND GROCERY STORES TO PURCHASE EMERGENCY GENERATORS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide incentives for gas stations and grocery stores to purchase emergency generators, by creating a program offering low interest state loans to such businesses for such purchases and by establishing a ten per cent exemption on the property tax of the generator for the first five years following purchase.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide incentives for certain retailers to purchase emergency generators to keep vital businesses open during a period of loss of power.