General Assembly Committee Bill No. 759
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3355
*03355SB00759CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 759
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3355
*03355SB00759CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE WAIVER OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS REGULATION VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on or before January 1, 2014, the Departments of Economic and Community Development, Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health shall jointly establish procedures to abate any fine or penalty assessed after January 1, 2014, against a business by any said department for a first time violation of a noncriminal regulation when such business takes full remedial measures not later than thirty days after such assessment.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit businesses to remediate regulatory violations without penalty if such violations are resolved in a timely manner.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.
S.B. 759