General Assembly Raised Bill No. 906
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3202
*03202_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 906
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3202
*03202_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING DIRECT DEPOSIT OF WAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 31-71b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, each employer, or the agent or representative of an employer, shall pay weekly all moneys due each employee on a regular pay day, designated in advance by the employer, in cash, by negotiable checks or, upon an employee's written request, by credit to such employee's account in any bank that has agreed with the employer to accept such wage deposits. Any electronic direct deposit of wages to an employee's account in any bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed to accept such payment shall be electronically identified by the depositor as a deposit of wages.
(2) Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, the Comptroller shall, as soon as is practicable, pay all wages due each state employee, as defined in section 5-196, by electronic direct deposit to such employee's account in any bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed with the Comptroller to accept such wage deposits.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 31-71b(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
31-71b(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit direct deposits of wages to be identifiable as wages.
[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.]