General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5017 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 140 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. HOVEY, 112th Dist. REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5017 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 140 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. HOVEY, 112th Dist. REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES TAX VENDOR DISCOUNT PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to establish a sales tax vendor discount program to allow a retailer that collects the sales tax to keep not more than five per cent of the amount that such retailer collects in sales tax. Statement of Purpose: To compensate retailers for the administrative cost of collecting the sales tax.