General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5431
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 1819
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5431
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 1819
*01819_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES IMPOSED ON CERTAIN BUSINESS ENTITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) (a) For purposes of this section, "state agency" means any department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency of state government and "business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or any other similar form of business organization.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a state agency shall suspend any civil penalty assessed against any business entity for a violation of any provision of a regulation of such state agency, if the business entity (1) is a first-time violator of such provision, and (2) takes remedial measures to completely correct the violation not later than thirty days after the assessment of such penalty.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2014 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2014
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit businesses to remediate first-time regulatory violations without civil penalty if such remediation is done in a timely manner.
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