General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5082
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 199
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5082
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 199
*00199*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR THE FALSIFICATION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT APPLICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to institute an unpaid suspension of not less than two months and a loss of seniority for any state employee who is found to have falsified an application for public benefits.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide financial relief to the state and to discourage public benefit fraud by state employees.