General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5366
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 602
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5366
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 602
*00602*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist.
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND FOR-PROFIT DELIVERY SERVICE COURIER COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 31-222 of the general statutes be amended to ensure that the provisions of chapter 567 of the general statutes shall not apply to services performed by the operator of a motor vehicle transporting property for compensation pursuant to an agreement with a contracting party if (1) the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand pounds, or (2) the service is provided to a for-profit delivery service courier company as defined in the June 7, 1994, Declaratory Ruling issued by the Labor Department and certain other statutory requirements are satisfied.
Statement of Purpose:
To standardize the regulation of messenger carrier services.