General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6082
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1518
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6082
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1518
*01518*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES TO EXPLAIN VIOLATIONS PRIOR TO IMPOSING FINES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 4 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require a state agency to provide, in writing, the cite to the specific regulation or statute violated prior to imposing a fine on any person for such violation and an explanation of how the violation can be corrected, and (2) provide that failure to provide such explanation shall make the fine null and void.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide transparency in agency regulatory and statutory enforcement.