Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06693 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/30/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6693
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1520
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6693 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1520

*01520*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

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:

That title 4 of the general statutes be amended to require a state agency to suspend any civil penalty assessed against any business entity for a first-time violation of any provision of a regulation of such state agency, upon the request of such business entity, if the business entity takes remedial measures that completely correct the violation not later than thirty days after the assessment of such penalty.

Statement of Purpose: 

To permit businesses to remediate first-time regulatory violations without civil penalty if the remediation is done in a timely manner.