Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00017 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/06/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 17
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 192
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 17 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 192

*00192*

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 

Introduced by:

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND THE SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to reduce the workers' compensation insurance rates for companies providing roof-mounted solar energy services by differentiating such companies from companies that provide traditional roofing services.

Statement of Purpose: 

To better align workers' compensation insurance rates in the solar energy industry with the actual risk exposure and to provide financial relief to solar energy companies in order to promote a new and growing industry.