Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05226 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/05/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5226
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 560
 *00560*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5226 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 560

*00560*

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE 

Introduced by:

REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.

AN ACT MANDATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEARN HERE, LIVE HERE PROGRAM.

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

That section 32-4i of the general statutes be amended to require that the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development establish the Learn Here, Live Here program.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish the Learn Here, Live Here program, which helps students save toward a down payment on their first home in Connecticut by segregating a portion of their state income tax payments for up to ten years after they graduate.