General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6506
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4511
*04511HB06506VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6506
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4511
*04511HB06506VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT WAIVING CERTAIN VETERANS' RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STEP-UP PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 31-3pp of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(c) (1) An eligible small business may apply to the department for a grant to subsidize on-the-job training and compensation for a new employee, where "new employee" means a person who (A) was unemployed immediately prior to employment, regardless of whether such person collected unemployment compensation benefits as a result of such unemployment, (B) (i) is a resident of a municipality that has [(i)] (I) an unemployment rate that is equal to or higher than the state unemployment rate as of September 1, 2011, or [(ii)] (II) a population of eighty thousand or more, or (ii) is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, and (C) has a family income equal to or less than two hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level, adjusted for family size. "New employee" does not include a person who was employed in this state by a related person with respect to the eligible small business during the prior twelve months or a person employed on a temporary or seasonal basis by a retailer, as defined in section 42-371. No small business shall be eligible for a grant under this section for a new employee if such new employee is hired to replace a worker who (i) is currently employed by such small business, or (ii) was terminated by such small business, unless such small business demonstrates just cause for such replacement or termination, if applicable.
(2) Grants to eligible small businesses under the Subsidized Training and Employment program shall be in the following amounts: (A) For the first thirty calendar days a new employee is employed, one hundred per cent of an amount representing the hourly wage of such new employee, exclusive of any benefits, but in no event shall such amount exceed twenty dollars per hour; (B) for the thirty-first to ninetieth, inclusive, calendar days, seventy-five per cent of such amount; (C) for the ninety-first to one hundred fiftieth, inclusive, calendar days, fifty per cent of such amount; and (D) for the one hundred fifty-first to one hundred eightieth, inclusive, calendar days, twenty-five per cent of such amount. Grants shall be cancelled as of the date the new employee leaves employment with the eligible small business.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 31-3pp(c)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
31-3pp(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit veterans to participate in the state's Subsidized Training and Employment program regardless of residency.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.
H.B. 6506