Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06760 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6760
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2180
 *02180*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6760 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2180

*02180*

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE 

Introduced by:

REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSCIENCE START-UPS FROM THE CORPORATION BUSINESS TAX.

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

That the general statutes be amended to exempt from the corporation business tax for five years any biotechnology or bioscience company that relocates from an academic business incubator facility, partnered with an accredited post-secondary educational institution located in the state, to another site located in the state.

Statement of Purpose: 

To help grow and encourage the formation of biotechnology and bioscience companies in Connecticut.