General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6916
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2773
*02773*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6916
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2773
*02773*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR ACCEPTING OVERPAYMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subsection (f) of section 31-273 of the general statutes be amended to increase the threshold amount for imposition of a (1) class A misdemeanor from five hundred dollars to one thousand three hundred dollars or less for overpayment of a benefit, contribution or payment, and (2) class D felony from more than five hundred dollars to more than one thousand three hundred dollars for overpayment of a benefit, contribution or payment.
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the penalties for accepting overpayment of unemployment benefits.