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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6111
8		-	January Session, 2019
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6111
	7	+	January Session, 2019
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF AUTOMATIC D IRECT
15		-	PAYCHECK DEPOSIT PRO GRAMS.
	11	+	Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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	19	+	AN ACT AUTHORIZING EMPLOYERS TO ENROLL EMPLOYEES IN
	20	+	DIRECT PAYCHECK DEPO SIT PROGRAMS.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Labor Commissioner shall 1
20		-	study whether employers with twenty-five or more employees should 2
21		-	automatically enroll their employees into direct paycheck deposit 3
22		-	programs and whether any such enrolled employees should have the 4
23		-	option to opt out of such programs and elect to be paid by either cash 5
24		-	or check. 6
25		-	(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Labor Commissioner shall 7
26		-	report the results of the study completed pursuant to subsection (a) of 8
27		-	this section, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 9
28		-	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 10
29		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor. 11
	24	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any other 1
	25	+	provision of the general statutes, an employer with twenty-five or 2
	26	+	more employees may automatically enroll its employees into a direct 3
	27	+	paycheck deposit program. Any such enrolled employee may opt out 4
	28	+	of such program and elect to be paid by either cash or check. 5
30	29		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
31	30		sections:
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33	32		Section 1 from passage New section
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35		-	LAB Joint Favorable Subst.
	34	+	Statement of Purpose:
	35	+	To allow employers to control their costs of doing business by
	36	+	allowing them to automatically enroll their employees into direct
	37	+	paycheck deposit programs.
	38	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	39	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	40	+	not underlined.]
	41	+	Committee Bill No. 6111
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	47	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.
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	49	+	H.B. 6111
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