Bill Text: CT HB06916 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Penalties For Accepting Overpayment Of Unemployment Benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB06916 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06916-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6916
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2773
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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.