Bill Text: CT SB00017 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Workers' Compensation And The Solar Energy Industry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-23 - Public Hearing 01/29 [SB00017 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00017-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 17*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 192
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND THE SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to reduce the workers' compensation insurance rates for companies providing roof-mounted solar energy services by differentiating such companies from companies that provide traditional roofing services.

Statement of Purpose:

To better align workers' compensation insurance rates in the solar energy industry with the actual risk exposure and to provide financial relief to solar energy companies in order to promote a new and growing industry.