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- Summary:
- This bill establishes a sales tax on the sale of ammunition at a rate of fifty per cent on the entire sales price, except such sales tax shall not apply to the sale of ammunition at a firing or shooting...
- Topic:
- Guns / Firearms
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- The act makes numerous changes in the laws governing firearms and expands mental health services. The major changes pertain to assault weapons, handguns (pistols and revolvers), long guns (rifles and...
- Topic:
- Guns / Firearms, Mental Health
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill increases the minimum fair wage by July 1, 2013 to not less than $9 per hour with an increase by July 1, 2014 to not less than $9.75 per hour. The bill also requires the Labor Commissioner to...
- Topic:
- Wages and Compensation
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This 2013 report from Demos provides a summary of impacts of Connecticut's public financing system, which was implemented beginning in 2008. The system was created by 2005 Connecticut Public Act 5, an...
- Topic:
- Campaign Finance
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Demos
- Summary:
- The traditional property tax penalizes owners with higher taxes when they construct, improve or maintain buildings. It rewards owners with lower taxes when they allow buildings to deteriorate. Owners of...
- Topic:
- Taxation - Property, Taxation - Property, Taxation - Property
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Center for the Study of Economics
- Summary:
- This bill defines the high tide line for the tidal, coastal and navigable waters of the state in order to provide greater certainty in the field determination of such boundary for both the regulatory and...
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Land Use
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill makes several changes to the Coastal Management Act (CMA), including: adding to CMA's general goals and policies consideration of (a) private property owners' rights when developing, preserving, or...
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Land Use
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill increases the minimum wage by $0.50 in each of the next two years, then provides for annual increases with inflation.
- Topic:
- Wages and Compensation
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This act extends eligibility for the pretrial psychiatric disabilities diversionary program to veterans with mental health conditions amenable to treatment, even if they do not have a psychiatric disability,...
- Topic:
- Sentencing, Mental Health
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This act provides for use of marijuana for medical reasons and allows licensed dispensaries. It prohibits employment discrimination against legal users of medical marijuana; however employers are not...
- Topic:
- Pharmaceuticals, Job Protection and Retention
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature