HB 7376 — AN ACT CONCERNING NEXUS PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DISASTER-RELATED OR EMERGENCY-RELATED WORK PERFORMED IN THE STATE.

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7376 January Session, 2019 ANLCO ACTNo. CONCERNING NEXUS PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DISASTER-RELATED OR EMERGENCY-RELATED WORK PERFORMED IN THE STATE.

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(FIN) AN ACT CONCERNING NEXUS PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DISASTER-RELATED OR EMERGENCY-RELATED WORK PERFORMED IN THE STATE.

(1) "Public service company" andhas "telecommunications company" have the same meaningsmeaning as provided in section 16-1 of the general statutes;

(2) "Critical infrastructure" means real property and tangible personal property, including, but not limited to, buildings, conduits, lines, fiber optic cables, poles, pipes, structures and equipment, owned or used by a public service company or a telecommunications company to generate, transmit or distribute such company's product or service in the state;

(3) "State disaster or emergency" means a disaster or an emergency event for which (A) the Governor has issued a proclamation of a disaster or an emergency pursuant to chapter 517 of the general statutes, or (B) the President of the United States has issued a declarationLCO ofNo. the existence in the state of a major disaster or an emergency;

LCO5580 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-07376-R0111 of 4 HB.docxRaised Substitute Bill No.No.7376 declaration of the existence in the state of a major disaster or an emergency;

7376 (4) "Disaster-related or emergency-related work" means repairing, renovating, installing, constructing or rendering services to critical infrastructure in the state that has been damaged, impaired or destroyed by a state disaster or emergency;

(5) "Disaster response period" means the period (A) commencing tenon calendar days prior to the date of issuance of the proclamation or declaration of a state disaster or emergency, and (B) ending sixty calendar days after the Governor has proclaimed or the President has declared, as applicable, the end of such disaster or emergency;

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of title 12 of the general statutes or subsection (c) of section 14-34a of the general statutes, no out-of- state business or out-of-state employee who is present in the state or conducts operations in the state, to perform disaster-related or LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-073762 of 4 R01-HB.docx } Substitute Bill No.

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(2) The Secretary of the State may request a registered business that isLCO anNo. affiliate of such out-of-state business to provide the written statement and information set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

Such5580 registered3 business shall also include the registered business's name, principal business address, telephone number and LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-073763 of 4 R01-HB.docxRaised } Substitute Bill No.

7376 electronicis mailan address.affiliate of such out-of-state business to provide the written statement and information set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

Such registered business shall also include the registered business's name, principal business address, telephone number and electronic mail address.

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