Bills Introduced to the Rhode Island Senate (Corporations Committee), February 8-10
Significant Rewrites with Statewide Impact
| S0178 | “No singular entity, company or qualified business” can receive more than 5 million dollars under the Economic Development Corporation Job Creation Guaranty Program. (Would this be related to Curt Schilling deal?) |
Targeted Changes with Statewide Impact
| S0179 | Prohibits a business from asking for any part of a person’s social security number as part of a transaction, unless it’s a type of business specifically allowed to by law. Companion to H5202 |
| S0180 | “All financial institutions and credit unions shall continuously maintain security video cameras covering all customer doors, automatic teller machines, and night deposit repositories.” (Comment: Quite a windfall, for vendors in the security camera business.) Companion to H5147 |
| S0265 | Public utilities commission approval is not required, if a telecommunications utility wants to offer a retail discount to business customers. |
Yes, S0178 is definitely a response to the Schilling deal. His $75m comes from the Job Creation Guaranty Program.