A1480

Suspends fines for first-time paperwork violations by small businesses.

This bill would suspend the assessment of fines against small businesses for certain minor first-time paperwork violations. A small business is defined as a business entity employing 50 full-time employees or fewer and qualifying as a small business concern under federal law. Fines would not be suspended if the violation has the potential to cause serious harm to the public interest, failure to impose a fine would impede criminal activity detection, the violation concerns tax or debt collection, the violation was not corrected within six months of notification, or the violation presents a.