Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05611 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5611
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1408
33 Referred to Committee on Public Health
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55 REP. FLEISCHMANN, 18th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND MONEYS RECEIVED FROM TOBACCO TAXES.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That the general statutes be amended to require that thirty-three per cent of all moneys that are (1) deposited in the Tobacco Settlement Fund, or (2) derived from taxes on tobacco products be allocated to programs that: (A) Relate to tobacco education, prevention and cessation programs, (B) promote pulmonary health, (C) reduce the incidence of asthma, and (D) expand access to health care for uninsured children and adults.
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2929 To ensure that state funds derived from the Tobacco Settlement Fund and taxes on tobacco products are allocated to programs that ameliorate the ill effects of such products.