General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 548 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1961 Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security Introduced by: SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist. REP. RITTER E., 38th Dist. (By Request) General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 548 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1961 Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security Introduced by: SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist. REP. RITTER E., 38th Dist. (By Request) AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE SALES TAX FOR AUCTION SALES MADE DURING A FUNDRAISING EVENT HELD BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to exclude from sales tax all sales of tangible personal property by a professional auctioneer hired by a nonprofit organization to work at a fundraising or social event. Statement of Purpose: To expand the sales tax exemption for sales by a nonprofit corporation to include sales of tangible personal property by an auctioneer hired by the nonprofit corporation to conduct an auction at a fundraising or social event.