General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1155
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4285
*04285_______FIN*
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
(FIN)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1155
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 4285
*04285_______FIN*
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
(FIN)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN A TOBACCO ARBITRATION PROCEEDING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4-28o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) (1) The commissioner may disclose to the Attorney General any information received under sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, and requested by the Attorney General for purposes of determining compliance with and enforcing the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive. The commissioner and the Attorney General shall share with each other the information received under sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, and may share such information with other federal, state or local agencies only for purposes of enforcement of the provisions of sections 4-28h to 4-28r, inclusive, or corresponding laws of other states.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-15, the commissioner may disclose to the Attorney General any returns or return information, as defined in section 12-15, received pursuant to this chapter or chapter 214 or 214a, when such returns or return information is relevant to any arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding to which the state is a party, created or authorized under the terms of the Master Settlement Agreement, as defined in section 4-28h, or any amendments to said agreement. The Attorney General may further disclose such returns or return information in such arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 4-28o(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
4-28o(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Department of Revenue Services to disclose to the Attorney General certain information relevant to an arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding brought under the Master Settlement Agreement between cigarette manufacturers and the states, and to allow the Attorney General to disclose that information in such proceeding.
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