General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5184 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 748 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5184 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 748 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXEMPTION FROM SALES AND USE TAX OF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 12-412 of the general statutes be amended to restore the clothing and footwear exemption fourteen months earlier than scheduled, beginning April 1, 2014. One hundred sixty-seven million six hundred thousand dollars from the state's excess revenue shall be dedicated to pay for restoring the exemption. Statement of Purpose: To provide tax relief for those items that are essential to our residents' everyday lives.