General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5336
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 1622
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5336
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 1622
*01622_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BY MINORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-89a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) No person having possession of, or exercising dominion and control over, any dwelling unit or private property shall (1) knowingly, recklessly [,] or with criminal negligence [,] permit any minor to possess alcoholic liquor in violation of subsection (b) of section 30-89 in such dwelling unit or on such private property, or (2) knowing that any minor possesses alcoholic liquor in violation of subsection (b) of section 30-89 in such dwelling unit or on such private property, fail to make reasonable efforts to halt such possession. For the purposes of this subsection, "minor" means a person under twenty-one years of age.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 30-89a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
30-89a
Statement of Purpose:
To make technical changes to section 30-89a of the general statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]