Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01077 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1077
2	2	January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4791
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4	4	Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 1077
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12	12	January Session, 2015
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14	14	LCO No. 4791
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16	16	04791_______GL_
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18	18	Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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20	20	Introduced by:
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22	22	(GL)
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING LIQUOR PERMIT OWNERSHIP AND THE NUMBER OF OWNERS AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH PERMITS.
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26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. Section 30-48a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2016):
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30	30	(a) No person, and no backer as defined in section 30-1, shall, except as hereinafter provided, acquire an interest in more than [three] six alcoholic beverage retail permits, but nothing herein shall (1) require any such person who had, on June 8, 1981, such interest in more than two such permits to surrender, dispose of or release his or her interest in any such permit or permits nor shall it affect his or her right to continue to hold, use and renew such permits, or (2) prohibit any such person who had, on June 8, 1981, such interest in more than two such permits from transferring his or her interest in such permits by inter vivos or testamentary disposition, including living trusts, to his or her spouse or child, or such spouse's or child's living trust or prohibit such spouse or child from accepting such a transfer notwithstanding that such spouse or child may already hold another permit issued under the provisions of this chapter. Any such permit so transferred may be renewed by such transferee under the provisions of section 30-14a. Except as provided in subdivision (1), a person shall be deemed to acquire an interest in a retail permit if an interest is owned by such person, such person's spouse, children, partners, or an estate, trust, or corporation controlled by such person or such person's spouse, children, or any combination thereof. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any such interest without regard to whether such interest is a controlling interest. For the purposes of this subsection, "person" means (A) an individual, (B) a corporation or any subsidiary of a corporation, or (C) any combination of corporations or individuals any of whom, or any combination of whom, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than five per cent of any entity which is a backer as defined in said section 30-1.
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32	32	(b) A retail permit for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section means a package store liquor permit or a druggist liquor permit.
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34	34	(c) Membership in any organization which is or may become the holder of a club permit shall not constitute acquisition of an interest in a retail permit.
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36	36	(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section or of any regulation issued pursuant hereto shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars and any permit issued in violation of this section shall be revoked.
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41	41	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
42	42	Section 1 January 1, 2016 30-48a
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44	44	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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46	46	Section 1
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48	48	January 1, 2016
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50	50	30-48a
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52	52	Statement of Purpose:
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54	54	To increase the number of authorized alcoholic beverage retail permits from three to six.
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56	56	[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.]