General Assembly Raised Bill No. 193
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1453
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 193
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1453
*01453_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT INCREASING THE POPULATION THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PACKAGE STORE PERMITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-14a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017, and applicable to new permits issued on and after said date):
A package store permit may be renewed by the person to whom it was issued or by any person who is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit and who meets the requirements of this chapter concerning eligibility for a liquor permit. Commencing June 8, 1986, the Department of Consumer Protection may issue one package store permit for every [twenty-five] seven thousand five hundred residents of a town as determined by the most recently completed decennial census. The department may authorize the holder of such permit to remove his permit premises to a location in another town provided such removal complies with the provisions of this chapter.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2017, and applicable to new permits issued on and after said date 30-14a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2017, and applicable to new permits issued on and after said date
30-14a
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the population threshold requirement for the issuance of a package store permit.
[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.]