General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5923
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4826
*04826HB05923GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5923
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4826
*04826HB05923GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING FALSE OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING IN THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) Any person who advertises the price of alcoholic liquor as being other than that permitted under section 30-68m of the general statutes shall have engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce in violation of section 42-110b of the general statutes and shall be fined twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of such violation.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent advertising by alcoholic liquor retailers that suggests that discounts are being given for alcoholic liquor regulated by minimum bottle pricing.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
H.B. 5923