General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5925
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4829
*04829HB05925GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5925
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4829
*04829HB05925GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF THE ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR MINIMUM BOTTLE LAW.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) In addition to the penalties otherwise provided in title 30 of the general statutes, any holder of a permit issued pursuant to said title who intentionally sells alcoholic liquor at a price that is not authorized by section 30-68m of the general statutes shall: (1) 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 be subject to enforcement actions and civil penalties under chapter 735a of the general statutes, (2) have each permit held by such holder suspended for ten days by the Department of Consumer Protection, and (3) be fined not less than fifty thousand dollars per day that such intentional selling of alcoholic liquor occurs.
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 increase the penalties for intentional violation of minimum bottle provisions.
[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. 5925