General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7306
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5665
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7306
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 5665
*05665_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESALE OF GIFT CERTIFICATES OBTAINED BY EXCHANGING STOLEN MERCHANDISE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) No person who operates a retail establishment that sells groceries or employee of such establishment may purchase a gift certificate from a secondary market source. For purposes of this section, "gift certificate" means gift certificate as defined in section 3-56a of the general statutes, and "secondary market source" is a person who sells or resells a gift certificate obtained through the exchange of merchandise with a retail establishment without a receipt for proof of purchase of such merchandise.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) No person who operates a retail establishment that sells groceries or employee of such establishment may sell or offer for sale at such establishment a gift certificate purchased in violation of section 1 of this act.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2017
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To criminalize the resale of fraudulently obtained gift certificates.
[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.]