| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7306 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2017 *_____HB07306JUD___040717____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7306 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5665 | |
| 3 | + | *05665_______JUD* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (JUD) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 7306 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____HB07306JUD___040717____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 5665 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *05665_______JUD* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (JUD) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESALE OF GIFT CERTIFICATES OBTAINED BY EXCHANGING STOLEN MERCHANDISE. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | 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" | |
| 28 | + | 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. | |
| 17 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 30 | (b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. | |
| 19 | 31 | ||
| 20 | 32 | 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. | |
| 21 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 34 | (b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class E felony. | |
| 23 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 39 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 28 | 40 | Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section | |
| 29 | 41 | Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 New section | |
| 30 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 43 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 32 | 44 | ||
| 33 | 45 | Section 1 | |
| 34 | 46 | ||
| 35 | 47 | October 1, 2017 | |
| 36 | 48 | ||
| 37 | 49 | New section | |
| 38 | 50 | ||
| 39 | 51 | Sec. 2 | |
| 40 | 52 | ||
| 41 | 53 | October 1, 2017 | |
| 42 | 54 | ||
| 43 | 55 | New section | |
| 44 | 56 | ||
| 45 | - | Statement of | |
| 57 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 46 | 58 | ||
| 47 | - | ||
| 59 | + | To criminalize the resale of fraudulently obtained gift certificates. | |
| 48 | 60 | ||
| 49 | - | ||
| 50 | - | ||
| 51 | - | JUD Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 52 | - | ||
| 53 | - | JUD | |
| 54 | - | ||
| 55 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 61 | + | [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.] |