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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5141
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1211
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ENERGY DR INKS TO PERSONS
UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Dealer" means any person who is engaged in the business of 2
selling energy drinks to retail consumers in the state; 3
(2) "Energy drink" means a soft drink that contains (A) not less than 4
eighty milligrams of caffeine per nine fluid ounces, and (B) 5
methylxanthines, B vitamins, herbal ingredients or an ingredient 6
labeled as "energy blend"; 7
(3) "Person" means any individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership, 8
corporation, limited liability company, trust or association, however 9
formed; and 10
(4) "Sale" or "sell" means the act of exchanging an energy drink for 11
consideration. 12
(b) On and after January 1, 2021, no dealer shall sell an energy drink 13 Raised Bill No. 5141
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to an individual under sixteen years of age. Each dealer, or such dealer's 14
agent or employee, shall require any individual who is purchasing or 15
attempting to purchase an energy drink, whose age is in question, to 16
present a valid motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued 17
pursuant to section 1-1h of the general statutes or passport. If an 18
individual fails to present such valid license, card or passport, such 19
dealer or dealer's agent shall not sell an energy drink to such individual. 20
(c) On and after January 1, 2021, each dealer shall place and maintain, 21
in legible condition at each point of sale of energy drinks to consumers, 22
a notice that states that the sale of energy drinks to any individual under 23
sixteen years of age is prohibited by this section. 24
(d) Any dealer who violates the provisions of this section shall be (1) 25
issued a warning for the first offense, (2) fined not more than two 26
hundred dollars for the second offense if such offense occurs during the 27
twenty-four-month period following a first offense, and (3) fined not 28
more than three hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent offense. 29
(e) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall have the power 30
to enforce the provisions of this section. 31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the sale of energy drinks to persons younger than sixteen
years old.
[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.]