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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1470 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5853 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1470 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND |
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| 11 | 11 | | BONDING |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. CANDELARIA, 95 |
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| 16 | 16 | | th Dist. |
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| 22 | 22 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETAIL SALE AND TAXATION OF |
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| 23 | 23 | | MARIJUANA. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 25 | 25 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 27 | 27 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) provide for the retail sale 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of marijuana to individuals twenty-one years of age and older, and (2) 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | provide for the taxation of such sales and specify that marijuana sold for 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | palliative use shall be exempt from such tax and from the sales and use 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | taxes. The revenue generated from such tax shall be dedicated as 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | follows: (A) Thirty per cent to (i) provide drug awareness education and 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | substance abuse treatment and to fund efforts to curb the abuse of 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | opioid drugs and other harmful substances, (ii) fund programs that test 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | retail marijuana for illicit substances and potency, (iii) fund a study of 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the impact of marijuana legalization and consumption, (iv) fund the 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | placement of drug prevention officers in schools, and (v) establish a 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | public outreach campaign to prevent distracted driving and driving 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | while under the influence of marijuana; (B) twenty-five per cent to 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | provide services for the homeless, including for security deposits and 14 Proposed Bill No. 5853 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 1470 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | rental assistance; (C) ten per cent to be distributed to municipalities in 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | which a marijuana retailer is located; (D) fifteen per cent to be 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | distributed to local and regional school districts for the municipalities in 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | which a marijuana retailer is located; and (E) twenty per cent to provide 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | working capital to certain applicants for marijuana retailer licenses. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 51 | 51 | | To provide for the retail sale of marijuana, the taxation of such sales and |
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| 52 | 52 | | the use of revenue generated from such tax. |
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