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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6488
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR
PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4-28e of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2023): 3
(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023] 2024, 4
annual disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be 5
made as follows: (1) To the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an 6
amount equal to [twelve million] twenty-two million seven hundred 7
thousand dollars; and (2) the remainder to the General Fund. 8
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Mental 9
Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the 10
Commissioners of Consumer Protection, Revenue Services and Public 11
Health, shall convene a working group to evaluate the various 12
licensure fees, penalties and taxes related to the distribution and sale of 13
cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and 14
vapor products in the state and advise the Departments of Mental 15
Health and Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue 16
Services and Public Health of any recommendations for increasing 17
such fees, penalties and taxes to discourage the use of such products 18 Substitute Bill No. 6488
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and systems. Said commissioners shall select the members of the 19
working group, who shall include, but need not be limited to, 20
representatives of at least two organizations that administer tobacco 21
use cessation programs in the state. 22
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioners of Mental 23
Health and Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue 24
Services and Public Health shall jointly report, in accordance with the 25
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 26
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 27
relating to public health and finance, revenue and bonding on the 28
recommendations of the working group. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 4-28e(c)
Sec. 2 from passage New section
PH Joint Favorable Subst.