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77 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6488
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1414 AN ACT CONCERNING CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
1515 ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR
1616 PRODUCTS.
1717 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1818 Assembly convened:
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2020 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4-28e of the general statutes is 1
21-repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
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21+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
22+1, 2023): 3
2323 (c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023] 2024, 4
24-annual disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be made 5
25-as follows: (1) To the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an amount equal 6
26-to [twelve million] twenty-two million seven hundred thousand dollars; 7
27-and (2) the remainder to the General Fund. 8
28-Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health 9
29-and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the Commissioners of 10
30-Consumer Protection, Revenue Services and Public Health, shall 11
31-convene a working group to evaluate the various licensure fees, 12
32-penalties and taxes related to the distribution and sale of cigarettes, 13
33-tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor 14
34-products in the state and advise the Departments of Mental Health and 15
35-Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue Services and Public 16
36-Health of any recommendations for increasing such fees, penalties and 17 Substitute Bill No. 6488
24+annual disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be 5
25+made as follows: (1) To the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an 6
26+amount equal to [twelve million] twenty-two million seven hundred 7
27+thousand dollars; and (2) the remainder to the General Fund. 8
28+Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Mental 9
29+Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the 10
30+Commissioners of Consumer Protection, Revenue Services and Public 11
31+Health, shall convene a working group to evaluate the various 12
32+licensure fees, penalties and taxes related to the distribution and sale of 13
33+cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and 14
34+vapor products in the state and advise the Departments of Mental 15
35+Health and Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue 16
36+Services and Public Health of any recommendations for increasing 17
37+such fees, penalties and taxes to discourage the use of such products 18 Substitute Bill No. 6488
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43-taxes to discourage the use of such products and systems. Said 18
44-commissioners shall select the members of the working group, who 19
45-shall include, but need not be limited to, representatives of at least two 20
46-organizations that administer tobacco use cessation programs in the 21
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44+and systems. Said commissioners shall select the members of the 19
45+working group, who shall include, but need not be limited to, 20
46+representatives of at least two organizations that administer tobacco 21
47+use cessation programs in the state. 22
4848 (b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioners of Mental 23
49-Health and Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue Services 24
50-and Public Health shall jointly report, in accordance with the provisions 25
51-of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees 26
52-of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 27
53-health and finance, revenue and bonding on the recommendations of 28
54-the working group. 29
49+Health and Addiction Services, Consumer Protection, Revenue 24
50+Services and Public Health shall jointly report, in accordance with the 25
51+provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 26
52+committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 27
53+relating to public health and finance, revenue and bonding on the 28
54+recommendations of the working group. 29
5555 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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5858 Section 1 July 1, 2023 4-28e(c)
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