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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2828 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6046 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2828 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR |
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| 19 | 19 | | CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ENGAGE IN UNLICENSED TOBACCO |
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| 20 | 20 | | AND CANNABIS SALES. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | That the general statutes be amended to provide that any 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | convenience store that engages in the unlicensed sale of any tobacco, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tobacco product, cannabis or cannabis product shall (1) for a second 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | offense during any twelve-month period, be required to pay a fine in an 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | amount that is twice the amount of the initial fine imposed on such 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | convenience store during such period, (2) for a third offense during any 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | twelve-month period, (A) be required to pay a fine in an amount that is 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | triple the amount of the initial fine imposed on such convenience store 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | during such period, and (B) cease operations for five days, (3) for a 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | fourth offense during any twelve-month period, (A) be required to pay 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | a fine in an amount that is triple the amount of the initial fine imposed 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | on such convenience store during such period, and (B) cease operations 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | for thirty days, and (4) for a fifth offense during any twelve-month 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | period, permanently cease operations. 14 Proposed Bill No. 6046 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 2828 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 43 | 43 | | To establish additional penalties for convenience stores that engage in |
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| 44 | 44 | | unlicensed tobacco and cannabis sales. |
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