| 14 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 15 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 23 | | |
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| 17 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 1 |
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| 18 | 25 | | (1) "Consumer" means an individual who is (A) physically present in 2 |
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| 19 | 26 | | this state, and (B) a prospective purchaser of a ticket to a motion picture 3 |
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| 20 | 27 | | exhibition conducted at a motion picture theater in this state; 4 |
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| 21 | 28 | | (2) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater or screening room 5 |
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| 22 | 29 | | used to exhibit a motion picture; and 6 |
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| 23 | 30 | | (3) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, 7 |
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| 24 | 31 | | partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, business 8 |
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| 25 | 32 | | trust or other legal entity. 9 |
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| 26 | 33 | | (b) Each advertisement that is published, aired, displayed or 10 |
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| 27 | 34 | | disseminated by or on behalf of a person who owns or operates a motion 11 |
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| 28 | 35 | | picture theater in this state shall, if such advertisement is directed at 12 |
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| 29 | 36 | | consumers, is intended to promote attendance at a motion picture 13 |
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| 30 | 37 | | exhibition conducted at such motion picture theater and states the 14 |
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| 37 | | - | "The actual movie start time may be ten or more minutes after the 17 |
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| 38 | | - | movie start time set forth in this advertisement.". 18 |
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| 39 | | - | (c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 19 |
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| 40 | | - | regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 20 |
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| 41 | | - | general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. 21 |
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| 42 | | - | (d) Any person who publishes, airs, displays or disseminates an 22 |
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| 43 | | - | advertisement that does not contain the statement required under 23 |
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| 44 | | - | subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred 24 |
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| 45 | | - | dollars per violation. 25 |
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| 43 | + | scheduled start time for the motion picture exhibition, separately state: 15 |
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| 44 | + | (1) The scheduled start time for the motion picture featured in such 16 |
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| 45 | + | exhibition; and 17 |
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| 46 | + | (2) The scheduled start time for the advertisements and motion 18 |
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| 47 | + | picture trailers preceding the motion picture featured in such exhibition. 19 |
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| 48 | + | (c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 20 |
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| 49 | + | regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 21 |
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| 50 | + | general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. 22 |
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| 51 | + | (d) Any person who publishes, airs, displays or disseminates an 23 |
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| 52 | + | advertisement that does not contain the statements required under 24 |
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| 53 | + | subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand 25 |
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| 54 | + | dollars per violation. 26 |
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| 51 | | - | GL Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 60 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 61 | + | To require certain motion picture advertisements to separately state (1) |
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| 62 | + | the scheduled start time for the motion picture featured in a motion |
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| 63 | + | picture exhibition, and (2) the scheduled start time for the |
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| 64 | + | advertisements and motion picture trailers that precede the motion |
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| 65 | + | picture featured in a motion picture exhibition. |
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| 66 | + | |
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| 67 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 68 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 69 | + | underlined.] |
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| 70 | + | |
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| 71 | + | Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. |
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| 72 | + | |
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| 73 | + | S.B. 797 |
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| 74 | + | |
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