Bill Text: CT HB05097 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Free Water At Certain Liquor Permit Premises.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-13 - Public Hearing 02/18 [HB05097 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05097-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5097
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1028
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)

AN ACT REQUIRING FREE WATER AT CERTAIN LIQUOR PERMIT PREMISES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2014) (a) The holder of an alcoholic liquor permit issued by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (f) or (g) of section 30-16 of the general statutes or section 30-22a, 30-23 or 30-26 of the general statutes, or an agent or such permit holder, shall furnish potable water to any person on the permit premises requesting such water.

(b) Potable water furnished by a permittee or such permittee's agent pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be furnished at the permittee's expense. A permittee or such permittee's agent shall not be required to furnish such water during the hours and days that the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor is prohibited pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-91 of the general statutes. Such potable water shall meet all federal and state requirements concerning purity of drinking water and shall be supplied in a receptacle suitable to permit the individual consumption of not less than twelve ounces per serving.

(c) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew an alcoholic liquor permit pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-47 of the general statutes if the department has reasonable cause to believe a permittee has violated any provision of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2014	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require alcoholic liquor permittees to provide free drinking water upon request at certain alcoholic liquor establishments.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]