Bill Text: CT HB05268 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5268 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Maintenance Of Liability Insurance By Firearm Owners And Establishing A Sales Tax On Ammunition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05268 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05268-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5268*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 727

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE MAINTENANCE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE BY FIREARM OWNERS AND ESTABLISHING A SALES TAX ON AMMUNITION.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) require firearm owners to maintain liability insurance, and (2) establish a sales tax on the sale of ammunition at a rate of fifty per cent on the entire sales price, except such sales tax shall not apply to the sale of ammunition at a firing or shooting range, provided such sale is made to and used by the purchaser at the firing or shooting range during the same visit as the purchase.

Statement of Purpose:

To require firearm owners to maintain liability insurance and establish a sales tax on the sale of ammunition at a rate of fifty per cent.