Bill Text: CT HB05326 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force To Encourage The Purchase Of Food Products Grown Or Made In Connecticut.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-5)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HB05326 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05326-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5326
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1514
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Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
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AN ACT ENCOURAGING THE PURCHASE OF FOOD PRODUCTS GROWN OR MADE IN CONNECTICUT.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2013) (a) A grocery store that sells or offers for sale a food product that has a traceable point of origin in the state shall post conspicuously, on a sign attached to the food product itself, on a sign affixed to each cash register or point of sale at which such food product is offered for sale, or on a sign so situated as to be clearly visible to the buyer from the register, that such food product has been grown or made in Connecticut.

(b) A grocery store required to post a sign regarding a food product pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall identify on each purchaser's receipt the portion of such purchase consisting of food products having a traceable point of origin in the state.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2013	New section

GL

Joint Favorable