Bill Text: CT HB06408 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Possession Of Alcoholic Liquor By Minors.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary [HB06408 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06408-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 6408 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 3146 | ||
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BY MINORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-89a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) No person having possession of, or exercising dominion and control over, any dwelling unit or private property shall (1) knowingly, recklessly [,] or with criminal negligence [,] permit any minor to possess alcoholic liquor in violation of subsection (b) of section 30-89 in such dwelling unit or on such private property, or (2) knowing that any minor possesses alcoholic liquor in violation of subsection (b) of section 30-89 in such dwelling unit or on such private property, fail to make reasonable efforts to halt such possession. For the purposes of this subsection, "minor" means a person under twenty-one years of age.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
30-89a |
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify the law requiring a property owner to halt the illegal possession of alcohol by minors by restoring language inadvertently deleted in 2012.
[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.]