Bill Text: CT HB06618 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Threshold For Labeling Wine As "connecticut-grown".

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Public Hearing 03/20 [HB06618 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6618*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1193
		01193
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. MINER, 66^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE THRESHOLD FOR LABELING WINE AS "CONNECTICUT GROWN".

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from establishing a threshold for the labeling and marketing of wine as "Connecticut Grown" that is greater than the current twenty-five per cent threshold for being considered as a "Connecticut Grown" wine.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure that the Department of Agriculture does not increase the threshold for labeling and marketing wine as "Connecticut Grown".