Bill Text: CT SB00282 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Development Of A Connecticut Antiques Trail.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to General Law [SB00282 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00282-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 282
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 4986
		*04986SB00282CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONNECTICUT ANTIQUES TRAIL.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a Connecticut antiques trail to identify and market sites in the state where antiques are sold. The department shall develop criteria to identify (1) major antique dealers, (2) communities that feature a high concentration of antique dealers, and (3) auction houses that have annual sales in excess of one million dollars for inclusion in the antiques trail. The department shall develop a program to promote the antiques trail, including, but not limited to, (A) directional and other signs and notices pertaining to the sites identified by the department, and (B) an Internet web site for the antiques trail.

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

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to establish a Connecticut antiques trail.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.; REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.

S.B. 282