Bill Text: CT HB06551 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Study Of Consumer Access To Marijuana For Palliative Use.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - File Number 732 [HB06551 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06551-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6551
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1394
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

AN ACT IMPOSING A TAX ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

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

That the general statutes be amended to impose a six per cent tax on medical marijuana at the dispensary level, the revenue from such tax to be used for drug abuse treatment programs.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide funding for drug abuse treatment programs by imposing a six per cent tax on medical marijuana.