AN ACT EXPANDING THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND DISPOSABLE OR REUSABLE DIAPERS.


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 216*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1529
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT EXPANDING THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND DISPOSABLE OR REUSABLE DIAPERS.

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

Section 1. Section 12-412 of the general statutes, as amended by section 196 of public act 14-217, is amended by adding subdivisions (122) and (123) as follows (Effective October 1, 2016, and applicable to sales occurring on and after said date):

(NEW) (122) Sales of feminine hygiene products.

(NEW) (123) Sales of disposable or reusable diapers.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016, and applicable to sales occurring on and after said date	12-412

Statement of Purpose:

To provide an exemption from the sales tax for feminine hygiene products and disposable and reusable diapers.

[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.]