Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-30 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-30
Sec. 29-30. Fees for permits for sale at retail of firearms and for carrying of pistols and revolvers. Expiration and renewal of permits.
Status: in_force

(b) A local permit originally issued before October 1, 2001, whether for the sale at retail of pistols and revolvers or for the carrying of pistols and revolvers, shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal of such permit shall expire five years after the expiration date of the permit being renewed. On and after October 1, 2001, no local permit for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall be renewed.

(c) A state permit originally issued under the provisions of section 29-28 for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall expire five years after the date such permit becomes effective and each renewal of such permit shall expire five years after the expiration date of the state permit being renewed and such renewal shall not be contingent on the renewal or issuance of a local permit. A temporary state permit issued for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall expire sixty days after the date it becomes effective, and may not be renewed.

(d) The renewal fee required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall apply for each renewal which is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the state permit being renewed.

(e) No fee or portion of any fee paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of a state permit shall be refundable except if such permit for which the fee or portion was paid was not issued or renewed. The portion of the fee expended on the national criminal history records check for any such permit that was not issued or renewed shall not be refunded.

(f) The issuing authority shall send a notice of the expiration of a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28 , to the holder of such permit, by first class mail or electronic mail, not less than ninety days before such expiration, and shall include with such notice a form for the renewal of said state permit. The holder of such permit may elect to receive such notice by first class mail or electronic mail. The holder of such permit may mail the form for renewal to the issuing authority and the issuing authority shall accept such form as a valid application for renewal, provided the holder (1) completed the form according to instructions provided by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) enclosed the appropriate fee to renew, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, (3) enclosed a copy of proof of citizenship or legal residency of the holder, (4) enclosed a full-face photograph of the holder, and (5) is otherwise eligible for such permit pursuant to section 29-28 . A state permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28 , shall be valid for a period of ninety days after the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any state permit to carry a pistol or revolver which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-32 .

Cited. 193 C. 7.

Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-164f — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 535a / Section 29-164f
Sec. 29-164f. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
Status: in_force

NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT

The contracting parties agree to the following:

OVERVIEW

(a) IN GENERAL. This Compact organizes an electronic information sharing system among the federal government and the states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law, such as background checks for governmental licensing and employment.

(b) OBLIGATIONS OF PARTIES. Under this Compact, the FBI and the party states agree to maintain detailed databases of their respective criminal history records, including arrests and dispositions, and to make them available to the federal government and to party states for authorized purposes. The FBI shall also manage the federal data facilities that provide a significant part of the infrastructure for the system.

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS

As used in this Compact, the following definitions apply:

(1) ATTORNEY GENERAL. The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.

(2) COMPACT OFFICER. The term “Compact officer” means:

(A) With respect to the federal government, an official so designated by the Director of the FBI; and

(B) With respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the state's criminal history record repository or a designee of the chief administrator who is a regular full-time employee of the repository.

(3) COUNCIL. The term “Council” means the Compact Council established under Article VI.

(4) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS. The term “criminal history records”:

(A) Means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional supervision, or release; and

(B) Does not include identification information such as fingerprint records if such information does not indicate involvement of the individual with the criminal justice system.

(5) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD REPOSITORY. The term “criminal history record repository” means the state agency designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature of a state to perform centralized recordkeeping functions for criminal history records and services in the state.

(6) CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The term “criminal justice” includes activities relating to the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. The administration of criminal justice includes criminal identification activities and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records.

(7) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. The term “criminal justice agency”:

(A) Means (i) courts, and (ii) a governmental agency or any subunit thereof that (I) performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order; and (II) allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice; and

(B) Includes federal and state inspectors general offices.

(8) CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. The term “criminal justice services” means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice agencies in response to a request for information about a particular individual or as an update to information previously provided for criminal justice purposes.

(9) CRITERION OFFENSE. The term “criterion offense” means any felony or misdemeanor offense not included on the list of nonserious offenses published periodically by the FBI.

(10) DIRECT ACCESS. The term “direct access” means access to the National Identification Index by computer terminal or other automated means not requiring the assistance of or intervention by any other party or agency.

(11) EXECUTIVE ORDER. The term “executive order” means an order of the President of the United States or the chief executive officer of a state that has the force of law and that is promulgated in accordance with applicable law.

(12) FBI. The term “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(13) INTERSTATE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. The term “Interstate Identification Index System” or “III System”:

(A) Means the cooperative federal-state system for the exchange of criminal history records; and

(B) Includes the National Identification Index, the National Fingerprint File and, to the extent of their participation in such system, the criminal history record repositories of the states and the FBI.

(14) NATIONAL FINGERPRINT FILE. The term “National Fingerprint File” means a database of fingerprints, or other uniquely personal identifying information, relating to an arrested or charged individual maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification of record subjects indexed in the III System.

(15) NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION INDEX. The term “National Identification Index” means an index maintained by the FBI consisting of names, identifying numbers, and other descriptive information relating to record subjects about whom there are criminal history records in the III System.

(16) NATIONAL INDICES. The term “national indices” means the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File.

(17) NONPARTY STATE. The term “nonparty state” means a state that has not ratified this Compact.

(18) NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES. The term “noncriminal justice purposes” means uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to criminal justice activities, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters, and national security clearances.

(19) PARTY STATE. The term “party state” means a state that has ratified this Compact.

(20) POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. The term “positive identification” means a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III System. Identifications based solely upon a comparison of subjects' names or other nonunique identification characteristics or numbers, or combinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification.

(21) SEALED RECORD INFORMATION. The term “sealed record information” means:

(A) With respect to adults, that portion of a record that is:

(i) Not available for criminal justice uses;

(ii) Not supported by fingerprints or other accepted means of positive identification; or

(iii) Subject to restrictions on dissemination for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to a court order related to a particular subject or pursuant to a federal or state statute that requires action on a sealing petition filed by a particular record subject; and

(B) With respect to juveniles, whatever each state determines is a sealed record under its own law and procedure.

(22) STATE. The term “state” means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

ARTICLE II-PURPOSES

The purposes of this Compact are to:

(1) Provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses;

(2) Require the FBI to permit use of the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File by each party state, and to provide, in a timely fashion, federal and state criminal history records to requesting states, in accordance with the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI;

(3) Require party states to provide information and records for the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File and to provide criminal history records, in a timely fashion, to criminal history record repositories of other states and the federal government for noncriminal justice purposes, in accordance with the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI;

(4) Provide for the establishment of a Council to monitor III System operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes; and

(5) Require the FBI and each party state to adhere to III System standards concerning record dissemination and use, response times, system security, data quality, and other duly established standards, including those that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such records.

ARTICLE III-RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES

(a) FBI RESPONSIBILITIES. The Director of the FBI shall:

(1) Appoint an FBI Compact officer who shall:

(A) Administer this Compact within the Department of Justice and among federal agencies and other agencies and organizations that submit search requests to the FBI pursuant to Article V(c);

(B) Ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and standards prescribed by the Council under Article VI are complied with by the Department of Justice and the federal agencies and other agencies and organizations referred to in Article III (1)(A); and

(C) Regulate the use of records received by means of the III System from party states when such records are supplied by the FBI directly to other federal agencies;

(2) Provide to federal agencies and to state criminal history record repositories, criminal history records maintained in its database for the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV, including:

(A) Information from nonparty states; and

(B) Information from party states that is available from the FBI through the III System, but is not available from the party state through the III System;

(3) Provide a telecommunications network and maintain centralized facilities for the exchange of criminal history records for both criminal justice purposes and the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV, and ensure that the exchange of such records for criminal justice purposes has priority over exchange for noncriminal justice purposes; and

(4) Modify or enter into user agreements with nonparty state criminal history record repositories to require them to establish record request procedures conforming to those prescribed in Article V.

(b) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES. Each party state shall:

(1) Appoint a Compact officer who shall:

(A) Administer this Compact within that state;

(B) Ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI are complied within the state; and

(C) Regulate the in-state use of records received by means of the III System from the FBI or from other party states;

(2) Establish and maintain a criminal history record repository, which shall provide:

(A) Information and records for the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File; and

(B) The state's III System-indexed criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV;

(3) Participate in the National Fingerprint File; and

(4) Provide and maintain telecommunications links and related equipment necessary to support the services set forth in this Compact.

(c) COMPLIANCE WITH III SYSTEM STANDARDS. In carrying out their responsibilities under this Compact, the FBI and each party state shall comply with III System rules, procedures, and standards duly established by the Council concerning record dissemination and use, response times, data quality, system security, accuracy, privacy protection, and other aspects of III System operation.

(d) MAINTENANCE OF RECORD SERVICES. (1) Use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes authorized in this Compact shall be managed so as not to diminish the level of services provided in support of criminal justice purposes. (2) Administration of Compact provisions shall not reduce the level of service available to authorized noncriminal justice users on July 1, 2000.

ARTICLE IV-AUTHORIZED RECORD DISCLOSURES

(a) STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD REPOSITORIES. To the extent authorized by Section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”), the FBI shall provide on request criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to state criminal history record repositories for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General and that authorizes national indices checks.

(b) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL OR NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. The FBI, to the extent authorized by Section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”), and state criminal history record repositories shall provide criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental agencies for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General, that authorizes national indices checks.

(c) PROCEDURES. Any record obtained under this Compact may be used only for the official purposes for which the record was requested. Each Compact officer shall establish procedures, consistent with this Compact, and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI, which procedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of the records, and shall:

(1) Ensure that records obtained under this Compact are used only by authorized officials for authorized purposes;

(2) Require that subsequent record checks are requested to obtain current information whenever a new need arises; and

(3) Ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for a particular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if no information authorized for release remains, an appropriate “no record” response is communicated to the requesting official.

ARTICLE V-RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES

(a) POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of positive identification shall be submitted with all requests for criminal history record checks for noncriminal justice purposes.

(b) SUBMISSION OF STATE REQUESTS. Each request for a criminal history record check utilizing the national indices made under any approved state statute shall be submitted through that state's criminal history record repository. A state criminal history record repository shall process an interstate request for noncriminal justice purposes through the national indices only if such request is transmitted through another state criminal history record repository or the FBI.

(c) SUBMISSION OF FEDERAL REQUESTS. Each request for criminal history record checks utilizing the national indices made under federal authority shall be submitted through the FBI or, if the state criminal history record repository consents to process fingerprint submissions, through the criminal history record repository in the state in which such request originated. Direct access to the National Identification Index by entities other than the FBI and state criminal history records repositories shall not be permitted for noncriminal justice purposes.

(d) FEES. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI:

(1) May charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for handling a request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal justice purposes; and

(2) May not charge a fee for providing criminal history records in response to an electronic request for a record that does not involve a request to process fingerprints.

(e) ADDITIONAL SEARCH. (1) If a state criminal history record repository cannot positively identify the subject of a record request made for noncriminal justice purposes, the request, together with fingerprints or other approved identifying information, shall be forwarded to the FBI for a search of the national indices.

(2) If, with respect to a request forwarded by a state criminal history record repository under paragraph (1), the FBI positively identifies the subject as having a III System-indexed record or records:

(A) The FBI shall so advise the state criminal history record repository; and

(B) The state criminal history record repository shall be entitled to obtain the additional criminal history record information from the FBI or other state criminal history record repositories.

ARTICLE VI-ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPACT COUNCIL

(a) ESTABLISHMENT. (1) IN GENERAL. There is established a council to be known as the “Compact Council”, which shall have the authority to promulgate rules and procedures governing the use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes.

(2) ORGANIZATION. The Council shall:

(A) Continue in existence as long as this Compact remains in effect;

(B) Be located, for administrative purposes, within the FBI; and

(C) Be organized and hold its first meeting as soon as practicable after July 1, 2000.

(b) MEMBERSHIP. The Council shall be composed of fifteen members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, as follows:

(1) Nine members, each of whom shall serve a two-year term, who shall be selected from among the Compact officers of party states based on the recommendation of the Compact officers of all party states, except that, in the absence of the requisite number of Compact officers available to serve, the chief administrators of the criminal history record repositories of nonparty states shall be eligible to serve on an interim basis.

(2) Two at-large members, nominated by the Director of the FBI, each of whom shall serve a three-year term, of whom:

(A) One shall be a representative of the criminal justice agencies of the federal government and may not be an employee of the FBI; and

(B) One shall be a representative of the noncriminal justice agencies of the federal government.

(3) Two at-large members, nominated by the Chairman of the Council, once the Chairman is elected pursuant to Article VI(c), each of whom shall serve a three-year term, of whom:

(A) One shall be a representative of state or local criminal justice agencies; and

(B) One shall be a representative of state or local noncriminal justice agencies.

(4) One member, who shall serve a three-year term, and who shall simultaneously be a member of the FBI's advisory policy board on criminal justice information services, nominated by the membership of that policy board.

(5) One member, nominated by the Director of the FBI, who shall serve a three-year term, and who shall be an employee of the FBI.

(c) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN. (1) IN GENERAL. From its membership, the Council shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Council, respectively. Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council:

(A) Shall be a Compact officer, unless there is no Compact officer on the Council who is willing to serve, in which case the Chairman may be an at-large member; and

(B) Shall serve a two-year term and may be reelected to only one additional two-year term.

(2) DUTIES OF VICE CHAIRMAN. The Vice Chairman of the Council shall serve as the Chairman of the Council in the absence of the Chairman.

(d) MEETINGS. (1) IN GENERAL. The Council shall meet at least once a year at the call of the Chairman. Each meeting of the Council shall be open to the public. The Council shall provide prior public notice in the Federal Register of each meeting of the Council, including the matters to be addressed at such meeting.

(2) QUORUM. A majority of the Council or any committee of the Council shall constitute a quorum of the Council or of such committee, respectively, for the conduct of business. A lesser number may meet to hold hearings, take testimony, or conduct any business not requiring a vote.

(e) RULES, PROCEDURES, AND STANDARDS. The Council shall make available for public inspection and copying at the Council office within the FBI, and shall publish in the Federal Register, any rules, procedures, or standards established by the Council.

(f) ASSISTANCE FROM FBI. The Council may request from the FBI such reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials as the Council determines to be necessary to enable the Council to perform its duties under this Compact. The FBI, to the extent authorized by law, may provide such assistance or information upon such a request.

(g) COMMITTEES. The Chairman may establish committees as necessary to carry out this Compact and may prescribe their membership, responsibilities, and duration.

ARTICLE VII-RATIFICATION OF COMPACT

This Compact shall take effect upon being entered into by two or more states as between those states and the federal government. Upon subsequent entering into this Compact by additional states, it shall become effective among those states and the federal government and each party state that has previously ratified it. When ratified, this Compact shall have the full force and effect of law within the ratifying jurisdictions. The form of ratification shall be in accordance with the laws of the executing state.

ARTICLE VIII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) RELATION OF COMPACT TO CERTAIN FBI ACTIVITIES. Administration of this Compact shall not interfere with the management and control of the Director of the FBI over the FBI's collection and dissemination of criminal history records and the advisory function of the FBI's advisory policy board chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes other than noncriminal justice.

(b) NO AUTHORITY FOR NONAPPROPRIATED EXPENDITURES. Nothing in this Compact shall require the FBI to obligate or expend funds beyond those appropriated to the FBI.

(c) RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 92-544. Nothing in this Compact shall diminish or lessen the obligations, responsibilities, and authorities of any state, whether a party state or a nonparty state, or of any criminal history record repository or other subdivision or component thereof, under the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973 (Public Law 92-544) or regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder, including the rules and procedures promulgated by the Council under Article VI(a), regarding the use and dissemination of criminal history records and information.

ARTICLE IX-RENUNCIATION

(a) IN GENERAL. This Compact shall bind each party state until renounced by the party state.

(b) EFFECT. Any renunciation of this Compact by a party state shall:

(1) Be effected in the same manner by which the party state ratified this Compact; and

(2) Become effective one hundred eighty days after written notice of renunciation is provided by the party state to each other party state and to the federal government.

ARTICLE X-SEVERABILITY

The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state, or to the Constitution of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If a portion of this Compact is held contrary to the constitution of any party state, all other portions of this Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected, as to all other provisions.

ARTICLE XI-ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

(a) IN GENERAL. The Council shall:

(1) Have initial authority to make determinations with respect to any dispute regarding:

(A) Interpretation of this Compact;

(B) Any rule or standard established by the Council pursuant to Article VI; and

(C) Any dispute or controversy between any parties to this Compact; and

(2) Hold a hearing concerning any dispute described in paragraph (1) at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Council and only render a decision based upon a majority vote of the members of the Council. Such decision shall be published pursuant to the requirements of Article VI(e).

(b) DUTIES OF FBI. The FBI shall exercise immediate and necessary action to preserve the integrity of the III System, maintain system policy and standards, protect the accuracy and privacy of records, and to prevent abuses, until the Council holds a hearing on such matters.

(c) RIGHT OF APPEAL. The FBI or a party state may appeal any decision of the Council to the Attorney General, and thereafter may file suit in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have original jurisdiction of all cases or controversies arising under this Compact. Any suit arising under this Compact and initiated in a state court shall be removed to the appropriate district court of the United States in the manner provided by Section 1446 of Title 28, United States Code, or other statutory authority.

Limitations placed on disclosure of National Crime Information Center rap sheet data by federal law are mirrored in section, and the National Crime Information Center printout in this case fell under the exemption in Sec. 1-210(a). 144 CA 821.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-292a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-292a
Sec. 29-292a. Procedure for adoption and amendment of Fire Safety Code.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, the adoption of the Fire Safety Code and any amendments thereto shall not be required to comply with the provisions of chapter 54, except as provided in this section.

(c) Prior to the adoption of the Fire Safety Code and any amendments thereto, the State Fire Marshal shall (1) post any proposed code, a statement of purpose for which the proposed code is proposed, a fiscal note associated with compliance with the proposed code prepared pursuant to section 4-168 , and a regulatory flexibility analysis prepared pursuant to section 4-168a on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services, (2) give notice electronically to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security, (3) give notice to any person who has requested the State Fire Marshal for advance notice of the proposed code adoption proceedings, (4) provide for a public comment period of forty-five days following the posting of such proposed code, fiscal note and regulatory flexibility analysis, and (5) hold a public hearing on the proposed code not less than twenty nor more than thirty-five days after such posting.

(d) After the close of the public comment period, the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall respond to each written and oral comment respecting the proposed code received during the public comment period and at the public hearing. Such response shall include any change made to the proposed code if applicable, and the rationale for such change. The State Fire Marshal shall post such response on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services not later than thirty days after the close of the public comment period.

(e) The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall create and maintain a code-making record for each proposed code, submit such code-making record electronically to the standing legislative regulation review committee and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security, and post such code-making record on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services. Such code-making record shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The final wording of the proposed code in a format consistent with a nationally recognized model building code, (2) the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, (3) the regulatory flexibility analysis prepared pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, (4) all written and oral comments received during the public comment period, and (5) the response to such comments prepared pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(f) The standing legislative regulation review committee shall have not more than forty-five days from the date the code-making record is submitted to the committee pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice the proposed code, in whole or in part. If the proposed code is withdrawn, the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the proposed code and the committee shall have not more than forty-five days from the date of such resubmittal to convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice the resubmitted proposed code. If the committee notifies the State Fire Marshal in writing that it is waiving its right to convene a meeting or does not act on a proposed code or a resubmitted proposed code, as the case may be, within such forty-five-day period, the proposed code or resubmitted proposed code shall be deemed to be approved by the committee.

(g) If the committee disapproves a proposed code, in whole or in part, the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the disapproval and the reasons for the disapproval. The State Fire Marshal shall not take any action to implement such disapproved code, except that the State Fire Marshal may submit a substantively new proposed code in accordance with the provisions of this section, provided the General Assembly may reverse such disapproval in accordance with the provisions of section 4-171 .

(h) If the committee rejects a proposed code without prejudice, in whole or in part, the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the reasons for the rejection and the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the proposed code in revised form to the committee not later than thirty days after the date of rejection without prejudice. Each resubmission of the proposed code under this subsection shall include a summary of any revisions to the proposed code. The committee shall have not more than forty-five days after the receipt of the resubmittal to review and take action on such resubmitted proposed code in the same manner as provided in subsection (f) of this section.

(i) The Fire Safety Code or any amendment thereto approved or deemed approved by the committee pursuant to subsection (f) of this section is effective and enforceable against any person or party upon its posting on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services, except that: (1) If a later date is required by statute or specified in the code, the later date is the effective date, and (2) a code may not be effective before the effective date of the public act requiring or permitting the code. Such posting shall include a statement by the State Fire Marshal certifying that the electronic copy of the code is a true and accurate copy of the code approved or deemed approved in accordance with subsection (f) of this section. The electronic copy of the Fire Safety Code posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services shall be the official version for all purposes, including all legal and administrative proceedings.

(j) No provision of the Fire Safety Code or any amendment thereto adopted after May 31, 2016, is valid unless adopted in substantial compliance with the requirements of this section. A proceeding to contest any provision of the code on the ground of noncompliance with the requirements of this section shall be commenced within two years from the effective date of the code.

(k) The State Fire Marshal shall advise the public concerning how to obtain a copy of the Fire Safety Code and any amendments thereto.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37b — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-37b
Sec. 29-37b. Retail dealer to equip firearms with gun locking device and provide written warning at time of sale. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Each such person, firm or corporation shall conspicuously post and at all times display the warning specified in subsection (a) of this section in block letters not less than three inches in height.

(c) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars for each violation.

Cited. 242 C. 211.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-108e — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 530a / Section 29-108e
Sec. 29-108e. (Formerly Sec. 17-27). Detention and disposition of neglected or cruelly treated animals.
Status: in_force

(b) Such officer or agent shall file with the superior court which has venue over such matter a verified petition plainly stating such facts as to bring such animal within the jurisdiction of the court and praying for appropriate action by the court in accordance with the provisions of this section. Upon the filing of such petition the court shall cause a summons to be issued requiring the owner or owners or person having responsibility for the care of the animal, if known, to appear in court at the time and place named, which summons shall be served not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing. If the owner or owners or person having responsibility for the care of the animal is not known, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the society took charge of such animal not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing. Such court shall further give notice to the petitioner of the time and place of the hearing not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing.

(c) If it appears from the allegations of the petition and other affirmations of fact accompanying the petition, or provided subsequent thereto, that there is reasonable cause to find that the animal's condition or the circumstances surrounding its care require that its custody be immediately assumed to safeguard its welfare, the court shall either (1) issue an order to the owner or owners or person having responsibility for the care of the animal to show cause at such time as the court may designate why the court shall not vest in some suitable agency or person the animal's temporary care and custody pending a hearing on the petition or (2) issue an order vesting in some suitable agency or person the animal's temporary care and custody pending a hearing on the petition which hearing shall be held within ten days from the issuance of such order on the need for such temporary care and custody. The service of such orders may be made by any officer authorized by law to serve process, state police officer or indifferent person.

(d) (1) If, after hearing, the court finds that the animal is neglected or cruelly treated, it may vest ownership of the animal in any private or public agency which is permitted by law to care for neglected or cruelly treated animals or with any person found to be suitable or worthy of such responsibility by the court.

(2) If, after hearing, the court finds that the animal is so injured or diseased that it should be destroyed, the court may order that such animal be humanely destroyed.

(3) If, after hearing, the court finds that the animal is not neglected or cruelly treated, it may cause the animal to be returned to its owner or owners or person having responsibility for its care or, if such owner or owners or person is unknown or unwilling to resume caring for such animal, it may vest ownership of the animal in any private or public agency or person found to be suitable or worthy of such responsibility.

(e) Unless the court finds that the animal is not neglected or cruelly treated, the expense incurred by the society in providing proper food, shelter and care to an animal it has taken charge of under subsection (a) of this section and the expense incurred by an agency or person in providing temporary care and custody to an animal under subsection (c) of this section shall be paid by the owner or owners or person having responsibility for the care of the animal and the society or such agency or person shall have a lien upon such animal for such expense.

Cited. 218 C. 757.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38g — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-38g
Sec. 29-38g. Storing or keeping pistol or revolver in unattended motor vehicle. Prohibited. Exceptions. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(2) For purposes of this subsection, (A) a motor vehicle is unattended if no person who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is the owner or operator or a passenger of such motor vehicle is inside the motor vehicle or is within close enough proximity to the motor vehicle to prevent unauthorized access to the motor vehicle, (B) “pistol” and “revolver” mean pistol and revolver, each as defined in section 29-27 , (C) “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 , and (D) “trunk” means (i) the fully enclosed and locked main storage or luggage compartment of a motor vehicle that is not accessible from the passenger compartment, or (ii) a locked toolbox or utility box attached to the bed of a pickup truck, as defined in section 14-1 . “Trunk” does not include the rear of a pickup truck, except as otherwise provided, or of a hatchback, station-wagon-type automobile or sport utility vehicle or any compartment that has a window.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any pistol or revolver issued or possessed by: (1) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, police departments, the Department of Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Department of Revenue Services or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, (2) a sworn member of a law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a , including, but not limited to, the Department of Correction or the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a conservation officer or special conservation officer appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-5 or a constable who is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and appointed by the chief executive authority of a town, city or borough to perform criminal law enforcement duties, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or constable in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's or constable's official duties or when off duty, (3) a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, or (4) a nuclear facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, or any contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, provided such pistol or revolver issued or possessed by any such agency, department, municipality, organization, force or entity or person described in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection, is being kept or stored in accordance with such issuing or possessing agency, department, municipality, organization, force or entity or person's policy concerning safe keeping or storage of a pistol or revolver in a motor vehicle.

(c) The court may order suspension of prosecution if the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) (A) will probably not offend in the future, (B) has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, and (C) has not previously had a prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, or (2) was charged with such violation because of facts or circumstances accurately reported by such person to an organized local police department concerning a lost or stolen firearm in accordance with the provisions of section 53-202g . The court shall not order suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he or she understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver of his or her right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person satisfactorily completes such person's period of probation, he or she may apply for dismissal of the charges against such person and the court, on finding such satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does not apply for dismissal of the charges against such person after satisfactorily completing such person's period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person satisfactorily completed such person's period of probation, may on its own motion make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased pursuant to section 54-142a . An order of the court denying a motion to dismiss the charges against a person who has completed such person's period of probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal.

(d) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for any subsequent offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-262 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-262
Sec. 29-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-397a). Licensure of building officials. Continuing educational programs. Suspension or revocation of license or certificate. Hearing. Appeal. Indemnification.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Building Inspector shall prepare and conduct or approve continuing educational programs designed to train and assist building officials in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of their office. Such educational programs shall be in addition to the program specified under subsection (a) of this section and shall consist of not less than ninety hours of training over consecutive three-year periods. Each building official shall attend such training programs and present proof of successful completion to the State Building Inspector. The State Building Inspector may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke any license issued under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or any certificate issued prior to January 1, 1984, for failure on the part of any building official to present such proof.

(c) The fees for the educational programs of training required in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and the cost of textbooks for such programs shall be paid from the education fee assessed pursuant to section 29-263 . Any person may participate in the educational programs specified under subsection (b) of this section at his own expense where space is available.

(d) The Codes and Standards Committee may suspend or revoke the license or certificate of any building official who fails to faithfully perform the duties of his office. No such building official may have his license or certificate suspended or revoked unless he has been given notice in writing of the specific grounds for such action and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at a hearing before the Codes and Standards Committee. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Any such building official may appeal such suspension or revocation to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 . Said court shall review the record of such hearing and, if it appears upon the hearing on the appeal that testimony is necessary for an equitable disposition of the appeal, it may take evidence or appoint a referee or a committee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his or its findings of fact, which report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may affirm the action of the Codes and Standards Committee or may set the same aside if it finds that such committee acted illegally or in the abuse of its discretion.

(e) For purposes of indemnification of any building official against any losses, damages or liabilities arising out of the performance of his official duties, the building official shall be deemed to be acting for the municipality in which he was appointed.

See Sec. 29-251b re Building Code Training Council.

Cited. 219 C. 217.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-4 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-4
Sec. 29-4. State police force. Appointment of officers. Divisions, units and task forces. Personnel actions. Recommended standards re staffing level.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before February first of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with section 11-4a , providing an assessment of the number of sworn state police personnel necessary to perform division operations for the biennium beginning July first of that year. If such report recommends a staffing level of less than one thousand two hundred forty-eight sworn state police personnel, the commissioner shall include in such report an assessment of the impact to public safety and any potential negative impact specifically attributable to such deviation in staffing level.

(c) The commissioner shall appoint from among sworn state police personnel not more than three lieutenant colonels who shall be in the unclassified service as provided in section 5-198 . Any permanent employee in the classified service who accepts appointment to the position of lieutenant colonel in the unclassified service may return to the classified service at such employee's former rank. The commissioner shall appoint not more than twelve majors who shall be in the classified service. The position of major in the unclassified service shall be abolished on July 1, 2011. Any permanent employee in the classified service who accepts appointment to the position of major in the unclassified service prior to July 1, 2011, may return to the classified service at such permanent employee's former rank. The commissioner, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, shall appoint such numbers of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, detectives and corporals as the commissioner deems necessary to officer efficiently the state police force.

(d) The commissioner shall establish such divisions as the commissioner deems necessary for effective operation of the state police force and consistent with budgetary allotments, a Criminal Intelligence Division and a state-wide organized crime investigative task force to be engaged throughout the state for the purpose of preventing and detecting any violation of the criminal law, a Hate Crimes Investigative Unit for the purposes described in section 29-7d and, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, an investigative unit within the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to conduct sting operations relating to the online sexual abuse of minors for the purposes described in section 29-7e . The head of the Criminal Intelligence Division shall be of the rank of sergeant or above. The head of the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit shall be of the rank of sergeant or above, and shall serve as a member of the State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council, established under section 51-279f . The head of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be a police officer. The head of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, including the investigative unit conducting sting operations relating to the online sexual abuse of minors, shall be of the rank of sergeant or above.

(e) Salaries of the members of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services as provided in section 4-40 . State police personnel may be promoted, demoted, suspended or removed by the commissioner, but no final dismissal from the service shall be ordered until a hearing has been had before the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on charges preferred against such officer. Each state police officer shall, before entering upon such officer's duties, be sworn to the faithful performance of such duties. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall designate an adequate patrol force for motor patrol work exclusively.

(f) The Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee shall conduct a study to develop recommended standards for use by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in determining the commissioner's proposed level of staffing for the Division of State Police for purposes of the biennial budget. The committee, in developing such recommended standards, shall consider the following: Technological improvements, federal mandates and funding, statistical data on rates and types of criminal activity, staffing of patrol positions, staffing of positions within the division and department that do not require the exercise of police powers, changes in municipal police policy and staffing and such other criteria as the committee deems relevant. On or before January 9, 2013, the committee shall report such recommended standards to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and shall forward a copy thereof to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

See Sec. 5-246 re state police workweek.

See Sec. 27-107 re state police on duty at Veterans' Home.

Cited. 166 C. 81.

Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-256 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-256
Sec. 29-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-395q). Revision of Building and Fire Safety Codes. Rehabilitation subcode. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2005, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of sections 29-252b and 29-292a , to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-315 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-315
Sec. 29-315. (Formerly Sec. 29-44c). Fire extinguishing system required for certain buildings.
Status: in_force

(2) When any building is (A) to be built as an educational occupancy, (B) eligible for a school building project grant pursuant to chapter 173, and (C) put out to bid on or after July 1, 2004, such building shall have an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal on each floor. As used in this subsection, “educational occupancy” has the same meaning as provided in the Fire Safety Code.

(3) The State Fire Marshal and the State Building Inspector may jointly grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, the requirement in subdivision (2) of this subsection, where strict compliance with such requirement would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided (A) any such variation or exemption or approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal and the State Building Inspector, secure the public safety, and (B) the municipality in which such educational occupancy is located complies with all other fire safety requirements in the Fire Safety Code and the State Building Code with respect to such occupancy. If either the State Fire Marshal or the State Building Inspector determines that a variation or exemption from, or an equivalent or alternate compliance with, said subdivision (2) should not be permitted, no such variation or exemption, or equivalent or alternate compliance shall be granted or approved. Any determination made pursuant to this subdivision by the State Fire Marshal and the State Building Inspector shall be in writing. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the State Fire Marshal or the State Building Inspector, or both, may appeal to the Codes and Standards Committee no later than fourteen days after issuance of the decision. Any person aggrieved by any ruling of the Codes and Standards Committee may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such occupancy is located.

(b) Each hotel or motel having six or more guest rooms and providing sleeping accommodations for more than sixteen persons for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after January 1, 1987, shall have an automatic fire extinguishing system installed on each floor in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such regulations shall be incorporated into the State Fire Prevention Code.

(c) Not later than October 1, 1992, each hotel or motel having more than four stories shall have an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal on each floor.

(d) (1) Not later than January 1, 1995, each residential building having more than four stories and occupied primarily by elderly persons shall have an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal on each floor. Not later than January 1, 1994, the owner or manager of or agency responsible for such residential building shall submit plans for the installation of such system, signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer, to the local fire marshal within whose jurisdiction such building is located or to the State Fire Marshal, as the case may be. For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase “occupied primarily by elderly persons” means that on October 1, 1993, or on the date of any inspection, if later, a minimum of eighty per cent of the dwelling units available for human occupancy in a residential building have at least one resident who has attained the age of sixty-five years.

(2) Each residential building having more than twelve living units and occupied primarily by elderly persons, as defined in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or designed to be so occupied, for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued or which is substantially renovated on or after January 1, 1997, shall have an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal on each floor.

(e) No building inspector shall grant a building permit unless a fire extinguishing system as required by subsection (a) or (b) of this section is included in the final, approved building plans and no fire marshal or building inspector shall permit occupancy of such a building unless such fire extinguishing system is installed and operable. The State Fire Marshal may require fire extinguishing systems approved by him to be installed in other occupancies where they are required in the interest of safety because of special occupancy hazards.

(f) (1) Not later than July 31, 2006, each chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision licensed pursuant to chapter 368v shall have a complete automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal installed throughout such chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision. Not later than July 1, 2004, the owner or authorized agent of each such home shall submit plans for the installation of such system, signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer, to the local fire marshal and building official within whose jurisdiction such home is located or to the State Fire Marshal, as the case may be, and shall apply for a building permit for the installation of such system. The owner or authorized agent shall notify the Department of Public Health of such submission.

(2) On or before July 1, 2005, and quarterly thereafter, each chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision licensed pursuant to chapter 368v shall submit a report to the local fire marshal describing progress in installing the automatic fire extinguishing systems required under subsection (a) of this section. In preparing such report each such nursing home or rest home shall conduct a facility risk analysis. Such analysis shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the following factors: Type of construction, number of stories and residents, safeguards in the facility, types of patients, travel distance to exits and arrangement of means of egress. After review of the report, the local fire marshal may require the nursing home or rest home to implement alternative fire safety measures to reduce the level of risk to occupants before installation of automatic fire sprinklers is completed.

(g) Any person who fails to install an automatic fire extinguishing system in violation of any provision of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day such violation continues. The Attorney General, upon request of the State Fire Marshal, shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-1gg — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 528 / Section 29-1gg
Sec. 29-1gg. Bond authorization for unmanned aircraft and accessories grant program.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the purpose of providing grants to municipalities to purchase unmanned aircraft, accessories or both, pursuant to section 29-1hh .

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-18 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-18
Sec. 29-18. Special policemen for state property.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 4b-13(a) re enforcement of regulations concerning state-owned parking areas by special policemen.

See Sec. 29-8a re indemnification of state policemen and State Capitol police in civil rights actions.

See Sec. 53-39a re indemnification of state police and State Capitol police in cases where criminal charge is dismissed.

University police have all the powers of state policemen and are entitled to all the protections afforded such policemen. 166 C. 81.

Determination of whether special policeman under this section is considered a “policeman” for purposes of Sec. 31-275(1)(A) depends on facts in case. 60 CA 707.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-251c — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-251c
Sec. 29-251c. Development of training and educational programs. Code Training and Education Board of Control. Regulations. Reporting of funds received; expenditures.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established the Code Training and Education Board of Control which shall promote code training and education. No funds shall be expended for the purposes listed in subsection (a) of this section without prior approval of the Code Training and Education Board of Control. The board shall consist of seven members as follows: (1) Four members of the Codes and Standards Committee, one each of whom shall be appointed by the speaker and majority leader of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore and majority leader of the Senate, (2) one member of the Fire Marshal Training Council, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, (3) one member of the Building Code Training Council, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, and (4) one architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The members of the board shall continue in office for the term of three years from the first day of July next succeeding their appointment. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.

(c) The commissioner shall establish a program of education and training in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code conducted for any municipal or state code official, or any candidate for such positions, and a continuing educational program in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code for any architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state.

(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may apply for any federal or private funds or contributions available for training and education of code officials or other persons eligible to receive training under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section. Not later than July 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Building Code Training Council and the Fire Marshal Training Council, shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish an administrative process to adjust as necessary (1) the amount of the education fee to be assessed by the State Building Inspector pursuant to section 29-252a and each municipal building official pursuant to section 29-263 , and (2) the portion of the fees collected which may be retained by each municipal building department for administrative costs. The education fee shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually, to reflect the actual cost of the training and educational programs and the continuing educational programs established in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section and the educational programs required in subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-262 , except that no such fee may be increased by more than four cents in any one year. The portion of fees which may be retained for administrative costs shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually, to reflect the actual costs incurred in collecting such fees, except that the fees to be retained for administrative costs may not be less than one cent or greater than three cents per thousand dollars of the value of the construction declared in the building permit application.

(e) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall annually submit a report of the amount of funds received pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, or of any other funds received by the commissioner for the purposes of code training and education under this section, to the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding and appropriations. All direct expenses incurred in the conduct of the code training and educational programs, or of the operation, maintenance and repair of facilities, food services and other auxiliary services incurred in the conduct of the code training and educational programs, shall be charged, and any cost of equipment for code training and educational programs may be charged, against the funds appropriated for the code training and educational programs on order of the Comptroller. Any balance of receipts after expenditures shall be retained by the commissioner and shall be used solely for the code training and educational programs under this section and for the acquisition, as provided in section 4b-21 , alteration and repairs of real property for educational facilities, provided repairs, alterations or additions to educational facilities costing fifty thousand dollars or less shall require the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and capital projects costing over fifty thousand dollars shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Funds appropriated to or received by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the code training and educational programs shall also be used for (1) (A) the operation, maintenance and repair of auxiliary services facilities, and (B) any other activities related to training and educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code conducted for any municipal or state code official, or any candidate for such positions, and (2) continuing educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code for any architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state. No funds shall be used for the purposes of this section without prior approval of the Code Training and Education Board of Control, established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-1d — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 528 / Section 29-1d
Sec. 29-1d. Local crime stoppers program. Definition. Evidence of certain communications not admissible.
Status: in_force

(b) Evidence of a communication between a person submitting a report of criminal activity to a local crime stoppers program and the person who accepted the report on behalf of the local crime stoppers program is not admissible in a court or an administrative proceeding.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 538a / Section 29-212
Sec. 29-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-418l). Assumption of risk of injury caused by hazards inherent in the sport of skiing.
Status: in_force

(1) “Skier” includes any person who is using a ski area for the purpose of skiing or who is on the skiable terrain of a ski area as a spectator or otherwise, but does not include (A) any person using a snow tube provided by a ski area operator, and (B) any person who is a spectator while in a designated spectator area during any event;

(2) “Skiing” means sliding downhill or jumping on snow or ice using skis, a snowboard, snow blades, a snowbike, a sit-ski or any other device that is controllable by its edges on snow or ice or is for the purpose of utilizing any skiable terrain, but does not include snow tubing operations provided by a ski area operator; and

(3) “Ski area operator” means a person who owns or controls the operation of a ski area and such person's agents and employees.

(b) Each skier shall assume the risk of and legal responsibility for any injury to his or her person or property caused by the hazards inherent in the sport of skiing. Such hazards include, but are not limited to: (1) Variations in the terrain of the trail or slope which is marked in accordance with subdivision (2) of section 29-211 or variations in surface or subsurface snow or ice conditions, except that no skier assumes the risk of variations which are caused by the ski area operator unless such variations are caused by snow making, snow grooming or rescue operations; (2) bare spots which do not require the closing of the trail or slope; (3) conspicuously placed or, if not so placed, conspicuously marked lift towers; (4) trees or other objects not within the confines of the trail or slope; (5) loading, unloading or otherwise using a passenger tramway without prior knowledge of proper loading and unloading procedures or without reading instructions concerning loading and unloading posted at the base of such passenger tramway or without asking for such instructions; and (6) collisions with any other person by any skier while skiing, except that collisions with on-duty employees of the ski area operator who are skiing and are within the scope of their employment at the time of the collision shall not be a hazard inherent in the sport of skiing.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply in any case in which it is determined that a claimant's injury was not caused by a hazard inherent in the sport of skiing.

Phrase “operation of the ski area by the ski area operator” includes not merely the duties enumerated in Sec. 29-211 but also those services offered by a ski area operator as components of its business activities, regardless of whether the services are statutorily or otherwise required; plaintiff may maintain action against ski area operator for injury suffered from collision with employee of operator because negligence of an employee or agent of a ski area operator is not an inherent hazard of the sport of skiing. 269 C. 672.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-33
Sec. 29-33. Sale, delivery or transfer of pistols and revolvers. Procedure. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) No person may purchase or receive any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 , a valid permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or is a federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer.

(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver except upon written application on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Such person, firm or corporation shall ensure that all questions on the application are answered properly prior to releasing the pistol or revolver and shall retain the application, which shall be attached to the federal sale or transfer document, for at least twenty years or until such vendor goes out of business. Such application shall be available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or transferred is personally known to the person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or valid passport. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made until the person, firm or corporation making such transfer obtains an authorization number from the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Said commissioner shall perform the national instant criminal background check and make a reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would prohibit such applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a-217c . If the commissioner determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall (1) deny the sale and no pistol or revolver shall be sold, delivered or otherwise transferred by such person, firm or corporation to such applicant, and (2) inform the chief of police of the town in which the applicant resides, or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state as referenced in subsection (b) of section 29-28 , if the applicant has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe, as the case may be, that there exists a reason that would prohibit such applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver.

(d) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate for such pistol or revolver, which lock or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal. No pistol or revolver shall be loaded or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or any bullet, ball or shell when such pistol or revolver is sold, delivered or otherwise transferred.

(e) Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver, the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or transferred shall sign a receipt for such pistol or revolver, which shall contain the name and address of such person, the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general description of such pistol or revolver, the identification number of such person's permit to carry pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 , permit to sell firearms at retail, issued pursuant to subsection (a) of said section, or eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-36f , if any, and the authorization number designated for the transfer by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The person, firm or corporation selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof shall (1) give one copy of the receipt to the person making the purchase of such pistol or revolver or to whom the same is delivered or transferred, (2) retain one copy of the receipt for at least five years, and (3) send, by first class mail, or electronically transmit, within forty-eight hours of such sale, delivery or other transfer, (A) one copy of the receipt to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (B) one copy of the receipt to the chief of police of the municipality in which the transferee resides or, where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148 , in which the transferee resides or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state as referenced in subsection (b) of section 29-28 , if the transferee has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe.

(f) (1) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not issue more than three authorization numbers for sale at retail of a pistol or revolver to any transferee within a thirty-day period, except that if such transferee is certified as a firearms instructor by the state pursuant to section 29-28 or the National Rifle Association, said commissioner shall not issue more than six authorization numbers within a thirty-day period.

(2) No authorization number issued for any of the following purposes shall count toward the limits in subdivision (1) of this subsection: (A) Any firearm transferred to a federal, state or municipal law enforcement agency, or any firearm legally transferred under the provisions of section 29-36k , (B) the exchange of a pistol or revolver purchased by an individual from a federally licensed firearm dealer for another pistol or revolver from the same federally licensed firearm dealer not later than thirty days after the original transaction, provided the federally licensed firearm dealer reports the transaction to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (C) as otherwise provided in subsection (h) or (i) of this section, or (D) a transfer to a museum at a fixed location that is open to the public and displays firearms as part of an educational mission.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique pistols or revolvers. An antique pistol or revolver, for the purposes of this section, means any pistol or revolver which was manufactured in or before 1898 and any replica of such pistol or revolver provided such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of pistols or revolvers between (1) a federally-licensed firearm manufacturer and a federally-licensed firearm dealer, (2) a federally-licensed firearm importer and a federally-licensed firearm dealer, (3) federally-licensed firearm dealers, or (4) federally-licensed firearm manufacturers.

(i) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, the court may order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply for dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased pursuant to section 54-142a . An order of the court denying a motion to dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal.

(j) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, except that any person who sells, delivers or otherwise transfers a pistol or revolver in violation of the provisions of this section knowing that such pistol or revolver is stolen or that the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification on such pistol or revolver has been altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony for which three years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and ten thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any pistol or revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any provision of this section shall be forfeited.

Cited. 193 C. 7.

Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-291a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-291a
Sec. 29-291a. State Fire Prevention Code: Adoption and revision. Advisory committee. Official interpretation.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established an advisory committee consisting of nine persons appointed by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall appoint two members selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Codes and Standards Committee from the membership of said committee and seven members representing local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association.

(c) The State Fire Marshal may issue official interpretations of the State Fire Prevention Code, including interpretations of the applicability of any provision of the code, upon the request of any person. The State Fire Marshal shall compile and index each interpretation and shall publish such interpretations at periodic intervals not exceeding four months.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-309 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-309
Sec. 29-309. (Formerly Sec. 29-56). Procedure for appeal.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 29-56:

Exercise of discretion by fire marshal is subject to review for abuse. 141 C. 524.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-12 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-12
Sec. 29-12. Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested persons. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) All wardens of correctional institutions and the Community Correctional Center Administrator shall furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification such information with respect to prisoners as said bureau requires.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the submission to and the taking of fingerprints as required under this section which will promote efficiency and be consistent with advances in automation and technology.

Cited. 196 C. 430.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-6d — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-6d
Sec. 29-6d. Use of body-worn recording equipment and dashboard cameras. When recording prohibited. Retention of data.
Status: in_force

(1) “Law enforcement unit” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a ;

(2) “Police officer” means a sworn member of a law enforcement unit or any member of a law enforcement unit who performs police duties;

(3) “Body-worn recording equipment” means an electronic recording device that is capable of recording audio and video;

(4) “Dashboard camera” means a dashboard camera with a remote recorder, as defined in section 7-277b ;

(5) “Digital data storage device or service” means a device or service that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording equipment using computer data storage; and

(6) “Police patrol vehicle” means any state or local police vehicle other than an administrative vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-worn camera equipment, a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all-terrain vehicle, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-289h , or an animal control vehicle.

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly evaluate and approve the minimal technical specifications of body-worn recording equipment that shall be worn by police officers pursuant to this section, dashboard cameras that shall be used in each police patrol vehicle and digital data storage devices or services that shall be used by a law enforcement unit to retain the data from the recordings made by such equipment. The commissioner and council shall make such minimal technical specifications available to each law enforcement unit in a manner determined by the commissioner and council. The commissioner and council may revise the minimal technical specifications when the commissioner and council determine that revisions to such specifications are necessary.

(c) (1) Each police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment while interacting with the public in such sworn member's law enforcement capacity, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, or in the case of a municipal police department, in accordance with the department's policy adopted by the department and based on guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, concerning the use of body-worn recording equipment.

(2) Each police officer shall wear body-worn recording equipment on such officer's outer-most garment and shall position such equipment above the midline of such officer's torso when using such equipment.

(3) Body-worn recording equipment used pursuant to this section shall conform to the minimal technical specifications approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, except that a police officer may use body-worn recording equipment that does not conform to the minimal technical specifications approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, if such equipment was purchased prior to January 1, 2016, by the law enforcement unit employing such officer.

(4) Each law enforcement unit shall require usage of a dashboard camera in each police patrol vehicle used by any police officer employed by such unit in accordance with the unit's policy adopted by the unit and based on guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, concerning dashboard cameras.

(d) Except as required by state or federal law, no person employed by a law enforcement unit shall edit, erase, copy, share or otherwise alter or distribute in any manner any recording made by body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera or the data from such recording.

(e) A police officer may review a recording from his or her body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera in order to assist such officer with the preparation of a report or otherwise in the performance of his or her duties.

(f) (1) If a police officer is giving a formal statement about the use of force or if a police officer is the subject of a disciplinary investigation in which a recording from body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera is being considered as part of a review of an incident, the officer shall have the right to review (A) such recording in the presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative, and (B) recordings from other body-worn recording equipment capturing the officer's image or voice during the incident. Not later than forty-eight hours following an officer's review of a recording under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than ninety-six hours following the initiation of such disciplinary investigation, whichever is earlier, such recording shall be disclosed, upon request, to the public, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be delayed if the officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute psychological stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to review a recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall disclosure be delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours following the recorded event.

(2) If a request is made for public disclosure of a recording from body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera of an incident about which (A) a police officer has not been asked to give a formal statement about the alleged use of force, or (B) a disciplinary investigation has not been initiated, any police officer whose image or voice is captured on the recording shall have the right to review such recording in the presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative. Not later than forty-eight hours following an officer's review of a recording under this subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than ninety-six hours following the request for disclosure, whichever is earlier, such recording shall be disclosed to the public, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be delayed if the officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute psychological stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to review a recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall disclosure be delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours following the recorded event.

(g) (1) Except as otherwise provided by any agreement between a law enforcement unit and the federal government, no police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera, if applicable, to intentionally record (A) a communication with other law enforcement unit personnel, except that which may be recorded as the officer performs his or her duties, (B) an encounter with an undercover officer or informant or an officer performing detective work described in guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, (C) when an officer is on break or is otherwise engaged in a personal activity, (D) a person undergoing a medical or psychological evaluation, procedure or treatment, (E) any person other than a suspect to a crime if an officer is wearing such equipment in a hospital or other medical facility setting, or (F) in a mental health facility, unless responding to a call involving a suspect to a crime who is thought to be present in the facility.

(2) No record created using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera of (A) an occurrence or situation described in subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) a scene of an incident that involves (i) a victim of domestic or sexual abuse, (ii) a victim of homicide or suicide, or (iii) a deceased victim of an accident, if disclosure could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in the case of any such victim described in this subparagraph, or (C) a minor, shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , and any such record shall be confidential, except that a record of a minor shall be disclosed if (i) the minor and the parent or guardian of such minor consent to the disclosure of such record, (ii) a police officer is the subject of an allegation of misconduct made by such minor or the parent or guardian of such minor, and the person representing such officer in an investigation of such alleged misconduct requests disclosure of such record for the sole purpose of preparing a defense to such allegation, or (iii) a person is charged with a crime and defense counsel for such person requests disclosure of such record for the sole purpose of assisting in such person's defense and the discovery of such record as evidence is otherwise discoverable.

(h) No police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment prior to being trained in accordance with section 7-294s in the use of such equipment and in the retention of data created by such equipment. A law enforcement unit shall ensure that each police officer such unit employs receives such training at least annually and is trained on the proper care and maintenance of such equipment.

(i) If a police officer is aware that any body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera is lost, damaged or malfunctioning, such officer shall inform such officer's supervisor in writing as soon as is practicable. Upon receiving such information, the supervisor shall ensure that the body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera is inspected and repaired or replaced, as necessary. Each police officer shall inspect and test body-worn recording equipment prior to each shift to verify proper functioning, and shall notify such officer's supervisor of any problems with such equipment.

(j) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly maintain guidelines pertaining to the use of body-worn recording equipment and dashboard cameras, including the type of detective work an officer might engage in that should not be recorded, retention of data created by such equipment and dashboard cameras and methods for safe and secure storage of such data. On and after October 1, 2024, such guidelines shall contain provisions concerning under which circumstances an officer shall not pause recording on such equipment. The guidelines shall not require a law enforcement unit to store such data for a period longer than one year, except in the case where the unit knows the data is pertinent to any ongoing civil, criminal or administrative matter. Each law enforcement unit and any police officer and any other employee of such unit who may have access to such data shall adhere to such guidelines. The commissioner and council may update and reissue such guidelines, as the commissioner and council determine necessary. The commissioner and council shall, upon issuance of such guidelines or any update to such guidelines, submit such guidelines in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety.

(k) (1) Not later than October 1, 2023, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut, shall prescribe a form to be used by law enforcement units to report each unit's compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. Such form shall require the compilation of information including, but not limited to, (A) the number of body-worn recording devices in operation in a law enforcement unit, (B) the number of dashboard cameras in operation in a law enforcement unit, (C) the number of police patrol vehicles not equipped with a dashboard camera in a law enforcement unit and the reasons such vehicles are not so equipped, (D) information regarding any incidents in which a police officer of a law enforcement unit was found in an internal investigation conducted by such unit to have violated such unit's policy regarding the use of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard cameras, and (E) any other information deemed necessary.

(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each law enforcement unit shall submit a report on the form prescribed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection concerning the unit's compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section to the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut. The institute shall post such reports on the institute's Internet web site.

(3) Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut shall, within available appropriations, review the reports submitted pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and report the results of such review and any recommendations as a result of such review to the Governor, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety and security.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-318c — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-318c
Sec. 29-318c. Warning label. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Warning labels affixed to unvented kerosene burning heaters shall state that consumers shall burn only kerosene labeled 1-K in accordance with the standards of the American Society for Testing Materials in such heaters.

(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 requiring the inclusion of additional warnings or information in brochures or other written material accompanying such heaters.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-143j — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 532a / Section 29-143j
Sec. 29-143j. (Formerly Sec. 21a-196). Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Investigation and inspection. Licensing fees. Registration. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall have sole control of and jurisdiction over all amateur and professional boxing and sparring matches and all amateur and professional mixed martial arts matches held, conducted or given within the state by any person or persons, club, corporation or association, except amateur boxing, sparring and mixed martial arts matches held under the supervision of any school, college or university having an academic course of study or of the recognized athletic association connected with such school, college or university or amateur boxing, sparring and mixed martial arts matches held under the auspices of any amateur athletic association that has been determined by the commissioner to be capable of ensuring the health and safety of the participants; provided the commissioner may at any time assume jurisdiction over any amateur boxing, sparring or mixed martial arts match if the commissioner determines that the health and safety of the participants is not being sufficiently safeguarded. The commissioner may appoint inspectors who shall, on the order of the commissioner, represent the commissioner at all boxing or mixed martial arts matches. The commissioner may appoint a secretary who shall prepare for service such notices and papers as may be required and perform such other duties as the commissioner directs.

(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative may cause a full investigation to be made of the location of, and paraphernalia and equipment to be used in any boxing, sparring or mixed martial arts match and all other matters and shall determine whether or not such match will be reasonably safe for the participants and for public attendance and may make reasonable orders concerning alterations or betterments to the equipment and paraphernalia, and concerning the character and arrangement of the seating, means of egress, lighting, firefighting appliances, fire and police protection and such other provisions as shall make the match reasonably safe against both fire and casualty hazards.

(d) When any serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 53a-3 , or death occurs in connection with a boxing, sparring or mixed martial arts match, the owner of the location of the match shall, not later than four hours after such occurrence, report the injury or death to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. Not later than four hours after receipt of such report, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall cause an investigation of the occurrence to determine the cause of such serious physical injury or death. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may enter into any place or upon any premises so registered or licensed in furtherance of such investigation and inspection.

(e) The commissioner, in consultation with the Connecticut Boxing Commission, shall adopt such regulations in accordance with chapter 54 as the commissioner deems necessary and desirable for the conduct, supervision and safety of boxing matches, including the licensing of the sponsors and the participants of such boxing matches, and for the development and promotion of the sport of boxing in this state, including, but not limited to, regulations to improve the competitiveness of the sport of boxing in this state relative to other states. Such regulations shall require fees for the issuance of licenses to such sponsors and participants as follows: (1) For referees, a fee of not less than one hundred twenty-six dollars; (2) for matchmakers and assistant matchmakers, a fee of not less than one hundred twenty-six dollars; (3) for timekeepers, a fee of not less than twenty-six dollars; (4) for professional boxers, a fee of not less than twenty-six dollars; (5) for amateur boxers, a fee of not less than fifteen dollars; (6) for managers, a fee of not less than one hundred twenty-six dollars; (7) for trainers, a fee of not less than twenty-six dollars; (8) for seconds, a fee of not less than twenty-six dollars; (9) for announcers, a fee of not less than twenty-six dollars; and (10) for promoters, a fee of not less than three hundred fifteen dollars.

(f) No organization, gymnasium or independent club shall host a sparring match unless such organization, gymnasium or independent club registers with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection in accordance with this subsection. The commissioner shall register any organization, gymnasium or independent club that the commissioner deems qualified to host such matches. Application for such registration shall be made on forms provided by the department and accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner or an authorized representative may inspect the facility of any such organization, gymnasium or independent club. The Attorney General, at the request of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, may apply in the name of the state of Connecticut to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining any organization, gymnasium or independent club from operating in violation of any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection. The commissioner, in consultation with the Connecticut Boxing Commission, shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary for the conduct, supervision and safety of sparring matches.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to regulate the conduct, supervision and safety of mixed martial arts matches, including the licensing of the sponsors of and the participants in such matches, and to set a reasonable fee for the issuance of licenses to such sponsors and participants.

(h) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with any person for the services of such person acting as an inspector appointed in accordance with the provisions of this section.

See Secs. 53-200 and 53-201 re penalties for offenses involving prize fights.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-179f — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 536 / Section 29-179f
Sec. 29-179f. State Urban Violence and Cooperative Crime Control Task Force. Powers. Municipality to petition for assistance. Use of municipal personnel. Indemnification.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon agreement between the chief elected official or chief of police of any municipality and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the task force may conduct any investigation under the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the commissioner's designee, at any place within the state it deems necessary.

(c) The task force may request and may receive from any federal, state or local agency, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties, including the temporary assignment of personnel necessary to carry out the performance of its functions.

(d) The task force may enter into mutual assistance and cooperation agreements with other states pertaining to law enforcement matters extending across state boundaries and may consult and exchange information and personnel with agencies of other states with reference to law enforcement problems of mutual concern.

(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall appoint a commanding officer and such other personnel as the commissioner deems necessary for the duties of the task force, within available appropriations.

(f) In order to participate in and utilize the task force, a municipality shall petition the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for assistance. Such petition shall contain a description of the problem, a record of the efforts made to solve or contain the problem by local authorities and a request for the deployment of the task force to address specific problems or investigations. The task force may deploy subject to agreement as described in subsection (b) of this section. Municipalities participating in the task force shall assign local resources and personnel to the extent of their ability to do so.

(g) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may select such personnel from any municipality of the state as the commissioner deems necessary to act as temporary special state police officers to carry out the duties of the task force.

(h) Any municipal police officer while assigned to duty with the task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the commissioner's designee, shall, when acting within the scope of such officer's authority, have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred upon a state police officer.

(i) Each municipality shall be responsible for the full payment of the compensation of personnel temporarily assigned to the task force and such salary shall be payable to such assigned personnel while on duty with the task force.

(j) For purposes of indemnification of such personnel and its municipalities against any losses, damages or liabilities arising out of the service and activities of the task force, personnel while assigned to, and performing the duties of, the task force shall be deemed to be acting as employees of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-143aa — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 532a / Section 29-143aa
Sec. 29-143aa. Health insurance and death benefit for boxers and competitors.
Status: in_force

(b) Such health insurance coverage shall provide at least twenty thousand dollars of benefits for medical, dental, surgical and hospital expenses resulting from or caused by such boxer's or competitor's participation in such match. Such death benefit shall provide at least fifty thousand dollars to the estate of the boxer or competitor for the death of the boxer or competitor resulting from or caused by such boxer's or competitor's participation in such match.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-161z — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 534 / Section 29-161z
Sec. 29-161z. (Formerly Sec. 29-161b). Permit to carry firearms required. Firearm safety course. Regulations. Instructor approval. Penalty. License, permit or approval suspension or revocation. Appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may grant to any suitable employee of a licensed security service, or to an employee hired by a firm or corporation to perform work as a uniformed or nonuniformed security officer, a special permit to carry a pistol or revolver or other firearm while actually on duty on the premises of the employer, or, while directly en route to or from such employment, provided that such employee has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such employee has successfully completed a course, approved by the commissioner, of training in the safety and use of firearms. The commissioner may grant to such employee a temporary permit pending issuance of the permit, provided such employee has submitted an application and successfully completed such training course immediately following employment. All armed security officers shall complete such safety course and yearly complete a refresher safety course approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the approval of schools, institutions or organizations offering such courses, requirements for instructors and the required number of hours and content of such courses.

(c) Application for a special permit shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a sixty-two-dollar fee. Such permit shall have the same expiration date as the pistol permit issued under subsection (b) of section 29-28 and may be renewed for additional five-year periods.

(d) (1) On and after October 1, 2008, no person or employee of an association, corporation or partnership shall conduct the training pursuant to subsection (b) of this section without the approval of the commissioner, except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection. Application for such approval shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the commissioner, accompanied by a fee of forty dollars. Such application shall be made under oath and shall contain the applicant's name, address, date and place of birth, employment for the previous five years, education or training in the subjects required to be taught under subsection (b) of this section, any convictions for violations of the law and such other information as the commissioner may require by regulation adopted pursuant to section 29-161x to properly investigate the character, competency and integrity of the applicant. No person shall be approved as an instructor for such training who has been convicted of a felony, a sexual offense or a crime of moral turpitude or who has been denied approval as a security service licensee, a security officer or instructor in the security industry by any licensing authority, or whose approval has been revoked or suspended. The term for such approval shall not exceed two years. Not later than two business days after a change of address, any person approved as an instructor in accordance with this section shall notify the commissioner of such change and such notification shall include both the old and new addresses.

(2) If a course of training in the safety and use of firearms is approved by the commissioner in accordance with subsection (b) of this section on or before September 30, 2008, the person serving as an instructor of such course shall have until April 1, 2009, to apply for approval as an instructor in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) Each person approved as an instructor in accordance with this section may apply for the renewal of such approval on a form approved by the commissioner, accompanied by a fee of forty dollars. Such form may require the disclosure of any information necessary for the commissioner to determine whether the instructor's suitability to serve as an instructor has changed since the issuance of the prior approval. The term of such renewed approval shall not exceed two years.

(e) Any fee or portion of a fee paid pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be refundable.

(f) Any person, firm or corporation that violates any provision of this section shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each violation of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.

(g) The commissioner may suspend or revoke a security service license, a special permit issued to a security officer or instructor approval upon a finding by the commissioner that such licensee, permit holder or instructor has violated any provision of this section, provided notice shall have been given to such licensee, permit holder or instructor to appear before the commissioner to show cause why the license, permit or approval should not be suspended or revoked. Any party aggrieved by an order of the commissioner may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 , except the venue for such appeal shall be the judicial district of New Britain.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-256f — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-256f
Sec. 29-256f. Amendments to State Building Code and Fire Safety Code re residential occupancies served by single exit stairway and three-unit and four-unit residential buildings.
Status: in_force

(1) Allow additional residential occupancies to be served safely by a single exit stairway, in such a way as to:

(A) Be consistent with safe occupancy and egress;

(B) Consider the experience of the cities of Seattle, New York City and Honolulu in implementing similar provisions;

(C) Apply to municipalities in which the fire service is sufficient to maintain safe occupancy and egress under such additional occupancies, if appropriate;

(D) Promote the inclusion of units with three or more bedrooms in building designs to promote construction of family-sized units, especially on smaller lots; and

(E) Allow additional stories above grade plane to be served by a single exit stairway in a building with an automatic sprinkler system, under such conditions as to ensure safe occupancy and egress. Such conditions may include, but need not be limited to, additional levels of fire and smoke separation and any features necessary to allow for firefighters to ascend a stair as occupants descend; and

(2) Encourage construction of safe three-unit and four-unit residential buildings, which shall:

(A) Be consistent with safe occupancy and egress; and

(B) Include three-unit and four-unit residential buildings in the International Residential Code portion of the Connecticut State Building Code, or otherwise provide for requirements for three-unit and four-unit residential buildings in the International Building Code portion of the Connecticut State Building Code similar to those for one-unit and two-unit residential buildings in the International Residential Code portion of the Connecticut State Building Code, under such conditions as to ensure safe occupancy and egress.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37p — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-37p
Sec. 29-37p. Long gun eligibility certificate. Disqualifiers.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue a long gun eligibility certificate unless said commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of firearms available to the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use of firearms conducted by an instructor certified by the state or the National Rifle Association, or (B) for any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not earlier than two years prior to the submission of such application, a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms, which courses may include those certified by the National Rifle Association or other organizations, conducted by an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course includes instruction in state law requirements pertaining to safe storage in the home and in vehicles, lawful use of firearms and lawful carrying of firearms in public; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, (B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, (C) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58 , 53a-61 , 53a-61a , 53a-62 , 53a-63 , 53a-96 , 53a-175 , 53a-176 , 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding twenty years, or (D) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that has been designated as a family violence crime pursuant to section 46b-38h ; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120 ; (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13 ; (5) has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 , within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court; (6) has been voluntarily admitted or, on or after October 1, 2023, has been committed under an emergency certificate pursuant to section 17a-502 to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 , within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680 ; (7) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a ; (8) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c ; (9) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); or (10) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-18b — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-18b
Sec. 29-18b. Special policemen for Department of Revenue Services.
Status: in_force

(b) Special policemen in the Department of Revenue Services may, in connection with their official duties relating to any criminal tax investigation, disclose return information, as defined in section 12-15 , to the extent such disclosure is necessary to obtain information that is not otherwise reasonably available with respect to the enforcement of any criminal law of this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-136a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 532 / Section 29-136a
Sec. 29-136a. Patron safety regulations. Detainment of patrons. Owner responsibility.
Status: in_force

(b) A security guard or law enforcement officer may detain a patron of an amusement for a reasonable time for the purpose of summoning a police officer to the premises of such amusement if such guard or officer has reasonable cause to believe that the patron has violated the patron safety regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of section 29-136 .

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the liability of the owner of an amusement or relieving the owner's responsibility to provide reasonable supervision of patrons.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-144 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 533 / Section 29-144
Sec. 29-144. Definition.
Status: in_force

Expressly exempts state from showing defendant received compensation. 25 CA 643.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38b — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-38b
Sec. 29-38b. Determination of commitment or admission status of person who applies for or seeks renewal of firearm permit or certificate. Report on status of application.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection determines pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that a person has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 , within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court or has been voluntarily admitted or has been committed under an emergency certificate pursuant to section 17a-502 to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 , within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680 , said commissioner shall report the status of such person's application for or renewal of a permit to sell firearms at retail, a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, a certificate of possession for an assault weapon or a long gun eligibility certificate to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purpose of fulfilling his responsibilities under subsection (c) of section 17a-500 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-36k — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-36k
Sec. 29-36k. Transfer, delivery or surrender of firearms or ammunition by persons ineligible to possess firearms or ammunition. Request for return of firearms or ammunition. Destruction of firearms or ammunition. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Immediately, but in no event more than twenty-four hours after notice has been provided to a person subject to a restraining or protective order or a foreign order of protection, such person shall (1) transfer any pistol, revolver or other firearm or ammunition which such person then possesses to a federally licensed firearms dealer pursuant to the sale of the pistol, revolver or other firearm or ammunition to the federally licensed firearms dealer, or (2) deliver or surrender such pistols and revolvers and other firearms and ammunition to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, provided a local police department may accept such pistols, revolvers, other firearms and ammunition on behalf of said commissioner. For the purposes of this section, a “person subject to a restraining or protective order or a foreign order of protection” means a person who knows that such person is subject to (A) a restraining or protective order of a court of this state that has been issued against such person, after notice has been provided to such person, in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, or (B) a foreign order of protection, as defined in section 46b-15a , that has been issued against such person in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person.

(c) (1) A person subject to a restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , who has delivered or surrendered any pistol, revolver, or other firearm or ammunition to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a local police department, may request the return of such pistol, revolver, or other firearm or ammunition, upon (A) the expiration of the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , or (B) the issuance of a subsequent court order that rescinds the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a .

(2) When making such request, the person described in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall provide notification of (A) the expiration of the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , or (B) the issuance of a subsequent court order that rescinds the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a local police department.

(3) Not later than five business days after the date on which a person has made a request pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the commissioner or a local police department shall review the request and make available for retrieval any pistol, revolver, or other firearm or ammunition to such person provided the commissioner or a local police department confirms: (A) (i) The expiration of the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , or (ii) the issuance of a subsequent court order that rescinds the restraining order or protective order or a foreign order of protection or an order of protection issued under section 46b-16a , (B) that such person is not otherwise disqualified from possessing such pistol, revolver, or other firearm or ammunition, and (C) that such person was legally entitled to possess such pistol, revolver, or other firearm or ammunition at the time of delivery or surrender to the commissioner or a local police department.

(d) Such person, or such person's legal representative, may, at any time up to one year after such delivery or surrender, transfer such pistols and revolvers in accordance with the provisions of section 29-33 to any person eligible to possess a pistol or revolver and transfer such other firearms and ammunition, in accordance with any applicable state and federal laws, to any person eligible to possess such other firearms and ammunition, provided any person subject to a restraining or protective order or a foreign order of protection, or such person's legal representative, may only transfer such pistol, revolver or other firearm or ammunition to a federally licensed firearms dealer pursuant to the sale of the pistol, revolver or other firearm or ammunition to the federally licensed firearms dealer. Upon notification in writing by the transferee and such person, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a local police department as the case may be, shall, within ten days, deliver such pistols and revolvers and other firearms and ammunition to the transferee. If, at the end of such year, such pistols and revolvers and other firearms and ammunition have not been so transferred, the commissioner or a local police department as the case may be, shall cause them to be destroyed.

(e) Any person who fails to transfer, deliver or surrender any such pistols and revolvers and other firearms or ammunition as provided in this section shall be subject to the penalty provided for in section 53a-217 or 53a-217c .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-1i — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 528 / Section 29-1i
Sec. 29-1i. Missing adult persons.
Status: in_force

(b) A law enforcement agency shall accept without delay any report of a missing adult person.

(c) The unit of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that investigates missing adult persons shall, as appropriate, enter all collected information relating to a missing adult person case into the National Crime Information Center database and any other applicable federal database with all practicable speed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-152m — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 533a / Section 29-152m
Sec. 29-152m. Permit to carry firearm required. Training required. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may grant to any professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, surety bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i , inclusive, a permit to carry a pistol or revolver or other firearm while engaging in the business of professional bondsman, surety bail bond agent or bail enforcement agent, as the case may be, or while traveling to or from such business, provided that such bondsman or agent has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such bondsman or agent has successfully completed a course, approved by the commissioner, of training in the safety and use of firearms.

(c) An application for a permit pursuant to this section shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of sixty-two dollars. Such permit shall have an expiration date that coincides with that of the state permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-28 .

(d) A permit issued pursuant to this section shall be renewable every five years with a renewal fee of sixty-two dollars. Each holder of a permit issued pursuant to this section shall successfully complete an annual firearms safety refresher course approved by the commissioner as a condition of such renewal. The commissioner shall send, by first class mail, a notice of expiration of the bail enforcement agent firearms permit issued pursuant to this section, together with a notice of expiration of the permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-28 , in one combined form. The commissioner shall send such combined notice to the holder of the permits not later than ninety days before the date of the expiration of both permits, and shall enclose a form for renewal of the permits. A bail enforcement agent firearms permit issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for a period of ninety days after the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply if the permit to carry a pistol or revolver has been revoked or revocation is pending pursuant to section 29-32 , in which case the bail enforcement agent firearms permit shall also be revoked.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the approval of schools, institutions or organizations offering firearms safety courses, the requirements for instructors and the required number of hours and content of such courses.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-7n — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-7n
Sec. 29-7n. Record and classification of gang-related crimes.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 1994, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are gang-related in accordance with the provisions of section 29-1c .

*Note: Sections 3 and 8 of public act 93-416 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-307b — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-307b
Sec. 29-307b. Notice to water companies of the presence or elimination of hazardous material.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in this section, “water company” means a water company supplying water to one thousand or more persons or to two hundred fifty or more customers, and “employer” and “hazardous material” have the same meanings as provided in section 29-307a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-453a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541a / Section 29-453a
Sec. 29-453a. Emergency power generators required in certain age-restricted multifamily housing projects.
Status: in_force

(b) For purposes of this section, “privately owned multifamily housing project” means real property that (1) consists of, or encompasses, a building not less than fifteen stories in height that contains dwelling units whose occupancy is restricted by age, and (2) is subject, in whole or in part, to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act, 12 USC 1701 et seq.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-1bb — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 528 / Section 29-1bb
Sec. 29-1bb. Eligible nonprofit organization security infrastructure competitive grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection;

(2) “Department” means the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection;

(3) “Eligible expenses” means expenses incurred by an eligible nonprofit organization for items and training described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of this section that are eligible for a grant pursuant to this section;

(4) “Eligible nonprofit organization” means an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and that is at heightened risk, as determined by the commissioner, of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or violent act;

(5) “Eligible nonprofit organization building” means a building in the state that is owned by an eligible nonprofit organization;

(6) “Eligible nonprofit organization applicant” means an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and that applies for a grant pursuant to subsection (d) of this section; and

(7) “Eligible nonprofit organization applicant building” means a building in the state that is owned by an eligible nonprofit organization applicant.

(b) (1) On or before May 1, 2020, the commissioner shall develop eligible nonprofit organization building security infrastructure criteria for eligible nonprofit organization buildings that are the subject of grants awarded pursuant to this section. Such criteria shall conform to industry standards for building security infrastructure and shall address areas including, but not limited to, (A) entryways to eligible nonprofit organization buildings and rooms, such as reinforcement of entryways, ballistic glass, solid core doors, double door access, computer-controlled electronic locks, remote locks on all entrance and exits and buzzer systems, (B) the use of cameras throughout an eligible nonprofit organization building and at all entrances and exits, including the use of closed-circuit television monitoring, (C) penetration resistant vestibules, and (D) other security infrastructure improvements and devices as they become industry standards.

(2) On or before May 1, 2020, the commissioner shall develop a checklist for eligible nonprofit organization applicants to use to assess the safety and security of eligible nonprofit organization applicant buildings, pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this section, for purposes of grant eligibility pursuant to this section. Such checklist shall include measures to assess eligible nonprofit organization applicant buildings and eligible nonprofit organization applicants' communications systems, building access control and surveillance, utility systems, mechanical systems and emergency power.

(c) The department shall administer an eligible nonprofit organization security infrastructure competitive grant program to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for eligible expenses for eligible nonprofit organization buildings incurred on or after July 1, 2019, for: (1) The development or improvement of the security infrastructure of eligible nonprofit organization buildings, based on the results of eligible nonprofit organization buildings security assessments conducted pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this section, including, but not limited to, the installation of surveillance cameras, penetration resistant vestibules, ballistic glass, solid core doors, double door access, computer-controlled electronic locks, entry door buzzer systems, scan card systems, panic alarms, real time interoperable communications and multimedia sharing infrastructure or other systems; and (2) (A) the training of eligible nonprofit organization personnel in the operation and maintenance of the security infrastructure of eligible nonprofit organization buildings, and (B) the purchase of portable entrance security devices, including, but not limited to, metal detector wands and screening machines and related training.

(d) On and after May 1, 2020, any eligible nonprofit organization applicant that owns an eligible nonprofit organization applicant building may apply, in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, to the department for a grant for eligible expenses for eligible nonprofit organization buildings incurred on or after July 1, 2019, for the purposes described in subsection (c) of this section. The commissioner shall require all eligible nonprofit organization applicants to submit information to the department to demonstrate that such eligible nonprofit organization applicant is at a heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or violent act. The commissioner shall evaluate such information based on neutral criteria applied equally to all eligible nonprofit organization applicants. The commissioner shall determine which expenses are eligible under the program and whether to approve or deny an application in accordance with the eligible nonprofit organization building security infrastructure criteria developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and upon a determination that the eligible nonprofit organization applicant is at a heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or violent act.

(e) (1) An eligible nonprofit organization may receive a grant of not more than fifty thousand dollars pursuant to this section, provided fifty per cent of such grant shall be made available to such eligible nonprofit organization when such eligible nonprofit organization presents to the commissioner a contract in which such eligible nonprofit organization will incur eligible expenses for security infrastructure, and fifty per cent of such grant shall be made available to such eligible nonprofit organization when such eligible nonprofit organization demonstrates to the commissioner that the eligible nonprofit organization has incurred all of the eligible expenses pursuant to such contract. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an eligible nonprofit organization from applying for a federal grant in addition to a grant pursuant to this section, provided such organization shall not receive both a federal grant and a grant pursuant to this section for the same project.

(2) To be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section, an eligible nonprofit organization applicant shall provide for a uniform assessment of its eligible nonprofit organization applicant buildings, including any security infrastructure, using the checklist developed by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. The assessment may be conducted under the supervision of the local law enforcement agency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-152l — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 533a / Section 29-152l
Sec. 29-152l. Restrictions on wearing or displaying certain uniforms, badges or other insignia.
Status: in_force

(b) No bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i , inclusive, shall wear, carry or display a badge that indicates that he or she is a bail enforcement agent or performs the duties of a bail enforcement agent unless the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection has approved such badge. If the commissioner suspends or revokes, or refuses to renew, the license of a bail enforcement agent, such agent shall surrender any badge approved by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection when such agent surrenders such license pursuant to section 29-152i . Any violation of this subsection shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37d — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-37d
Sec. 29-37d. Firearms dealer to install burglar alarm system on premises of its establishment. Exceptions. Civil penalties. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation of this section. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense, provided the civil penalty may not exceed four thousand nine hundred dollars in the aggregate for a continuing violation.

(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-291c — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-291c
Sec. 29-291c. State Fire Prevention Code and Fire Safety Code: Abatement of certain conditions, injunction, citation, penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon failure of an owner or occupant to abate or remedy a violation pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within a reasonable period of time specified by the State Fire Marshal or the local fire marshal, the local fire marshal shall promptly notify, in writing, the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction in the municipality in which such violation or condition exists of all of the relevant facts. The local fire marshal may request the chief executive officer, any official of the municipality authorized to institute actions on behalf of the municipality in which the hazard exists or the State Fire Marshal, to apply to any court of equitable jurisdiction for an injunction against such owner or occupant for the purpose of closing or restricting from public service or use the place or premises containing the violation or condition until the violation or condition has been remedied, or the State Fire Marshal may apply for such an injunction without such request.

(c) The State Fire Marshal or any local fire marshal empowered to enforce the State Fire Prevention Code or Fire Safety Code may, as an alternative to issuing an order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, give the owner or occupant a written citation for any violation of the applicable code. No such citation may be issued if the owner or occupant has been previously issued a citation for the same violation by the State Fire Marshal or the local fire marshal within six months prior to the current violation. Such citation shall contain the name and address, if known, of the owner or occupant, the specific offense charged and the time and place of the violation. The citation shall be signed by the State Fire Marshal or local fire marshal and shall be signed by the owner or occupant in acknowledgment that such citation has been received. The State Fire Marshal or local fire marshal shall, if practicable, deliver a copy of the citation to the owner or occupant at the time and place of the violation or shall use some other reasonable means of notification. Any person who is issued a citation for violation of any provision of the State Fire Prevention Code or Fire Safety Code in accordance with this subsection shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.

(d) If a local fire marshal issues a citation pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the state shall remit to the municipalities in which the violations occurred ninety per cent of the proceeds of the fine and shall remit to the State Treasurer the remaining ten per cent. If the State Fire Marshal issues a citation pursuant to said subsection, the state shall remit to the State Treasurer the entire proceeds of the fine. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official.

(e) In addition to the fine prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, any person who violates any provision of the State Fire Prevention Code or Fire Safety Code shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-254 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-254
Sec. 29-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-395g). Amendments to code. Variations and exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Building Inspector may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, the State Building Code where strict compliance with the code would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided the intent of the law shall be observed and public welfare and safety be assured. Any application for a variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by a local building official shall be forwarded to the State Building Inspector by first class mail not later than fifteen business days after receipt by such local building official and shall be accompanied by a letter from such local building official that shall include comments on the merits of the application. Any such determination by the State Building Inspector shall be in writing. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the State Building Inspector may appeal to the Codes and Standards Committee not later than thirty days after mailing of the decision. Any person aggrieved by any ruling of the Codes and Standards Committee may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein the premises concerned are located.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-18c — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-18c
Sec. 29-18c. Special policemen for Department of Consumer Protection.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 12-564a re reporting of investigations and arrest data.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-179 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 536 / Section 29-179
Sec. 29-179. State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board.
Status: in_force

(b) The policy board shall direct and supervise the formulation of policies and operating procedures and shall coordinate the activities of the task force with other law enforcement agencies within and without the state.

(c) The policy board may apply for and shall administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force.

(d) All equipment and office and other supplies of the state narcotics coordinating committee and the unencumbered balance of any funds received by said committee for the operation of the regional narcotic squads shall be transferred to the Division of State Police for the use of the state-wide narcotics task force.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-253 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-253
Sec. 29-253. (Formerly Sec. 19-395e). Code applicable to all municipalities. Ordinance governing demolition of hazardous building.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent any town, city or borough from adopting an ordinance governing the demolition of buildings deemed to be unsafe. As used in this subsection, “unsafe building” means a building that constitutes a fire hazard or is otherwise dangerous to human life or the public welfare.

Cited. 192 C. 207; 225 C. 575.

Cited. 13 CA 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-36i — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-36i
Sec. 29-36i. Revocation of eligibility certificate. Reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the revocation of any eligibility certificate, the person whose eligibility certificate is revoked shall be notified in writing and such certificate shall be forthwith delivered to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Any person who fails to surrender such certificate within five days of notification in writing of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(c) If an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver is revoked because the person holding such certificate is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a , upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such certificate pursuant to section 29-36f , the department shall reinstate such certificate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38d — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-38d
Sec. 29-38d. Interstate transportation of firearms through state.
Status: in_force

(b) During the transportation of a firearm through this state as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, such firearm shall be unloaded and neither such firearm nor any ammunition being transported shall be readily accessible or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle. If the vehicle does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, such firearm shall be unloaded and such firearm and any ammunition being transported shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.

(c) No person who is transporting a firearm through this state in accordance with this section may use or carry such firearm or sell, deliver or otherwise transfer such firearm while in this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-356 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-356
Sec. 29-356. (Formerly Sec. 29-96). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Fireworks” means and includes any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes or toy guns in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, Daygo bombs, and any fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance, except that the term “fireworks” shall not include sparklers and fountains and toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with the regulations of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency for packing and shipping of toy paper caps are used and toy pistol paper caps manufactured as provided therein.

(2) “Sparklers” means a wire or stick coated with pyrotechnic composition that produces a shower of sparks upon ignition.

(3) “Fountain” means any cardboard or heavy paper cone or cylindrical tube containing pyrotechnic mixture that upon ignition produces a shower of colored sparks or smoke. “Fountain” includes, but is not limited to, (A) a spike fountain, which provides a spike for insertion into the ground, (B) a base fountain which has a wooden or plastic base for placing on the ground, or (C) a handle fountain which is a handheld device with a wooden or cardboard handle.

By using term “shower” of smoke, legislature wanted to ensure that the firework must produce either significant amount of sparks or significant amount of smoke to be classified as a fountain. 285 C. 192.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-299 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-299
Sec. 29-299. (Formerly Sec. 29-46). Dismissal of local fire marshal.
Status: in_force

Cited. 209 C. 352.

Cited. 42 CA 13.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37q — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-37q
Sec. 29-37q. Long gun eligibility certificate. Application. Form and content. Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(b) A long gun eligibility certificate shall be of such form and content as the commissioner may prescribe, shall be signed by the certificate holder and shall contain an identification number, the name, address, place and date of birth, height, weight and eye color of the certificate holder and a full-face photograph of the certificate holder.

(c) A person holding a long gun eligibility certificate issued by the commissioner shall notify the commissioner not later than two business days after any change of such person's address. The notification shall include both the old address and the new address of such person.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211 , the name and address of a person issued a long gun eligibility certificate under the provisions of section 29-37p shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such information may be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance of their duties, including, but not limited to, employees of the United States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the performance of their duties, (2) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may disclose such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-37a or 29-38m for verification that such certificate is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked, and (3) such information may be disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-38
Sec. 29-38. Weapons in vehicles. Penalty. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Any officer charged with the preservation of the public peace while engaged in the pursuit of such officer's official duties; (2) any security guard having a baton or nightstick in a vehicle while engaged in the pursuit of such guard's official duties; (3) any person enrolled in and currently attending a martial arts school, with official verification of such enrollment and attendance, or any certified martial arts instructor, having any such martial arts weapon in a vehicle while traveling to or from such school or to or from an authorized event or competition; (4) any person having a BB. gun in a vehicle provided such weapon is unloaded and stored in the trunk of such vehicle or in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console; (5) any person having a knife, the edged portion of the blade of which is four inches or more in length, in a vehicle if such person is (A) any member of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103 , or any reserve component thereof, or of the armed forces of the state, as defined in section 27-2 , when on duty or going to or from duty, (B) any member of any military organization when on parade or when going to or from any place of assembly, (C) any person while transporting such knife as merchandise or for display at an authorized gun or knife show, (D) any person while lawfully removing such person's household goods or effects from one place to another, or from one residence to another, (E) any person while actually and peaceably engaged in carrying any such knife from such person's place of abode or business to a place or person where or by whom such knife is to be repaired, or while actually and peaceably returning to such person's place of abode or business with such knife after the same has been repaired, (F) any person holding a valid hunting, fishing or trapping license issued pursuant to chapter 490 or any saltwater fisherman while having such knife in a vehicle for lawful hunting, fishing or trapping activities, or (G) any person participating in an authorized historic reenactment; (6) any person having an electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3 , in a vehicle, who is twenty-one years of age or older and possesses a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of section 29-28 , 29-36f , 29-37p or 29-38n ; or (7) any person having a dirk knife or police baton in a vehicle while lawfully moving such person's household goods or effects from one place to another, or from one residence to another.

After defendant's loaded revolver was removed from his waistband while he was seated in his car after midnight in a high crime area, officer justified in seizure and arrest of defendant under the circumstances of speedy information by informant. 157 C. 114. Search of defendant's car, upon his arrest for breach of the peace, which yielded weapon was incidental to his arrest and properly made. Id., 222. Cited. 163 C. 176. Section has the effect of placing the burden of proof on alleged violators constituting a denial of due process and is therefore invalid. 165 C. 577, 597. Cited. 170 C. 81. State must prove beyond reasonable doubt that proper permit had not been issued, since that is essential element of the crime. Id., 234. Cited. 172 C. 21; Id., 94; 174 C. 22; Id., 405; 178 C. 534; 179 C. 516; 183 C. 148; 188 C. 406; 189 C. 35; 190 C. 259; 193 C. 7; 195 C. 668; 197 C. 358; 201 C. 190; 205 C. 262; Id., 370; 207 C. 565; 209 C. 98; 211 C. 258; 217 C. 73; 222 C. 718; 225 C. 650; 227 C. 363; 233 C. 215; 237 C. 348; 239 C. 56; 240 C. 489. If defendant knowingly has item in a vehicle and intentionally uses that item in a manner capable of causing serious physical injury, the elements of section have been met, regardless of whether he had a prior intent to do so; when item that defendant is charged with having in the vehicle is an otherwise legal item and did not become a dangerous instrument within meaning of section until it was used in self-defense, defendant may raise Sec. 53a-19 as a defense. 271 C. 785. Section concerns unlawful possession of both firearms and weapons, and possession does not necessarily mean “carrying”. 298 C. 1. Knife designed primarily for stabbing purposes, rather than for utilitarian purposes, and having a handle guard and two sharpened edges that taper to a point falls within the meaning of a dirk knife for purposes of section; expandable metal baton constitutes a police baton for purposes of section; prohibition on transport of dirk knives and police batons to one's home violates second amendment right to bear arms and therefore section, as applied, is unconstitutional. 315 C. 79.

Cited. 7 CA 95; 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; Id., 330; 10 CA 395; 11 CA 11; Id., 251; Id., 621; 12 CA 268; 13 CA 76; Id., 288; 15 CA 305; 17 CA 243; Id., 556; 19 CA 48; 21 CA 299; 23 CA 602; 25 CA 181; Id., 433; 30 CA 9; Id., 232; 38 CA 434; 45 CA 110. Elements discussed. 47 CA 586. Statute does not require state to prove that defendant possessed the knife in the vehicle; it is sufficient for state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knew the knife was in the vehicle. 63 CA 228. Is not a crime to have a hammer in a motor vehicle unless it is intended to be used as a dangerous instrument or for some other illicit purpose. 70 CA 855. State's search of state and city database for evidence of permit to carry pistol was insufficient to meet state's burden of establishing that defendant lacked a valid permit to lawfully carry a pistol on date of incident because state failed to establish that defendant was a resident of the city or had a place of business within the city during the 60-day period immediately preceding the alleged conduct. 156 CA 175; judgment reversed in part, see 324 C. 782.

Separate and distinct crime from the carrying of dangerous weapons on the person. 10 CS 272. Cited. 22 CS 173; Id., 201; 23 CS 82; 35 CS 659.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 119.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-161y — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 534 / Section 29-161y
Sec. 29-161y. (Formerly Sec. 29-161a). Registration of security officers or security personnel carrying firearms. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person, firm or corporation that violates any provision of this section shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each violation of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38m — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-38m
Sec. 29-38m. Sale of ammunition or ammunition magazine.
Status: in_force

(b) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition or an ammunition magazine to any person under eighteen years of age.

(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition or an ammunition magazine to any person unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 , a valid permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 , a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p and presents to the transferor such permit or certificate, or unless such person holds a valid ammunition certificate issued pursuant to section 29-38n and presents to the transferor such certificate and such person's motor vehicle operator's license, passport or other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government that contains such person's date of birth and photograph.

(d) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the sale of ammunition to (1) the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, police departments, the Department of Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States; (2) a sworn and duly certified member of an organized police department, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Department of Correction, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a conservation officer or special conservation officer appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-5 , or a constable who is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and appointed by the chief executive authority of a town, city or borough to perform criminal law enforcement duties, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or constable in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's or constable's official duties or when off duty; (3) a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States; (4) a nuclear facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, or any contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the purpose of providing security services at such facility; or (5) a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, importer, dealer or collector.

(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-404 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-404
Sec. 29-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-403e). Local building official to administer State Demolition Code.
Status: in_force

Cited. 211 C. 690.

Cited. 18 CA 40.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-363 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-363
Sec. 29-363. (Formerly Sec. 29-103). Expense of transportation and storage of seized fireworks.
Status: in_force

Although section only explicitly refers to defendant's right to appeal, it provides that the in rem proceedings shall be conducted as a civil action such that the state has the right to appeal from a final judgment as an aggrieved party under Sec. 52-263; a warrant to restore fireworks may only be issued under section after the court has issued a final judgment in the matter. 132 CA 679.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-6a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-6a
Sec. 29-6a. Use of official hat and insignia of state police.
Status: in_force

(b) Thereafter, no policeman shall wear or use in public such official hat or insignia, or any imitation, reproduction or facsimile thereof, except a duly appointed member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection authorized by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to wear such hat or insignia.

(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-152a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 533 / Section 29-152a
Sec. 29-152a. Inspection of books and records. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) Inspect the books and records of any professional bondsman as often as the commissioner deems necessary. Said commissioner may consult with the Insurance Commissioner to carry out such inspections. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (A) establish procedures for such inspections, (B) specify the content and form of books and records required to be kept by professional bondsmen, or (C) require a fee to be paid by professional bondsmen to cover the cost of inspections; and

(2) Adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 29-144 to 29-151 , inclusive, 29-152b and 29-152c .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-7d — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-7d
Sec. 29-7d. Hate Crimes Investigative Unit.
Status: in_force

(1) Shall seek to prevent and detect any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity in the state that is a violation of section 46a-58 , 53-37 , 53-37a , 53-37b or 53a-61aa , subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-62 , subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 53a-181c , or section 53a-181j , 53a-181k or 53a-181 l ;

(2) Shall compile, monitor and analyze data regarding any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of this subsection; and

(3) Shall share data and information with, and may provide additional assistance to, any law enforcement unit to assist in the investigation of any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(b) Not later than November 1, 2022, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council, shall:

(1) Develop, and disseminate to all law enforcement units, a standardized form or other reporting system to be used by a law enforcement unit in making an initial notification or report to the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit as required by subsection (c) of this section;

(2) Develop best practices to facilitate the continued sharing of information among and between the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit and law enforcement units;

(3) Take such actions as are necessary to inform the public of its right to report any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section and how to make such reports, including, but not limited to, considering the establishment of state and municipal telephone hotlines and web sites that can be used to make reports; and

(4) Develop a model policy for the investigation of hate crimes.

(c) On and after January 1, 2023, each law enforcement unit shall, not later than fourteen days after receiving notification, information or a complaint of any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, provide a notice and report to the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit regarding such criminal activity or suspected criminal activity using the standardized form or other reporting system developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. The law enforcement unit shall continue to share information regarding the investigation of such criminal activity or suspected criminal activity with the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit according to the best practices developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) For purposes of this section, “law enforcement unit” has the same meaning as in section 7-294a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-136 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 532 / Section 29-136
Sec. 29-136. Investigation and inspection. Reporting of serious injury or death. Signs required. Alternate compliance. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) When any serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 53a-3 , or death occurs in connection with the operation of any amusement ride or device, the owner of such ride or device shall, within four hours after such occurrence, report the injury or death to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. Not later than four hours after receipt of any such report, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall cause an investigation of the occurrence and an inspection of the ride or device to determine the cause of such serious physical injury or death. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may enter into any place or upon any premises so licensed in furtherance of such investigation and inspection. Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner, no amusement ride or device subject to the provisions of this chapter may be operated or altered nor shall it be removed from the location where such injury or death occurred for seventy-two hours after the time of the receipt of the report.

(c) The owner of an amusement ride or device shall display signs, in accordance with the patron safety regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, on which is written, at a minimum, the following statement, in letters at least two inches in height: “State law requires patrons to obey all posted signs, warnings and instructions and to behave in a manner that will not cause or contribute to the injury of themselves or others. Injured patrons or their adult guardians must report all injuries to management before leaving. Disorderly conduct is punishable by up to a five-hundred-dollar fine and up to three months imprisonment.”. Such signs shall be posted in accordance with the patron safety regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section and at any station for reporting an injury, any first aid station and either (1) the entrance or exit to or from the premises designated for patrons, or (2) any area or structure where patrons may purchase admission or receive authorization to use an amusement ride or device.

(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may grant variations from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of this section or any regulation adopted under the provisions of subsection (e) of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would result in exceptional practical difficulty or undue hardship, provided any such variation or approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, secure the public safety.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-393 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-393
Sec. 29-393. (Formerly Sec. 19-391). Building inspectors; duties, right of entry.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 19-391:

Provision in municipal building code which prohibited the repair of any building of nonfireproof construction within the inner fire limits of the city after it had been damaged to the extent of 50 per cent of the cost of replacing the original building, held a valid exercise of power delegated to city. 147 C. 602.

No action lies against fire marshal for failure to inspect. 7 CS 318.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 18 CA 40.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-335a — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-335a
Sec. 29-335a. Transportation and handling of propane gas. Definitions. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) No propane gas filling facility may release a propane gas container to a customer for transportation in any enclosed vehicle unless a fitted container valve plug is fully inserted in the container or the container has an approved quick closing coupling. No person may (1) transport a propane gas container in any enclosed vehicle unless a fitted container valve plug is fully inserted in the container, or the container has an approved quick closing coupling, and such container is transported in an upright position and secured to prevent movement, (2) leave a propane gas container unattended in any vehicle or in an area accessible to the public unless a fitted container valve plug is fully inserted in the container or the container has an approved quick closing coupling, or (3) remove a container valve plug from a propane gas container except to fill the container or connect such container for use.

(c) Any person who, by himself or by his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any provision of this section, shall, upon a first conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars. Upon any subsequent conviction, any such person shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. If death or injury results from any such violation, such person shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-36 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-36
Sec. 29-36. Alteration of firearm identification mark, serial number or name.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any firearm found in the possession of any person in violation of said provision shall be forfeited.

Cited. 193 C. 7; 237 C. 348.

Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; 19 CA 51; 42 CA 768. Possession of weapon on which the identification mark has been altered or obliterated is prima facie evidence that the person in possession of weapon altered or obliterated the identification number; further, statute does not, by its language, limit application of the inference to situations in which accused is in actual possession of a pistol. 70 CA 232.

Subsec. (a):

Provision re possession as prima facie evidence of alteration is permissive inference, not mandatory presumption. 246 C. 339.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-10b — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-10b
Sec. 29-10b. Fees for record searches and copies.
Status: in_force

(1) Each search of the record files made pursuant to a request for a copy of an accident or investigative report which results in no document being produced, sixteen dollars.

(2) Each copy of an accident or investigative report, sixteen dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-420 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-420
Sec. 29-420. Connecticut Fire-Safe Cigarette Directory. Appeal. Civil action.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Fire Marshal shall not include or retain in such directory the cigarette of any holder if the holder: (1) Has failed to provide the required certification, (2) has failed to provide copies of reports, as required by subsection (d) of section 29-418 , and more than sixty days have elapsed since the holder received the written request therefor, or (3) has provided a certification that the State Fire Marshal determines is not in compliance with the provisions of section 29-419 , unless such violation has been remedied to the satisfaction of the State Fire Marshal.

(c) Any holder aggrieved by a determination by the State Fire Marshal not to include a cigarette in the directory maintained pursuant to this section or to remove such cigarette from the directory may apply, not later than thirty days after such determination, to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, which court may grant appropriate relief.

(d) If the State Fire Marshal determines that a holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license has violated a provision of this section or section 29-419 , the Attorney General, upon referral from the State Fire Marshal, may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per violation and such injunctive and equitable relief as the court deems appropriate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-367 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-367
Sec. 29-367. (Formerly Sec. 29-106q). Regulation of rockets.
Status: in_force

(b) Such regulations shall not apply to (1) the design, construction, production, fabrication, manufacture, maintenance, launching, flight, test, operation, use of or any activity in connection with a rocket or rocket motor when carried on by or engaged in by the government of the United States or any state government, any college, university or other institution of higher learning, any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity engaged in research, development, production, test, maintenance or supply of rockets, rocket motors, rocket propellants or rocket components as a business under contract to or for the purposes of sale to any government, college, university, institution of higher learning or other similarly engaged business entity; or (2) the design, construction, production, fabrication, manufacture, maintenance, launching, flight, test, operation, use of or any activity in connection with rocket-propelled model aircraft which sustain themselves against gravity by aerodynamic lifting surfaces during the entire duration of their flight in the air, or to the rocket motors that provide propulsion therefor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37s — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-37s
Sec. 29-37s. Long gun eligibility certificate. Revocation. Reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the revocation of any long gun eligibility certificate, the person whose certificate is revoked shall be notified, in writing, and such certificate shall be forthwith delivered to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Any person who fails to surrender such certificate within five days of notification, in writing, of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(c) If a long gun eligibility certificate is revoked because the person holding such certificate is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a , upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such certificate pursuant to section 29-37p , the department shall reinstate such certificate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-7h — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 529 / Section 29-7h
Sec. 29-7h. Participation in National Integrated Ballistic Information Network databank.
Status: in_force

(1) “Firearm” has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-3 ;

(2) “Fired components of ammunition” means discharged ammunition consisting of a cartridge case or a bullet or a fragment thereof, collected after a firearm is fired and containing sufficient microscopical characteristics to compare to other discharged ammunition or to determine the firearm from which the ammunition was fired;

(3) “Handgun” means any firearm capable of firing rim-fire or center-fire ammunition and designed or built to be fired with one hand;

(4) “Laboratory” means the Division of Scientific Services forensic science laboratory within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection;

(5) “Law enforcement unit” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a ; and

(6) “NIBIN databank” means the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, maintained by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or any successor network.

(b) (1) The Division of Scientific Services shall participate in the NIBIN databank. Evidence consisting of fired components of ammunition may be entered into the NIBIN databank in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.

(2) The NIBIN databank may be used by laboratory personnel, in accordance with federal procedures and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, to (A) compare two or more cartridge cases, bullets or other projectiles submitted to the laboratory or produced at the laboratory from a firearm, or (B) upon the request of a law enforcement unit as part of a criminal case investigation, verify by microscopic examination any resulting match, and shall produce a report stating the results of such a search.

(3) Any image of a fired component of ammunition that is not matched by a search of the NIBIN databank shall be submitted to the NIBIN databank for future searches.

(c) (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, when any firearm comes into police custody as the result of a criminal investigation, the law enforcement unit shall either (A) submit such firearm or fired components of ammunition from such firearm to the laboratory, or (B) if such law enforcement unit has been permitted by the laboratory pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, test fire such firearm as expeditiously as is practicable and submit evidence resulting from such test fire to the NIBIN databank.

(2) The laboratory may test fire each submitted firearm and collect fired components of ammunition from such test fires. The laboratory shall label the fired components of ammunition with the firearm manufacturer, type of weapon, serial number, date of the test fire and name of the person test firing the firearm and collecting the fired components of ammunition.

(3) When a law enforcement unit recovers any spent cartridge case from a crime scene or believes that any cartridge case is related to the commission of a crime or an improper discharge of a firearm, the agency shall, as expeditiously as practicable, submit an examination of such cartridge case to the NIBIN databank.

(d) (1) Each law enforcement unit shall test fire every handgun to be issued by such unit before the handgun is so issued and collect the fired components of ammunition from such test fire. Any law enforcement unit may request the assistance of the Division of State Police or the laboratory in test firing a handgun and collecting such fired components of ammunition.

(2) The law enforcement unit shall seal the fired components of ammunition in a tamper-evident manner and label the package with the handgun manufacturer, handgun type, serial number and name of the person test firing the handgun and collecting the fired components of ammunition. The law enforcement unit shall submit the fired components of ammunition and two intact cartridges that are representative samples of the ammunition used by the unit in its service handguns.

(e) The laboratory may share the information in the NIBIN databank with law enforcement units and other law enforcement agencies, both within and outside the state.

(f) The Division of Scientific Services may permit a firearms section of a law enforcement unit that complies with all laboratory guidelines and regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (g) of this section regarding the operation of the NIBIN databank to (1) test fire firearms that come into the custody of the unit and collect fired components of ammunition from such test fires, (2) set up a remote terminal to enter images of fired components of ammunition directly into the NIBIN databank, and (3) search the NIBIN databank.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-307 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-307
Sec. 29-307. (Formerly Sec. 29-54a). Fire hazards in manufacturing establishments.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 29-244 re requirement that valid operating certificate be displayed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-265 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-265
Sec. 29-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-400). Certificate of occupancy.
Status: in_force

(b) No building official shall refuse to issue a certificate of occupancy for any single-family dwelling because such dwelling is not connected to an electric utility if such dwelling is otherwise in conformity with the requirements of this section and applicable local health codes and is equipped with an alternative energy system. A certificate issued under this section shall contain a statement that an alternative energy system is in place. For the purposes of this subsection, “alternative energy system” means any system or mechanism which uses solar radiation, wind, water, biomass or geothermal resources as the primary source for the generation of electrical energy.

(c) Nine years from the date of issuance of a building permit issued pursuant to section 29-263 for construction or alteration of a one-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or structure located on the same parcel as a one-family dwelling or two-family dwelling, for which construction or alteration a certificate of occupancy, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 29-252 , has not been issued by the building official, such building permit shall be deemed closed. Following such nine-year period, no enforcement action based upon work commenced or completed pursuant to an open building permit shall be commenced. No municipality or officer or employee of any such municipality shall be liable concerning any claim relating to the closure of a building permit pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, “structure” has the same meaning as in the zoning regulations for the municipality in which the building permit was issued, or if undefined by such regulations, “structure” means any combination of materials that is affixed to the land, including, but not limited to, a shed, garage, sign, fence, wall, pool, patio, tennis court or deck.

See Sec. 29-261(e) re return of plans and specifications by building officials.

See Sec. 47a-57 re issuance of certificate of occupancy as requirement for lawful occupation.

Cited. 191 C. 528.

Subsec. (a):

Although plaintiff owner of commercial property failed to secure a certificate of occupancy for the property in violation of statute, public policy did not preclude plaintiff from recovering unpaid rent from defendant lessee, who continued to occupy the premises after being informed that plaintiff had failed to secure certificate of occupancy. 282 C. 434.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-357 — Connecticut Code / Title 29 / Chapter 541 / Section 29-357
Sec. 29-357. (Formerly Sec. 29-97). Sale, use and possession of fireworks prohibited. Sale, use and possession of certain sparklers or fountains permitted. Permits for display. Variations or exemptions. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the granting of permits for supervised displays of fireworks or for the indoor use of pyrotechnics, sparklers and fountains for special effects by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, other organizations or groups of individuals or artisans in pursuit of their trade. Such permit may be issued upon application to said commissioner and after (1) inspection of the site of such display or use by the local fire marshal to determine compliance with the requirements of such regulations, and (2) approval of the chiefs of the police and fire departments, or, if there is no police or fire department, of the first selectman, of the municipality wherein the display is to be held as is provided in this section. No such display shall be handled or fired by any person until such person has been granted a certificate of competency by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in respect to which a fee of two hundred dollars shall be payable to the State Treasurer when issued and which may be renewed every three years upon payment of a fee of one hundred ninety dollars payable to the State Treasurer, provided such certificate may be suspended or revoked by said commissioner at any time for cause. Such certificate of competency shall attest to the fact that such operator is competent to fire a display. Such display shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the chiefs of the police and fire departments or such selectman, after proper inspection, will not be hazardous to property or endanger any person or persons. In an aerial bomb, no salute, report or maroon may be used that is composed of a formula of chlorate of potash, sulphur, black needle antimony and dark aluminum. Formulas that may be used in a salute, report or maroon are as follows: (A) Perchlorate of potash, black needle antimony and dark aluminum, and (B) perchlorate of potash, dark aluminum and sulphur. No high explosive such as dynamite, fulminate of mercury or other stimulator for detonating shall be used in any aerial bomb or other pyrotechnics. Application for permits shall be made in writing at least fifteen days prior to the date of display, on such notice as the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection by regulation prescribes, on forms furnished by the commissioner, and a fee of one hundred dollars shall be payable to the State Treasurer with each such application. After such permit has been granted, sales, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the local fire marshal for violation by the permittee of any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any ordinance relating to fireworks.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation issued under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the commissioner, secure the public safety and shall be made in writing.

(d) Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, except that (1) any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section by offering for sale, exposing for sale or selling at retail or possessing with intent to sell any fireworks with a value exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and (2) any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of subsection (b) of this section or any regulation adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except if death or injury results from any such violation, such person, firm or corporation shall be guilty of a class C felony.

Cited. 221 C. 788. A firework falls within limited exemption for sparklers and fountains only if principal pyrotechnic effect is pyrotechnic effect that legislature has expressly permitted. 285 C. 192.

Cited. 2 CA 680. Requirement establishing 5 gram chlorate and perchlorate limits applies to each tube in a multitube fountain pyrotechnic device and not to entire product as a whole. 132 CA 679.