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CT Gen Stat § 53-250 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals|Section 53-250 - Use of animals, reptiles and birds.

 Any person who uses any animal, reptile or bird for the purpose of soliciting any alms, collection, contribution, subscription, donation or payment of money, or uses any animal or bird as a prize or award in the operation of any game or device, or exhibits any wild animal in connection with any business for the purpose of attracting trade upon any street, highway or public park or at any fair, exhibition or place of amusement, recreation or entertainment, or owns, keeps or has in his custody any animal, reptile or bird for any such purpose, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, but no provision of this section shall be construed so as to apply to the exhibition of any animal, reptile or bird by any educational institution or in a zoological garden or in connection with any theatrical exhibition or circus or to the use of any animal in a cow-chip raffle.(1949 Rev., S. 8574; P.A. 90-325, S. 31, 32; P.A. 91-35, S. 4, 5; P.A. 12-80, S. 107.)History: P.A. 90-325 provided that the section not apply to the use of any animal in cow-chip bingo; P.A. 91-35 substituted cow-chip “raffle” for cow-chip “bingo”; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 53-251 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals|Section 53-251 - Docking of horses' tails.

 (a) Any person who cuts the bone of the tail of any horse for the purpose of docking the tail or who cuts the muscles or tendons of the tail of a horse, or otherwise operates upon it in any manner for the purpose or with the effect of altering the natural carriage of the tail, or who causes or knowingly permits such cutting or operation to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or assists in or is present at such cutting or operation, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Any horse with a tail set or apparently with a tail set shall be accessible and subject to inspection by any officer or agent of the Connecticut Humane Society.(b) If a horse is found with the bone, muscles or tendons of its tail so cut and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed upon the premises of any person, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person who occupies or has the use of the premises on which such horse is so found has committed the offense described in subsection (a). If a horse is found with the bone, muscles or tendons of its tail so cut and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed in the charge or custody of any person, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person having the charge or custody of such horse has committed the offense charged in said subsection (a).(c) No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent the operation by a registered veterinarian upon the tail of a horse when such operation is necessary for the health of the horse or is the means of effecting the natural carriage of its tail.(1949 Rev., S. 8575.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-252 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals|Section 53-252 - Transportation of animals on railroads.

 No railroad company, in transporting animals, shall permit them to be confined in cars more than twenty-eight consecutive hours, except when transported in cars in which they have proper food, water, space and opportunity for rest, without unloading them for food, water and rest, for at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented by storm or other accidental cause; and, in estimating such confinement, the time during which the animals have been confined, without such rest, on connecting roads from which they are received, shall be included. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed, watered and sheltered during such rest by the owner or person having their custody or, on his neglect, by the railroad company transporting them, at his expense; and such company shall, in such case, have a lien upon such animals for food, care and custody furnished and shall not be liable for any detention of them for such purpose. Any such company or the owner or custodian of such animals, who does not comply with the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. The knowledge and acts of agents of, and of persons employed by, such company, in regard to animals transported, owned or employed by it or in its custody, shall be held to be its acts and knowledge.(1949 Rev., S. 8577.)See Sec. 29-108a for definition of “animal”.
CT Gen Stat § 53-253 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals|Section 53-253 - Notice of arrest of offender to be given.

 Any person making an arrest for a violation of the laws relating to cruelty to animals shall use reasonable diligence to give notice thereof to the owner of animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested and shall properly care and provide for them until their owner takes charge of them, provided the owner shall take charge of them within sixty days from the date of such notice; and the person making such arrest shall have a lien on such animals for the expense of such care and provision.(1949 Rev., S. 8578.)See Sec. 29-108a for definition of “animal”.
CT Gen Stat § 53-254 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals|Section 53-254 - Causing dependency or delinquency of children.

 Section 53-254 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8579; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-258a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-258a - Misuse or mutilation of the flag.

 Any person who, in any manner for exhibition or display, puts or causes to be placed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, character, mark or notice upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the state flag of this state or any ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns or in any manner appends, annexes or affixes to any such flag, standard, color or ensign, any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or displays or exhibits or causes to be placed or exhibited any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the flag of this state or any flag, standard, color or ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, upon which in any manner is put, attached, annexed or affixed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or publicly misuses, mutilates, tramples upon or otherwise defaces or defiles or puts indignity upon any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, whether any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns are public or private property, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Flags, standards, colors or ensigns, the property of or used in the service of the United States or of this state, may have inscriptions, names of actions, words, marks or symbols which are placed thereon pursuant to law or authorized regulations.(1971, P.A. 241.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-264 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-264 - Maintenance.

 Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.State of facts not within section. 14 C. 23. Cited. 77 C. 461. Attorney may purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 267. Common law as to maintenance never adopted in this state as applied to civil actions. 100 C. 110; 106 C. 70.
CT Gen Stat § 53-278b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-278b - Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.

 (a) Any person who engages in gambling, or solicits or induces another to engage in gambling, or is present when another person or persons are engaged in gambling, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; provided natural persons shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment under this subsection for any game, wager or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated in by natural persons only and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling.(b) Any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.(P.A. 73-455, S. 2.)Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 290; 17 CA 587; 35 CA 333.Pyramid merchandising schemes possess the 3 essential elements of a lottery, consideration, chance and prize, and thus violate the lottery statute. 32 CS 279.
CT Gen Stat § 53-278d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-278d - Transmission of gambling information.

 (a) Any person who knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or other means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling information, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.(b) When any public utility is notified in writing by a law enforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction that any service, facility or equipment furnished by it is being used or will be used to violate this section, it shall, within ten days of receipt of such notice, discontinue or refuse the furnishing of such service, facility or equipment, and no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be imposed against any public utility for any act done in compliance with any such notice. Unreasonable failure to comply with such notice shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge against such public utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, that such service, facility or equipment should not be discontinued, or removed, or should be restored.(c) Facilities and equipment furnished by a public utility in the regular course of business, and which remain the property of such utility while so furnished, shall not be seized pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53-278c except in connection with an alleged violation of sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive, by such public utility, and shall be forfeited only upon conviction of such public utility therefor.(d) Any person who subscribes to any telephone facility in a fictitious name for the purpose of gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony.(P.A. 73-455, S. 4.)Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 673; 17 CA 587.
CT Gen Stat § 53-278e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-278e - Gambling premises as nuisance.

 (a) All gambling premises are common nuisances and shall be subject to abatement by injunction or as otherwise provided by law. In any action brought under this subsection the plaintiff need not show damage and may, in the discretion of the court, be relieved of all requirements as to giving security.(b) When any property or premise is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, the owner shall have the duty to terminate all interest of anyone holding the same under him.(c) When any property or premise, for which one or more licenses, permits or certificates issued by this state or any political subdivision or other public agency thereof are in effect, is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, all such licenses, permits or certificates shall be void, and no license, permit or certificate so voided shall be reissued for such property or premise for a period of sixty days thereafter. All peace officers and all taxing and licensing officials of this state and its political subdivisions and other public agencies shall enforce this subsection.(d) Any person who, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, occupant or otherwise, knowingly maintains or aids or permits the maintaining of a gambling premise shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any person who does any act in violation of this subsection within any locked, barricaded or camouflaged place or in connection with any electrical or mechanical alarm or warning system or arrangement where a lookout is used shall be guilty of a class D felony.(P.A. 73-455, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-278f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-278f - Persistent offenders.

 Any person who has been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of section 53-278b, subsection (d) of section 53-278c, subsection (a) of section 53-278d, or subsection (d) of section 53-278e or any statute predecessor thereto may, upon any subsequent violation of said subsections, be prosecuted as a persistent offender and on conviction may be subjected to the penalty of the next most serious classification of offense, provided it shall be an affirmative defense to the charge of being a persistent offender under this section if the defendant was pardoned on the ground of innocence with respect to the prior conviction on which the state is relying.(P.A. 73-455, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-280 - Billiard and pool rooms; permits.

 The first selectman of any town, the chief of police of any city or the warden of any borough may grant permits to suitable persons to conduct public billiard and pool rooms in such town, city or borough, as the case may be, and may revoke any permit issued by him, for cause found after hearing. The use of any billiard or pool table for the purpose of gaming within any billiard or pool room, for the conduct of which a permit has been granted, or the carrying on within such billiard or pool room of any game of chance shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of such permit or for the refusal of a renewal of such permit. Each application for such a permit shall be in writing and shall describe the place where such billiard or pool room is to be located and state the number of tables to be used therein and the name of the proprietor thereof. Each such permit shall designate the place where such business is to be carried on and shall continue in force for one year unless revoked. Each person receiving such permit shall annually pay to the authority granting the same the sum of ten dollars for the use of the municipality. Any person who conducts, maintains or keeps open a public billiard or pool room without such permit shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 8657; P.A. 12-80, S. 49.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a fine of not more than $250.Cited. 8 CA 290.
CT Gen Stat § 53-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289 - Ticket scalping.

 Section 53-289 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.(1949 Rev., S. 8666; P.A. 83-585; P.A. 84-546, S. 124, 173; P.A. 07-206, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-289a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289a - Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.

 No person shall advertise the prices of tickets to any entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement, arena, stadium, theater, performance, sport, exhibition or athletic contest given in this state for which a service charge is imposed for the sale of a ticket at the site of the event, without conspicuously disclosing in such advertisement, whether displayed at the site of the event or elsewhere, the total price for each ticket and what portion of each ticket price, stated in a dollar amount, represents a service charge.(P.A. 91-152.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-289b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289b - Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.

 (a) Any person who resells a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, shall refund to the purchaser of such ticket the full amount, including all service fees and delivery charges, paid by the purchaser for such ticket if any of the following occurs: (1) The event for which the ticket is resold is cancelled; (2) the ticket received by the purchaser does not grant the purchaser admission to the event described on the ticket; or (3) the ticket fails to conform to its description as advertised by the ticket reseller.(b) A person who resells a ticket pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall provide the purchaser of such ticket with such ticket reseller's name, address and telephone number or other information necessary to allow such purchaser to contact such ticket reseller to obtain a refund of the ticket price, if necessary.(c) A violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section or of subsection (b) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.(P.A. 07-206, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-289c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289c - Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.

 (a) No person shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, on the day of such event, within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where such event is scheduled to take place, if such resale is not authorized, in writing, by the owner or operator of such structure or event or a duly authorized agent of such owner or operator.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a ticket reseller who: (1) Resells a ticket for not greater than the face value printed on the ticket; or (2) maintains a permanent office within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where the entertainment event is scheduled to take place provided such reseller sells, offers to resell or solicits the resale of a ticket only within the premises of such office in person or by mail, telephone or the Internet.(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a class A misdemeanor.(P.A. 07-206, S. 4; P.A. 10-36, S. 14.)History: P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 53-289d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289d - Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

 (a)(1) No person shall employ an entertainment event ticketing sales system that fails to give the purchaser an option to purchase tickets that the purchaser may transfer to any party, at any price and at any time, without additional fees and without the consent of the person employing such ticketing system. For purposes of this section, “entertainment event” includes, but is not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, but does not include a movie.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a person employing such a ticketing sales system may employ a paperless ticketing system that does not allow for independent transferability of tickets, provided the purchaser of such tickets is offered the option, at the time of initial sale, to purchase the same tickets in another form that is transferrable, independent of such a ticketing sales system, including, but not limited to, paper tickets or e-tickets and without additional fees, regardless of the form or transferability of such tickets.(b) No person shall deny admission to an entertainment event to a ticket holder who possesses a resold ticket to such entertainment event based solely on the grounds that such ticket has been resold.(c) A person employing an entertainment event ticketing sales system shall provide written secondary market disclosure information to potential ticket purchasers, if applicable.(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Tickets sold or offered for sale to students of a public institution of higher education for entertainment events held by or on behalf of such institution, or (2) concert or theater venues with seating capacities of not more than three thousand five hundred persons, provided a duly authorized representative of such concert theater or venue has provided written notice to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection of such theater or venue's intent not to comply with the provisions of this section.(e) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(P.A. 17-28, S. 1.)History: P.A. 17-28 effective January 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 53-289e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-289e - Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

 (a) No person shall utilize automated ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets on an Internet web site. For purposes of this section, “automated ticket purchasing software” means a device, computer program or computer software that enables the automated purchase of tickets to entertainment events by bypassing or rendering inoperable security measures on an Internet web site offering the sale of tickets to entertainment events.(b) A violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(P.A. 17-77, S. 17.)History: P.A. 17-77 effective January 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 53-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-290 - Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.

 Section 53-290 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 8667; 1955, S. 3306d; 1963, P.A. 516; 1971, P.A. 865, S. 21; P.A. 73-455, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 53-290a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 53 - Crimes|Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy|Section 53-290a - Disclosures re promotional drawings.

 Any person who operates a promotional drawing which is authorized by the provisions of section 53-278g shall cause to be printed on each ticket or token of participation, in type not less than one-third the size of the largest type on such ticket or token, a disclosure of the actual number and dollar amount of prizes to be awarded and the number of winners per each thousand tickets or tokens to be distributed. Any person who operates a promotional drawing in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.(1971, P.A. 83, S. 1; P.A. 73-455, S. 8.)History: P.A. 73-455 replaced reference to Sec. 53-290, repealed by same act, with reference to Sec. 53-278g.