CT Gen Stat § 20-349 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 394 - Television and Radio Service Dealers and Electronics Technicians|Section 20-349 - License required. Application.

 (a) No person shall install, service, maintain, recondition or repair receiving equipment of another, or procure the services of a third person to act on his behalf in the installation, servicing, maintenance, reconditioning or repair of receiving equipment of another without a license or a temporary permit issued for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(b) No person shall offer by advertisement, telephone or in any other manner to install, service, maintain or repair receiving equipment unless such person has been licensed for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(c) Any person desiring to be licensed under this chapter shall apply to the board in writing, on forms which the Department of Consumer Protection shall provide, stating: (1) Such person's name, residence address and business address; (2) a brief description of his qualifications, including the length and nature of his experience; (3) in the case of an apprentice, the name of his employer or supervisor; and (4) such other information as the department may require. Each application for a license as a service dealer shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred dollars. Each application for a license as a licensed electronics technician, licensed antenna technician or licensed radio electronics technician shall be accompanied by a fee of eighty dollars. Each application for a permit as an apprentice shall be accompanied by a fee of forty dollars. If a service dealer as an individual is a licensed electronics technician or licensed radio electronics technician, only one license fee shall be charged in the amount of two hundred dollars. All such fees shall be paid to the department.(February, 1965, P.A. 456, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 667, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 528, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 193, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 28, 39; P.A. 82-419, S. 28, 47; P.A. 89-251, S. 136, 203; P.A. 98-3, S. 46; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 249; P.A. 13-196, S. 21.)History: 1969 act deleted references to specific types of licenses and permits, i.e. service dealer or electronics technician licenses and apprentice permit, referring instead to licenses and temporary permits, forbade use of third person's services in Subsec. (a) and added provision in Subsec. (c) re issuance of temporary permits; 1971 act added references to fees for certified antenna technicians and certified radio electronics technicians in Subsec. (c); P.A. 77-614 deleted reference to examinations “to be held by the board” in Subsec. (c), reflecting transfer of conduct of examinations to consumer protection department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide that application forms are to be prescribed by the department instead of the board and that fees are payable to the department as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-419 changed certification to licensure; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the application fee for service dealers from $25 to $100, for electronics technicians, antenna technicians and radio electronic technicians from $10 to $40, for apprentices from $5 to $20, for combined licensees from $25 to $100 and for a temporary permit from $5 to $20; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes in Subsec. (c); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees in Subsec. (c); P.A. 13-196 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re board authorization of temporary permit, effective June 21, 2013.