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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-58. - Revocation of permit obtained by fraud.

Whenever any permit under this chapter has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the Department of Consumer Protection, upon proof that such permit was so obtained, shall, upon hearing had, revoke the same, and all moneys paid therefor shall be forfeited.
(1949 Rev., S. 4276; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 58, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.
Cited. 150 C. 424.
Requirement of proof of fraud bears out the legislative intent that commission has the burden to affirmatively establish the violation. 4 CS 350.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-58a. - Offer in compromise in lieu of suspension.

The Department of Consumer Protection, in its discretion and subject to such regulations as it may adopt, may accept from any permittee or backer an offer in compromise in such an amount as may in the discretion of the department be proper under the circumstances in lieu of the suspension of any permit previously imposed by the department. Any sums of money so collected by the department shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the state.
(1972, P.A. 227; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 59, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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.
Cited. 27 CA 614; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 418.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-58b. - Continuation of service when special sporting facility permit revoked. Application for new permit.

Section 30-58b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 74-307, S. 10; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 55; P.A. 95-195, S. 60, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 110.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-59. - Posting of notice of revocation or suspension.

The Department of Consumer Protection shall post notice of any revocation or suspension of any permit on the department's Internet web site.
(1949 Rev., S. 4274; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 61, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 89.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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; P.A. 21-37 replaced provision re department transmitting certificate of revocation, suspension or reinstatement to town clerk to be attached to copy of permit on file with notice of revocation or suspension posted on department Internet web site, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-59a. - Suspension of permit for license suspension or revocation.

The Department of Consumer Protection may suspend any permit issued under this chapter if the permittee has had a license suspended or revoked by the department until such license has been restored to such person.
(P.A. 74-307, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-404, S. 42, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 342, 343, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 62, 83; P.A. 02-82, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 203; P.A. 13-299, S. 86.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with division of special revenue within the department of business regulation and gaming policy board as necessary; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department and placed division of special revenue within department of revenue services following abolition of business regulation department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 02-82 replaced “shall” with “may” re suspension of permit by commissioner and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality; 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; P.A. 11-51 deleted provision re notice from Division of Special Revenue, added provision re suspension of any permit issued under chapter, replaced reference to executive director of Division of Special Revenue with reference to department and deleted requirement re Department of Consumer Protection notification to Division of Special Revenue, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 deleted reference to Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-61. - Service of process on members of commission.

Service of process in any action in which the commission is a party shall be made upon any member of the commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 4278; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 21-37, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 retained reference to liquor control commission in certain sections; P.A. 21-37 deleted reference to secretary of the commission, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-62. - Substitution of permittees. Fee.

In any case a new permittee may be substituted when so requested, provided the person so substituted shall be a suitable person as defined and set forth in this chapter, and such person shall be permitted to serve in the place and stead of the original permittee for the remainder or any part thereof of the term of the permit upon which he has been substituted and such a substitution may be made upon the death of a permittee, when so requested. A substitute permittee under this section shall not be subject to the provisions of section 30-39. In the case of an application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee, the applicant shall pay to the Department of Consumer Protection a nonrefundable application fee of thirty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4280; 1951, S. 2167d; P.A. 77-114, S. 2; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 64, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-114 imposed $30 nonrefundable fee for application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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.
Cited. 137 C. 23; 150 C. 425; 213 C. 184.
Commission ought not to change permittee unless all parties unite to accept the responsibilities of either permittee or backer. 5 CS 234.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-62a. - Consumer bars.

The Department of Consumer Protection, subject to such regulations as said department shall adopt, may permit more than one consumer bar in any premises for which a permit has been issued under this part for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises. A consumer bar is a counter, with or without seats, at which a patron may purchase and consume or purchase alcoholic liquor. The fee for each additional consumer bar shall be one hundred ninety dollars per annum.
(P.A. 78-292, S. 1–3; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 196, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 56; P.A. 95-195, S. 65, 83; 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. 366.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 defined a consumer bar and added a provision to allow consumer bars in any permit premises; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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 fee from $150 to $190.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-62b. - Home manufacture of wine.

Any person, other than a minor, may, without payment of tax, produce wine for personal or family use only. Such wine may be transported in sealed containers for use at organized affairs, including exhibitions, tastings, contests or competitions, but shall not be sold or offered for sale.
(P.A. 99-65.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-62c. - Furnishing of water without charge. Offering of nonalcoholic beverages for sale. Exemptions. Requirements. Penalty.

(a) The holder of an alcoholic liquor permit issued by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 30-16, or an agent of such permit holder, shall furnish potable water without charge to any person on the permit premises requesting such water or shall offer nonalcoholic beverages for sale to such person.
(b) A permittee or such permittee's agent shall not be required to furnish such water or offer nonalcoholic beverages for sale during the hours and days that the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor is prohibited pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-91. Such potable water shall meet all federal and state requirements concerning purity of drinking water and shall be supplied in a receptacle suitable to permit the individual consumption of not less than six ounces per serving.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or renew an alcoholic liquor permit pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-47 if the department has reasonable cause to believe a permittee has violated any provision of this section.
(P.A. 15-24, S. 7; P.A. 17-160, S. 5; P.A. 19-24, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 15-24 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 17-160 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 30-16(g) with reference to Sec. 30-16(h), effective July 7, 2017; P.A. 19-24 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “subsections (b) to (h)” with “subsections (a) to (d)”, effective July 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-62d. - Authorization for use of self-pour automated system for beer, cider and wine.

(a) A permittee authorized pursuant to this title to sell alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption may use a self-pour automated system that, upon activation of a payment card by the permittee, may be operated to dispense beer, cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and wine to the following: (1) An employee of the permittee who is authorized by law to serve alcoholic beverages, or (2) a person whom the permittee has verified to be twenty-one years of age or older who displays a government-issued identification card that matches the name on the payment card. Such verification that a person is twenty-one years of age or older shall be recorded by the permittee or an employee of the permittee.
(b) A self-pour automated system authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall not dispense a serving of more than (1) thirty-two ounces of beer, (2) thirty-two ounces of cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume, or (3) ten ounces of wine, before the payment card is reactivated by the permittee or an employee of the permittee.
(P.A. 21-50, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-50 effective June 16, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-63a to 30-63d. - Prices charged by manufacturers and out-of-state shippers to Connecticut wholesalers. Affirmation re price. Determination of price. Enforcement; regulations.

Sections 30-63a to 30-63d, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 73-387, S. 1–5; P.A. 75-259, S. 5, 8; 75-641, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 75-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-294, S. 11–14, 22; P.A. 82-330, S. 2–4; P.A. 84-332, S. 2–4; 84-432, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-613, S. 70, 154; P.A. 91-67, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-63e. - Conditions required for closeout sale.

A brand to be closed out shall have been sold or offered for sale in the state for a period of at least one year before any application for a closeout sale is made to the department and it shall have first been offered to the producer, wholesaler or supplier from whom purchased and such vendor shall have refused to purchase the goods. No delivery or sale of such closed out brand shall be made in the state for two years after the effective date of any authorized changed price, except that the delivery or sale of any brand of beer may be made, within such two-year period, in that portion of the state that is not within the wholesaler permittee's franchise territory wherein the closeout sale was authorized.
(P.A. 93-139, S. 71.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-63f. - Brand or size to be closed out.

A brand or size to be closed out shall have been in a wholesaler's inventory for a period of at least one year before any application for a closeout sale is made to the department, and shall have first been offered at the closeout price to a Connecticut wholesaler authorized to sell the brand or size. Before an application is made, the wholesaler to whom the offer is made shall have notified the vendor of the brand or size, in writing, of his intention to purchase or refuse to purchase such brand or size. After the offer, items approved by the department for closeout below cost shall then be delivered to the purchasing wholesaler or shall be advertised in a trade publication having circulation among retail permittees, as appropriate. No purchase of a closed out brand or size shall be made by the wholesaler for two years after the effective date of any authorized sale below cost.
(P.A. 93-139, S. 72.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-64a. - Sales within a wholesaler's geographic territory.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulations issued pursuant thereto to the contrary, a wholesaler, who sells any product or is authorized to sell any product by this chapter, shall sell such product to each retail permittee in the wholesaler's geographic territory who desires to purchase such product. Such wholesaler shall not charge any retail permittee, to whom the wholesaler is required to sell by virtue of this section, a different rate for the delivery or transportation of any alcoholic liquor than such wholesaler would charge any other retail permittee. Where distance, road conditions, travel time or any such factor substantially affects the cost of delivery or transportation of a product sold by a wholesaler, the wholesaler shall file a schedule of proposed delivery charges with the Department of Consumer Protection. Such schedule shall only apply after a hearing by and upon written approval from said department.
(P.A. 78-93, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 197, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 68, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-64b. - Unfair pricing practices.

The sale of any alcoholic liquor by a wholesale or retail permittee for off-premises consumption at a price the intent of which is to destroy or prevent competition with any other permittee holding a like permit shall be deemed an unfair pricing practice and a violation of chapter 735a. The Department of Consumer Protection may suspend or revoke any permit upon a finding of an unfair pricing practice. In arriving at such finding, the Department of Consumer Protection shall consider, but not be limited to, the consideration of the following factors: Labor, including salaries of executives and officers, rent, interest on borrowed capital, depreciation, selling cost, maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, credit losses, insurance and warehouse costs.
(P.A. 78-344, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 198, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 58; P.A. 95-195, S. 69, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 91.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical change and deleted provision which had granted department regulatory power and had prohibited department from establishing minimum sales for permittees; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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; P.A. 21-37 added “and a violation of chapter 735a”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-65. - Regulations.

Section 30-65 is repealed.
(1951, S. 2178d; P.A. 75-240, S. 1, 3; 75-641, S. 18; P.A. 77-438, S. 2; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-66. - Administration expenses.

Section 30-66 is repealed, effective October 1, 2011.
(1951, P.A. 2180d; 1959, P.A. 222, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 567, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 59; P.A. 95-195, S. 70, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 29; P.A. 11-81, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-67. - Penalties.

In addition to the penalties otherwise provided under this chapter, including those allowed pursuant to section 30-55, the Department of Consumer Protection may, for any violation of any provision of section 30-64 or of any regulation adopted under subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 30-6a, suspend, cancel or revoke any permit as follows: For a first offense, not exceeding ten days' suspension of permit; for a second offense, not exceeding thirty days' suspension of permit; and for a third offense, the department may suspend, cancel or revoke the permit.
(1951, S. 2179d; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 60; P.A. 95-195, S. 71, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 92.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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; P.A. 21-37 added “including those allowed pursuant to section 30-55,”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68a to 30-68h. - Minimum retail markups; definitions. Minimum selling price. Suggested consumer resale price. Enforcement; regulations. Minimum wholesale markups; definitions. Minimum selling price. Minimum wholesale price. Enforcement; regulations.

Sections 30-68a to 30-68h, inclusive, are repealed.
(1963, P.A. 267, S. 1–4; 268, S. 1–4; 1969, P.A. 135, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-240, S. 2, 3; 75-641, S. 20, 21; P.A. 77-438, S. 3; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-254; 79-604, S. 4, 5; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-294, S. 16, 21, 22; P.A. 85-220, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68i. - Minimum selling price of out-of-state shipper, wholesaler or manufacturer permittee.

The minimum selling price of an out-of-state shipper, wholesaler or manufacturer permittee to a wholesaler, such wholesaler to be defined as any person engaged in the sale of alcoholic liquor to retailers of every brand of alcoholic liquor, whether or not bottled in this state, shall be not below the cost of such liquor to such out-of-state shipper, wholesaler or manufacturer permittee, computed as follows: (1) On domestic alcoholic liquor, the total of (A) the cost of spirits and all other ingredients, (B) all transportation charges from point of origin to point of destination, (C) all applicable federal and state taxes, and (D) the cost of containers, labels, caps, closures, all bottling charges and labor; (2) on imported alcoholic liquor, the total of (A) the invoice price from the supplier, (B) the cost of all other ingredients, (C) the cost of duties, (D) all applicable federal and state taxes, (E) insurance, (F) ocean freight and brokerage charges, (G) all transportation charges, and (H) the cost of containers, labels, caps, closures and all bottling charges and labor.
(1967, P.A. 451, S. 1; P.A. 81-294, S. 17, 22.)
History: P.A. 81-294 added definition of “wholesaler” effective January 1, 1982, deleting reference to definition formerly in repealed Sec. 30-68e.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68j. - Minimum markup in sale of beer.

Section 30-68j is repealed.
(P.A. 73-123, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-641, S. 22; P.A. 80-483, S. 90, 186; P.A. 81-294, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68k. - Price discrimination prohibited.

No holder of any wholesaler's permit shall ship, transport or deliver within this state or any territory therein or sell or offer for sale, to a purchaser holding a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on or off premises consumption, any brand of alcoholic liquor, including cordials, as defined in section 30-1, at a bottle, can or case price higher than the lowest price at which such item is then being sold or offered for sale or shipped, transported or delivered by such wholesaler to any other such purchaser to which the wholesaler sells, offers for sale, ships, transports or delivers that brand of alcoholic liquor within this state.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 1, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68l. - Wholesale permittees. Sale below cost prohibited. Sale of family brand cases.

(a) No wholesaler permittee shall sell to any purchaser holding a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on or off premises consumption at a price which is below such wholesaler permittee's cost. For the purposes of this section, “cost” means: (1) On domestic alcoholic liquor bottled in the state, the total of (A) the cost of all ingredients, (B) all transportation charges from the point of origin to the point of destination, (C) all applicable federal and state taxes, and (D) the cost of containers, labels, caps, closures and all bottling charges and labor; (2) on imported alcoholic liquor bottled in the state, the total of (A) the invoice price from the supplier, (B) all other ingredients, (C) the cost of duties, (D) all applicable federal and state taxes, (E) insurance, (F) ocean freight and brokerage charges, (G) all transportation charges, and (H) the cost of containers, labels, caps, closures and all bottling charges and labor; (3) on domestic alcoholic liquors not bottled in this state, the total of (A) the posted price from the supplier to the wholesaler, (B) the cost of shipping or delivery charges to the wholesaler's place of business which were paid by the wholesaler in addition to the posted price, and (C) all applicable federal and state taxes paid by the wholesaler in addition to the posted price; (4) on imported alcoholic liquor not bottled in the state, the total of (A) the posted price from the supplier, (B) the cost of duties, insurance, ocean freight and brokerage charges and transportation charges paid by the wholesaler in addition to the posted price, and (C) all applicable federal and state taxes paid by the wholesaler in addition to the posted price. The provisions of this section shall not apply to sales of wine.
(b) Subject to prior approval from the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, a wholesaler may sell to a retail licensee a family brand case, containing bottles only of one family brand. Wholesalers who do not hold exclusive rights to a given brand trademark may also sell to a retail licensee a family brand case containing bottles only of one family brand, provided all of the bottles in such family brand case are available to all nonexclusive wholesalers who also have rights to the given brand trademarks. For purposes of this subsection, “family brand” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (d) of section 30-63.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 2, 22; P.A. 03-19, S. 70; P.A. 19-24, S. 9; P.A. 21-37, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 19-24 designated existing provisions re price of alcoholic liquor sold by wholesaler permitee as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re sale of nonuniform case, effective June 5, 2019; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsec. (b) to replace references to “nonuniform case” with “family brand case” and redefined “family brand”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68m. - Retail permittees; sales below cost prohibited; exception.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Cost” for a retail permittee means (A) for alcoholic liquor other than beer, the posted bottle price from the wholesaler plus any charge for shipping or delivery to the retail permittee's place of business paid by the retail permittee in addition to the posted price, and (B) for beer, the lowest posted price during the month in which the retail permittee is selling plus any charge for shipping or delivery to the retail permittee's place of business paid by the retail permittee in addition to the price originally paid by the retail permittee;
(2) “Retail permittee” means the holder of a permit allowing the sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption; and
(3) “Bottle price” means the price per unit of the contents of any case of alcoholic liquor, other than beer, and shall be arrived at by dividing the case price by the number of units or bottles making up such case price and adding to the quotient an amount that is not less than the following: A unit or bottle one-half pint or two hundred milliliters or less, two cents; a unit or bottle more than one-half pint or two hundred milliliters but not more than one pint or five hundred milliliters, four cents; and a unit or bottle greater than one pint or five hundred milliliters, eight cents.
(b) No retail permittee shall sell alcoholic liquor at a price below his or her cost.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a retail permittee may sell one beer item identified by a stock-keeping unit number or one item of alcoholic liquor other than beer identified by a stock-keeping unit number below his or her cost each month, provided the item is not sold at less than ninety per cent of such retail permittee's cost. A retail permittee who intends to sell an item below cost pursuant to this subsection shall notify the Department of Consumer Protection of such sale not later than the second day of the month such item will be offered for sale.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 3, 22; P.A. 82-332, S. 6, 13; P.A. 93-139, S. 62; P.A. 05-240, S. 2; P.A. 12-17, S. 12; P.A. 14-122, S. 143.)
History: P.A. 82-332 amended section to limit application to holders of off-premises permits; P.A. 93-139 deleted a provision in Subsec. (b) which had allowed permittees to offer discounts on wine sold by the case prior to January 1, 1983, substituting definition of “bottle price”; P.A. 05-240 amended Subsec. (a) to differentiate “cost for the retail permittee” for beer, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 12-17 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re below cost sale exception, effective May 14, 2012; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-68n. - Advertisement of manufacturers' rebates.

(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Advertise” means the making of any statement or representation in connection with the solicitation of business in any manner by a retail permittee and includes, but is not limited to, statements and representations published in any newspaper or other publication or statements or representations printed in any catalog, circular or other sales literature or brochure; (2) “manufacturer's rebate” means that amount due and payable in accordance with an offer by a permittee other than a retail permittee to refund to a consumer all or a portion of the purchase price of an alcoholic liquor product; and (3) “net price” means the ultimate price paid by a consumer for an alcoholic liquor product after the consumer has redeemed the manufacturer's rebate offered for the alcoholic liquor product. Merchandise, novelties or other items are not permissible manufacturer's rebates. No permittee shall require alcoholic liquor to be purchased in order for a consumer to receive access to any merchandise, novelty or other item.
(b) A retail permittee may advertise the existence of a manufacturer's rebate or the net price of an alcoholic liquor product provided such permittee makes all of the following disclosures in such advertisement in type that is the same color, style and size: (1) The sales price of the alcoholic liquor product before the manufacturer's rebate; (2) the amount and expiration date of the manufacturer's rebate; and (3) the net price of the alcoholic liquor product.
(P.A. 02-22, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 93.)
History: P.A. 02-22 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re nonpermissible manufacturer's rebates and prohibition on requiring alcoholic liquor to be purchased to receive merchandise, novelties or other items, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-69 to 30-73. - Seizures.

Sections 30-69 to 30-73, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4281–4285; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 64, 65; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 33; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 33; 652, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-74. - Unauthorized sale prohibited.

(a) The sale of alcoholic liquor, except as permitted by this chapter, is prohibited, and any person or permittee who keeps or operates any bar or establishment which is a place where alcoholic liquor is kept for sale or exchange contrary to law shall be liable to the penalties provided in section 30-113.
(b) The sale, distribution or dispensing of alcoholic liquor without a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter in any premises, building, apartment or other place used by any club, association, social or fraternal society or organization to the members thereof, their guests or other persons shall be unlawful. Any officer, agent or employee of any club, association, social or fraternal society or organization without such a permit, who dispenses or permits to be dispensed, to or by its members, guests or other persons, any alcoholic liquor shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 30-113.
(c) No permittee or backer who is authorized under this chapter to sell alcoholic liquor at retail for consumption off the permit premises, and no agent or employee of such permittee or backer, may sell or deliver such alcoholic liquor from a drive-up window or similar exterior wall opening except as part of a curbside pick-up authorized under subsection (d) of section 30-20.
(1949 Rev., S. 4306; 1953, S. 2171d; P.A. 93-139, S. 63; P.A. 98-236, S. 4; P.A. 22-104, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 93-139 deleted a criminal penalty for a person operating an establishment that is “reputed to be” a place where alcohol is kept for sale or exchange contrary to law and added a penalty provision as Subsec. (b) for sale, distribution or dispensing without a permit by a club, association, social or fraternal society; P.A. 98-236 added new Subsec. (c) prohibiting the sale or delivery of alcoholic liquor from a drive-up window; P.A. 22-104 amended Subsec. (c) to add exception for curbside pick-up authorized under Sec. 30-20, effective May 24, 2022.
Held unconstitutional insofar as statute pertains to prohibition on sale of alcoholic liquor on Good Friday. 183 C. 552.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-75. - Prima facie evidence of intent to sell.

Whenever any alcoholic liquor is found in the possession or under the control of any person who has received from the United States a license for the manufacture or sale of such liquor, or has paid to the United States a tax for such manufacture or sale covering the time when such liquors are so found, the existence of such United States license or the payment of such tax shall be prima facie evidence that such liquors are kept by such person with intent to sell the same. The presence in or upon the premises covered by any permit of alcoholic liquor of a kind or character which may not legally be sold under such a permit shall be prima facie evidence that such liquor is kept by the permittee with intent to sell the same in the place for which such permit was issued.
(1949 Rev., S. 4311.)
Cited. 137 C. 328. Prima facie evidence discussed. 148 C. 481.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-76. - Purchase for resale.

No person holding a permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor shall purchase for resale alcoholic liquor except from a person holding a permit under the provisions of sections 30-16 and 30-17, provided any permittee going out of business may, upon application to and approval by the Department of Consumer Protection, sell all or part of his stock in trade to any permittee authorized by law to retail the kind of liquors so sold. No person holding a manufacturer or wholesaler permit shall purchase for resale alcoholic liquor except from a person holding a manufacturer permit, wholesaler permit or out-of-state shipper's permit. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 30-113.
(1949 Rev., S. 4312; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 10; P.A. 77-45; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 73, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act added reference to persons holding golf country club permits; P.A. 77-45 replaced reference to persons holding package store, druggist, tavern, restaurant, hotel, club, golf country club or temporary permits with more general reference to persons holding permits “for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor”; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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.
Cited. 148 C. 649. Where beer was borrowed for resale, title passed to borrower and, although repayment was to be made in kind, transaction was a purchase within meaning of statute. Id., 652. Cited. 158 C. 362; 176 C. 428.
Regulation suspending package store permit for selling liquor to restaurant for resale is within the intent of statute. 15 CS 410.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-76a. - Sales to persons holding temporary or charitable organization permits.

A wholesaler permittee shall not sell alcoholic liquor to any persons holding a temporary permit for outings, picnics or special gatherings issued under section 30-35, or a charitable organization permit, including a nonprofit public television corporation permit issued under section 30-37d but excluding a nonprofit golf tournament permit issued under section 30-37g. Holders of such permits shall purchase alcoholic liquor only from permittees holding package store permits issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of beer in kegs.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 4, 22; P.A. 83-152, S. 6; P.A. 85-380, S. 9, 12; P.A. 89-155, S. 3, 4; P.A. 22-56, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 83-152 included nonprofit public television corporation permits within the meaning of charitable organization permits; P.A. 85-380 prohibited wholesaler permittees from selling liquor to holders of nonprofit golf tournament permits; P.A. 89-115 excluded nonprofit golf tournament permits from the operation of this section, where previously such permits were included; P.A. 22-56 added references to Secs. 30-35, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-20(a), and made technical changes, effective May 23, 2022 (Revisor's note: A reference to “subsection (a) of section 30-20” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subsection (b) of section 30-20” to conform with changes made by P.A. 22-104, S. 4).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-78. - Nuisance. Disposal.

All alcoholic liquor which is intended by the owner or keeper thereof to be manufactured or sold in violation of law shall, together with the vessels in which such liquor is contained, be a nuisance. The Department of Consumer Protection may dispose of any intoxicating liquor, acquired in connection with the administration of this chapter, by public or private sale in such manner and upon such terms as it deems practical and, in cases where sale is impracticable, by delivering it to any state institution which has use therefor. All proceeds from such sale shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 4286; 1953, S. 2169d; 1959, P.A. 222, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 75, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act provided for payment of sale proceeds into general fund in lieu of inebriate fund, which was abolished; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; 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.
Section applies to all liquors intended to be sold illegally and to all suits for recovery of them. 49 C. 163. Whether liquors are kept with intent to sell illegally is wholly a question of fact. 52 C. 271. Cited. 110 C. 684. Finding of nuisance. 112 C. 173.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-79. - Soliciting orders in no-permit towns.

Section 30-79 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4287; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 11; P.A. 81-294, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-80. - Delivery in town deemed sale.

The delivery by the vendor or his agent, within the limits of any town, of any alcoholic liquor shall be deemed a sale of such liquor within such town, although the contract for the sale of such liquor is made outside the limits of such town.
(1949 Rev., S. 4304.)