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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35i. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may promulgate such regulations as he finds necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 76-281, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35j. - Exceptions to applicability of chapter.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to or affect sales or persons conducting such sales pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction or to any state marshal, constable or other public or court officer or to any other person acting under the license, direction or authority of any state or federal court selling goods, wares or merchandise in the course of their official duties or to end of the season sales or to sales limited to closing out a particular brand or line of goods.
(P.A. 76-281, S. 10; P.A. 00-99, S. 60, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35k. - Criminal or civil penalty not applicable to advertising media; when.

No criminal or civil penalty in this chapter shall apply to acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper or periodical, or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of any advertisement, where such publisher, owner, agent or employee does not have actual knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement.
(P.A. 76-281, S. 11; P.A. 91-163, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 91-163 amended Sec. 21-35k to provide that no criminal or civil penalty in the chapter would apply to advertising media, rather than “nothing in section 21-35b or 21-35h”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35l. - Suspension or revocation of license. Civil penalty.

The commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may revoke or suspend the closing-out sale license of any person for (1) conduct of a character likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the public or the commissioner; (2) engaging in any untruthful or misleading advertising; (3) utilizing the services of a promoter who was not registered under this chapter during the time of the closing-out sale, or (4) violating any provision of this chapter relating to closing-out sales or any regulation established pursuant to section 21-35i or 42-110b. In addition, the commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of said chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Each violation with respect to each separate item of merchandise shall be deemed a single offense.
(P.A. 91-163, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35m. - Promoters must register with commissioner. Applications for registration. Fee. Renewal. Agreement between promoter and closing-out sale licensee. Suspension or revocation of registration. Civil penalty.

(a) No person shall act as a promoter, as defined in section 21-35a, for any closing-out sale unless he has first registered with the commissioner. Applications for registration and for the renewal of a registration shall be in writing, under oath in the form prescribed by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred dollars. The application shall contain such information as the commissioner shall require. Each registration shall be valid for one year and may be renewed for additional one-year periods.
(b) Each agreement between a promoter and a closing-out sale licensee shall: (1) Be in writing; (2) contain the date of the agreement; (3) contain the entire agreement between the promoter and licensee; (4) contain the name and address of the promoter; and (5) be signed by both parties.
(c) The commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may revoke or suspend the registration of any person as a promoter for (1) conduct of a character likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the public or the commissioner; (2) engaging in any untruthful or misleading advertising; or (3) violating any provision of this chapter relating to closing-out sales or any regulation established pursuant to section 21-35i or 42-110b. In addition, the commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 may impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Each violation with respect to each separate item of merchandise shall be deemed a separate offense.
(P.A. 91-163, S. 6; P.A. 94-36, S. 10, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 278.)
History: P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate provision requiring annual license renewal “upon application and payment of the fee required by this section”, effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee from $100 to $200.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for registration renewals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 407a - Closing-Out Sales › Section 21-35n. - Civil penalty for failure to obtain license or registration.

The commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense on any person who fails to obtain any license or registration required by this chapter. Each day for which the violation occurs shall be deemed a separate offense.
(P.A. 91-163, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 408 - Hawkers and Peddlers › Section 21-36. - Definitions.

“Hawker” or “peddler”, as used in this chapter, means any person, whether principal or agent, who goes from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot or from any animal or vehicle.
(1949 Rev., S. 4683.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 408 - Hawkers and Peddlers › Section 21-38. - Penalty.

Any person who engages in the business of a peddler or hawker without complying with the provisions of any such ordinance shall be fined not more than one hundred ninety-nine dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4685; P.A. 93-425, S. 2; P.A. 95-281, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-425 increased maximum fine from not more than $50 to not more than $100; P.A. 95-281 increased maximum fine to $199.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-39. - Pawnbroker license required. Loans on intangible property excepted.

No person shall, in any city or town of this state, engage in or carry on the business of a pawnbroker unless such person is licensed in accordance with section 21-40; but the provisions of this chapter shall apply only if such property is deposited with a lender, and shall not apply to loans made upon stock, bonds, notes or other written or printed evidence of ownership of property or of indebtedness to the holder or owner of any such securities.
(1949 Rev., S. 4663; P.A. 97-164, S. 1; P.A. 11-100, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-164 added references to “limited liability company”; P.A. 11-100 made conforming changes re definitions in Sec. 21-39a added by same act.
Cited. 201 C. 89.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-43. - Statement of transactions.

Each pawnbroker shall submit to the licensing authority, weekly, or more frequently as determined by the licensing authority upon consideration of the volume and nature of the business, a sworn statement of his or her transactions, describing the property received and setting forth the nature and terms of each transaction and the name and residence address and a description of the person from whom the property was received. Such statement shall be in an electronic format prescribed by the licensing authority. The licensing authority may grant an exemption from the requirement of submitting such statement in electronic format for good cause shown.
(1949 Rev., S. 4667; P.A. 11-100, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-100 made conforming changes re definitions in Sec. 21-39a added by same act, deleted penalty provision and added provisions re statement to be in electronic format and exemption from electronic reporting requirement.
Cited. 201 C. 89.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-44. - Rates of interest.

No pawnbroker or person who loans money on the deposit or pledge of personal property shall take or receive, for the use of money loaned on personal property, any more than the following rates: For the use of money amounting to fifteen dollars or less, five per cent per month or fraction thereof; for the use of money exceeding fifteen dollars in amount and not exceeding fifty dollars in amount, three per cent per month or fraction thereof; for the use of money exceeding fifty dollars in amount, two per cent per month or fraction thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4669; P.A. 97-164, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 97-164 deleted reference to a “loan broker”, included the loaning of money on the “deposit” of personal property and deleted reference to “directly or indirectly” taking or receiving interest.
Pawnbroker does not violate section until he actually receives the unlawful interest. 63 C. 385. Discrimination in rate of interest allowed pawnbrokers is proper. 82 C. 234; 83 C. 1; 218 U.S. 5; Id., 563. Cited. 120 C. 664; 123 C. 95. Applies to repurchase transactions. 201 C. 89. Section governs rates of interest and not rates pawnbrokers may charge in connection with repurchase agreements; the latter rates are subject to limits imposed by Sec. 37-4; holding in 201 C. 89 legislatively overruled by enactment of P.A. 97-164. 313 C. 535.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-45. - Sale or disposition of deposited or pledged property.

No pawnbroker shall sell or dispose of any personal property left with such pawnbroker in deposit or pledge for money loaned or as a result of the purchase of such property on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price in less than sixty days from the date when the same is left in deposit or pledge or purchased on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price, except when such sale or disposition is to the person who deposited, pledged or sold such property or an authorized agent of such person. All such property may be sold or disposed of at the place of business of such pawnbroker or at public sale after such sixty-day period. Upon the expiration of sixty days from the date when such property is left with a pawnbroker, if the person who deposited or pledged such property fails to redeem any such property in accordance with the terms of the transaction, such right of redemption or repurchase on the part of the person who deposited or pledged such property shall be extinguished and the pawnbroker shall acquire the entire interest in the property that was held by the person who deposited or pledged such property prior to such deposit or pledge without further notice to such person.
(1949 Rev., S. 4670; P.A. 97-164, S. 6; P.A. 11-100, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 97-164 replaced references to “lender” with “pawnbroker”, reduced from six to two months the period pledged property must be held, and replaced provision that all such property “shall be sold or disposed of, at public or private sale,” with provision that all such property “may be sold or disposed of at the premises of such pawnbroker or at public sale”; P.A. 11-100 deleted requirement re newspaper advertisement prior to sale or disposition of property deposited with or pledged or sold to pawnbroker, specified that pawnbroker acquires entire interest in such property after 60 days if person who deposited or pledged such property fails to redeem such property within such time period, and made technical changes.
Cited. 77 C. 150. Applies to repurchase transactions. 201 C. 89.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-46a. - Seizure of property by law enforcement officer. Restitution.

Whenever property is seized from the place of business of a pawnbroker by a law enforcement officer, such officer shall give the pawnbroker a duly signed receipt for the property containing a case number, a description of the property, the reason for the seizure, the name and address of the officer, the name and address of the person claiming a right to the property prior to the pawnbroker and the name of the pawnbroker. If the pawnbroker claims an ownership interest in such property, he or she may request the return of such property by filing a request for such property with the law enforcement agency in accordance with the provisions of section 54-36a. If the person who deposited, pledged or sold any property received by a pawnbroker is convicted of any offense arising out of such pawnbroker's acquisition, retention or disposition of the property and such pawnbroker suffered an economic loss as a result of such offense, the court, at the time of sentencing, may order restitution to such pawnbroker pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53a-28 and such order may be enforced in accordance with section 53a-28a.
(P.A. 97-164, S. 8; P.A. 11-100, S. 8; P.A. 12-204, S. 3; P.A. 13-255, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-100 inserted “precious metals or stones dealer or secondhand dealer”, added provision re restitution to pawnbroker or dealer, and made technical changes; P.A. 12-204 deleted references to secondhand dealer, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-255 deleted references to precious metals or stones dealers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409 - Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Section 21-47. - Penalties.

(a) Any person who wilfully engages in the business of a pawnbroker, unless licensed according to law, or after notice that his or her license has been suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) Any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4668; P.A. 97-164, S. 7; P.A. 11-100, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 97-164 added reference to “limited liability company”, increased the penalty for engaging in business without a license to a class D felony, increased the penalty to a class A misdemeanor for violating provisions of the chapter for which no other penalty is provided, neglecting to keep a record-keeping system or make the required entries, refusing to allow inspection of such system and receiving property from a minor and designated said latter penalty provision as new Subsec. (b); P.A. 11-100 made conforming changes re definitions in Sec. 21-39a added by same act, amended Subsec. (a) to add “suspended or” and delete provision re treble forfeiture, amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re record-keeping system, and made technical changes.
Cited. 201 C. 89.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47n. - “Fine art” defined. License required.

(a) For purposes of sections 21-47n to 21-47u, inclusive, “fine art” means any (1) drawing; (2) painting; (3) sculpture; (4) mosaic; (5) photograph; (6) work of calligraphy; (7) work of graphic art, including any etching, lithograph, offset print, silkscreen or other work of graphic art; (8) craft work in clay, textile, fiber, metal, plastic or other material; (9) art work in mixed media, including any collage, assemblage or other work combining any of the artistic media named in this definition, or combining any of said media with other media; or (10) a master from which copies of an artistic work can be made, such as a mold or a photographic negative, with a market value of at least two thousand five hundred dollars. “Fine art” shall not include (A) commissioned work prepared under contract for trade or advertising usage, provided the artist, prior to creating the work, has signed an agreement stating that said work shall be a commissioned work which may be altered without consent, and (B) work prepared by an employee within the scope of such employee's employment duties.
(b) No person shall, in any city or town of this state, engage in or carry on the business of loaning money upon deposits or pledges of fine art unless such person is licensed in accordance with section 21-47o. The provisions of sections 21-47n to 21-47u, inclusive, shall apply only if such fine art is deposited with a lender, and shall not apply to loans made upon stock, bonds, notes or other written or printed evidence of ownership of fine art or of indebtedness to the holder or owner of any such securities.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47r. - Quarterly transaction statements. Exemption.

Each fine art secured lender shall submit quarterly to the licensing authority a sworn statement of his or her transactions, describing the fine art received and summarizing the nature and terms of each transaction. Such statement shall be in an electronic format prescribed by the licensing authority. The licensing authority may grant an exemption from the requirement of submitting such statement in electronic format for good cause shown. Each fine art secured lender shall maintain a written record of the name and residence address and a description of each person from whom the fine art was received and shall make such written record available to law enforcement authorities upon request.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47s. - Receipt for seized property. Request for return.

Whenever property is seized from the place of business of a fine art secured lender by a law enforcement officer, such officer shall give the fine art secured lender a duly signed receipt for the fine art containing a case number, a description of the fine art, the reason for the seizure, the name and address of the officer, the name and address of the person claiming a right to the fine art prior to the fine art secured lender and the name of the fine art secured lender. If the fine art secured lender claims an ownership interest in such fine art, he or she may request the return of such fine art by filing a request for such fine art with the law enforcement agency in accordance with the provisions of section 54-36a. If the person who deposited, pledged or sold any fine art received by a fine art secured lender is convicted of any offense arising out of such fine art secured lender's acquisition, retention or disposition of the fine art and such fine art secured lender suffered an economic loss as a result of such offense, the court, at the time of sentencing, may order restitution to such fine art secured lender pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53a-28 and such order may be enforced in accordance with section 53a-28a.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47t. - Sale or disposal of fine art by lender. Right of redemption or repurchase.

No fine art secured lender shall sell or dispose of any fine art left with such fine art secured lender in deposit or pledge for money loaned or as a result of the purchase of such fine art on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price in less than sixty days from the date when the same is left in deposit or pledge or purchased on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price, except when such sale or disposition is to the person who deposited, pledged or sold such fine art or an authorized agent of such person. All such fine art may be sold or disposed of at the place of business of such fine art secured lender or at public sale after such sixty-day period. Upon the expiration of sixty days from the date when such fine art is left with a fine art secured lender, if the person who deposited or pledged such fine art fails to redeem any such fine art in accordance with the terms of the transaction, such right of redemption or repurchase on the part of the person who deposited or pledged such fine art shall be extinguished and the fine art secured lender shall acquire the entire interest in the fine art that was held by the person who deposited or pledged such fine art prior to such deposit or pledge without further notice to such person. The provisions of this section shall not apply if a fine art secured lender and a person who leaves fine art with such lender have entered into a contract regarding the disposal of such fine art.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 7; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 116.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47u. - Penalties.

(a) Any person who wilfully engages in the business of a fine art secured lender, unless licensed according to law, or after notice that his or her license has been suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) Any person who wilfully violates any provision of sections 21-47n to 21-47t, inclusive, for which no other penalty is provided shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 409a - Fine Art Secured Lenders › Section 21-47v. - Exclusions.

The provisions of sections 21-47n to 21-47u, inclusive, shall not apply to any bank, out-of-state bank or any affiliate of a bank or out-of-state bank, as such terms are defined in section 36a-2.
(P.A. 12-131, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 410 - Lodging Houses › Section 21-48. - License; records; definition.

The selectmen of any town, the chief of police of any city and the warden of any borough may grant licenses to suitable persons to be lodging house keepers and to carry on the business of renting rooms and beds for lodgings in such town, city or borough, respectively, and may revoke such licenses for cause. The persons so licensed, except charitable organizations and youth hostels, shall pay to the authority granting such license the sum of fifty dollars, for the use of such municipality. Each such license shall designate the place where such business is to be carried on and shall continue for one year unless sooner revoked. Each such lodging house keeper and each charitable organization and youth hostel shall keep a register, card-file or other suitable record-keeping system in which shall be written in the English language the names of all persons lodging from time to time in such house, which register, card-file or record-keeping system and lodging house shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the selectmen of the town or chief of police of the city or any person or persons designated by them or him, or of the warden of the borough or any person or persons designated by him; and failure to keep such register, card-file or record-keeping system or refusal to allow such register, card-file or record-keeping system or such lodging house to be inspected shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of any such license. The words “lodging house”, as herein used, mean only such houses as are patronized by roving or transient persons, to whom beds or rooms are furnished, and as contain accommodations for not fewer than five persons, or tourist camps wherein houses or cottages are rented by the day. Any person keeping or operating a lodging house without such a license shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4686; 1949, S. 2335d; 1967, P.A. 150; P.A. 81-140.)
History: 1967 act added records may be kept by card file or other suitable record-keeping system; P.A. 81-140 increased license fee from $10 to $50.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-50. - Permit for structure.

No person, firm or corporation shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display until a permit for the erection of such structure, device or display has been obtained from the Commissioner of Transportation. Application for such permit shall be in writing, signed by the applicant or his authorized agent, upon blanks furnished by the commissioner in such form and requiring such information as he prescribes. Each application shall have attached thereto the written consent of the owners of the property on which such structure, device or display is to be erected or maintained. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in subsection (a) of section 21-52. The fee for such permit shall be as provided in subsection (b) of said section and shall be payable upon the granting of such permit and annually thereafter on the first day of August.
(1949 Rev., S. 4689; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 2; P.A. 81-335, S. 1, 6; P.A. 86-209, S. 1, 4.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police; P.A. 81-335 deleted the reference to licensing under Sec. 21-49; P.A. 86-209 added a reference to the application fee and permit fee provided in Sec. 21-52.
Cited. 41 CS 66.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-51. - Permit for maintenance of outdoor advertising sign. Exception.

No person, firm or corporation, not engaged in the business of outdoor advertising for direct profit, shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display, other than upon property within two hundred feet of the place where the goods advertised are manufactured or offered for sale, or where the business advertised is carried on, until a permit has been obtained therefor from the Commissioner of Transportation and the permit fees as provided by section 21-52 have been paid. Applications for such permits shall be made in the manner provided by section 21-50.
(1949 Rev., S. 4690; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 3.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-52. - Fees.

(a) The fee for an application for a permit to erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display shall be as follows: For each panel, bulletin, or sign containing less than three hundred square feet of advertising space, one hundred dollars; and for each panel, bulletin or sign containing three hundred square feet or more of advertising space, two hundred dollars.
(b) The annual fee for such permit shall be as follows: For each panel, bulletin or sign containing three hundred square feet or less of advertising space, forty dollars; for each panel, bulletin or sign containing more than three hundred and not more than six hundred square feet of advertising space, eighty dollars; and for each panel, bulletin or sign containing more than six hundred square feet and not more than nine hundred square feet of advertising space, one hundred twenty dollars. No sign shall be erected which contains more than nine hundred square feet of advertising space. A fee shall be paid for each side of each panel, bulletin or sign used for advertising, provided, if two panels, bulletins or signs advertising the same products or services are attached to the same support or supports, only one annual permit fee shall be paid for each side thereof and the total advertising space on each side thereof shall be used for computing the annual permit fee of each panel, bulletin or sign. The annual permit fee for any part of a year shall bear the same proportion to the annual permit fee for an entire year that the number of months in such part bears to the entire year. If any such permit is transferred, the transferee shall be assessed a fee of one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4691; 1959, P.A. 635; P.A. 86-209, S. 2, 4; P.A. 03-115, S. 81; P.A. 13-277, S. 11.)
History: 1959 act increased fees for panels, bulletins or signs with 300 square feet or less from $3 to $5, with not more than 600 square feet from $6 to $10 and with not more than 900 square feet from $9 to $15, added proviso re panels attached to same support or supports and changed technical language; P.A. 86-209 inserted new provision, designated as Subsec. (a) re application fee and made previous provisions Subsec. (b), doubling annual permit fees; P.A. 03-115 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to double all fees, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to double all fees and, in Subsec. (b), to add provision re fee of $100 for transferred permit.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-53. - Issuance of permit. Contents. Termination. Exemption from other permit fee.

Upon receipt of an application, as set forth in section 21-50, and the required application and annual permit fees, the Commissioner of Transportation shall cause to be issued a permit for the erection or continued maintenance of the outdoor advertising structure, device or display named in such application, which permit shall state the size of such structure, device or display and the location upon which it is to be erected or maintained and shall be in force until the first day of August next following the date thereof. Any advertisement displayed upon any such structure or device shall be exempted from the payment of any other permit fee during the period covered by such permit.
(1949 Rev., S. 4692; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 4; P.A. 86-209, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police; P.A. 86-209 added reference to application fee.
See Sec. 13a-123 re requirement that signs, etc. licensed under chapter conform to regulations and standards.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-54. - Foreign applicant to file bond.

A permit shall not be granted to a person, firm or corporation having his or its principal place of business outside of the state, for the display of any advertisement or the erection of any billboard or other structure designed and intended for the display of advertising matter until such person, firm or corporation has furnished and filed with the Commissioner of Transportation a bond to the state, satisfactory to said commissioner, in such sum as he determines, conditioned that such permittee shall fulfill all requirements of law and the regulations and orders of said commissioner relating to the display of advertisements, and otherwise conditioned as he may determine. Such bond shall remain in full force and effect as long as any obligations of such permittee to the state remain unsatisfied.
(1949 Rev., S. 4697; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 5; P.A. 81-335, S. 2, 6.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police; P.A. 81-335 deleted reference to licensee and substituted permittee in lieu thereof consistent with repeal of licensing provisions in Sec. 21-49.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-55. - When permit not required.

The provisions of this chapter shall not require a permit for any advertising sign containing six square feet or less, from any town, city, borough, fire district or incorporated fire company, service club or church or ecclesiastical society in this state for any advertisement owned by it and advertising its industries or attractions and maintained at either public or private expense.
(1949 Rev., S. 4693; 1955, S. 2337d; P.A. 81-335, S. 3, 6.)
History: P.A. 81-335 deleted reference to license consistent with repeal of licensing provisions in Sec. 21-49.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-56. - Permit numbers.

The Commissioner of Transportation shall provide with each permit issued for the display of advertising, under the provisions of this chapter, a permit number which shall be painted on each structure in legible figures not less than two inches in height and at the following locations on such advertising billboards and signs: Poster boards, on the top moulding at a point nearest the highway or street; signs erected on a single post, on the face of the post under the sign. The provisions of this section shall not apply to advertising signs or displays on or in railroad stations intended for display to the patrons of railroads.
(1949 Rev., S. 4694; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 6.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-57. - Advertising signs to be kept in good repair.

Each advertising structure, device or display shall be substantially built, well and neatly painted and kept in good repair. When it comes to the attention of the Commissioner of Transportation that any advertising structure, device or display is unsightly by reason of its lack of paint or repair, said commissioner shall notify the permittee in writing to either repaint or repair such structure, device or display within thirty days of the service of such notice and, if the permittee fails to comply with such notice, said commissioner may cause the removal of such defective advertising structure, device or display, and may collect from the permittee the cost of such removal. For the purpose of inspection of any advertising structure, device or display, subject to permit under the provisions of this chapter, and for the purposes of removal of illegal and offending advertising structures, devices or displays, said commissioner and his agents shall have the right of entry on the premises upon which any such illegal or offending advertising device or display is located.
(1949 Rev., S. 4695; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 7.)
History: 1972 act substituted commissioner of transportation for commissioner of state police.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-58. - Prohibited locations.

Advertisements and signs shall not be displayed within one hundred feet of any public park, state forest, playground or cemetery, or within fifteen feet from the outside line of any highway outside the thickly settled or business part of a city or town, except upon the walls of a building in which the goods advertised are offered for sale or the business advertised is conducted, and except signs erected by the state or a town or city which solely indicate highway directions, traffic regulations and dangerous places. No provision of this section shall affect any ordinance or regulation established by any municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 4696.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-59. - Change in location may be ordered.

The Commissioner of Transportation may order the removal or change in location of any advertisement when, in his opinion, such advertisement will obstruct a clear view along any highway, or when it is within the legal limits of any highway, and said commissioner may order the removal of any advertisement displayed contrary to any statutory provision. If the person, firm or corporation in control of or owning any advertisement which has been ordered removed or changed in its location, as provided in this section, does not remove such advertisement within thirty days after such order of removal or change has been sent to such person, firm or corporation by said commissioner by registered or certified mail, said commissioner may cause such advertisement to be removed and the expense of such removal may be collected from the person, firm or corporation owning or controlling the same in an action based on the provisions of this section, or from the sureties on the bond filed by such person, firm or corporation.
(1949 Rev., S. 4698; P.A. 96-180, S. 74, 166.)
History: P.A. 96-180 substituted “Commissioner of Transportation” for “said commissioner”, effective June 3, 1996.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-60. - Removal of advertising matter.

The Commissioner of Transportation, the selectmen of any town or the mayor of any city shall cause to be removed any advertisement or sign displayed contrary to the provisions of this chapter. Said state, town or city officials shall remove all advertisements less than six square feet in size which are located within the prohibited area defined in section 21-58, except such as are permitted under the provisions of section 21-61.
(1949 Rev., S. 4699; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 248; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 8.)
History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for state highway department; 1972 act deleted requirement that removal be requested by the commissioner of state police.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-61. - Exemption as to location.

Notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation may, with the consent of the selectmen of a town, the mayor of a city or the warden of a borough, permit the erection of advertising signs designed to benefit local residents or industries, within the limits of highways, other than limited access highways, but not in any location where such signs will obstruct the view along any highway.
(1949 Rev., S. 4700; 1951, S. 2338d; 1959, P.A. 526, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 249.)
History: 1959 act excepted limited access highways; 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner.
See Sec. 13a-123 re requirement that signs conform to regulations and standards adopted under that section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-62. - “Display” defined. Name of advertiser.

The word “display”, as used in this chapter and in other statutes relating to advertisements and signs, means erecting, maintaining, pasting, painting and posting any advertisement or sign out-of-doors or erecting or maintaining any billboard or other structure designed and intended for the display of advertising matter where the same may be seen by the public, or allowing any such advertisement, billboard or other structure to remain exposed, in whole or in part, to public view, and includes the act itself and the causing of such act to be done. The obligation to pay permit fees shall apply and be in force for such time as such advertisement or sign or any part thereof remains visible and as long as any board or structure or any part thereof erected or built for the purpose of displaying advertising matter thereon remains exposed to public view. All advertisements and all billboards and structures designed for the display of advertising matter thereon shall show the name of the person, firm or corporation displaying such advertisements or owning or leasing such billboards and structures.
(1949 Rev., S. 4701; P.A. 81-335, S. 4, 6.)
History: P.A. 81-335 deleted reference to license consistent with repeal of licensing provisions in Sec. 21-49.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 411 - Advertising Signs › Section 21-63. - Penalty.

Any person who erects, maintains, displays or allows to remain in view an advertisement, sign or billboard or any structure designed for the display of advertising matter contrary to any provision of this chapter shall be in violation of a provision of this chapter. The Commissioner of Transportation shall impose a civil penalty in an amount of one hundred dollars for each day on which the violation occurs. Prior to imposing a penalty under this section, the commissioner shall send such person a written notice of the violation by certified mail, return receipt requested. If such person terminates or corrects the violation by the fifteenth day following such person's receipt of such notice, the commissioner shall not impose such penalty on such person for such violation. Any such violation that continues for more than sixty consecutive days shall be cause for revocation of the permit granted pursuant to this chapter with which the violation is associated.
(1949 Rev., S. 4702; P.A. 05-210, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 05-210 deleted “fined not more than one hundred dollars for each sign so displayed” and added provisions re imposition of civil penalty by Commissioner of Transportation and revocation of permit, effective July 1, 2005.
Cited. 212 C. 176.
Cited. 41 CS 66.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents › Section 21-64a. - Term “mobile home” means mobile manufactured home.

Whenever the term “mobile home” occurs or is referred to in the general statutes, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to a mobile manufactured home.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1.)
Cited. 208 C. 620.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents › Section 21-65a. - Licensure of mobile manufactured home parks. Rents not recoverable, when.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile manufactured home park, within the limits of this state unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any license issued pursuant to this section and sections 21-64 to 21-73, inclusive, or any revocation thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous location on the grounds of the mobile manufactured home park or on the premises of any person engaged in the business of selling mobile manufactured homes.
(b) No rent shall be recoverable by the owner for any period of time in which a mobile manufactured home park is maintained or operated in violation of this section.
(P.A. 79-560, S. 9, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-546, S. 61, 173; P.A. 91-383, S. 2.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 eliminated temporary park permit and required posting of license by dealers and changed term “mobile home” to “mobile manufactured home”; P.A. 84-546 made technical change; P.A. 91-383 added Subsec. (b) prohibiting the recovery of rent by the owner while the park is maintained or operated in violation of this section.
Cited. 208 C. 620.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents › Section 21-66. - Temporary permit.

Section 21-66 is repealed.
(1972, P.A. 186, S. 3; P.A. 73-57, S. 1; 73-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-303, S. 95, 136; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 19, 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents › Section 21-68. - Conformance with building and fire safety codes, ordinances and regulations required. Replacement of mobile manufactured home in mobile manufactured home park.

Each mobile manufactured home park shall conform to the requirements of the State Building Code, the Fire Safety Code and local ordinances or planning or zoning regulations, if any, provided an applicant for a license for a mobile manufactured home park in existence on October 1, 1972, may, with the consent of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, be exempted from the provisions of sections 425.31, 425.32, 425.33, 425.51 and 425.52 of the basic or State Building Code, if such park meets the remaining requirements for a license; and provided further, the commissioner may exempt any mobile manufactured home park from the provisions of section 425.37 of said code, with respect to faucets, sanitary facilities, laundry tubs and slop sinks for community use. The replacement of a mobile manufactured home in a mobile manufactured home park with a mobile manufactured home with the same or different external dimensions that is built in compliance with federal mobile manufactured home construction and safety standards, as amended from time to time, shall not constitute an expansion of a nonconforming use.
(1972, P.A. 186, S. 5; P.A. 75-177; P.A. 77-614, S. 247, 610; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-43, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-177 provided further exemption with respect to plumbing facilities for community use at commission's discretion; P.A. 77-614 provided for consent of commissioner of consumer protection for exemptions, effective January 1, 1979; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 eliminated reference to real estate commission and to permits and substituted “mobile manufactured home” for “mobile home”; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner 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. 07-43 made a technical change and added provision re replacement of certain mobile manufactured homes in mobile manufactured home park not to constitute an expansion of a nonconforming use, effective May 21, 2007.
Cited. 208 C. 620.
Provision added to section by P.A. 07-43, re replacement of a mobile manufactured home not constituting an expansion of a nonconforming use, has no retroactive application because there is no evidence of an intent to clarify existing law and action was pending at the time of passage, and Sec. 1-1(u) provides that passage of an act shall not affect any pending action. 106 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21 - Licenses › Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents › Section 21-68a. - Exemption of certain mobile manufactured homes from inspection provisions of State Building Code.

Any mobile manufactured home manufactured prior to September 1, 1971, and any used mobile manufactured home sold on site or resited on an individual lot outside a mobile manufactured home park shall be exempt from any provisions of the State Building Code which would otherwise require a third-party inspection on resale or resiting. In the event of resale or resiting of a mobile manufactured home, the local building official in the town where the mobile manufactured home is to be located shall, upon the request of either party, inspect such unit and shall issue a certificate of approval in the case of an on-site sale or a certificate of occupancy in the case of a resiting, to the owner of such unit, provided such authority finds such unit safe for human habitation and the site meets local zoning requirements. A fee of not more than fifty dollars may be charged for such inspection by such building officials.
(P.A. 76-143, S. 1, 4; P.A. 83-389, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 83-389 added used mobile homes sold on site or resited on lot outside park to exemption from building code inspection requirements, clarified that inspection may be requested by either party and provided for issuance of a certificate of occupancy in the case of a resiting; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 changed term “mobile home” to “mobile manufactured home”.
Cited. 208 C. 620.