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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37i. (Formerly Sec. 29-37c). - Responsibilities re storage of firearms.

No person shall store or keep any firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, on any premises under such person's control if such person knows or reasonably should know that (1) a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor, (2) a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law, (3) a resident of the premises is subject to a risk protection order issued pursuant to section 29-38c, or (4) a resident of the premises poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to another person, unless such person (A) keeps the firearm in a securely locked box or other container or in a manner which a reasonable person would believe to be secure, or (B) carries the firearm on his or her person or within such close proximity thereto that such person can readily retrieve and use the firearm as if such person carried the firearm on his or her person. For the purposes of this section, “minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(P.A. 90-144, S. 1; P.A. 13-3, S. 54; P.A. 19-5, S. 1; P.A. 21-67, S. 8.)
History: Sec. 29-37c transferred to Sec. 29-37i in 1993; P.A. 13-3 designated existing provision re minor likely to gain access without permission as new Subdiv. (1), added new Subdiv. (2) re resident ineligible to possess firearm and Subdiv. (3) re resident who poses risk of imminent injury to self or others and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 19-5 replaced “loaded firearm” with “firearm, as defined in section 53a-3,”, replaced “location” with “manner” in Subdiv. (3)(A), and redefined “minor”; P.A. 21-67 added Subdiv. (3) re resident subject to risk protection order and redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and made a technical change in same, effective June 1, 2022.
See Sec. 52-571g re strict liability for unsafe storage of firearm.
See Sec. 53a-217a re criminally negligent storage of firearm.
Cited. 242 C. 211.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37r. - Long gun eligibility certificate. Fees. Expiration and renewal.

(a) The fee for each long gun eligibility certificate originally issued under the provisions of section 29-37p shall be thirty-five dollars and for each renewal thereof thirty-five dollars, which fees shall be paid to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, the fees shall be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of long gun eligibility certificates under said section.
(b) A long gun eligibility certificate originally issued under the provisions of section 29-37p shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal thereof shall expire five years after the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(c) The renewal fee shall apply for each renewal that is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(d) No fee or portion thereof paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of a long gun eligibility certificate shall be refundable except if the certificate for which the fee or portion thereof was paid was not issued or renewed.
(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall send a notice of the expiration of a long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p to the holder of such certificate, by first class mail, at the address of such person as shown by the records of the commissioner, not less than ninety days before such expiration, and shall enclose therein a form for the renewal of such certificate. A long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to said section shall be valid for a period of ninety days from the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any certificate which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-37s.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37s. - Long gun eligibility certificate. Revocation. Reinstatement.

(a) A long gun eligibility certificate shall be revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued the certificate pursuant to section 29-37p.
(b) Upon the revocation of any long gun eligibility certificate, the person whose certificate is revoked shall be notified, in writing, and such certificate shall be forthwith delivered to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Any person who fails to surrender such certificate within five days of notification, in writing, of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If a long gun eligibility certificate is revoked because the person holding such certificate is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such certificate pursuant to section 29-37p, the department shall reinstate such certificate.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 5; P.A. 16-34, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-34 added Subsec. (c) re reinstatement of eligibility certificate upon expiration of ex parte order.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38a. - Out-of-state purchase or acquisition of rifles or shotguns.

Section 29-38a is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1971, P.A. 400, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-212, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38d. - Interstate transportation of firearms through state.

(a) The provisions of sections 29-35 and 29-38 shall not apply to the interstate transportation of firearms through this state in accordance with 18 USC 926A and 927, as amended from time to time, by any person who is not otherwise prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing a firearm. Such person may transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where such person may lawfully possess and carry such firearm through this state to any other place where such person may lawfully possess and carry such firearm provided such transportation is in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) During the transportation of a firearm through this state as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, such firearm shall be unloaded and neither such firearm nor any ammunition being transported shall be readily accessible or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle. If the vehicle does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, such firearm shall be unloaded and such firearm and any ammunition being transported shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.
(c) No person who is transporting a firearm through this state in accordance with this section may use or carry such firearm or sell, deliver or otherwise transfer such firearm while in this state.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38e. - State-wide firearms trafficking task force. Composition. Duties.

(a) There shall be within the Division of State Police, within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, a state-wide firearms trafficking task force for the effective cooperative enforcement of the laws of this state concerning the distribution and possession of firearms.
(b) The task force shall be comprised of municipal and state law enforcement officers and may include federal law enforcement officers. Such task force shall be authorized to conduct any investigation authorized by this section at any place within the state as may be deemed necessary.
(c) The task force may request and may receive from any federal, state or local agency, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties, including the temporary assignment of personnel which may be necessary to carry out the performance of its functions.
(d) The task force may enter into mutual assistance and cooperation agreements with other states pertaining to firearms law enforcement matters extending across state boundaries, and may consult and exchange information and personnel with agencies of other states with reference to firearms law enforcement problems of mutual concern.
(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint a commanding officer and such other personnel as the commissioner deems necessary for the duties of the task force, within available appropriations.
(f) The task force shall: (1) Review the problem of illegal trafficking in firearms and its effects, including its effects on the public, and implement solutions to address the problem; (2) identify persons illegally trafficking in firearms and focus resources to prosecute such persons; (3) track firearms which were sold or distributed illegally and implement solutions to remove such firearms from persons illegally in possession of them; and (4) coordinate its activities with other law enforcement agencies within and without the state.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 40, 102; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38f. - State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force Policy Board. Composition. Duties.

(a) There shall be a State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force Policy Board within the Division of State Police, within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, for administrative purposes only, consisting of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State's Attorney, the agent in Connecticut in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and five chiefs of police designated by said association, each to serve for a term of one year, provided one such chief of police shall be from a municipality with a population of one hundred thousand or more.
(b) The policy board shall direct the formulation of policies and operating procedures of the task force.
(c) The policy board may apply for and administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force.
(d) The receipts from the sale of seized firearms and ammunition pursuant to section 54-36e shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a separate, nonlapsing forfeit firearms account which shall be established by the Comptroller. All moneys in the account are deemed to be appropriated and shall be expended for the purposes established in section 29-38e.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 41, 102; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (d), a reference to “section 1 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 40 of this act” and codified as “section 29-38e”, for accuracy); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (d) to add provision re receipts from sale of seized ammunition.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38n. - Ammunition certificate. Issuance. Form and content. Confidentiality.

(a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older may request the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to (1) conduct a state criminal history records check of such person, in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a, using such person's name and date of birth only, and (2) issue an ammunition certificate to such person in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) After conducting the state criminal history records check of such person, the commissioner shall issue an ammunition certificate to such person unless the commissioner determines, based on a review of the results of such criminal history records check, that such person would be ineligible to be issued a long gun eligibility certificate under section 29-37p, except that a conviction of a violation specified in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 29-37p shall cause such person to be ineligible for an ammunition certificate only if such conviction was for a violation committed on or after July 1, 2013.
(c) Such ammunition certificate shall be of such form as the commissioner may prescribe, contain an identification number and the name, address and date of birth of the certificate holder and be signed by the certificate holder.
(d) A person holding an ammunition certificate issued by the commissioner shall notify the commissioner not later than two business days after any change of such person's address. The notification shall include both the old address and the new address of such person.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the name and address of a person issued an ammunition certificate under this section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such information may be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance of their duties, including, but not limited to, employees of the United States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the performance of their duties, (2) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may disclose such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-38m for verification that such certificate is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked, and (3) such information may be disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 15; 13-220, S. 13; P.A. 15-216, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to substitute “state” for “national” re criminal history records check, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 15-216 amended Subsec. (e)(1) to add reference to parole officers within Department of Correction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38o. - Ammunition certificate. Fees. Expiration and renewal.

(a) The fee for each ammunition certificate originally issued under the provisions of this section shall be thirty-five dollars and for each renewal thereof thirty-five dollars, which fees shall be paid to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall be in addition to the fee paid pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-17a for conducting the national criminal history records check. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, the fees shall be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of ammunition certificates under section 29-38n.
(b) An ammunition certificate originally issued under the provisions of section 29-38n shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal thereof shall expire five years after the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(c) The renewal fee shall apply for each renewal that is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(d) No fee or portion thereof paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of an ammunition certificate shall be refundable except if the certificate for which the fee or portion thereof was paid was not issued or renewed.
(e) An ammunition certificate issued pursuant to section 29-38n shall be valid for a period of ninety days from the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any certificate which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-38p.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-38p. - Ammunition certificate. Revocation. Reinstatement.

(a) An ammunition certificate shall be revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued the certificate pursuant to section 29-38n.
(b) Upon the revocation of any ammunition certificate, the person whose certificate is revoked shall be notified, in writing, and such certificate shall be forthwith delivered to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Any person who fails to surrender such certificate within five days of notification, in writing, of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If an ammunition certificate is revoked because the person holding such certificate is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such certificate pursuant to section 29-38n the department shall reinstate such certificate.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 17; P.A. 16-34, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-34 added Subsec. (c) re reinstatement of ammunition certificate upon expiration of ex parte order.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530 - Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards (See Chapter 541, Part II) › Section 29-39a. - Fire Safety Code Standards Committee.

Section 29-39a is repealed.
(P.A. 75-139; 75-567, S. 50, 80; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 82-432, S. 18, 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530 - Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards (See Chapter 541, Part II) › Section 29-54. - Abatement of fire hazards requiring reconstruction.

Section 29-54 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3677; 1957, P.A. 516, S. 4; 1959, P.A. 233, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530 - Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards (See Chapter 541, Part II) › Section 29-106a to 29-106p. - Amateur rocketry.

Sections 29-106a to 29-106p, inclusive, are repealed.
(1961, P.A. 473, S. 1–7; 1963, P.A. 529, S. 1–10; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 22; 1969, P.A. 781, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530 - Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards (See Chapter 541, Part II) › Section 29-107. - Licensing of persons to engage in electrical work.

Section 29-107 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3684; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 23; 789, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108a. (Formerly Sec. 17-22). - Definitions.

The terms “animals” and “animal”, as used in this chapter and in sections 53-247, 53-252 and 53-253, shall include all brute creatures and birds.
(1949 Rev., S. 2915.)
History: Sec. 17-22 transferred to Sec. 29-108a in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108b. (Formerly Sec. 17-23). - Appointment of agents as special police officers.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint, at the request of the Connecticut Humane Society, accredited agents of that society as special police officers to serve for two years from the date of their respective appointments, subject to removal by said commissioner. Such officers shall serve without pay, except their regular compensation as agents of said society. They shall receive no fees for service or return of any criminal process and shall have, throughout the state, the powers of constables and police officers to arrest and detain any person violating any provision of the statutes concerning cruelty to animals.
(1949 Rev., S. 2917; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 88-156, S. 11; P.A. 00-99, S. 137, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 88-156 deleted reference to neglect or cruel treatment of children or offenses against children from list of violations; Sec. 17-23 transferred to Sec. 29-108b in 1989; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 218 C. 757.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108c. (Formerly Sec. 17-24). - Prevention of cruelty to animals.

Any officer or agent of the Connecticut Humane Society may lawfully interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon any animal in his presence, and any person who interferes with or obstructs or resists any such officer or agent in the discharge of his duty shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
(1949 Rev., S. 2916.)
History: Sec. 17-24 transferred to Sec. 29-108c in 1989.
Cited. 218 C. 757.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108d. (Formerly Sec. 17-25). - Disposition of animal or vehicle of person arrested.

When any person arrested under any provision of the laws relating to cruelty to animals is, at the time of such arrest, in charge of any vehicle drawn by or containing any animal cruelly treated, any agent or officer of the Connecticut Humane Society may take charge of such animal and of such vehicle and its contents, and shall give notice thereof to the owner, if known, at his last-known address by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the owner is not known, by publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the society took charge of such animal. The society shall care and provide for the animal and the vehicle and its contents until their owner takes charge of them or, if the state claims such seized property is a nuisance, until they are destroyed or disposed of in accordance with section 54-33g. The society shall have a lien on any such animal and vehicle for the expenses of such care and provision.
(1949 Rev., S. 2918; P.A. 88-325, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 88-325 specified that notice to the owner be by registered or certified mail to last-known address or by publication in newspaper in town where animal was taken if owner unknown, removed limitation of 60 days from the date of the notice for care of the animal and vehicle and added language on destruction or disposal if the state claims the seized property is a nuisance; Sec. 17-25 transferred to Sec. 29-108d in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108f. (Formerly Sec. 17-28). - Cost of care of neglected or cruelly treated animal. Disposition of animal if expense not paid.

Section 29-108f is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2921; 1955, S. 1634d; P.A. 88-325, S. 4; P.A. 92-242, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108g. (Formerly Sec. 17-29). - Destruction of animal in the charge of the society.

Any agent or officer of the Connecticut Humane Society may lawfully take charge of and humanely destroy, or cause to be humanely destroyed, any abandoned, lost, strayed or homeless animal or animal unsuitable for adoption in his charge if upon examination a licensed veterinarian certifies, in writing, or if two persons called to view the animal in the presence of an agent or officer of the society find that the animal is injured, disabled or diseased past recovery, infirm or unsuitable for adoption, or if the owner consents in writing to such destruction. In the absence of such certification or finding or redemption by the owner, the society may, after five days, humanely destroy any animal in its charge pursuant to this section. In lieu of such destruction or redemption by the owner, the society may, in its discretion and without liability, deliver such animal, after five days, to a person other than the owner.
(1949 Rev., S. 2922; P.A. 88-325, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 88-325 changed requirements for destruction of animals by including language pertaining to examination by a veterinarian and authorizing destroying “infirm” animals, animals unsuitable for adoption and animals whose owners have given consent in writing for their destruction, and added provision allowing destruction after five days or delivery to a person other than the owner after five days; Sec. 17-29 transferred to Sec. 29-108g in 1989.
Cited. 218 C. 757.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108h. (Formerly Sec. 17-29a). - Use of high altitude euthanasia devices prohibited.

No person or organization shall use any high altitude device for the purpose of destroying any animal, and on or after January 1, 1981, no person or organization shall possess any high altitude device for such purpose.
(P.A. 79-155, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 17-29a transferred to Sec. 29-108h in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 530a - Connecticut Humane Society › Section 29-108i. (Formerly Sec. 17-30). - Officers and agents to have certificates or badges.

Officers and agents of said society shall be provided by said society with certificates that they are such officers or agents, in such form as the directors of said society may choose, or with badges bearing the name or seal of said society, and shall, if requested, show such certificates or badges when acting officially.
(1949 Rev., S. 2923.)
History: Sec. 17-30 transferred to Sec. 29-108i in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-109. - Certificates of approval. Regulations. Variations or exemptions.

Section 29-109 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3694; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 89-188, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 56, 121; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-111 to 29-113. - Revocation or suspension of licenses or permits. Fees. Penalty.

Sections 29-111 to 29-113, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3696–3698; 1961, P.A. 29; P.A. 80-297, S. 14, 20; P.A. 89-188, S. 2–4, 9; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 57, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 140; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-115. - Authority to operate.

Section 29-115 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3700; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 84; P.A. 74-183, S. 264, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 227, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 112, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-116. - Inspection by state police.

Section 29-116 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3701; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 89-188, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-117. - Moving picture licenses. Fees. Penalty.

Section 29-117 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3702; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 109; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-297, S. 15, 20; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 58, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 141; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-118 and 29-119. - License to operate; fee. Penalties.

Sections 29-118 and 29-119 are repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1949 Rev., S. 3703, 3704; 1971, P.A. 423, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-297, S. 16, 20; P.A. 89-188, S. 5, 6, 9; P.A. 99-163, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-120. - Exceptions.

Section 29-120 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3705; P.A. 89-188, S. 7, 9; P.A. 99-163, S. 7; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-121 to 29-126. - Storing of moving picture films; definitions. License to manufacture or store films. Restriction on issuance of licenses. Special room for handling films; fire extinguishers; smoking forbidden. Quantity of films under examination or repair restricted. Room to be ventilated.

Sections 29-121 to 29-126, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3706–3711; P.A. 89-188, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-127. - Inspections.

Section 29-127 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 3712; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 67; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 92-130, S. 5, 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-128a. (Formerly Sec. 29-117a). - Exhibition of previews of “X” rated films.

No person shall exhibit, show or use any preview film, reel or view of any film rated “X” on any movie screen except at a showing of a film similarly rated. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1971, P.A. 733.)
History: Sec. 29-117a transferred to Sec. 29-128a in 1981.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-128b. - Display of film rating required.

Section 29-128b is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(P.A. 79-296; P.A. 80-483, S. 89, 186; P.A. 16-2, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 531 - Motion Pictures › Section 29-128f. - Unlawful use of recording device in motion picture theater.

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture by means of any technology, and (2) “motion picture theater” means a movie theater or screening room that, at the time of the offense, is being used for the exhibition of a motion picture.
(b) Any person who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited without the consent of the owner or lessee of such theater and with the intent to record such motion picture shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) Whenever the owner or lessee of a motion picture theater where a motion picture is being exhibited, or an employee or authorized agent of such owner or lessee, has reasonable grounds to believe that a person is operating or attempting to operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in such theater in violation of subsection (b) of this section, such owner, lessee, employee or agent may question such person as to such person's name and address and may detain such person for a time sufficient to summon a police officer to the premises. No other information shall be required of such person until a police officer has taken such person into custody. For the purposes of this subsection, “reasonable grounds” means knowledge that a person has operated or attempted to operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in such theater.
(d) In any civil action by a person detained under the provisions of subsection (c) of this section against the person so detaining him or her, or the principal or employer of such person, arising out of such questioning or detention by any such owner, lessee, employee or agent, evidence that the defendant had reasonable grounds to believe that the plaintiff was, at the time in question, operating or attempting to operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture was being exhibited without the consent of the owner or lessee of such facility shall create a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff was so operating or attempting to operate such audiovisual recording function.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of an audiovisual recording function of a device by any authorized employee or agent of a local, state or federal law enforcement agency while such employee or agent is engaged in authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement or intelligence gathering activities.
(f) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution of a person under any other provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 04-187, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-129. - Licensing of public amusement parks.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, upon application in writing of any person engaged in the conduct of any place of amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation to which an admission fee is charged and so located in any area which, with other places of amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation, constitutes a public amusement park, stating the name and address of the applicant and the location and character of the amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation proposed to be conducted by such person, upon being satisfied that the same is not inconsistent with the public welfare, morals and safety, shall, upon payment to said commissioner of the license fee as prescribed by section 29-130 and provision of proof of financial responsibility as required by section 29-139, authorize such applicant to conduct the place named in such application at such time and reasonable hours daily as the commissioner limits and prescribes.
(1949 Rev., S. 3714; P.A. 76-30, S. 1, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 176.)
History: P.A. 76-30 specified license fee as that prescribed “by section 29-130” and required that proof of financial responsibility be provided; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-131. - Provisions not to apply to restaurants or eating places.

The provisions of sections 29-129 and 29-130 shall not be so construed as to limit the right of any person to conduct any hotel, restaurant or eating place at any amusement park or to limit the right to sell therein on Sunday any article which may be lawfully sold on said day.
(1949 Rev., S. 3716.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-132. - Inspection and certification of amusement rides and devices.

All amusement rides and devices in the state shall be inspected at least once in each calendar year, and as often as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection directs. The commissioner shall approve one or more qualified inspectors or civil engineers familiar with the construction and use of gravity and other amusement rides and devices to conduct such inspections. Such inspectors shall be certified to perform such inspections by a nationally recognized professional or trade association of amusement ride safety officials approved by the commissioner. A reasonable fee for such inspection, to be determined by the commissioner, shall be paid to such inspector or engineer by the owner, lessee or operator of such ride or device. No amusement ride or device used for the carrying of passengers shall be operated in the state unless the same has been inspected by such an inspector or engineer and the inspector or engineer has certified to the commissioner that, in such inspector's or engineer's judgment, the same is reasonably safe for public use. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of such inspector or engineer to grant such certificate of safety shall have the right of appeal to the commissioner, who may, after due hearing, if he is of the opinion that such ride or device is safe for public use, issue a license therefor. Upon receipt of such certificate, if the applicant has complied with the provisions of sections 29-129 to 29-143a, inclusive, a license shall be issued by the commissioner, and the commissioner may issue temporary licenses to operate such rides or devices pending inspection or final hearing upon the application when, in the commissioner's judgment, fairness and equity require it.
(1949 Rev., S. 3717; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 83-30; P.A. 04-110, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 178.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-30 applied provisions to all amusement rides and devices in the state, where previously only those in West Haven were affected; P.A. 04-110 required commissioner to approve one or more qualified inspectors to conduct inspections of amusement rides and devices and such inspectors to be certified to perform inspections by a nationally recognized professional or trade association of amusement ride safety officials approved by the commissioner; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-134. - License required. Annual fee.

No owner shall exhibit or provide any amusement, as defined in section 29-133, in this state unless he has obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided and otherwise complies with the provisions of sections 29-133 to 29-142, inclusive. An annual license fee of two hundred dollars shall be paid by the applicant to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection with each application for such amusement license.
(1949 Rev., S. 3719; P.A. 73-502, S. 2, 5; P.A. 80-297, S. 17, 20; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 60, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 143; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 311; P.A. 11-51, S. 174.)
History: P.A. 73-502 prohibited “providing” any amusement without license; P.A. 80-297 imposed annual license fee of $10 payable to commissioner of public safety; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised license fee to $50; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fee for licensure from $50 to $100, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased annual license fee from $100 to $200; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-135. - Application for license.

Not less than ten days before exhibiting or providing any amusement in this state the owner shall make application to the commissioner for a license on a form provided by the commissioner, which application shall contain such information as the commissioner requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 3720; P.A. 73-502, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 73-502 added words “or providing”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-136a. - Patron safety regulations. Detainment of patrons. Owner responsibility.

(a) A patron of an amusement, as defined in section 29-133, or of a public amusement park, as described in section 29-129, shall obey the patron safety regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (e) of section 29-136.
(b) A security guard or law enforcement officer may detain a patron of an amusement for a reasonable time for the purpose of summoning a police officer to the premises of such amusement if such guard or officer has reasonable cause to believe that the patron has violated the patron safety regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of section 29-136.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the liability of the owner of an amusement or relieving the owner's responsibility to provide reasonable supervision of patrons.
(P.A. 07-246, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 174.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-138. - Secretary of the State to be attorney of nonresident owners of amusements.

No license shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-137 to any owner not a resident of this state until such owner has appointed, in writing, the Secretary of the State and his successors in office to be his attorney, upon whom all process in any action or proceeding against him may be served; and in such writing such owner shall agree that any process against him which is served on said secretary shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on the owner, and that such appointment shall continue in force as long as any liability remains outstanding against the owner in this state. Such written appointment shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall be filed in the office of said secretary, and copies certified by him shall be sufficient evidence of such appointment and agreement. Service upon said attorney shall be sufficient service upon the principal, and shall be made by leaving an attested copy of the process with the Secretary of the State at his office or with any clerk having charge of the corporation department of said office. When legal process against any owner mentioned in this section is served upon the Secretary of the State, he shall immediately notify such owner thereof by mail and shall, within two days after such service, forward in the same manner a copy of the process served on him to such owner or to any person designated in writing by such owner. The plaintiff in the process so served shall pay to the secretary, at the time of the service, a fee of one and one-half dollars for each page, and in no case less than five dollars, which shall be recovered by him as part of his taxable costs if he prevails in such suit. The secretary shall keep a record of all process served upon him which shall show the day and hour when such service was made.
(1953, S. 2017d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 32.)
History: 1961 act raised per page fee from $0.75 to $1.50 and changed minimum charge from $2.00 to $5.00.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-140. - Regulations.

The commissioner shall make and enforce, and from time to time may amend, reasonable regulations for the prevention or abatement of fire and casualty hazards incident to the assembly of one hundred or more persons in tents, air-supported plastic or fabric or other portable shelters, which regulations shall deal in particular with the character and arrangement of seating, means of egress, fire fighting appliances, fire and police protection, smoking on the premises, lighting and other safety measures for the prevention or abatement of fire, casualty and related hazards.
(1949 Rev., S. 3723; 1955, S. 2019d; 1961, P.A. 28, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act provided power to make regulations applicable to case where 100 or more persons assemble in tents, plastic, fabric or other shelters, and included dealing with fire protection and specific hazards of fire, casualty and related hazards.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-141. - Appeal.

If any person is aggrieved by the doings of the commissioner or Insurance Commissioner under the provisions of sections 29-133 to 29-140, inclusive, he may apply to the superior court for any judicial district, which may grant appropriate relief.
(1949 Rev., S. 3725; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 32; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 85; P.A. 76-436, S. 613, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 80-482, S. 188, 348.)
History: 1963 act substituted Sec. 29-140 for Sec. 20-140; 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 placed insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division of that same department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 80-482 reinstated insurance commissioner as head of independent insurance department, deleting reference to abolished department of business regulation.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 532 - Amusements and Exhibitions › Section 29-142. - Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 29-129 to 29-140, inclusive, 29-143a, or any order or regulation made pursuant to the provisions thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 3726; P.A. 76-30, S. 3, 6.)
History: P.A. 76-30 replaced reference to Sec. 29-133 with reference to Sec. 29-129 and added reference to Sec. 29-143a.