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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37c. - Bowling establishment permit. Racquetball facility permit.

Section 30-37c is repealed, effective July 1, 2020.
(P.A. 76-347, S. 2; P.A. 83-283, S. 2, 5; 83-434, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-139, S. 42; P.A. 01-17, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 359; P.A. 12-17, S. 6; P.A. 19-24, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37d. - Nonprofit public television corporation permit.

(a) A nonprofit public television corporation permit shall allow the retail sale of beer and wine at auction, provided the auction is held as part of a fund-raising event to benefit the tax-exempt activities of the nonprofit public television corporation. Each permit shall allow the sale of wine at a single auction only. A maximum of three such permits may be issued to one nonprofit public television corporation in any calendar year. The fee for a nonprofit public television corporation permit shall be fifty dollars for each permit.
(b) “Nonprofit public television corporation” means a television broadcasting corporation organized for nonprofit, literary and educational purposes to which has been issued a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(P.A. 83-152, S. 1; P.A. 93-139, S. 43; P.A. 96-7, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 360.)
History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the fee for a nonprofit television corporation and added Subsec. (b) defining “nonprofit public television corporation”; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the sale of beer at auction and to increase the number of permits that may be issued to three, effective April 2, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee in Subsec. (a) from $25 to $50.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37e. - Airport restaurant permit. Airport bar permit. Airport airline club permit.

Section 30-37e is repealed, effective July 1, 2020.
(P.A. 84-494, S. 2, 11; P.A. 87-321, S. 2, 6; P.A. 93-139, S. 44; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 361; P.A. 19-24, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37f. - Cafe permit at Bradley International Airport. Leasing and concessions. Access requirements. Excepted from local option, discretionary disapproval.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or regulation to the contrary, (1) the state of Connecticut, as owner or lessor of premises at Bradley International Airport, shall be permitted to enter into an arrangement with any concessionaire or lessee holding a permit or permits at Bradley International Airport, and receive payments from such concessionaire or lessee, without regard to the level or percentage of gross receipts from the gross sales of alcoholic liquor by such concessionaire or lessee; (2) any person may be a permittee for more than one cafe permit issued pursuant to subsection (d) of section 30-22a; and (3) any area subject to a permit in Bradley International Airport that is contiguous to or within any concourse area shall not be required to provide a single point of egress or ingress or to effectively separate the bar area or any dining area from the concourse area by means of partitions, fences, or doors, provided that a permittee of such area may be required by the Department of Consumer Protection to provide a barrier to separate the back bar area from the concourse area to prevent public access to the portion of the back bar area from which liquor is dispensed, if physically practicable.
(b) Sections 30-9 to 30-13a, inclusive, section 30-22aa, subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 30-39, subsection (c) of section 30-39 and sections 30-44, 30-46, 30-48a and 30-91a shall not apply to a cafe permit issued pursuant to subsection (d) of section 30-22a.
(P.A. 84-494, S. 9, 11; P.A. 87-321, S. 3, 6; P.A. 93-83, S. 2; P.A. 95-195, S. 42, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-10, S. 7; 21-37, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 87-321 amended Subsec. (b) by providing that Sec. 30-23 shall not apply to any class of airport permit; P.A. 93-83 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 21-10 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 30-23 with Sec. 30-22aa, effective May 13, 2021; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to airport permit with permit issued pursuant to Sec. 30-22a(d), effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37g. - Nonprofit golf tournament permit.

A nonprofit golf tournament permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a golf country club at which a golf tournament, sponsored by an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) or Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, is being conducted. Such permit shall be issued to any such organization for a period not to exceed eight days. Only one such permit shall be issued in any calendar year. Such permit shall allow the operation of not more than twenty-five consumer bars on the grounds of a golf country club. The fee for a nonprofit golf tournament permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars.
(P.A. 85-380, S. 5, 12; P.A. 87-61, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-211, S. 31; P.A. 93-139, S. 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 362; P.A. 14-32, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-61 eliminated reference to charitable organizations and instead specified that organizations exempt from taxation under Sec. 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible for a permit; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fee for a nonprofit golf tournament permit; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $200 to $250; P.A. 14-32 added reference to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, effective May 16, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37h. - Nonprofit corporation permit.

A nonprofit corporation permit shall allow the retail sale of wine at auction, provided the auction is held as part of a fund-raising event to benefit the tax-exempt activities of the nonprofit corporation. Each permit shall allow the sale of wine at a maximum of twelve such auctions in any calendar year, except as provided in section 30-37d. The fee for a nonprofit corporation permit shall be twenty-five dollars.
(P.A. 88-364, S. 99, 123; P.A. 93-139, S. 46; P.A. 14-111, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fee for a nonprofit corporation permit; P.A. 14-111 deleted provision re single auction only and increased combined total auctions for which permit may be issued to not more than 12, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37i. - Hotel guest bar permit.

(a) A hotel guest bar permit, available to a hotel permittee, shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor located in registered hotel guest rooms. The annual fee for a hotel guest bar permit shall be one hundred dollars for each hotel room equipped for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor.
(b) A hotel guest bar shall: (1) Be accessible only by key, magnetic card or similar device provided by the hotel to a registered guest twenty-one years of age or older; and (2) restocked no earlier than nine o'clock a.m. and no later than one o'clock a.m.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the operation of hotel guest bars.
(P.A. 93-326, S. 1; P.A. 95-195, S. 43, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 363.)
History: P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (c) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee in Subsec. (a) from $50 to $100.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37k. - Casino permit.

(a) As used in this section and subsection (a) of section 30-91: (1) “Casino” means the premises within which a gaming facility is operated with other facilities, including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bingo halls or convention centers; and (2) “gaming facility” means a room or rooms within which class III gaming, as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701, et seq., or an authorized game, as defined in section 12-557b, is legally conducted.
(b) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a casino.
(c) A casino permit shall allow the manufacture, storage and bottling of beer to be consumed on the premises with or without the sale of food, provided the holder of a casino permit produces at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually.
(d) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by means of a guest bar located in hotel guest rooms provided such guest bar is: (1) Accessible only by key, magnetic card or similar device provided by the hotel to a registered guest twenty-one years of age or older; and (2) restocked no earlier than nine o'clock a.m. and no later than one o'clock a.m.
(e) The annual fee for a casino permit shall be two thousand six hundred fifty dollars plus an additional one hundred dollars for each guest room containing a guest bar.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 76, 102; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 365; P.A. 17-89, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees in Subsec. (e); P.A. 17-89 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to redefine “gaming facility”, effective June 27, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37l. - Wine festival permit. Out-of-state entity wine festival permit. Wine festival and out-of-state entity wine festival permits. Notification to chief municipal law enforcement official.

Sections 30-37l to 30-37n, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 23, 2022.
(P.A. 09-47, S. 3, 4, 7; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 16; P.A. 19-24, S. 13; P.A. 22-56, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37o. - Farmers' market sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers' market sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, the holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead or the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer, upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with the applicable permit requirements of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of section 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale of products manufactured by such permittees during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers' market at not more than ten farmers' market locations per year provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers' market to sell such products at such farmers' market, (2) only sells such products by the bottle or sealed container at such farmers' markets, and (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such product from such permit holder at such farmers' market. Any such permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for such permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.
(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of such products by the holder of such permit at a farmers' market held in such town or municipality.
(P.A. 11-164, S. 2, 3; P.A. 17-90, S. 3; P.A. 19-24, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 11-164 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 17-90 amended Subsec. (a) to increase number of appearances at farmers' market locations per year from 3 to 10, effective June 9, 2017; P.A. 19-24 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to holder of manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead and holder of manufacturer permit for beer and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37p. - Gift basket retailer permit.

(a) A gift basket retailer permit shall allow the retail sale of wine, mead or beer. Such wine, mead or beer shall be included in a gift basket sold at retail by the permit holder. Such wine, mead or beer shall not be consumed on the premises. The holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall be located in this state and such wine, mead or beer shall only be purchased by such permit holder from the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20, the holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 30-16, the holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead issued pursuant to subsection (d) of section 30-16, or the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 30-16.
(b) The holder of a gift basket retailer permit may sell gift baskets which may include (1) a maximum of four bottles of wine or mead per basket or a maximum of seventy-two ounces of beer per basket, (2) food items, (3) nonalcoholic beverages, (4) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (5) wine-making kits and beer-making kits and products related to such kits, (6) ice in any form, (7) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry or the permittee's gift basket business, (8) flowers, plants and garden-related items, (9) drinking glasses, bottle opening devices and literature related to wine, mead or beer, or (10) gift certificates. The sale of such gift baskets shall only take place during the times permitted for the sale of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits pursuant to section 30-91. The holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall not sell such gift baskets on premises operating under any other permit issued pursuant to this title. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 from selling any item permitted for sale by such permittee pursuant to said section.
(c) The annual fee for a gift basket retailer permit shall be two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 11-250, S. 1; P.A. 19-24, S. 6; P.A. 21-37, S. 106.)
History: P.A. 19-24 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to beer, adding provision re holder of manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead, and adding provision re holder of manufacturer permit for beer, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re maximum of 72 ounces of beer in Subdiv. (1), adding reference to beer-making kits in Subdiv. (5), adding reference to beer in Subdiv. (9), and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding references to mead, effective June 4, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37q. - Sale, delivery or shipment of gift baskets containing wine or beer. Requirements. Audit. Advertising. Regulations.

(a) A gift basket retailer permit issued in accordance with section 30-37p shall allow the sale and delivery or shipment of gift baskets containing wine or beer directly to a consumer in this state, subject to the provisions of section 30-37p and this section, or, for wine only, to a consumer outside of this state, subject to all applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such consumer outside of this state is located. Such permittee, when selling and shipping gift baskets containing wine or beer directly to a consumer in this state, shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all gift baskets containing wine or beer shipped directly to a consumer in this state conspicuously state the following: “CONTAINS ALCOHOL—SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY”; (2) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one or older at the address prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity card described in section 1-1h; (3) obtain a seller's permit pursuant to chapter 219 and pay to the Department of Revenue Services all sales taxes as required under said chapter 219 on sales of gift baskets; (4) report to the Department of Consumer Protection a separate and complete record of all sales and shipments to consumers in the state, on a ledger sheet or similar form which readily presents a chronological account of such permittee's dealings with each such consumer; (5) permit the Department of Consumer Protection and the Department of Revenue Services, separately or jointly, to perform an audit of the permittee's records upon request; and (6) not ship to any address in the state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option pursuant to section 30-9.
(b) A holder of a gift basket retailer permit, when advertising or offering wine or beer for direct shipment to a consumer in this or another state via the Internet or any other on-line computer network, shall clearly and conspicuously state its gift basket retailer permit number in its advertising.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department of Revenue Services, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 11-250, S. 2; P.A. 19-24, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 19-24 added references to beer and added “, for wine only” re sale, delivery and shipment of gift basket to consumer outside the state, effective July 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37r. - Farmers' market beer sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale of beer by permittee.

Section 30-37r is repealed, effective July 1, 2020.
(P.A. 15-24, S. 10; P.A. 17-160, S. 3; P.A. 19-24, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-37s. - Religious wine retailer permit.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Religious organization” means (A) any religious corporation, society or organization that is formed or recognized under chapter 598, or (B) any religious organization that is eligible for an exemption under section 12-412; and
(2) “Sacramental wine” means any wine that is (A) exclusively used for religious or sacramental purposes, and (B) exempt from taxation under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Revenue Services pursuant to section 12-449.
(b) A religious wine retailer permit shall allow the holder of such permit to import and sell, at retail, sacramental wine to religious organizations. Such sacramental wine shall not be consumed on the permit premises and any sale of such sacramental wine shall only take place during the hours a religious wine retailer may sell alcoholic liquor under subsection (d) of section 30-91. The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section shall operate at least one retail location in this state, be primarily engaged in the business of selling religious supplies that do not contain alcohol and not hold any other permit issued under chapter 545. The annual fee for a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars.
(c) The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section may purchase sacramental wine directly from a manufacturer, out-of-state shipper or wholesaler. All shipments of sacramental wine to the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section shall be conspicuously labeled “for sacramental or religious purposes only”. If the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section imports into this state a supply of any brand of sacramental wine directly from a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, such brand need not comply with the provisions of sections 30-63 and 30-64 for such directly imported supply.
(P.A. 22-104, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-104 effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-38. - Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities.

Each permit granted under the provisions of sections 30-16, 30-17, 30-20, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-22, 30-22a, 30-22aa, 30-28a, 30-33a and 30-36, shall also, under the regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection, allow the storage, on the premises and at one other secure location registered with and approved by the department, of sufficient quantities of alcoholic liquor respectively allowed to be sold under such permits as may be necessary for the business conducted by the respective permittees or their backers; but no such permit shall be granted under the provisions of section 30-16 or 30-17 unless such storage facilities are provided and the place of storage receives the approval of the department as to suitability, and thereafter no place of storage shall be changed nor any new place of storage utilized without the approval of the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4256; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 3; P.A. 73-533, S. 5; 73-543, S. 6, 14; P.A. 74-307, S. 5; P.A. 76-347, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-82, S. 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 3, 13; P.A. 84-494, S. 4, 11; P.A. 95-195, S. 44, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-10, S. 8; 21-37, S. 64.)
History: 1965 act added reference to Sec. 30-24a; 1972 act added reference to Sec. 30-20a; P.A. 73-533 added reference to Sec. 30-33a; P.A. 73-543 added reference to Sec. 30-28a; P.A. 74-307 added reference to Sec. 30-33b; P.A. 76-347 added reference to Sec. 30-37c; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-82 added reference to Sec. 30-21b; P.A. 78-303 revised name change authorized by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 82-332 amended section to allow off-premises storage and extended applicability to permits issued under Sec. 30-22a; P.A. 84-494 added reference to a permit granted under the provisions of Sec. 30-37e; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 21-10 changed a reference from Sec. 30-23 to Sec. 30-22aa, effective May 13, 2021; P.A. 21-37 deleted references to Secs. 30-20a, 30-23, 30-24a, 30-26, 30-28, 30-29, 30-33b, 30-37c and 30-37e and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-38a. - Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership.

In all cases where two or more retail liquor permit premises are in common or cooperative ownership, or where a majority of the capital stock having voting privileges of corporations owning together two or more retail liquor permit premises is held by the same person or persons, the permittees thereof may transfer any alcoholic liquor from one such retail premise to another such retail premise, for the purpose of inventory equalization or other business convenience, except when such permittee is a delinquent retailer as said term is used in subsection (b) of section 30-48.
(1959, P.A. 237; 1961, P.A. 267; P.A. 75-239, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-55, S. 6; 93-139, S. 47.)
History: 1961 act authorized transfers where majority of voting stock of corporations owning two or more premises is held by same person or persons; P.A. 75-239 substituted “any alcoholic liquor” for “alcoholic beverages” and added exception re delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-55 made technical changes, substituting reference to delinquent retailers for reference to delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-38b. - Permits for on-premises consumption of alcoholic liquor. Limit on number of drinks sold to person.

(a) A permit issued pursuant to this title for any on-premises consumption of alcoholic liquor shall allow the retail sale of not more than two drinks to any one person at any one time.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend any existing regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted under the provisions of this title, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 21-37, S. 100.)
History: P.A. 21-37 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-39a. - Bartender certificate. When required. Application; fee; refusal; exemption.

Section 30-39a is repealed.
(P.A. 75-642, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-39b. - Adoption of ordinance re written notice of liquor permit renewal application. Report.

(a) A municipality may adopt an ordinance requiring each person who files an application pursuant to section 30-39 for renewal of a liquor permit that allows on-premises serving or consumption of alcoholic liquor shall simultaneously give written notice of such liquor permit renewal application to the chief law enforcement official or such chief law enforcement official's designee of the town in which the place of business to be operated under such permit is located. Such chief law enforcement official or his or her designee may respond in writing, not later than fifteen days after receipt of such notice, to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with comments regarding the renewal application that is the subject of such notice. The commissioner shall consider any written comments offered by such chief law enforcement official or his or her designee prior to approving such application.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to local government, public safety and security and alcoholic beverages. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of written comments submitted by chief law enforcement officials or their designees under subsection (a) of this section, (2) copies of such written comments, if any, (3) a summary of actions taken by the Department of Consumer Protection regarding the granting or denial of any liquor permit renewal applications subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and (4) the commissioner's conclusions and recommendations, after consultation with such chief law enforcement officials or their designees, regarding the notice requirement contained in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 14-48, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 14-48 effective May 28, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-40. - Second application.

(a) No person, permittee or backer whose application for a permit has been denied on the ground that he is an unsuitable person may make another application for a permit within one year after such denial.
(b) No person, permittee or backer whose permit has been revoked may make an application for a permit under this chapter within one year after such revocation.
(1949 Rev., S. 4267; P.A. 93-139, S. 49; P.A. 97-175, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added Subsec. (b) and made technical changes; P.A. 97-175 added permittee or backer in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made technical changes.
Cited. 150 C. 73; Id., 425; 184 C. 75.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-41 and 30-42. - Permit fees. Rebate of permit fees.

Sections 30-41 and 30-42 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4260, 4279; 1951, 1953, S. 2153d, 2162d; November, 1955, S. N197; March, 1958, P.A. 21, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 55; 1961, P.A. 567, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 179, S. 1; 553, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 365, S. 3; 725, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 724, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 254, S. 4; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 2; P.A. 73-104, S. 1, 2; 73-400; 73-533, S. 4; 73-543, S. 4, 14; P.A. 74-307, S. 7; 74-338, S. 33, 94; P.A. 75-598, S. 2; 75-641, S. 11; P.A. 76-347, S. 4; 76-370, S. 2; 76-394, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 614; P.A. 78-82, S. 4; 78-202, S. 4, 5; 78-279, S. 5, 6; 78-294, S. 4, 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-119, S. 2, 3; 81-184; 81-287, S. 4; 81-367, S. 5, 9; 81-472, S. 108, 159; P.A. 82-299, S. 4, 6; P.A. 83-152, S. 5; 83-283, S. 3, 5; 83-434, S. 3, 4; P.A. 84-494, S. 6, 7, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 2, 8, 12; P.A. 87-321, S. 4, 6; P.A. 88-364, S. 100, 123; P.A. 89-181, S. 4, 6; P.A. 91-118, S. 3; 91-353, S. 5, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 28, 30; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-42a. - Permit fee rebate.

Whenever, by reason of any catastrophe, act of God or serious natural disaster, on or after January 1, 1993, a business for which a permit has been issued by the Department of Consumer Protection is discontinued, the Department of Consumer Protection shall upon written application of the permittee or his backer, rebate the unused amount of the permit fee on a daily basis during the period of such discontinuance or for the period until the permit premises are relocated or for the remainder of the permit period. The Comptroller is authorized to draw his order upon the Treasurer for the payment of such sums, less any taxes due the state from the permittee on the date of such payment and the sum of twenty dollars which also shall be deducted to defray expenses incurred in processing the rebate. Any rebate of one hundred dollars or less shall be retained by the state. The amount or amounts of taxes so withheld shall be credited to the respective tax revenue accounts on the records of the State Comptroller.
(P.A. 95-115, S. 3; 95-195, S. 11, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: Pursuant to the provisions of P.A. 95-195 the Revisors editorially substituted “Department of Consumer Protection” for “Department of Liquor Control”, effective July 1, 1995); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-43. - Granting and denial of permits. Notice of hearing.

Permits may be granted without hearing by the Department of Consumer Protection in its discretion; but, in any case of the denial of or refusal to renew a permit, the department shall, in such manner as it directs, notify the applicant or permittee of its proposed action and set a day and place for a hearing thereon, giving the applicant or permittee reasonable notice in advance thereof. If, at or after such hearing, the department denies or refuses to renew the permit, as the case may be, notice of such decision shall forthwith be given to such applicant or permittee in such manner as the department directs.
(1949 Rev., S. 4261; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 46, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-43a. - Continuance of certain permits until due for renewal or until replacement permit becomes available.

The holder of a permit issued prior to July 1, 2020, under section 30-16, 30-16a, 30-19f, 30-20a, 30-21, 30-22, 30-22a, 30-23, 30-24a, 30-26, 30-28, 30-29, 30-33a, 30-33b, 30-33c, 30-37c, 30-37j, 30-37o, 30-37p, 30-37q or 30-37r, as amended or repealed by public act 19-24, may continue to hold such permit until such permit becomes due for renewal or until such time as a replacement permit becomes available for such permit holder to obtain.
(P.A. 19-24, S. 24; P.A. 22-56, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 19-24 effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 22-56 deleted reference to Sec. 30-37
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and made a technical change, effective May 23, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-46a. - Permit for restaurant within a coliseum.

The issuance of a coliseum permit shall not prohibit the issuance of a restaurant permit permitted under this chapter for a restaurant within a coliseum.
(P.A. 73-533, S. 10; P.A. 21-37, S. 67.)
History: P.A. 21-37 deleted reference to coliseum concession permit, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-48b. - Municipalities and authorities as backers of coliseum permittees.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or any municipal charter to the contrary, a municipality or a civic center authority or a coliseum authority created by a municipality may be the backer of a coliseum permit or coliseum concession permit, or both, provided approval is given therefor by the legislative body of such municipality. Governmental immunity shall not be a defense to any cause of action arising out of operation under such permit.
(P.A. 73-533, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-49 and 30-50. - Sale of liquor on credit. Period of credit. Suspension of credit restrictions in case of disaster.

Sections 30-49 and 30-50 are repealed.
(1951, S. 2168d; November, 1955, S. N199; February, 1965, P.A. 598; P.A. 75-641, S. 14; P.A. 77-438, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-51a. - Leasing of part of premises operating under grocery store beer permit.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 30-47 and section 30-51, a permittee of premises operating under a grocery store beer permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20 may lease up to fifty per cent of the total square footage of the premises to any person for lawful purposes. The Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue a permit allowing the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor on any such leased premises, and the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor shall be unlawful on any such leased premises.
(P.A. 04-42, S. 1; P.A. 22-104, S. 6.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection” to reflect the repeal of the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection by P.A. 04-189); P.A. 22-104 made technical and conforming changes, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-53. - Permit to be recorded.

Each permit granted or renewed by the Department of Consumer Protection shall be of no effect until a duplicate thereof has been filed by the permittee with the town clerk of the town within which the club or place of business described in such permit is situated; provided the place of filing of a cafe permit issued pursuant to subsection (j) or (k) of section 30-22a shall be the office of the town clerk of the town of New Haven, and airline permits, the office of the town clerk of the town of Hartford. The fee for such filing shall be twenty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4270; 1955, S. 2165d; 1967, P.A. 140; P.A. 73-543, S. 10, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 54, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 18-136, S. 3; P.A. 21-37, S. 71.)
History: 1967 act raised filing fee from $1 to $2; P.A. 73-543 specified Hartford town clerk's office as place for filing airline permits; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 18-136 increased filing fee from $2 to $20, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 21-37 replaced reference to “railroad and boat permits” with “cafe permit” issued under Sec. 30-22a(j) or (k), effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-54. - Permit to be hung in plain view.

Every permittee, other than a corporation holding a cafe permit issued pursuant to subsection (k) of section 30-22a, shall cause his or her permit or a duplicate thereof to be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place in any room where the sales so permitted are to be carried on.
(1949 Rev., S. 4271; P.A. 73-543, S. 11, 14; P.A. 21-37, S. 72.)
History: P.A. 73-543 excepted permittees holding airline permits from provisions; P.A. 21-37 replaced reference to “railroad or airline permit” with “cafe permit” issued under Sec. 30-22a(k) and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-55a. - Suspension of permit for failure to pay unemployment compensation contributions. Suspension of permit for violation of noise standards.

(a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall, upon notice from the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act of the name and address of any employer subject to chapter 567 who has failed to file any return or to pay the contributions prescribed under the provisions of said chapter, suspend the permit of such employer until written notice from the administrator has been received that the returns have been filed and the contributions, including interest, have been paid.
(b) When any permit premises where alcoholic liquor is consumed on the premises emits noise which, when measured at a radius of two hundred feet from the premises, as described in the permittee's application for a liquor permit, exceeds the ambient noise standard for the land use classification for the location at which such measurement is made, as established by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-69, the Department of Consumer Protection may suspend the permit to sell alcoholic liquor for three days for a first violation, five days for a second violation and fourteen days for any subsequent violation.
(1967, P.A. 328; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 91-116; P.A. 95-195, S. 56, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 91-116 added Subsec. (b) re suspension of permits when permit premises violate noise standards established by the department of environmental protection pursuant to Sec. 22a-69; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 226 C. 418.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-56. - When appeal not to act as stay of execution.

(a) When any permit is revoked or suspended after a final decision pursuant to chapter 54 or upon forfeiture of bond under the provisions of section 30-57, an appeal therefrom shall not act as a stay of execution upon such revocation or suspension. Such revocation or suspension shall become effective immediately.
(b) When any permit is revoked or suspended for violation of the provisions of section 30-38a, an appeal therefrom, may, at the discretion of the court, act as a stay of execution upon such revocation or suspension.
(1949 Rev., S. 4273; P.A. 75-239, S. 2, 3; P.A. 21-37, S. 88.)
History: P.A. 75-239 substituted “any alcoholic liquor” for “alcoholic beverages” and specified that delinquent permittees may not transfer liquor from one retail premise to another; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “decision pursuant to chapter 54” for “conviction” and by adding provision re revocation or suspension becoming effective immediately, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-57. - Conviction of permittee or backer; revocation or suspension of permit; forfeiture.

When any permittee or backer has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any of the laws of the United States or of the laws of any other state pertaining to the manufacture, sale, transportation or taxation of distilled spirits, beer and wine, or of any felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or has forfeited such permittee's or backer's bond to appear in court to answer for any such violation, the Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, revoke or suspend the permit and order the forfeiture of all moneys that have been paid for the permit, and such revocation or suspension and forfeiture shall be in addition to the penalties for such offense. In all cases in which a conviction is had, the clerk of the court shall forthwith mail a copy of the judgment to the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4275; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 82; P.A. 73-616, S. 25; P.A. 75-186, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-294, S. 9, 22; P.A. 95-195, S. 57, 83; P.A. 99-194, S. 25; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act deleted reference to trial justice; P.A. 73-616 replaced reference to Sec. 1-1 with reference to Sec. 53a-25; P.A. 75-186 substituted “beer” for “fermented malt beverages”; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-294 made no substantive changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-194 made technical changes and extended applicability of provisions to backers; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 118 C. 269; 124 C. 690; 128 C. 163; 149 C. 66; 150 C. 427; Id., 477.
Since commission has power to revoke a permit for violation of the statute, it is implied that they are not required to renew a permit where the law was being violated. 5 CS 420.