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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 534 - Private Detectives and Security Services › Section 29-161x. - Penalties. Regulations.

(a) Except as provided in sections 29-161q and 29-161y, any person who violates any provision of sections 29-161g to 29-161z, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. The commissioner may adopt regulations pursuant to subsection (b) of this section establishing civil penalties for violations of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, but no such penalty shall be more than five thousand dollars. Any person who violates any provision of section 29-161g shall not be eligible to apply for a license for two years after the date the penalty was imposed. Any experience accrued while operating without being licensed shall not be counted toward the requirements specified in section 29-161h.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 39; P.A. 08-73, S. 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 08-73 amended Subsec. (a) to create exception for offenses subject to Secs. 29-161q and 29-161y, to expand offenses subject to section by replacing “29-161x, inclusive” with “29-161z, inclusive”, to authorize commissioner to establish civil penalties by regulation, and to exclude experience gained while being unlicensed from counting towards experience required by Sec. 29-161h; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 534 - Private Detectives and Security Services › Section 29-161y. (Formerly Sec. 29-161a). - Registration of security officers or security personnel carrying firearms. Penalty.

(a) Any person, firm or corporation may employ as many security officers or security personnel carrying firearms as it deems necessary for the conduct of its business, provided such employees shall be of good moral character and at least twenty-one years of age. Each person, firm or corporation shall make application to register such personnel with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection immediately upon their hiring. Application for registration shall be made in the same manner as is provided in section 29-161q and applicants shall meet the requirements specified in said section.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation that violates any provision of this section shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each violation of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
(P.A. 83-573, S. 4; P.A. 04-192, S. 19; P.A. 08-73, S. 11; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 04-192 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute security officers for guards, watchmen, patrolmen, to increase minimum age from 18 to 21 years and to make technical changes; Sec. 29-161a transferred to Sec. 29-161y in 2005; P.A. 08-73 amended Subsec. (a) re manner of registration to substitute “section 29-161q” for “section 29-156a”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re registration of nonarmed personnel and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b) and made a technical change therein; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 535 - New England State Police Compact › Section 29-163. - Commissioner may designate alternate.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in his place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators Conference as permitted by subsections (b) and (c) of Article III of the compact. However, it is the intention of the legislature that said commissioner shall attend and participate in the work of the conference in person to the maximum extent practicable.
(1967, P.A. 315, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 535 - New England State Police Compact › Section 29-164. - Retirement for employees of administrators conference.

The employees of the New England State Police Administrators Conference may, upon the concluding of an agreement with the State Employees Retirement Commission for coverage under the state employees retirement system, be eligible for and covered by such system. Any such agreement shall provide, as nearly as may be, for the same ratio of employee contribution to total contribution as pertains for members of said system generally. The state employees retirement system shall not conclude a retirement agreement pursuant to subsection (h) of Article III of the compact if the New England State Police Administrators Conference has in force a retirement agreement with any other party state.
(1967, P.A. 315, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 535a - National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact › Section 29-164g. - Commissioner to designate Compact officer.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall designate the Compact officer in accordance with Article I, Section (2)(B) of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
(P.A. 00-185, S. 2, 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 00-185 effective July 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-165. - Advisory Committee on Organized Crime Prevention and Control. Naming of director of organized crime investigative task force. Expenses.

Section 29-165 is repealed.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 2, 3, 15; P.A. 74-183, S. 173, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 153, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 518, 610; P.A. 80-225; P.A. 81-472, S. 59, 159; P.A. 82-201, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-166. - Director of task force to appoint personnel; contracts for services.

(a) The director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the position of head of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force. He may employ, and at his pleasure remove, with the approval of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, such persons as he deems necessary for the performance of his duties under this chapter, none of whom shall hold any elective public office in the state or any political subdivision thereof.
(b) The director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force may contract for such services as he deems necessary in the performance of his duties. Such contracts shall be in accordance with state regulations.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 4, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 82-201, S. 2, 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-201 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying that the director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force serves at the pleasure of the commissioner of public safety; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-167. - Investigations by task force.

The state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall have the duty and power to conduct and coordinate investigations in connection with: (1) The faithful execution and effective enforcement of the laws of the state, with particular reference to those laws controlling organized crime and racketeering; (2) the conduct of public officers and public employees, and of officers and employees of public corporations and authorities; and (3) any matter concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice. With respect to the performance of its functions, duties and powers, the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be authorized to conduct any investigation authorized by this section at any place within the state and to function at any place within the state as it may deem necessary.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 5, 15.)
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-168. - Reservation of powers.

Nothing contained in section 29-167 shall be construed to supersede, repeal or limit any power, duty or function of the executive department or any other department or agency of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, as prescribed or defined by law.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 7, 15.)
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-169. - Cooperation with task force by governmental units. Agreements with other states. Cooperation with federal authorities. Referral of evidence of crime or misconduct.

(a) The state-wide organized crime investigative task force may duly request and may receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties, including the temporary assignment of personnel to the state-wide organized crime investigative task force which might be necessary in order to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
(b) The state-wide organized crime investigative task force may enter into mutual assistance and cooperation agreements with other states pertaining to those law enforcement matters extending across the boundaries of the state into other states; and may consult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with respect to law enforcement problems of mutual concern.
(c) The task force shall cooperate with departments and officers of the United States government in the investigation of violations of the federal laws within this state.
(d) Whenever it appears to the director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force that there is cause for prosecution for a crime, or for the removal of a public officer for misconduct, he shall refer the evidence of such crime or misconduct to the Chief State's Attorney.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 6, 15.)
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-170. - Disclosure of records of task force.

Records of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, to the same extent as records of other law enforcement agencies.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 9, 15; P.A. 88-227, S. 1, 4; P.A. 97-47, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 88-227 entirely replaced prior provisions which authorized the task force, in order to keep the public informed re organized crime, to disseminate such information as it deemed appropriate with provision that the records of the task force shall be subject to disclosure under chapter 3 to the same extent as records of other law enforcement agencies, effective July 1, 1989; P.A. 97-47 substituted reference to “the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in Sec. 1-18a” for “chapter 3”.
Discretion conferred in statute discussed; information within provisions of section is not subject to Freedom of Information Act disclosure provisions of Sec. 1-19(a). 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-171. - Illegal disclosure of information; class A misdemeanor.

Any person conducting or participating in any investigation under this chapter who discloses to any person other than the director or a member of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force or the advisory committee the name of any informant or any information obtained or given upon any investigation, except as directed by the director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 8, 15.)
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-172. - Impounding exhibits. Court order directing disposal of.

Upon the application of the director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force, the Superior Court or any judge thereof may impound any exhibit held in connection with an investigation conducted by the state-wide organized crime investigative task force and may order such exhibit to be retained by, or delivered to and placed in the custody of, the state-wide organized crime investigative task force. When so impounded, such exhibit or exhibits shall not be taken from the custody of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force except upon further order of the court or a judge thereof made upon five days' notice to the state-wide organized crime investigative task force or upon the application of said task force or with its consent. The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 54-33f.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 10, 15.)
Cited. 204 C. 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-173 to 29-175. - Regional crime squads; formation; existing agreements; mandatory provisions in agreements. Coordinating and supervisory body of chiefs of police, duties and powers; police officers, assignment, powers, duties and immunities. State-Wide Enforcement Coordinating Committee; membership; powers and duties; financing; report to Drug Advisory Council; existing coordinating committee.

Sections 29-173 to 29-175, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 11–15; P.A. 74-71, S. 1–5; P.A. 76-400, S. 5, 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-176. - State-wide narcotics task force; formation; authority; state, federal and local assistance.

(a) There shall be within the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection a state-wide narcotics task force for the effective cooperative enforcement of the laws of this state concerning the manufacture, distribution, sale and possession of narcotics and controlled substances.
(b) The 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) It may enter into mutual assistance and cooperation agreements with other states pertaining to narcotics law enforcement matters extending across state boundaries, and may consult and exchange information and personnel with agencies of other states with reference to narcotics 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 he deems necessary for the duties of the task force, within available appropriations.
(f) All vehicles and equipment and office and other supplies of the regional narcotics squads and the unencumbered balance of any funds received by such regional squads for their operation shall be transferred to the Division of State Police.
(P.A. 76-400, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 1, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-487 replaced regional narcotics squads with state-wide narcotics force deleting provisions concerning size and boundaries of regional squads, supervision of squads by coordinating committee, i.e. former Subsec. (c), relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly and adding Subsecs. (e) and (f); P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced state police department and commissioner with commissioner of public safety and division of state police within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; 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.
Cited. 227 C. 363.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-177. - Special state police. Task force duties. Compensation. Indemnification.

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may from time to time select such number of police personnel of any municipality of the state to act temporarily as special state policemen to carry out the duties of the task force as he deems necessary. Such policemen shall be appointed from a list of names of persons recommended to the State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board by the chiefs of police of the municipalities and approved by said board.
(b) Each municipality shall be responsible for the full payment of the compensation of personnel temporarily assigned to the state-wide narcotics task force and such salary shall be payable to such assigned personnel while on duty with said task force.
(c) For purposes of indemnification of such personnel and its municipalities against any losses, damages or liabilities arising out of the service and activities of the task force, personnel while assigned to, and performing the duties of, the task force shall be deemed to be acting as employees of the state.
(P.A. 76-400, S. 2, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 2, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 87-452; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-487 deleted provisions re regional narcotics squads, their supervisory boards and the state narcotics enforcement coordinating committee and inserted provisions re special state policemen appointed to carry out duties of task force; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-452 amended Subsec. (c) to provide, for purposes of indemnification, that personnel assigned to and performing duties of the task force shall be deemed to be acting as state employees, not as municipal employees; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-178. - Police officers. Powers, duties and immunities.

Any municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his designee, shall, when acting within the scope of his authority, have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred upon him as a state police officer.
(P.A. 76-400, S. 3, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-487 amended section to reflect replacement of regional narcotics squads with state-wide task force; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; 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.
Section does not constitute a statutory waiver of sovereign immunity authorizing an action by special state police officer to recover uninsured motorist benefits. 126 CA 414.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-179. - State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board.

(a) There shall be a State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board, within the Division of State Police and 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 United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 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 and supervise the formulation of policies and operating procedures and shall coordinate the activities of the task force with other law enforcement agencies within and without the state.
(c) The policy board may apply for and shall administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force.
(d) All equipment and office and other supplies of the state narcotics coordinating committee and the unencumbered balance of any funds received by said committee for the operation of the regional narcotic squads shall be transferred to the Division of State Police for the use of the state-wide narcotics task force.
(P.A. 76-400, S. 4, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 4, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 14, 39; P.A. 96-180, S. 157, 166; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-487 replaced state narcotics enforcement coordinating committee with state-wide narcotics task force policy board and regional narcotics squads with state-wide task force, amending section accordingly; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-560 placed policy board within department of public safety for “administrative” rather than “fiscal and budgetary” purposes; P.A. 96-180 made technical change in Subsec. (a), replacing “Chiefs of Police Association” with “Police Chiefs Association”, effective June 3, 1996; 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.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-179g. - Appointment of police or federal Housing and Urban Development Agency personnel for task force. Compensation. Indemnification. Termination.

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may from time to time select a number of police personnel from any municipality of the state or personnel from the Housing and Urban Development Agency as he deems necessary to act temporarily as special state policemen to carry out the duties of the state-wide cooperative crime control task force. Such personnel shall be appointed from a list of names of persons recommended to the state-wide cooperative crime control task force policy board by the chiefs of police of the municipalities or the executive authority of the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency and approved by said board.
(b) Each municipality and the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency shall be responsible for the full payment of the compensation of such of their personnel temporarily assigned to the state-wide cooperative crime control task force and such salary shall be payable to such assigned personnel while on duty with said task force.
(c) For purposes of indemnification of such personnel and their municipalities or the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency against any losses, damages or liabilities arising out of the service and activities of the task force, personnel while assigned to, and performing the duties of, the task force shall be deemed to be acting as employees of the state.
(d) Each municipality participating in the program shall assign at least two police officers to the task force for a period of not less than one year.
(e) Any appointments made pursuant to this section shall terminate by order of said commissioner or upon dissolution of the state-wide cooperative crime control task force, whichever occurs sooner.
(P.A. 93-348, S. 2, 8; P.A. 95-330, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 93-348 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-330 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the commissioner may select personnel from the Housing and Urban Development Agency to act temporarily as special state policemen and that such personnel shall be appointed from a list of names recommended by the executive authority of such agency, amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide for compensation and indemnification of personnel from the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency, and added Subsec. (e) providing that the termination of appointments made under this section shall be upon the sooner of either an order of the commissioner or the dissolution of the state-wide cooperative crime control task force; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-179h. - Municipal police officers. Powers, duties and immunities.

A municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the state-wide cooperative crime control task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his designee, shall, when acting within the scope of his authority, have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred upon him as a state police officer.
(P.A. 93-348, S. 3, 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 93-348 effective July 1, 1993; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 536 - Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. Regional Narcotics Squads and Coordinating Committee › Section 29-179i. - State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board.

(a) There shall be a State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board which shall be in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The policy board shall consist of a state committee and municipal subcommittees representing each municipality participating in the state-wide cooperative crime control task force. The state committee shall consist of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection who shall be the chairperson, the Chief Court Administrator or said Chief Court Administrator's designee, the Chief State's Attorney or said Chief State's Attorney's designee, the Commissioner of Correction or said commissioner's designee, a member of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council designated by the chairperson, a deputy commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of State Police or such deputy commissioner's designee, and the commanding officer of the task force. The municipal subcommittees shall consist of the chief executive officer of the participating municipality, the chief of police of the participating municipality and three other members appointed by such chief executive officer representing, but not limited to, the interests of the business community, social and community services and education.
(b) The policy board shall direct and supervise the formulation of policies and operating procedures and shall coordinate the activities of the task force with other law enforcement agencies within and without the state. Said board may waive the requirement specified in subsection (d) of section 29-179g relative to assignment of police officers to the task force.
(c) The policy board may apply for and shall administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force. Any funds not expended shall revert to the agency or organization from which such funds were received.
(P.A. 93-348, S. 4, 8; P.A. 95-108, S. 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 180.)
History: P.A. 93-348 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “Department of Public Safety” to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, deleting “for administrative purposes only”, authorizing a member, instead of director, of Police Officer Standards and Training Council to be a member of board, changing “the Deputy Commissioner” to “a deputy commissioner” and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 537 - Connecticut Justice Commission › Section 29-180 to 29-186. - Connecticut Justice Commission: Definitions; establishment, powers and duties; composition of commission and chairperson; members not compensated; meetings; executive committee, committees, subcommittees, advisory panels and task forces; executive director, deputy director.

Sections 29-180 to 29-186, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 76-432, S. 1–7, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 59, 610; P.A. 82-346, S. 6, 7; 82-472, S. 169, 170, 183.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 537 - Connecticut Justice Commission › Section 29-187. - Transfer from commission to Office of Policy and Management.

The books, records, reports, equipment, property, accounts and liabilities of the Connecticut Justice Commission and all funds subject to its control shall be transferred to the Office of Policy and Management. The employees of the Connecticut Justice Commission shall be transferred with the same status to the Office of Policy and Management. All regulations adopted by the Connecticut Justice Commission shall be deemed to be regulations of the Office of Policy and Management.
(P.A. 76-432, S. 8, 11; P.A. 82-346, S. 2, 7; 82-472, S. 170, 183.)
History: P.A. 82-346 rewrote section to reflect transfer of the administrative aspects of the Connecticut justice commission to the office of policy and management; P.A. 82-472 changed effective date of P.A. 82-346 from July 1, 1982, to January 1, 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 537 - Connecticut Justice Commission › Section 29-188. - Commission to cease if federal funding ceases.

Section 29-188 is repealed.
(P.A. 76-432, S. 9–11; P.A. 78-233; P.A. 82-346, S. 6, 7; 82-472, S. 169, 170, 183.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-191. (Formerly Sec. 19-410). - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Administrative Services; “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Administrative Services; “elevator” means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides or rails in a substantially vertical direction other than an inclined stairway chairlift and a vertical wheelchair or incline lift, including sidewalk elevators used for the carrying of persons or freight; and “escalator” means a moving inclined continuous stairway or runway used for raising or lowering passengers.
(1949 Rev., S. 3767; P.A. 77-614, S. 494, 610; P.A. 84-152, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced labor department and commissioner with department and commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-410 transferred to Sec. 29-191 in 1983; P.A. 84-152 excepted from the definition of “elevator”, inclined stairway chairlifts and vertical wheelchair or incline lifts; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-192. (Formerly Sec. 19-411). - General requirements. Variations or exemptions. Appeals.

(a) Each elevator or escalator used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaftway, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, locking mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights and all other appurtenances, so as to sustain safely the load which it is designed and intended to carry according to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) Any person may apply to the State Building Inspector to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, standards incorporated in the regulations adopted under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and the State Building Inspector may approve such variations, exemptions, or equivalent or alternate compliance where strict compliance with such provisions would cause practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any decision of the State Building Inspector pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may appeal to the Commissioner of Administrative Services or said commissioner's designee not later than thirty days after notice of such decision has been rendered. Any person aggrieved by any ruling of said commissioner or designee may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with section 4-183.
(1949 Rev., S. 3768; P.A. 88-364, S. 44, 123; P.A. 00-165, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: Sec. 19-411 transferred to Sec. 29-192 in 1983; P.A. 88-364 provided that the regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54, deleting provisions re procedural requirements for regulations; P.A. 00-165 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re variations or exemptions and appeals; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-193. (Formerly Sec. 19-412). - Approval of plans; fee.

No new elevator or escalator shall be erected or installed and no elevator or escalator shall be relocated or altered until detailed plans and specifications of the proposed construction or other work have been submitted in triplicate to the department for approval. A fee of two hundred fifty dollars for each elevator or escalator payable to the department shall accompany each such proposal. Notice that such plans are approved or disapproved shall be given within a reasonable time and final inspection of the elevator or escalator, when installed, relocated or altered, shall be made before final approval for operation is given by the department. The department may issue a temporary operating permit, if necessary, pending final inspection and approval. The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the operation of any elevator installed for temporary use in connection with building operations or the operation of any elevator for purposes connected with the installation or the testing of the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 3769; P.A. 80-297, S. 5, 20; P.A. 85-560, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 61, 117; P.A. 00-165, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 144; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 321.)
History: P.A. 80-297 imposed $10 fee for proposals; Sec. 19-412 transferred to Sec. 29-193 in 1983; P.A. 85-560 increased fee accompanying construction plans from $10 to $100 for each elevator or escalator; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee to $150; P.A. 00-165 required plans and specifications to be submitted in triplicate and made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fee from $150 to $200, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $200 to $250.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-413). - Registration of elevators and escalators.

The owner or operator of each elevator or escalator covered by this chapter shall register with the department each elevator or escalator owned or operated by him, giving the type and capacity, a description, and the name of the manufacturer and insurance carrier, if any. Such registration shall be made on a form to be furnished by the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 3774.)
History: Sec. 19-413 transferred to Sec. 29-194 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-195. (Formerly Sec. 19-414). - Inspection by the department.

Each elevator or escalator shall be thoroughly inspected by a department elevator inspector at least once each eighteen months, except elevators located in private residences shall be inspected upon the request of the owner. More frequent inspections of any elevator or escalator shall be made if the condition thereof indicates that additional inspections are necessary or desirable.
(1949 Rev., S. 3770; P.A. 84-86, S. 1; P.A. 00-165, S. 3; P.A. 09-35, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-414 transferred to Sec. 29-195 in 1983; P.A. 84-86 required elevators or escalators subject to full-maintenance contracts to be inspected once every two years; P.A. 00-165 changed frequency of inspections from 12 to 18 months, deleted provisions re inspection of elevator or escalator subject to full-maintenance contract and added provisions re inspection of private residence elevators upon request of the owner; P.A. 09-35 replaced reference to private residence elevators defined in regulations with reference to elevators located in private residences re exemption from inspection.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-196. (Formerly Sec. 19-415). - Issuance of certificate of operation; fees; renewal.

As soon as the department approves any new, relocated or altered elevator or escalator as being fit for operation, it shall issue to the owner a certificate of operation for a capacity and speed specified in the inspector's report. The fee for the certificate first issued shall be two hundred fifty dollars. Such certificate shall be posted conspicuously in the car or cage or on the platform of the elevator or escalator and shall be valid for twelve months. Thereafter, the certificate shall be renewed every two years upon receipt of the renewal fee of two hundred forty dollars, except that elevators located in private residences shall not be subject to said renewal requirement. No fee shall be required of the state or any agency of the state. No elevator or escalator may be lawfully operated without such certificate.
(1949 Rev., S. 3771; 1953, S. 2024d; 1959, P.A. 335, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 118; P.A. 73-574, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-297, S. 6, 20; P.A. 84-86, S. 2; P.A. 85-560, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 62, 117; P.A. 93-348, S. 6, 8; P.A. 00-165, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 145; P.A. 09-35, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 322.)
History: 1959 act raised fee for first issued certificate from $5 to $10 and renewal fee from $2 to $5; 1961 act added that no fee shall be required of the state or any state agency; P.A. 73-574 raised fee for first certificate to $15 and for renewal to $10; P.A. 80-297 raised fee for first certificate to $25 and for renewal to $20; Sec. 19-415 transferred to Sec. 29-196 in 1983; P.A. 84-86 provided for separate certificate renewal provisions for elevators or escalators subject to full-maintenance contracts; P.A. 85-560 increased fees for the initial issuance of certificates of operation from $25 to $100, for renewal certificates from $20 to $40 and for renewal certificates for elevators subject to full-maintenance contracts from $40 to $80; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased the fee for certificate of operation from $100 to $150 and the renewal fee for an elevator or escalator with a full maintenance contract from $80 to $120; P.A. 93-348 eliminated requirement for department approval of elevator or escalator prior to annual renewal of certificate of operation, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 00-165 deleted provisions re renewal of certificate for elevator or escalator subject to full-maintenance contract and exempted private residence elevators from renewal requirements; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fee for initial certificate from $150 to $200, changed renewal period from each year to every 2 years and increased renewal fee from $40 to $120, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-35 replaced reference to private residence elevators defined in regulations with reference to elevators located in private residences re renewal exception; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased initial fee from $200 to $250 and increased renewal fee from $120 to $240.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-197. (Formerly Sec. 19-416). - Discontinuance of operation.

If any elevator or escalator is found which, in the judgment of the department, is dangerous to life and property or is being operated without the operating certificate required by section 29-196, the department may require the owner or operator of such elevator or escalator to discontinue its operation forthwith, and the department shall order a notice placed in the elevator or escalator stating that the elevator or escalator is out of service. When an elevator or escalator has been placed out of service, the owner or operator of such elevator or escalator shall not again operate the same until repairs have been made and permission given by the commissioner or his authorized agent to resume operation of such elevator or escalator.
(1949 Rev., S. 3772.)
History: Sec. 19-416 transferred to Sec. 29-197 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-198. (Formerly Sec. 19-418). - Penalties.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 29-191 to 29-197, inclusive, or the regulations of the department herein provided for shall (1) for the first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 3775; P.A. 12-80, S. 155.)
History: Sec. 19-418 transferred to Sec. 29-198 in 1983; P.A. 12-80 inserted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), replaced penalty for first offense of a fine of not less than $25 or more than $100 with a fine of not more than $250 and changed penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days or more than 180 days or both to a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538 - Elevators, Escalators and Lifts › Section 29-199. - Reporting of elevator or escalator accidents. Investigation and inspection.

The owner of an elevator or escalator or his agent shall immediately report to the Department of Administrative Services any accident or incident involving the elevator or escalator that results in personal injury or death or presents a danger to life or property. Within forty-eight hours of receipt of any such report, the department may cause a full investigation and inspection of such elevator or escalator to determine the cause of the accident, incident, injury or death.
(P.A. 84-86, S. 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Department of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 538a - Passenger Tramways › Section 29-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-418b). - Requirements for passenger tramways in use.

Each passenger tramway used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to transport passengers safely according to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner enacted hereunder.
(P.A. 73-422, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 19-418b transferred to Sec. 29-202 in 1983.