2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-45. - Mandatory refusal of permits to certain persons. Exceptions.

The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal, judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of any police force, (2) a minor, and (3) any constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace officer by town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 54-1f, any constable who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, who performs criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 54-1f, or any special constable appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not apply to out-of-state shippers' permits, cafe permits issued pursuant to subsection (j) of section 30-22a and airline permits. As used in this section, “minor” means a minor, as defined in section 1-1d or as defined in section 30-1, whichever age is older.
(1949 Rev., S. 4264; 1953, S. 2163d; 1961, P.A. 15, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 403, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 270; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 82; P.A. 73-543, S. 8, 14; P.A. 75-266, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-137; 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. 87-242; P.A. 93-139, S. 50; P.A. 95-115, S. 2; 95-195, S. 48, 83; P.A. 00-99, S. 79, 154; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-17, S. 13; P.A. 21-37, S. 65.)
History: 1961 act removed “grand juror” from Subdiv. (2); 1965 act deleted prohibition against issuing permits to justices of the peace in Subdiv. (2); 1971 act clarified prohibition with regard to selectmen and placed provision re selectmen in separate subdivision; 1972 act prohibited issuance of permit to “any person who has not attained the age of eighteen and been admitted as an elector of the state”; P.A. 73-543 exempted airline permits from provisions of section; P.A. 75-266 deleted prohibitions against issuing permit to a person convicted of a felony unless his right of franchise has been restored and against issuing permit to nonelector, person who is not eighteen and deleted provisions re permittees who change town of residence; P.A. 77-137 prohibited issuing permit to any person “not of legal drinking age” and defined the term; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation; 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. 87-242 required the department of liquor control to refuse permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor to a first selectman who acts as a chief of police in the town within which the permit premises are to be located; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-115 added Subdiv. (4) which requires the refusal of permits to certain constables, replacing provision which had applied to all constables (Revisor's note: The phrase “any constable who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, that performs criminal law enforcement duties” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “any constable who is certified under the provisions of section 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, who performs criminal law enforcement duties”); P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal and judicial marshal, effective December 1, 2000; 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. 12-17 deleted former Subdiv. (2) re first selectman holding office and acting as a chief of police in town within which permit premises are to be located and redesignated existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective May 14, 2012; P.A. 21-37 deleted reference to boat permits and added reference to cafe permits issued under Sec. 30-22a(j), effective July 1, 2021.