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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-16. - Use of information.

Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g, contained in the files of the State Police Bureau of Identification, shall be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of section 54-142k. All information contained in the files of the State Police Bureau of Identification relative to criminal records and personal history of persons convicted of crime shall be available at all times to all peace officers engaged in the detection of crime, to all prosecuting officials and probation officers for the purpose of furthering the ends of public justice and to the State Bar Examining Committee for the purpose of ensuring that those individuals admitted to the practice of law are of the highest quality.
(1949 Rev., S. 3658; P.A. 76-333, S. 5; P.A. 85-121; P.A. 94-117, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 76-333 added word “police” in references to “state police bureau of identification”; P.A. 85-121 made criminal record history information available to state bar examining committee; P.A. 94-117 amended section by deleting “Information” and substituting “Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g,” removing provision re privileged information available only through court order and inserted provision that conviction information shall be available to public in accordance with Sec. 54-142k.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-17. - Penalty.

Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the requirements of sections 29-11 to 29-16, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3659.)
Cited. 196 C. 430.
Cited. 1 CA 697.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-17b. - Criminal history records checks of coaches in police-sponsored athletic activities.

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform state and national criminal history records checks at the request of any sworn police officer with respect to any coach involved in a police-sponsored athletic activity where such coach will be in direct contact with children under eighteen years of age. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall charge the sponsoring organization fees for conducting such criminal history records checks as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 29-17a.
(P.A. 03-203, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-17c. - Collection of fingerprints by municipal police department or Division of State Police. Fees.

(a) No employee of a municipal police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall refuse to collect the fingerprints of a person requesting such fingerprinting for the purposes of a criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a, or other noncriminal purposes, provided (1) such employee's duties include fingerprint collection, and (2) the person requesting such fingerprinting works or resides in the municipality where such department or division is located.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a municipality from establishing a limited period of hours during which such fingerprints may be collected.
(c) A municipality may charge a reasonable fee for collecting fingerprints under this section. If a municipality submits fingerprints electronically to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, such municipality shall charge the person from whom the fingerprints were collected all applicable state or federal fees and shall forward such fees, monthly, to said department.
(P.A. 10-110, S. 49; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 10-110 effective July 1, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-18. - Special policemen for state property.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint one or more persons nominated by the administrative authority of any state buildings or lands including, but not limited to, state owned and managed housing facilities, to act as special policemen in such buildings and upon such lands. Each such special policeman shall be sworn and may arrest and present before a competent authority any person for any offense committed within his precinct.
(1949 Rev., S. 3660; 1969, P.A. 468; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1969 act specifically included state-owned and managed housing facilities as eligible to be served by special policemen; 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.
See Sec. 4b-13(a) re enforcement of regulations concerning state-owned parking areas by special policemen.
See Sec. 29-8a re indemnification of state policemen and State Capitol police in civil rights actions.
See Sec. 53-39a re indemnification of state police and State Capitol police in cases where criminal charge is dismissed.
University police have all the powers of state policemen and are entitled to all the protections afforded such policemen. 166 C. 81.
Determination of whether special policeman under this section is considered a “policeman” for purposes of Sec. 31-275(1)(A) depends on facts in case. 60 CA 707.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-18a. - Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint one or more persons to act as special policemen in the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, for the purpose of investigating public assistance fraud relating to the beneficiaries of public assistance in this state. Such appointees, having been sworn, shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and, during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen. They shall, in addition to their duties concerning public assistance cases, be subject to the call of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such emergency service as he may prescribe.
(1971, P.A. 6, S. 1; P.A. 76-334, S. 11, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 129, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 125, 136; P.A. 00-99, S. 76, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 76-334 specified that special policemen in division of central collections, department of finance and control have powers of sheriffs and their deputies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of finance and control with commissioner and department of administrative services, deleting reference to central collections division of the defunct department; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to commissioner and department of administrative services, substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police pursuant to changes enacted in P.A. 77-614, specified that remaining reference to “department” refers to department of public safety and specified duties of special policemen; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs and their deputies, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-18b. - Special policemen for Department of Revenue Services.

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint persons nominated by the Commissioner of Revenue Services to act as special policemen in the Department of Revenue Services. Such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and, during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen. Such special policemen shall, in addition to their duties with said department, be subject to call by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such emergency service as the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may prescribe.
(b) Special policemen in the Department of Revenue Services may, in connection with their official duties relating to any criminal tax investigation, disclose return information, as defined in section 12-15, to the extent such disclosure is necessary to obtain information that is not otherwise reasonably available with respect to the enforcement of any criminal law of this state.
(P.A. 75-581, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 127; P.A. 22-117, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced tax commissioner and department with commissioner and department of revenue services, and 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 deleted references to special investigation section of Department of Revenue Services and made technical changes, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 22-117 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) authorizing special policemen in Department of Revenue Services to disclose return information in connection with official duties relating to criminal tax investigation, effective May 27, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-18c. - Special policemen for Department of Consumer Protection.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint not more than four persons employed as investigators in the security unit of the Department of Consumer Protection, upon the nomination of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, to act as special policemen in said unit. Such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. During such tenure, they shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen while investigating or making arrests for any offense arising from the operation of any off-track betting system or the conduct of any lottery game. Such special policemen shall be certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive.
(P.A. 84-457, S. 1, 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134, 182.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Division of Special Revenue”, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “Commissioner of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection”, “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 12-564a re reporting of investigations and arrest data.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-20. - Special policemen for armored cars.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, upon the application of any person, firm or corporation operating an armored car service within this state, commission during his pleasure one or more suitable persons, designated by such armored car operator, who regularly transport securities across state lines and who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such armored car operator as policemen upon the premises used or occupied by such armored car operator in its business or in or upon armored car vehicles or upon any highway adjacent to such premises for the proper protection of such property and such armored car vehicles and their contents.
(1949 Rev., S. 3662; 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 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-21. - Special policemen for war industry premises.

Upon the application of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the production of war materials owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any property, plant or equipment in this state, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, during his pleasure and for such period as is declared by the Governor to be a war emergency or an emergency that affects the interests of state and national defense, commission one or more suitable persons designated by such person, firm or corporation, who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such person, firm or corporation as special policemen upon the premises used or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in its business, or with the approval of the chief executive officer of the police department of the municipality in which such premises are located, upon any highway adjacent to such premises, for the protection of such plant or property. Each special policeman so appointed may be armed while on duty upon such premises and may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in his precinct for any offense committed therein. Said commissioner may exercise such supervision and direction over any policeman so appointed as he deems necessary, and he may, for such purpose, enter upon the premises used or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in its business. When any such commission is issued or revoked, said commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which such policeman acts. Each such policeman shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield bearing the words “special police” and the name of the person, firm or corporation for which he is commissioned.
(1951, S. 1992d; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; 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. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; 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 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-23. - Emergency service and equipment.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to provide and maintain appropriate emergency equipment and emergency services to protect life and property endangered by fire, explosions, floods and other causes, except in municipalities having established police and fire departments, provided municipalities having established police and fire departments may request the aid and assistance of such state police emergency services in the protection of life and property endangered by fires, explosions, floods and other disaster causes.
(1951, S. 1989d; 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 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-23a. - Establishment of rotational system for summoning wreckers. Exemptions. Regulations.

(a) The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may establish, within its patrol jurisdiction, a rotational system for summoning licensed wrecker operators for the purpose of towing or transporting motor vehicles which are disabled, inoperative or wrecked in the event the owners or operators of such vehicles are incapacitated, unavailable or leave the procurement of wrecker service to the officer at the scene of an accident or the location of a disabled vehicle. Any such licensee may participate in such system, provided (1) his operators fulfill certain qualifications, including certification by the Towing and Recovery Association of America or a certification program approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and his equipment meets safety and mechanical standards established by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and (2) his business is located so as to provide prompt and efficient service.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, the provisions of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of said commissioner, secure the public safety.
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the operation of such rotational system and the removal from the system of wrecker services which fail to comply with the requirements specified in such regulations or any provision of the general statutes or a regulation concerning the operation of a motor vehicle repair, towing or storage facility or the operation of a motor vehicle.
(P.A. 83-166; P.A. 98-138; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 98-138 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), adding provision requiring certification of wrecker operators and including Commissioner of Public Safety as standard-setting authority and deleting provision allowing the commissioner to adopt regulations and added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner to grant variations from strict compliance with the section and new Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-25. - Laundry and dry cleaning identification marks.

Each person, firm or corporation conducting a laundry or dry cleaning establishment, or offering as an independent contractor the services of such an establishment, shall report to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, on forms supplied by the commissioner, the type and style of laundry or dry cleaning identification marks which are attached to or stamped or written upon garments processed by such establishment when returned to the customer. Such report shall be accompanied by actual samples of the identification markings used. Each such person, firm or corporation shall make such report immediately upon entering the business of laundry or dry cleaning. Any change in identification marking systems, either by eliminating such marking or changing the system of identification marking used, shall be reported to the commissioner immediately. Each such laundry, dry cleaning establishment or independent contractor shall retain customer records for a period of not less than ninety days from the time the garments are delivered to the customer. Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1951, S. 1991d; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-80, S. 46.)
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; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 3 months or both with a fine of not more than $250.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-26. - Training of municipal police at State Police Training School.

Any municipality or other political subdivision of the state may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to secure the services of the State Police Training School in the instruction and training of applicants to and members of police departments in the municipality seeking such services. The agreement shall provide for the subject matter, duration, personnel, time, place and technical services to be devoted to the course of study and for the reimbursement of the state for the actual costs of the services, materials and overhead.
(1957, P.A. 81; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 486, 610; P.A. 88-1, S. 12, 13; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety; P.A. 88-1 repealed provision that the actual cost of services, materials and overhead shall be determined by the secretary of the office of policy and management; 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.
See Sec. 7-294e re recertification of police officers and regulations.
See Secs. 7-294f to 7-294h, inclusive, re requirements for police training programs.
Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-27. - “Pistol” and “revolver” defined.

The term “pistol” and the term “revolver”, as used in sections 29-28 to 29-38, inclusive, mean any firearm having a barrel less than twelve inches in length.
(1949 Rev., S. 4157; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 14.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made no substantive change.
Cited. 173 C. 254; 205 C. 370; 211 C. 258; 242 C. 318.
Cited. 3 CA 289; 7 CA 367; 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; Id., 330; 11 CA 621; 24 CA 737; 25 CA 433; Id., 578; 30 CA 68; 36 CA 805; 43 CA 252.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-31. - Display of permit to sell. Record of sales.

No sale of any pistol or revolver shall be made except in the room, store or place described in the permit for the sale of pistols and revolvers, and such permit or a copy thereof certified by the authority issuing the same shall be exposed to view within the room, store or place where pistols or revolvers are sold or offered or exposed for sale. No sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the purchaser or person to whom the same is to be delivered is personally known to the vendor of such pistol or revolver or the person making delivery thereof or unless the person making such purchase or to whom delivery thereof is to be made provides evidence of his or her identity. The vendor of any pistol or revolver shall keep a record of each pistol or revolver sold in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be in such form as is prescribed by 27 CFR 478.125. The vendor of any pistol or revolver shall make such record available for inspection upon the request of any sworn member of an organized local police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any investigator assigned to the state-wide firearms trafficking task force established under section 29-38e.
(1949 Rev., S. 4162; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-191, S. 1.)
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; P.A. 12-191 replaced requirements that record kept of each sale be in form prescribed by commissioner, include date of sale, caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number of pistol or revolver and name, address and occupation of purchaser, be signed by purchaser and seller in each other's presence and be preserved for at least 6 years with requirement that record be in form prescribed by 27 CFR 478.125, added requirement that vendor make record available for inspection upon request of police or state-wide firearms trafficking task force investigator and made technical changes.
Cited. 193 C. 7.
Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370.
Where offense lay not in failure to keep record of sale, but in failure to keep it in book and form prescribed by commissioner, minimum sentence of 2 years reduced to 1 year as too severe. 22 CS 25.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36. - Alteration of firearm identification mark, serial number or name.

(a) No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate the name of any maker or model or any maker's number, unique serial number or other mark of identification on any firearm as defined in section 53a-3. The possession of any firearm upon which any identifying mark, number or name has been removed, defaced, altered or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the person owning or in possession of such firearm has removed, defaced, altered or obliterated the same.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any firearm found in the possession of any person in violation of said provision shall be forfeited.
(1949 Rev., S. 4167; P.A. 97-56, S. 1; P.A. 13-3, S. 49; P.A. 19-6, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-56 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended said Subsec. (a) to replace “pistol or revolver” with “firearm” and include defacing an identifying mark, number or name as a prohibited act and added Subsec. (b) re the penalty for a violation, revising the penalty formerly located in Sec. 29-37(a) to include all firearms; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class C felony for which 2 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced and $5,000 of the fine may not be remitted or reduced unless the court states its reasons on the record; P.A. 19-6 added reference to unique serial number in Subsec. (a).
Cited. 193 C. 7; 237 C. 348.
Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; 19 CA 51; 42 CA 768. Possession of weapon on which the identification mark has been altered or obliterated is prima facie evidence that the person in possession of weapon altered or obliterated the identification number; further, statute does not, by its language, limit application of the inference to situations in which accused is in actual possession of a pistol. 70 CA 232.
Subsec. (a):
Provision re possession as prima facie evidence of alteration is permissive inference, not mandatory presumption. 246 C. 339.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36b. - Distribution of unique serial number or other mark of identification for firearms.

Not later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as needed, shall develop and maintain a system to distribute a unique serial number or other mark of identification to any person requesting such number or mark pursuant to section 29-36a or 53-206j, and provide written notification that such system is operational by: (1) Posting the notification on the department's Internet web site, and (2) providing the notification electronically to federally licensed firearm dealers. The department shall maintain identifying information of the person requesting the number or mark and of the firearm or unfinished frame or lower receiver for which each such number or mark is requested.
(P.A. 19-6, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 19-6 effective June 3, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36h. - Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate.

(a) The fee for each eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver originally issued under the provisions of section 29-36f shall be thirty-five dollars and for each renewal thereof thirty-five dollars, which fees shall be paid to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, the fees shall be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of eligibility certificates under said section.
(b) An eligibility certificate originally issued under the provisions of section 29-36f shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal thereof shall expire five years after the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(c) The renewal fee shall apply for each renewal which is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.
(d) No fee or portion thereof paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of an eligibility certificate shall be refundable except if the eligibility certificate for which the fee or portion thereof was paid was not issued or renewed.
(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall send a notice of the expiration of an eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-36f to the holder of such certificate, by first class mail, at the address of such person as shown by the records of the commissioner, not less than ninety days before such expiration, and shall enclose therein a form for the renewal of said certificate. An eligibility certificate issued pursuant to said section shall be valid for a period of ninety days from the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any certificate which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-36i.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 9; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36i. - Revocation of eligibility certificate. Reinstatement.

(a) Any eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued the certificate pursuant to section 29-36f.
(b) Upon the revocation of any eligibility certificate, the person whose eligibility certificate is revoked shall be notified in writing and such certificate shall be forthwith delivered to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Any person who fails to surrender such certificate within five days of notification in writing of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver is revoked because the person holding such certificate is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such certificate pursuant to section 29-36f, the department shall reinstate such certificate.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 52; P.A. 16-34, S. 12.)
History: 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; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty for failure to surrender certificate from a class C misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 16-34 added Subsec. (c) re reinstatement of eligibility certificate upon expiration of ex parte order.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36j. - Purchase or receipt of pistol or revolver without permit or eligibility certificate prohibited. Exceptions.

Section 29-36j is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 12; P.A. 99-212, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-36m. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 18-81i, 29-27 and 29-28, subsection (a) of section 29-30, section 29-32, subsection (b) of section 29-32b, sections 29-33, 29-34 and 29-36f to 29-36l, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 29-37, subsections (a) and (b) of section 53-202d and section 53a-217c.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 17; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 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 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37. - Penalties.

(a) Any person violating any provision of section 29-28 or 29-31 shall be guilty of a class E felony, and any pistol or revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any of said provisions shall be forfeited.
(b) Any person violating any provision of subsection (a) of section 29-35 shall be guilty of a class D felony, and, in the absence of any mitigating circumstances as determined by the court, one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court. The court shall specifically state the mitigating circumstances, or the absence thereof, in writing for the record. Any pistol or revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any provision of subsection (a) of section 29-35 shall be forfeited.
(c) Any person violating any provision of subsection (b) of section 29-35 shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined thirty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4168; P.A. 81-222, S. 3; P.A. 88-128, S. 2; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 15; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 13; P.A. 97-56, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 134; P.A. 13-258, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 81-222 added Subsec. (b) establishing a mandatory one-year prison sentence for any person violating Sec. 29-35 unless the court finds mitigating circumstances, and requiring the court to state the mitigating circumstances or absence thereof in writing; P.A. 88-128 added Subsec. (c) to provide a penalty for any person violating Sec. 29-35(b); July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 29-33 because that same public act added revised penalty provisions for violations of Sec. 29-33 within that section itself; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 29-34 because that same public act added penalty provisions for violations of Sec. 29-34 within that section itself; P.A. 97-56 amended Subsec. (a) to delete penalty provision for a violation of Sec. 29-36 because that same public act added penalty provision for violations of that section to Sec. 29-36 itself; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 3 years to a class E felony, and amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from a fine of not more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not less than 1 year or more than 5 years to a class D felony.
Cited. 179 C. 576; 186 C. 654; 193 C. 7; 209 C. 322; 221 C. 315; 222 C. 718; 224 C. 546; 228 C. 234; 229 C. 125; 231 C. 43; 233 C. 813; 235 C. 397.
Cited. 6 CA 402; 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; 20 CA 137; 22 CA 321; Id., 507; 24 CA 408; Id., 685; Id., 692; 25 CA 433; 27 CA 263; Id., 403; 30 CA 26; Id., 68; 31 CA 614; 34 CA 223; 36 CA 805; Id., 831; 40 CA 151; 43 CA 252.
Where offense lay not in failing to keep record of sale of gun but in failing to keep it in book and form prescribed by commissioner, minimum sentence of 2 years reduced to 1 year as too severe. 22 CS 25. Cited. 27 CS 275.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37b. - Retail dealer to equip pistols and revolvers with gun locking device and provide written warning at time of sale. Penalty.

(a) Each person, firm or corporation which engages in the retail sale of any pistol or revolver, at the time of sale of any such pistol or revolver, shall (1) equip such pistol or revolver with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate for such firearm, which lock or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal, and (2) provide to the purchaser thereof a written warning which shall state in block letters not less than one inch in height: “UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A LOADED FIREARM MAY RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT OR FINE.”
(b) Each such person, firm or corporation shall conspicuously post and at all times display the warning specified in subsection (a) of this section in block letters not less than three inches in height.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars for each violation.
(P.A. 90-144, S. 3; P.A. 98-129, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 98-129 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “firearm” with “pistol or revolver” where appearing, require the seller to equip the pistol or revolver with the lock or device rather than to provide the lock or device to the purchaser and require that the lock or device be reusable, be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or other accessory to prevent unauthorized removal, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete requirement that the warning be displayed at each service counter.
Cited. 242 C. 211.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37d. - Firearms dealer to install burglar alarm system on premises of its establishment. Exceptions. Civil penalties. Regulations.

(a) On and after July 1, 1993, each business organization which engages in the retail sale of firearms, as defined in section 53a-3, as a regular course of trade or business, shall have a burglar alarm system installed on the premises of its establishment in which ten or more firearms are stored and kept for sale. Such alarm system shall be directly connected to the local police department or monitored by a central station and shall activate upon unauthorized entry or interruption to such system. For the purposes of this section, “business organization” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation or other form of business or legal entity. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who (1) sells or exchanges a firearm for the enhancement of a personal collection or as a hobby, (2) sells all or part of a personal collection of firearms, or (3) sells firearms from his own residence and keeps for sale not more than ten firearms.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation of this section. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense, provided the civil penalty may not exceed four thousand nine hundred dollars in the aggregate for a continuing violation.
(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 92-48; P.A. 22-102, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 22-102 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re civil penalties and Subsec. (c) re regulations, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37e. - False statement or information in connection with sale or transfer of firearm other than pistol or revolver prohibited.

(a) No person shall make any false statement or give any false information connected with any purchase, sale, delivery or other transfer of any firearm other than a pistol or revolver. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) Any firearm found in the possession of any person in violation of this section shall be forfeited.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37f. - Qualifications of retail store employees who sell firearms.

No person, firm or corporation that engages in the retail sale of goods, where the principal part of such trade or business is the retail sale of goods other than firearms, shall employ a person to sell firearms in a retail store unless such person (1) is at least eighteen years of age, (2) has submitted to state and national criminal history records checks and such checks indicate that such person has not been convicted of a felony or a violation specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 29-36f, and (3) has successfully completed a course or testing approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in firearms safety and statutory procedures relating to the sale of firearms. The sale of firearms by such person, firm or corporation shall be accomplished only by an employee qualified pursuant to this section. Any employer who employs a person to sell firearms in violation of the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per day for each violation. The Attorney General shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 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 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-37g. - Gun show requirements.

(a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show” means any event (A) at which fifty or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer or exchange to the public and (B) at which two or more persons are exhibiting one or more firearms for sale, transfer or exchange to the public; and (2) “gun show promoter” means any person who organizes, plans, promotes or operates a gun show.
(b) Not later than thirty days before commencement of a gun show, the gun show promoter shall provide notice of the date, time, duration and location of the gun show to (1) the chief of police of the municipality in which the gun show is to take place, or (2) where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, in which the gun show is to take place or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a firearm at a gun show until such person, firm or corporation has complied with the provisions of section 29-36
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(P.A. 99-212, S. 17; P.A. 22-102, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “notify the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town in which the gun show is to take place” and inserting “provide notice” and adding Subdivs. (1) and (2) re chief of police and chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for warden or first selectman, effective July 1, 2022.