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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-210. - File retention responsibilities of Department of Motor Vehicles.

(a) For each record relating to a certificate of title submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles, the department shall:
(1) Maintain the hull identification number and all the information submitted with the application pursuant to subsection (b) of section 15-207 to which the record relates, including the date and time the record was delivered to the department;
(2) Maintain the files for public inspection; and
(3) Index the files of the department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The department shall maintain in its files the information contained in all certificates of title created pursuant to section 15-208. The information in the files of the department shall be searchable by the hull identification number for the vessel, the vessel number, the name of the owner of record and any other method used by the department.
(c) The department shall maintain in its files, for each vessel for which it has created a certificate of title, all title brands known to the department, the name of each secured party known to the department, the name of each person known to the department to be claiming an ownership interest and all stolen property reports the department has received.
(d) Upon request, for safety, security or law enforcement purposes, the department shall provide to federal, state or local government the information in its files relating to any vessel for which the department has issued a certificate of title.
(e) Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, the information required pursuant to section 15-209 is a public record.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-211. - Department of Motor Vehicles' responsibilities re creation of written certificate of title.

(a) On creation of a written certificate of title, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall send the certificate of title to the secured party of record or, if none, to the owner of record, at the address indicated for that person in the files of the department. On creation of an electronic certificate of title, the department shall send a record evidencing the certificate of title to the owner of record and, if there is a secured party of record, to such secured party at the address indicated for that person in the files of the department. The department may send the record to the person's mailing address or, if indicated in the files of the department, an electronic address.
(b) If the department creates a written certificate of title, any such written certificate of title shall cancel any such electronic certificate of title. The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of such cancellation.
(c) Before the department creates an electronic certificate of title, any person holding a written certificate of title shall surrender such written certificate of title. If the department creates an electronic certificate of title, the department shall destroy or otherwise cancel any such surrendered written certificate of title and maintain in its files the date and time of such destruction or other cancellation. If a written certificate of title being canceled is not destroyed, the department shall indicate on the face of the certificate of title that it has been canceled.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-212. - Legal effect of certificate of title.

A certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information in the record that constitutes the certificate of title. In any criminal proceeding, a certified copy of a certificate of title shall be prima facie evidence as to the ownership of a vessel.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-213. - Possession of certificate of title. Effect re possessory rights to a vessel.

Possession of a certificate of title does not in and of itself provide a right to obtain possession of a vessel. Garnishment, attachment, levy, replevin or other judicial process against the certificate of title shall not be effective to determine possessory rights to the vessel. Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, do not prohibit enforcement under the law of this state other than said sections of a security interest in, levy on, or foreclosure of a statutory or common law lien on a vessel. Absence of an indication of a statutory or common law lien on a certificate of title shall not invalidate the lien.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-215. - Termination statement; requirements.

(a) A secured party indicated in the files of the Department of Motor Vehicles as having a security interest in a vessel shall deliver a termination statement to the department in such form as the department prescribes and, on the debtor's request, to the debtor, by the earlier of:
(1) Twenty days after the secured party receives a signed demand from an owner for a termination statement and there is no obligation secured by the vessel subject to the security interest and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value secured by the vessel; or
(2) If the vessel is consumer goods, thirty days after there is no obligation secured by the vessel and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value secured by the vessel.
(b) If the department has created a written certificate of title and delivered such certificate of title to a secured party and a termination statement is required under subsection (a) of this section, the secured party shall, not later than the date required by subsection (a) of this section, deliver the certificate of title to the debtor or to the department with the statement. If the certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable or illegible, the secured party shall, not later than the date required by subsection (a) of this section, deliver with the statement an application for a replacement certificate of title meeting the requirements of section 15-221.
(c) On delivery to the department of a termination statement authorized by the secured party, the security interest to which the statement relates ceases to be perfected. If the security interest to which the statement relates was indicated on the certificate of title, the department shall create a new certificate of title and deliver such new certificate of title or a record evidencing an electronic certificate of title. The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of delivery to the department of the statement.
(d) A secured party that fails to comply with this section shall be liable for any loss that the secured party had reason to know might result from its failure to comply and that could not reasonably have been prevented and for the cost of an application for a certificate of title under section 15-207 or 15-221.
(e) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require a secured party indicated in the files of the department as having a security interest in a vessel to electronically transmit to the department a termination statement evidencing release of its security interest in a vessel.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-216. - Transfer of ownership.

(a) Upon voluntary transfer of an ownership interest in a vessel covered by a certificate of title, the following rules apply:
(1) If the certificate of title is a written certificate of title and the transferor's interest is noted on the certificate of title, the transferor shall sign the certificate of title and deliver it to the transferee. If the transferor does not have possession of the certificate of title, the person in possession of the certificate of title shall have a duty to facilitate the transferor's compliance with this subdivision. A secured party shall not have a duty to facilitate the transferor's compliance with this subdivision if the proposed transfer is prohibited by the security agreement.
(2) If the certificate of title is an electronic certificate of title, the transferor shall sign and deliver to the transferee a record evidencing the transfer of ownership to the transferee.
(3) The transferee shall have a right enforceable by specific performance to require the transferor to comply with the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.
(b) The creation of a certificate of title identifying the transferee as owner of record shall satisfy subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Failure to comply with subsection (a) of this section or to apply for a new certificate of title shall not render a transfer of ownership of a vessel ineffective. Except as otherwise provided in section 15-217, section 15-218, subsection (a) of section 15-222 or section 15-223, a transfer of ownership without compliance with subsection (a) of this section shall not be effective against another person claiming an interest in the vessel.
(d) A transferor that complies with subsection (a) of this section shall not be liable as owner of the vessel for an event occurring after the transfer, regardless of whether the transferee applies for a new certificate of title.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-217. - Effect of incorrect or missing information.

Except as otherwise provided in section 42a-9-337, a certificate of title or other record required or authorized by sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, shall be effective even if it contains incorrect information or does not contain required information.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-218. - Secured party's transfer statement, defined. Department of Motor Vehicles' duties upon acceptance.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “secured party's transfer statement” means a record signed by the secured party of record stating:
(1) That there has been a default on an obligation to the secured party of record secured by the vessel;
(2) The secured party of record is exercising or has exercised post-default remedies with respect to the vessel;
(3) By reason of the exercise, the secured party of record has the right to transfer the ownership interest of an owner, and the name of the owner;
(4) The name and last known mailing address of the owner of record and the secured party of record;
(5) The name of the transferee;
(6) Other information required by subsection (b) of section 15-207; and
(7) One of the following:
(A) The certificate of title is an electronic certificate of title;
(B) The secured party does not have possession of the written certificate of title created in the name of the owner of record; or
(C) The secured party is delivering the written certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the secured party's transfer statement.
(b) Unless the department rejects a secured party's transfer statement for a reason stated in subsection (c) of section 15-208, after delivery to the department of the statement and payment of fees and taxes payable under the law of this state, other than sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, in connection with the statement or the acquisition or use of the vessel, the department shall:
(1) Accept the statement;
(2) Amend the files of the department to reflect the transfer; and
(3) If the name of the owner whose ownership interest is being transferred is indicated on the certificate of title:
(A) Cancel the certificate of title even if the certificate of title has not been delivered to the department;
(B) Create a new certificate of title indicating the transferee as owner; and
(C) Deliver the new certificate of title or a record evidencing an electronic certificate of title.
(c) An application submitted under subsection (a) of this section or the creation of a certificate of title under subsection (b) of this section shall not in and of itself be a disposition of the vessel and shall not in and of itself relieve the secured party of its duties under article 9 of title 42a.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-221. - Replacement certificate of title.

(a) If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if no secured party is indicated in the Department of Motor Vehicle's files, the owner of record may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a replacement certificate of title in the name of the owner of record.
(b) An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the application and, except as otherwise permitted by the department, the application shall comply with section 15-207. The application shall include the existing certificate of title unless the certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable.
(c) A replacement certificate of title created by the department shall comply with section 15-209 and indicate on the face of the certificate of title that it is a replacement certificate of title.
(d) If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate of title, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-222. - Rights of a purchaser of a vessel.

(a) A buyer in ordinary course of business shall have the protections afforded by subdivision (2) of section 42a-2-403 and subsection (a) of section 42a-9-320 even if an existing certificate of title was not signed and delivered to the buyer or a new certificate of title listing the buyer as owner of record was not created.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 15-216 and 15-223, the rights of a purchaser of a vessel who is not a buyer in ordinary course of business or a lien creditor shall be governed by the provisions of title 42a.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-223. - Effect of perfected or nonperfected security interest.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the effect of perfection and nonperfection of a security interest and the priority of a perfected or unperfected security interest with respect to the rights of a purchaser or creditor, including a lien creditor, shall be governed by the provisions of title 42a.
(b) If, while a security interest in a vessel is perfected by any method under section 15-214, the Department of Motor Vehicles creates a certificate of title that does not indicate that the vessel is subject to the security interest or contain a statement that it may be subject to security interests not indicated on the certificate of title:
(1) A buyer of the vessel, other than a person in the business of selling or leasing vessels of that kind, takes free of the security interest if the buyer, acting in good faith and without knowledge of the security interest, gives value and receives possession of the vessel; and
(2) The security interest is subordinate to a conflicting security interest in the vessel that is perfected under section 15-214 after creation of the certificate of title and without the secured party's knowledge of the conflicting security interest.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-224. - Records re vessel's ownership and certificate of title retained by Department of Motor Vehicles.

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall retain the evidence used by the department to determine the accuracy of the information in its files relating to the current ownership of a vessel and the information on the certificate of title.
(b) The department shall retain in its files all information received by the department regarding a security interest in a vessel for not less than ten years after the department receives a termination statement regarding the security interest. The information shall be accessible by the hull identification number for the vessel and any other methods provided by the department.
(c) If a person submits a record to the department, or submits information that the department accepts, and requests an acknowledgment of the filing or submission, the department shall send to the person an acknowledgment showing the hull identification number for the vessel to which the record or submission relates, the information in the filed record or submission, and the date and time the record was received or the submission accepted. A request under this section shall contain the hull identification number and be delivered by means authorized by the department.
(d) The department shall send or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it and pays all applicable fees:
(1) Whether the files of the department indicate, as of a date and time specified by the department, but not a date earlier than ten calendar days before the department received the request, any certificate of title, security interest, termination statement or title brand that relates to a vessel:
(A) Identified by a hull identification number designated in the request;
(B) Identified by a vessel number designated in the request; or
(C) Owned by a person designated in the request;
(2) With respect to the vessel:
(A) The name and address of any owner as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title;
(B) The name and address of any secured party as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title, and the effective date of the information; and
(C) A copy of any termination statement indicated in the files of the department and the effective date of the termination statement; and
(3) With respect to the vessel, a copy of any certificate of origin, secured party's transfer statement under section 15-218, transfer-by-law statement under section 15-219 and other evidence of previous or current transfers of ownership.
(e) In responding to a request under this section, the department may provide the requested information in any medium, provided on request and upon payment of all applicable fees, the department shall communicate the requested information by issuing the department's written document.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-225. - Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact such uniform provisions.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-226. - Operation of Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act with respect to federal act.

The provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, modify, limit, and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001, et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 USC 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 USC 7003(b).
(P.A. 14-63, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-227. - Savings clause.

(a) The rights, duties and interests flowing from a transaction, certificate of title or record relating to a vessel that was validly entered into or created before January 1, 2016, and would be subject to sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, if it had been entered into or created on or after January 1, 2016, remain valid on and after January 1, 2016.
(b) Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, do not affect an action or proceeding commenced before January 1, 2016.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a security interest that is enforceable immediately before January 1, 2016, and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive.
(d) A security interest in a vessel for which a certificate of title is required under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, that is perfected immediately before January 1, 2016, remains perfected until the earlier of:
(1) The time perfection would have ceased under the law under which the security interest was perfected; or
(2) January 1, 2019.
(e) Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, shall not affect the priority of a security interest in a vessel if immediately before January 1, 2016, the security interest is enforceable and perfected, and that priority is established.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-228. - Fees.

(a) The department shall be paid the following fees: (1) For filing an application for a certificate of title, twenty-five dollars; (2) for each security interest noted upon a certificate of title or maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 15-214, ten dollars; (3) for each record copy search, twenty dollars; (4) for each assignment of a security interest noted upon a certificate of title or maintained in the electronic title file, ten dollars; (5) for an application for a replacement certificate of title, twenty-five dollars, provided such fee shall not be required for any such replacement certificate of title; (6) for filing a notice of security interest, ten dollars; (7) for filing a termination statement relating to a security interest pursuant to section 15-215, ten dollars; (8) for filing a secured party's transfer statement pursuant to section 15-218, twenty-five dollars; (9) for filing a transfer-by-law statement pursuant to section 15-219, twenty-five dollars; (10) for filing an application for transfer of ownership or termination of a security interest without a certificate of title pursuant to section 15-220, twenty-five dollars; (11) for a certificate of search of the records of the department for each name or hull identification number searched against, twenty dollars; (12) for filing an assignment of security interest, ten dollars; (13) for search of a vessel certificate of title record, requested by a person other than the owner of record of such vessel, twenty dollars; and (14) for a certified copy of any documentation, information or other record maintained or created by the department, twenty dollars.
(b) If an application, certificate of title or other document required to be delivered to the department under any provision of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, is not delivered to the department within ten days from the time it is required to be delivered, the department shall collect, as a penalty, an amount equal to the fee required for the transaction.
(c) Vessels leased to an agency of this state and vessels owned by the state, an agency of the state or a municipality, as defined in section 7-245, shall be exempt from the fees imposed by this section.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-229. - Department of Motor Vehicles' provision of forms and investigatory and rule-making authority. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive.
(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive; and (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of said sections.
(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the implementation of any of the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, and for the placement of additional indications on any certificate of title concerning the condition of or status of title to any vessel. An indication shall be placed on a certificate of title stating that the vessel may be subject to security interests not shown on the certificate of title when: (1) This state becomes the state of principal use of the vessel from another state; (2) the vessel was not a documented or foreign-documented vessel immediately prior to the application for the certificate of title; and (3) the immediately previous state of principal use of the vessel did not issue, or does not have a requirement for, a certificate of title for the vessel. Such regulations, as may be adopted by the commissioner, shall provide for an opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and section 15-230, for any person aggrieved by any action, omission to act or decision of the commissioner or of the Department of Motor Vehicles made pursuant to this subsection.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the inclusion of a title brand on a certificate of title for a vessel. In adopting such regulations, the commissioner shall consider whether special branding categories such as “hull damaged” shall be included on the certificate of title for a vessel.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-230. - Hearing.

Any person aggrieved by an action, omission to act or decision of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or of the Department of Motor Vehicles under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, shall be entitled, upon request, to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-231. - Appeal.

Any person aggrieved by an action, omission to act or decision of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or of the Department of Motor Vehicles under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act › Section 15-232. - Penalties.

(a) Any person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest or a termination statement, on a certificate of title or a form the Department of Motor Vehicles prescribes; (3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or (4) uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not less than one year or more than five years or be both fined and imprisoned.
(b) Any person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another person, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) wilfully fails to deliver an application for a certificate of title to the department within ten days after the time required by section 15-206; (3) wilfully fails to deliver to such person's transferee a certificate of title within ten days after the time required by section 15-216; or (4) wilfully violates any provision of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, other than subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection and except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than two years or be both fined and imprisoned.
(P.A. 14-63, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-1b. - Department of Public Utility Control. Department head.

Section 16-1b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 40, 348; P.A. 84-342, S. 3, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 140.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-2b. - Term “Office of Consumer Counsel” deemed to mean Division of Consumer Counsel within the Department of Business Regulation.

Section 16-2b is repealed.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 164, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 346, 348.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-2c. - Division of Adjudication.

There is established a Division of Adjudication within the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The staff of the division shall include, but not be limited to, hearing officers appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 16-2. The responsibilities of the division shall include, but not be limited to, hearing matters assigned under said subsection and advising the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority concerning legal issues. A panel of one or more utility commissioners may assign a hearing officer pursuant to section 16-2, and the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may assign such other staff as are necessary to advise said chairperson.
(P.A. 84-342, S. 8, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 17; P.A. 13-298, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-80 changed “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, changed “chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority” to “commissioner and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, changed “hearing examiners” to “hearing officers”, and required commissioner to appoint hearing officers and assign such other staff as necessary, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 replaced “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” with “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “The commissioner shall appoint such hearing officers” with “A panel of one or more utility commissioners may assign a hearing officer”, added provision re chairperson of authority assigning other staff and made technical changes, effective July 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-2d. - Office of energy efficient businesses.

There is established within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, within available appropriations, an office of energy efficient businesses. The office shall provide in-state businesses (1) a single point of contact for any state business interested in energy efficiency, renewable energy or conservation projects, (2) information on loans and grants for energy efficiency, renewable energy projects and conservation, (3) audit and assessment services, including, but not limited to, on-site outreach to businesses by qualified entities without a commercial interest in the outcome of the audit, and (4) any other service deemed relevant by said office.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-3. - Vacancy.

If any vacancy of a utility commissioner occurs in the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at any time when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a utility commissioner to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled at the next session of the General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 5392; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 11-80, S. 18; P.A. 13-298, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 11-80 changed “Public Utilities Control Authority” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “commissioner” to “director”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 added “of a utility commissioner” re vacancy, replaced “director” with “utility commissioner”, deleted provision re filling any other vacancy and made a technical change, effective July 8, 2013.
Read together with Sec. 4-1, this section provides that, on failure of General Assembly to act on nomination submitted by the Governor, the incumbent commissioner holds over as a de jure officer. 136 C. 312.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-3a. - Appointment of initial members. Transfer of business between commission and authority.

Obsolete.
(P.A. 75-486, S. 21, 69; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-4. - Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department.

No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service company, of any certified telecommunications provider or of any electric supplier shall be a member of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or an employee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(1949 Rev., S. 5393; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 84-342, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-74, S. 3, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 80, 117; P.A. 99-286, S. 5, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 84-342 added reference to the department of public utility control; P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-28 rearranged language, deleted an obsolete provision and added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified by the department to “certified telecommunications provider”, effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 11-80 changed “Public Utilities Control Authority” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-5. - Removal.

Misconduct, material neglect of duty, incompetence in the conduct of his office or active participation in political management or campaigns by any commissioner shall constitute cause for removal. Such removal shall be made only after judgment of the Superior Court rendered upon written complaint of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may file such complaint in his discretion and shall file such complaint if so directed by the Governor. Upon the filing of such complaint, a rule to show cause shall issue to the accused, who may make any proper answer within such time as the court may limit and shall have the right to be heard in his own defense and by witnesses and counsel. The procedure upon such complaint shall be similar to that in civil actions, but such complaint shall be privileged in order of trial and shall be heard as soon as practicable. If, after hearing, the court finds cause for removal, it shall render judgment to that effect, and thereupon the office of such commissioner shall become vacant.
(1949 Rev., S. 5394.)
Continued violation of statutory duty would constitute material neglect of duty. 111 C. 639. Statute does not violate due process. Id., 647. Former provision required Attorney General to file complaint on petition of one hundred electors alleging facts not manifestly untrue. 112 C. 586.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-6. - Office and records.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall keep its office open during the usual business hours and shall keep all of its records in such office. The authority shall keep a record of all communications addressed to it, or to any of its members or employees, officially, of all its and their official acts and proceedings and of all facts learned in relation to any casualty or accident, with the names of the persons from whom such facts were obtained or by whom they may be proved.
(1949 Rev., S. 5395; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 41, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 170 C. 9.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-6b. - Regulations.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, in accordance with chapter 54, adopt such regulations with respect to: (1) Rates and charges, services, accounting practices, safety and the conduct of operations generally of public service companies subject to its jurisdiction as it deems reasonable and necessary; (2) services, accounting practices, safety and the conduct of operations generally of electric suppliers subject to its jurisdiction as it deems reasonable and necessary; and (3) standards for systems utilizing cogeneration technology and renewable fuel resources, in accordance with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's policies.
(P.A. 73-342, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 43, 348; P.A. 81-439, S. 3, 14; P.A. 98-28, S. 81, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 20; P.A. 13-298, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-439 authorized department to adopt regulations establishing standards for systems utilizing cogeneration technology and renewable fuel resources; P.A. 98-28 added provision authorizing the adoption of regulations with respect to electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-80 replaced “Department of Public Utility Control” with “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, specified that department may adopt regulations in consultation with the authority and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 added Subdiv. (1), (2) and (3) designators and made conforming changes, deleted references to Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Office of Policy and Management and added provision re systems standards in accordance with department's policies, effective July 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-6c. - Power to delay implementation of electric suppliers' generation portfolio standards.

Section 16-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2003.
(P.A. 99-225, S. 19, 33; P.A. 03-135, S. 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-7. - Right of entry. Penalty.

The utility commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or their designees, while engaged in the performance of their duties may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises, buildings, cars, plants or other places belonging to or controlled by any public service company, electric supplier or person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, and any person obstructing or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered any utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or employee of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in the performance of his or her duties shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 5397; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 44, 348; P.A. 98-28, S. 82, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 21; P.A. 13-298, S. 7; P.A. 22-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-80 replaced “commissioners and any employees of the Department of Public Utility Control” with “directors and any employees of the department assigned to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 replaced “directors and any employees of the department assigned to” with “utility commissioners of” and added “or their designees” re utility commissioners, replaced “member” with “utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 22-20 added references to plants and persons involved in the transportation of gas and replaced “two hundred” with “ten thousand”.
Cited. 162 C. 51.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-7a. - Power to stop work.

The utility commissioners, as defined in section 16-1, or their designees, shall have the authority to cause any work performed by any person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, to cease immediately if said work may endanger any person.
(P.A. 22-20, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-8b. - Labor disputes at public service companies. Determination of unreasonable profits during dispute. Refunds.

Whenever a labor dispute at a public service company, as defined in section 16-1, results in a work stoppage for a period of more than seven days, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding not later than thirty days after the termination of the labor dispute to determine whether the public service company, as a result of such work stoppage, earned unreasonable profits and whether the quality of service to the customers of such public service company was impaired. The authority may issue such remedial orders as may be necessary to protect ratepayers including, but not limited to, refunds or other adjustments.
(P.A. 87-82; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Unreasonable profits, as determined by text and legislative history, are not measured by authorized rate of return pursuant to Sec. 16-247k, but by an incremental analysis that considers whether public utility earned profits as result of not paying labor costs at a time when service to customers was impaired. 274 C. 119.