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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-210. - Refusal to relinquish telephone party line.

No person shall wilfully refuse to relinquish a party line when informed that such line is needed for an emergency call to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service, or secure the use of a party line by falsely stating that such line is needed for an emergency call. As used in this section, “party line” means a subscriber line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number, and “emergency” means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. Violation of this section shall be an infraction as provided for in sections 51-164m and 51-164n.
(1957, P.A. 375, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 126; P.A. 75-577, S. 10, 126.)
History: 1961 act made grammatical correction in definition of emergency; P.A. 75-577 restated provisions and replaced maximum fine of $50 with statement that violation is an infraction as provided in Secs. 51-164m and 51-164n.
See Sec. 53a-183b re interfering with emergency call as class A misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-211. - Use of white canes by others than blind persons prohibited. Vehicles to reduce speed, grant right-of-way.

Section 53-211 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008.
(1949 Rev., S. 8543; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 43; P.A. 08-150, S. 63.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-212. - Use of Roentgen-rays, x-rays and radium.

(a) No person, unless such person holds a license to practice medicine and surgery or a license to practice dentistry, shall use the Roentgen-ray or the x-ray or radium for the therapeutic or cosmetic treatment of another person, unless such person uses the same under the prescription, direction or supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon or dentist.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of the Roentgen-ray or the x-ray for diagnostic purposes.
(1949 Rev., S. 8542; P.A. 99-102, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 99-102 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting obsolete reference to osteopathy and making a technical change re gender neutrality.
Cited. 5 CA 113.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-212a. - Use of fluoroscopic x-ray shoe-fitting devices prohibited.

Any person, partnership, association or corporation which operates or maintains within this state any fitting devices or machines which use fluoroscopic x-ray or radiation principles for the purpose of selling footwear or other articles of apparel through commercial outlets shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1959, P.A. 261.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-212b to 53-214. - Use of machinery in proximity to high voltage conductors. Spitting in public places. Pollution of drinking utensils.

Sections 53-212b to 53-214, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4148, 8637; 1961, P.A. 36; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; P.A. 73-379, S. 20, 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-215. - Abandonment of refrigerator.

Any person who discards or abandons, or knowingly permits to be discarded or abandoned on property within his control, outdoors or within any unoccupied building or structure, any refrigerator, ice box or other container which has an airtight door or lid without having removed such door or lid shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(1955, S. 3286d; P.A. 12-80, S. 105.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety › Section 53-215a. - Manufacture or sale of defective recapped tires.

Any person who manufactures, sells or offers for sale any recapped motor vehicle tire, having knowledge that the casing of such tire does not meet the requirements promulgated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section 14-137, or who knowingly recaps or causes to be recapped any tire having a defective casing with intent to sell the same or offer it for sale, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1959, P.A. 642, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 324.)
History: 1969 act replaced reference to knowledge that tire casing “is defective” with reference to knowledge that casing does not meet requirements promulgated by motor vehicles commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 944 - (Offenses Against Chastity) Concealment of Delivery of Child › Section 53-216 to 53-237. - Offenses against chastity, generally.

Sections 53-216 to 53-237, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8359, 8544–8561, 8569, 8594, 8683; 1953, S. 3299d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 190; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 58; 1967, P.A. 295, S. 2; 656, S. 54; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 944 - (Offenses Against Chastity) Concealment of Delivery of Child › Section 53-237a. - Concealment of delivery: Class A misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of concealment of delivery who intentionally conceals the delivery of any child, whether such child was delivered alive or dead.
(b) Concealment of delivery is a class A misdemeanor.
(1971, P.A. 871, S. 56.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 944 - (Offenses Against Chastity) Concealment of Delivery of Child › Section 53-238 to 53-241. - Rape. Assault with intent to commit rape; with intent to carnally know female child. Examination for venereal disease of persons accused of violations of chapter.

Sections 53-238 to 53-241, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8562–8565; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-242 to 53-246. - Blasphemy. Obscenity. Intoxication.

Sections 53-242 to 53-246, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8566, 8567, 8570, 8580, 8755; 1955, S. 3293d; 1963, P.A. 156; 409, S. 1–4; February, 1965, P.A. 132; 241, S. 2; 574, S. 45; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-247a. - Provision of cannabis to domesticated animals.

Any person who provides cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, to a domesticated animal, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-248. - Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.

Any person who sells, offers for sale, trades or gives away any horse for the purpose of being worked, which could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of section 53-247, or any person who leads, rides or drives an animal on any public highway for any purpose except that of conveying the animal to a suitable place for its humane keeping or killing or for medical or surgical treatment, which animal could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of said section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8572.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-249. - Cruelty to poultry.

Any crate or other container used for the purpose of transporting, shipping or holding for sale any live poultry shall be in a sanitary condition and shall be constructed so as to provide sufficient ventilation and warmth, and such poultry, while in such container, shall receive such reasonable care as may be required to prevent unnecessary suffering. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 8573; P.A. 12-80, S. 106.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-249a. - Sale or gift of dyed fowl or rabbits prohibited.

Any person who sells or offers for sale at retail or gives away, living chickens, ducklings, other fowl or rabbits, which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to import to them an artificial color, shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars.
(February, 1965, P.A. 82, S. 1; P.A. 10-32, S. 149.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-250. - Use of animals, reptiles and birds.

Any person who uses any animal, reptile or bird for the purpose of soliciting any alms, collection, contribution, subscription, donation or payment of money, or uses any animal or bird as a prize or award in the operation of any game or device, or exhibits any wild animal in connection with any business for the purpose of attracting trade upon any street, highway or public park or at any fair, exhibition or place of amusement, recreation or entertainment, or owns, keeps or has in his custody any animal, reptile or bird for any such purpose, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, but no provision of this section shall be construed so as to apply to the exhibition of any animal, reptile or bird by any educational institution or in a zoological garden or in connection with any theatrical exhibition or circus or to the use of any animal in a cow-chip raffle.
(1949 Rev., S. 8574; P.A. 90-325, S. 31, 32; P.A. 91-35, S. 4, 5; P.A. 12-80, S. 107.)
History: P.A. 90-325 provided that the section not apply to the use of any animal in cow-chip bingo; P.A. 91-35 substituted cow-chip “raffle” for cow-chip “bingo”; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-251. - Docking of horses' tails.

(a) Any person who cuts the bone of the tail of any horse for the purpose of docking the tail or who cuts the muscles or tendons of the tail of a horse, or otherwise operates upon it in any manner for the purpose or with the effect of altering the natural carriage of the tail, or who causes or knowingly permits such cutting or operation to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or assists in or is present at such cutting or operation, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Any horse with a tail set or apparently with a tail set shall be accessible and subject to inspection by any officer or agent of the Connecticut Humane Society.
(b) If a horse is found with the bone, muscles or tendons of its tail so cut and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed upon the premises of any person, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person who occupies or has the use of the premises on which such horse is so found has committed the offense described in subsection (a). If a horse is found with the bone, muscles or tendons of its tail so cut and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed in the charge or custody of any person, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person having the charge or custody of such horse has committed the offense charged in said subsection (a).
(c) No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent the operation by a registered veterinarian upon the tail of a horse when such operation is necessary for the health of the horse or is the means of effecting the natural carriage of its tail.
(1949 Rev., S. 8575.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-252. - Transportation of animals on railroads.

No railroad company, in transporting animals, shall permit them to be confined in cars more than twenty-eight consecutive hours, except when transported in cars in which they have proper food, water, space and opportunity for rest, without unloading them for food, water and rest, for at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented by storm or other accidental cause; and, in estimating such confinement, the time during which the animals have been confined, without such rest, on connecting roads from which they are received, shall be included. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed, watered and sheltered during such rest by the owner or person having their custody or, on his neglect, by the railroad company transporting them, at his expense; and such company shall, in such case, have a lien upon such animals for food, care and custody furnished and shall not be liable for any detention of them for such purpose. Any such company or the owner or custodian of such animals, who does not comply with the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. The knowledge and acts of agents of, and of persons employed by, such company, in regard to animals transported, owned or employed by it or in its custody, shall be held to be its acts and knowledge.
(1949 Rev., S. 8577.)
See Sec. 29-108a for definition of “animal”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals › Section 53-253. - Notice of arrest of offender to be given.

Any person making an arrest for a violation of the laws relating to cruelty to animals shall use reasonable diligence to give notice thereof to the owner of animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested and shall properly care and provide for them until their owner takes charge of them, provided the owner shall take charge of them within sixty days from the date of such notice; and the person making such arrest shall have a lien on such animals for the expense of such care and provision.
(1949 Rev., S. 8578.)
See Sec. 29-108a for definition of “animal”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-255 to 53-258. - Misuse of the flag. Merchandise not to have representation of flag. Exceptions. Display of mutilated United States flag.

Sections 53-255 to 53-258, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8581–8584; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-258a. - Misuse or mutilation of the flag.

Any person who, in any manner for exhibition or display, puts or causes to be placed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, character, mark or notice upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the state flag of this state or any ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns or in any manner appends, annexes or affixes to any such flag, standard, color or ensign, any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or displays or exhibits or causes to be placed or exhibited any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the flag of this state or any flag, standard, color or ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, upon which in any manner is put, attached, annexed or affixed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or publicly misuses, mutilates, tramples upon or otherwise defaces or defiles or puts indignity upon any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, whether any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns are public or private property, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Flags, standards, colors or ensigns, the property of or used in the service of the United States or of this state, may have inscriptions, names of actions, words, marks or symbols which are placed thereon pursuant to law or authorized regulations.
(1971, P.A. 241.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-259 to 53-263. - Display of foreign or international flags. Public officers to receive only their fixed salaries. Commission to public agents. Unlawful taking of fees and commissions. Furnishing of supplies by officer to state-aided institution.

Sections 53-259 to 53-263, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8585, 8597, 8599, 8600, 8604; 1955, S. 3294d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-264. - Maintenance.

Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
State of facts not within section. 14 C. 23. Cited. 77 C. 461. Attorney may purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 267. Common law as to maintenance never adopted in this state as applied to civil actions. 100 C. 110; 106 C. 70.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-265 to 53-278. - Impersonation of policeman. Corruption of agents and employees. Betrayal of employer's correspondence, books or accounts. Corrupt influences; court proceedings; evidence. Unlawful payment of naturalization fees. Fortune telling and other fraudulent practices. Betting on races and jai alai games. Gaming on public conveyances. Gaming house; keepers; frequenters. Owning faro bank. Witness not excused. Gaming in general. Keeping billiard table or slot machine for gambling purpose.

Sections 53-265 to 53-278, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8601–8603, 8605, 8645, 8647–8655; 1955, S. 3305d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 787; 865, S. 20; 1972, P.A. 60, S. 13–16; 187, S. 15; P.A. 73-455, S. 9; P.A. 93-5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-278b. - Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.

(a) Any person who engages in gambling, or solicits or induces another to engage in gambling, or is present when another person or persons are engaged in gambling, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; provided natural persons shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment under this subsection for any game, wager or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated in by natural persons only and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling.
(b) Any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 2.)
Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 290; 17 CA 587; 35 CA 333.
Pyramid merchandising schemes possess the 3 essential elements of a lottery, consideration, chance and prize, and thus violate the lottery statute. 32 CS 279.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-278d. - Transmission of gambling information.

(a) Any person who knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or other means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling information, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) When any public utility is notified in writing by a law enforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction that any service, facility or equipment furnished by it is being used or will be used to violate this section, it shall, within ten days of receipt of such notice, discontinue or refuse the furnishing of such service, facility or equipment, and no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be imposed against any public utility for any act done in compliance with any such notice. Unreasonable failure to comply with such notice shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge against such public utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, that such service, facility or equipment should not be discontinued, or removed, or should be restored.
(c) Facilities and equipment furnished by a public utility in the regular course of business, and which remain the property of such utility while so furnished, shall not be seized pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53-278c except in connection with an alleged violation of sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive, by such public utility, and shall be forfeited only upon conviction of such public utility therefor.
(d) Any person who subscribes to any telephone facility in a fictitious name for the purpose of gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 4.)
Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 673; 17 CA 587.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-278e. - Gambling premises as nuisance.

(a) All gambling premises are common nuisances and shall be subject to abatement by injunction or as otherwise provided by law. In any action brought under this subsection the plaintiff need not show damage and may, in the discretion of the court, be relieved of all requirements as to giving security.
(b) When any property or premise is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, the owner shall have the duty to terminate all interest of anyone holding the same under him.
(c) When any property or premise, for which one or more licenses, permits or certificates issued by this state or any political subdivision or other public agency thereof are in effect, is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, all such licenses, permits or certificates shall be void, and no license, permit or certificate so voided shall be reissued for such property or premise for a period of sixty days thereafter. All peace officers and all taxing and licensing officials of this state and its political subdivisions and other public agencies shall enforce this subsection.
(d) Any person who, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, occupant or otherwise, knowingly maintains or aids or permits the maintaining of a gambling premise shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any person who does any act in violation of this subsection within any locked, barricaded or camouflaged place or in connection with any electrical or mechanical alarm or warning system or arrangement where a lookout is used shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-278f. - Persistent offenders.

Any person who has been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of section 53-278b, subsection (d) of section 53-278c, subsection (a) of section 53-278d, or subsection (d) of section 53-278e or any statute predecessor thereto may, upon any subsequent violation of said subsections, be prosecuted as a persistent offender and on conviction may be subjected to the penalty of the next most serious classification of offense, provided it shall be an affirmative defense to the charge of being a persistent offender under this section if the defendant was pardoned on the ground of innocence with respect to the prior conviction on which the state is relying.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-280. - Billiard and pool rooms; permits.

The first selectman of any town, the chief of police of any city or the warden of any borough may grant permits to suitable persons to conduct public billiard and pool rooms in such town, city or borough, as the case may be, and may revoke any permit issued by him, for cause found after hearing. The use of any billiard or pool table for the purpose of gaming within any billiard or pool room, for the conduct of which a permit has been granted, or the carrying on within such billiard or pool room of any game of chance shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of such permit or for the refusal of a renewal of such permit. Each application for such a permit shall be in writing and shall describe the place where such billiard or pool room is to be located and state the number of tables to be used therein and the name of the proprietor thereof. Each such permit shall designate the place where such business is to be carried on and shall continue in force for one year unless revoked. Each person receiving such permit shall annually pay to the authority granting the same the sum of ten dollars for the use of the municipality. Any person who conducts, maintains or keeps open a public billiard or pool room without such permit shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8657; P.A. 12-80, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a fine of not more than $250.
Cited. 8 CA 290.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-281 to 53-288. - Billiard and pool rooms; closing. Loitering by minors under eighteen. Keeping place where fowls or animals are fought. Penalty for attending fight of fowl or animals. Unlawful exhibition of sports or animals for gain. Unlawful exhibitions near fair grounds. Endurance contests. Bribery in game, contest or sport. Acceptance of bribe by player.

Sections 53-281 to 53-288, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8658–8665; February, 1965, P.A. 90; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; P.A. 94-43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289. - Ticket scalping.

Section 53-289 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.
(1949 Rev., S. 8666; P.A. 83-585; P.A. 84-546, S. 124, 173; P.A. 07-206, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289a. - Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.

No person shall advertise the prices of tickets to any entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement, arena, stadium, theater, performance, sport, exhibition or athletic contest given in this state for which a service charge is imposed for the sale of a ticket at the site of the event, without conspicuously disclosing in such advertisement, whether displayed at the site of the event or elsewhere, the total price for each ticket and what portion of each ticket price, stated in a dollar amount, represents a service charge.
(P.A. 91-152.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289b. - Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.

(a) Any person who resells a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, shall refund to the purchaser of such ticket the full amount, including all service fees and delivery charges, paid by the purchaser for such ticket if any of the following occurs: (1) The event for which the ticket is resold is cancelled; (2) the ticket received by the purchaser does not grant the purchaser admission to the event described on the ticket; or (3) the ticket fails to conform to its description as advertised by the ticket reseller.
(b) A person who resells a ticket pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall provide the purchaser of such ticket with such ticket reseller's name, address and telephone number or other information necessary to allow such purchaser to contact such ticket reseller to obtain a refund of the ticket price, if necessary.
(c) A violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section or of subsection (b) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
(P.A. 07-206, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289c. - Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.

(a) No person shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, on the day of such event, within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where such event is scheduled to take place, if such resale is not authorized, in writing, by the owner or operator of such structure or event or a duly authorized agent of such owner or operator.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a ticket reseller who: (1) Resells a ticket for not greater than the face value printed on the ticket; or (2) maintains a permanent office within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where the entertainment event is scheduled to take place provided such reseller sells, offers to resell or solicits the resale of a ticket only within the premises of such office in person or by mail, telephone or the Internet.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 07-206, S. 4; P.A. 10-36, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289d. - Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

(a)(1) No person shall employ an entertainment event ticketing sales system that fails to give the purchaser an option to purchase tickets that the purchaser may transfer to any party, at any price and at any time, without additional fees and without the consent of the person employing such ticketing system. For purposes of this section, “entertainment event” includes, but is not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, but does not include a movie.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a person employing such a ticketing sales system may employ a paperless ticketing system that does not allow for independent transferability of tickets, provided the purchaser of such tickets is offered the option, at the time of initial sale, to purchase the same tickets in another form that is transferrable, independent of such a ticketing sales system, including, but not limited to, paper tickets or e-tickets and without additional fees, regardless of the form or transferability of such tickets.
(b) No person shall deny admission to an entertainment event to a ticket holder who possesses a resold ticket to such entertainment event based solely on the grounds that such ticket has been resold.
(c) A person employing an entertainment event ticketing sales system shall provide written secondary market disclosure information to potential ticket purchasers, if applicable.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Tickets sold or offered for sale to students of a public institution of higher education for entertainment events held by or on behalf of such institution, or (2) concert or theater venues with seating capacities of not more than three thousand five hundred persons, provided a duly authorized representative of such concert theater or venue has provided written notice to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection of such theater or venue's intent not to comply with the provisions of this section.
(e) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(P.A. 17-28, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-28 effective January 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-289e. - Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

(a) No person shall utilize automated ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets on an Internet web site. For purposes of this section, “automated ticket purchasing software” means a device, computer program or computer software that enables the automated purchase of tickets to entertainment events by bypassing or rendering inoperable security measures on an Internet web site offering the sale of tickets to entertainment events.
(b) A violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(P.A. 17-77, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 17-77 effective January 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-290. - Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.

Section 53-290 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8667; 1955, S. 3306d; 1963, P.A. 516; 1971, P.A. 865, S. 21; P.A. 73-455, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-290a. - Disclosures re promotional drawings.

Any person who operates a promotional drawing which is authorized by the provisions of section 53-278g shall cause to be printed on each ticket or token of participation, in type not less than one-third the size of the largest type on such ticket or token, a disclosure of the actual number and dollar amount of prizes to be awarded and the number of winners per each thousand tickets or tokens to be distributed. Any person who operates a promotional drawing in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(1971, P.A. 83, S. 1; P.A. 73-455, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 73-455 replaced reference to Sec. 53-290, repealed by same act, with reference to Sec. 53-278g.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-291 to 53-300. - Sale of property by lottery. Property disposed of by hazard. Lottery tickets not to be sold. Drawing a lottery. Pool selling. Sporting contest pools. Policy playing; gaming by use of lottery slips or tickets. Possession of lottery tickets of other state or county. Gift enterprise forbidden. Work and recreation on Sunday.

Sections 53-291 to 53-300, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8607, 8668–8676; 1951, S. 3302d; 1953, S. 3302d, 3307d; 1955, S. 3302d; 1957, P.A. 614, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 85; 1961, P.A. 382; 528, S. 1, 2; 1963, P.A. 522; February, 1965, P.A. 154, S. 1; 383; 384; 1967, P.A. 202; 1969, P.A. 34, S. 2; 216; 1971, P.A. 865, S. 22–27; 1972, P.A. 187, S. 16, 17; P.A. 73-455, S. 9; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-300a. - Sunday real estate contracts valid.

No provision of section 53-302a shall be construed to render invalid any contract for the sale or lease of real property entered into on Sunday, and no such contract, entered into after October 1, 1967, shall be deemed to be invalid solely because it was entered into on Sunday. This section shall not affect any litigation pending in any court of this state on October 1, 1967.
(1967, P.A. 681, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-415, S. 7; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
History: P.A. 76-415 replaced reference to Sec. “53-300 or 53-302” with reference to Sec. 53-302a; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage.
Cited. 177 C. 304.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-301. - Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.

Section 53-301 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 8607; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 3302d; 1957, P.A. 614, S. 1; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-302. - Employment of labor on Sunday.

Section 53-302 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8608; 1967, P.A. 888; 1969, P.A. 435; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303. - Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.

No person who conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and actually refrains from work, labor or business on that day, or who conscientiously believes that the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night, and actually refrains from work, labor or business during said period, shall be liable to prosecution for performing work, labor or business on Sunday.
(1949 Rev., S. 8609; P.A. 76-415, S. 8; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 76-415 substituted “work, labor or business” for “secular business and labor” where appearing; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 deleted requirement that person file written notice of Sabbath beliefs with prosecuting attorney of court having jurisdiction as condition of exemption from liability for prosecution and deleted provision requiring that exemption applies “provided he shall not disturb any other person who is attending public worship”.
Cited. 73 C. 625; 143 C. 502. Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
Cited. 33 CS 717.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 492.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303a. - Retail sales on certain holidays.

Section 53-303a is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 421; 1963, P.A. 384; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303b. - Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.

(a) The provisions of section 53-302a shall apply to Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial and Independence Day, or if any of said days is on Sunday, to the Monday following, and to Labor Day.
(b) The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to the sale or furnishing of personal property or services at retail by any retail stores not exempted under said section 53-302a, on those Sundays following the fourth Thursday in November and preceding December twenty-fifth.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 2; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 added Subsec. (b) re sales during Christmas shopping season.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303c. - Penalties.

Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense; not more than five hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in said sections shall be construed to permit any fine being imposed upon any employee or agent who has been caused or directed by his employer to violate the provisions of said sections.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 3; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 specified applicability to firms and corporations.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303d. - Injunction.

Any of the following may petition the superior court for the judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin any violations of section 53-302a or section 53-303b: (a) Any person engaged in work, labor or business prohibited or regulated by section 53-302a; (b) the Attorney General, or (c) any city or town in which a violation occurs. As used in this section, the term “person” means an individual or a business, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm or other organization or group of persons. Persons entitled to injunctive relief include but are not limited to persons competing with the defendant.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 4; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 4; P.A. 82-472, S. 144, 183; P.A. 95-79, S. 179, 189.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 entirely replaced previous section which read: “Any individual, aggrieved by a violation of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, may petition the court of common pleas in the county or judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin such violation”; P.A. 82-472 deleted obsolete reference to counties; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-303e. - More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.

(a) No employer shall compel any employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process to work more than six days in any calendar week. An employee's refusal to work more than six days in any calendar week shall not constitute grounds for his dismissal.
(b) Any employee, who believes that his discharge was in violation of subsection (a) of this section may appeal such discharge to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. If said board finds that the employee was discharged in violation of said subsection (a), it may order whatever remedy will make the employee whole, including but not limited to reinstatement to his former or a comparable position.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 5; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 13-140, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 13-140 deleted former Subsec. (b) re employers requiring employees to work on the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), deleted former Subsec. (d) re employers inquiring about applicants' observation of the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (c), and made conforming changes, effective June 18, 2013.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304. Former Subsec. (b) did not pass the “clear secular purpose” test of establishment clause scrutiny; decision that former Subsec. (b) is violative of establishment clause does not extend to other provisions of statute. 191 C. 336. Cited. 229 C. 312.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-305. - Bond on appeal.

If the accused appeals, such court, in addition to requiring a recognizance or appearance bond, may order such accused to give a bond conditioned for his furnishing support pending the determination of such appeal.
(1949 Rev., S. 8587; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 55.)
History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bonds under Sec. 53-304.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-306. - Failure to comply with terms or make payment.

If any person convicted under section 53-304 fails to comply fully with the terms and conditions imposed under the provisions of said section or to make any payment required by any bond given pursuant to an appeal under section 53-305, the suspension of the execution of any community correctional center sentence imposed may be revoked and such person may be committed, and any such action shall not affect the validity of any such bond.
(1949 Rev., S. 8588; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 56; 1969, P.A. 297.)
History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bond under section 53-304 and added provisions re bond given under section 53-305; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 53-308. - Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.

When any bond or recognizance conditioned for the appearance of any person accused in any information or complaint charging a violation of any of the provisions of section 53-304 becomes forfeited or whenever any person convicted under the provisions of said section gives a bond and fails to comply with the provisions of the same, the court before which such information or complaint is pending or in which such conviction was had, upon collection or settlement of such forfeited bond or recognizance, may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the spouse or for the support of the children or both, in such manner and installments as such court may find reasonable, or may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the selectmen of the town, Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court, or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, who shall administer the same for the benefit of the spouse or children or both, as they or he may find reasonable.
(1949 Rev., S. 8590; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 136; 1967, P.A. 138; 1969, P.A. 447, S. 4; 730, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 171; P.A. 74-183, S. 123, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 513, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 34, 58; P.A. 93-396, S. 12; P.A. 01-91, S. 28.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to trial justices which were abolished; 1967 act deleted reference to giving a bond under section 53-304; 1969 acts replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of finance and control; 1971 act authorized payments to family relations division of circuit court; P.A. 74-183 replaced family relations division of circuit court with family relations office of court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-331 substituted “spouse” for “wife” eliminating unnecessary distinction based on sex; P.A. 93-396 replaced reference to family relations office with support enforcement division; P.A. 01-91 changed “the Support Enforcement Division” to “Support Enforcement Services”.