Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 562 - Administrative Procedures › Definitions, Description of Organization, Administrative Procedures and Rules of Practice Description of Organization and Public Information › Section 12-562-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The definitions provided by Section
				  4-166 C.G.S., shall
				  govern the interpretation and application of Sections 12-562-1a through
				  12-562-19a,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. In addition
				  thereto and except as otherwise required by the context:
(a) "Appellant" means a person who takes an
				appeal to the gaming policy board from a decision of the executive director or
				other authorized hearing officer of the division of special revenue pursuant to
				the provisions of Section
				12-574(j)
				 C.G.S.
(b) "Applicant" means a person applying for
				any license from the gaming policy board or executive director of the division
				of special revenue.
(c) "Board" or
				"GPB" means the gaming policy board of the state of Connecticut as established
				by Section 12-557d C.G.S.
(d)
				"Compliance conference or meeting" means an informal proceeding held in order
				to attempt to dispose of allegations of statutory or regulatory violation(s) by
				a licensee or permittee.
(e)
				"Contested case" means a formal proceeding conducted under oath, in the board's
				or division's disposition of matters delegated to their respective
				jurisdictions by law in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party
				are determined by the board or division after an opportunity for a
				hearing.
(f) "Division" means the
				division of special revenue of the state of Connecticut and, where appropriate
				to the context of Sections 12-562-1a through
				12-562-56a,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any duly
				authorized representative thereof.
(g) "Executive director" means the executive
				director of the division of special revenue and, where appropriate to the
				context of Sections 12-562-1a through
				12-562-56a,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any individual to
				whom his authority may be lawfully delegated.
(h) "Hearing" means that portion of the
				board's or division's procedures in the disposition of matters delegated to its
				jurisdiction by law wherein an opportunity for presentation of evidence and
				argument occurs, which is preceded by due notice and which includes both an
				opportunity to present such written and oral testimony and argument as the
				presiding officer deems appropriate and an opportunity to examine and
				cross-examine any witness giving testimony therein.
(i) "Intervenor" means each person admitted
				by the presiding officer as a participant in a contested case who is not a
				party.
(j) "License" includes the
				whole or part of any gaming policy board or division of special revenue permit,
				registration, approval, or similar form of permission which the board or the
				division issues under authority of Chapters 226, 226b, 229a and 98 C.G.S. and
				the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming
				Procedures and the Mohegan Tribe and State of Connecticut Tribal-State
				Compact.
(k) "Party" means each
				person named or admitted by the board or division as a party to a contested
				case, whose legal rights, duties or privileges will be determined by the board
				or division by the decision therein.
(l) "Person" means any individual,
				partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or
				private organization of any character to whom or which Sections 12-562-1a
				through
				12-562-19a,
				inclusive, of these
rules of practice
may apply in dealing with
				the board or division for any purpose.
(m) "Petitioner" means a person who has filed
				a petition to or request for a declaratory ruling from the board or the
				division.
(n) "Presiding officer"
				and "hearing officer" mean, as Sections 12-562-1a through
				12-562-19a,
				inclusive, of these rules of practice may apply, and where appropriate to the
				context of the regulations herein set forth:
(1) The gaming policy board;
(2) The executive director or any individual
				designated by the executive director to whom the executive director's authority
				to preside at hearings may be lawfully delegated.