Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-26 - Violations of statutes, rules and regulations, false statement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner
			 after an investigation that any person is violating or is about to violate any
			 provisions of section
			 7-169h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or Sections
			 7-169h
			 -a1 to
			 7-169h
			 -28, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the
			 commissioner may in his discretion, to protect the public welfare, order that
			 any sealed ticket permit issued be immediately suspended or revoked and that
			 the person cease and desist from the actions constituting such violation or
			 which would constitute such violation. After such an order is issued, the
			 person named therein may, within fourteen days after receipt of the order, file
			 a written request for a hearing. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with
			 the provisions of chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Whenever the commissioner finds as the
			 result of an investigation that any person has violated any provision of
			 section
			 7-169h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or sections
			 7-169h
			 -a1 to 7-169h-28, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies,
			 or made any false statement in any application for a registration or permit or
			 in any report required by the commissioner, the commissioner may send a notice
			 to such person by certified mail, return receipt requested. Any such notice
			 shall include (1) a reference to the section or regulation alleged to have been
			 violated or the application or report in which an alleged false statement was
			 made, (2) a short and plain statement of the matter asserted or charged, (3)
			 the fact that any registration or permit issued pursuant to this section may be
			 suspended or revoked for such violation or false statement and the maximum
			 penalty that may be imposed for such violation or false statement, and (4) the
			 time and place for the hearing. Such hearing shall be fixed for a date not
			 earlier than fourteen days after the notice is mailed.
(c) The commissioner shall hold a hearing
			 upon the charges made unless such person fails to appear at the hearing. Such
			 hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes. If such person fails to appear at the hearing or
			 if, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that such person committed such a
			 violation or made such a false statement, the commissioner may, in his
			 discretion, suspend or revoke such registration or permit and order that a
			 civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars be imposed upon such person
			 for such violation or false statement. The commissioner shall send a copy of
			 any order issued pursuant to this subdivision by certified mail, return receipt
			 requested, to any person named in such order.
(d) Whenever the commissioner revokes a
			 registration or permit issued pursuant to section 7-169h of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes, he shall not issue any registration or permit to such former
			 registrant or permittee for one year after the date of such
			 revocation.