Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-15b - Penalties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Whenever it appears to the executive
			 director after an investigation that any person is violating or is about to
			 violate any provision of sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-185, inclusive, of
			 the general statutes, or these administrative regulations governing the
			 operation of bazaars and raffles, the executive director may in his discretion,
			 to protect the public welfare, order that any registration or permit issued
			 pursuant to said sections 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 general statutes.
(b) Whenever the executive director finds as
			 the result of an investigation that any person has violated any provision of
			 sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-185, inclusive, of
			 the general statutes, or these administrative regulations governing the
			 operation of bazaars and raffles or made any false statement in any application
			 for a permit or in any report required by the provisions of said sections, the
			 executive director 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 sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-185, inclusive, of
			 the general statutes, 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 executive director
			 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 general statutes. If such person fails to appear at the
			 hearing or if, after the hearing, the executive director finds that such person
			 committed such a violation or made such a false statement, the executive
			 director may, in his discretion, suspend or revoke such registration or permit
			 and order that a civil penalty of not more than two hundred dollars be imposed
			 upon such person for such violation or false statement. The executive director
			 shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection by certified
			 mail, return receipt requested, to any person named in such order.
(d) Whenever the executive director revokes a
			 permit issued pursuant to sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-186, inclusive, of the
			 general statutes, the issuing authority shall not issue any permit to such
			 permittee for three years after the date of such violation.