Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 545 · 204 active provisions
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “Airline” means any (A) United States airline carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended from time to time, or…
There shall be a Liquor Control Commission composed of three commissioners, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, appointed by the Governor in accordance with section 4-9a. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall be the chairman of the commission. The Governor shall fill any vacancy for th…
The department may appoint a secretary and may employ such clerks, inspectors, agents and other assistants as it requires.
No commissioner of the Liquor Control Commission and no employee of the Department of Consumer Protection who carries out the duties and responsibilities of sections 30-2 to 30-68m, inclusive, and the regulations enacted thereunder may, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member or owner of a business entity o…
The moneys received from the permit fees shall be deposited by the Department of Consumer Protection daily with the State Treasurer. Such deposit shall operate as a full discharge of the department of all liability therefor. The expenses of the department for carrying out the provisions of sections 30-1 to 30-113, incl…
(a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The department may, upon notification by the Governor that a state of emergency exists in the state or in any town, city or borough, order the suspension of sale of alcoholic liquors during the period of such emergency in the state…
(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 all necessary regulations, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section, to: (1) Carry out, enforce and prevent violation of the provisions of this chapter; (2) inspect permit premises;…
No regulation adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall require that beer coolers accessible to the public be locked during hours when the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption is forbidden and grocery store beer permit premises are open for business.
Section 30-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
Every regulation made by the Department of Consumer Protection under the authority of this chapter shall be furnished to each permittee upon request. The department shall biennially, on or before July first in the odd-numbered years, post such regulations on the department's Internet web site.
The Department of Consumer Protection and any agent thereof authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing under the provisions of this chapter may administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may withhold from di…
(a) The sale of alcoholic liquor or the sale of alcoholic liquor in one or more classes of permits under the provisions of this chapter shall be permitted in any town in the state until by vote of the town, taken by vote of its legislative body or, in a town where the legislative body is a town meeting, by vote of the…
Upon the petition of not less than ten per cent of the electors of any town, lodged with the town clerk at least sixty days before the date of any regular election, as defined in section 9-1, the selectmen of the town shall warn the electors of such town that, at such regular election, a vote shall be taken to determin…
The ballot label designations in a vote upon the question of liquor permits shall be “Shall the sale of alcoholic liquor (Permit for All Alcoholic Liquor) be allowed in .... (Name of town)?” or “Shall the sale of alcoholic liquor under (Specified Permit or Permits) be allowed in .... (Name of town)?” or “Shall the sale…
When any town has so voted upon the question of liquor permits, any liquor permit granted in such town which is not in accordance with such vote shall be void except manufacturer permits and cafe permits issued under subsections (g) and (h) of section 30-22a.
In all cases in which a town, either by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, previous to May 18, 1950, acted on the sale of alcoholic liquors or the reduction of the number of hours when such sale is permissible, such action shall remain in effect until further action is taken in accordance with this chapter.
In any case in which a town has, under the provisions of this part, acted, prior to October 1, 1965, to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor or restrict such sale to beer only, such action shall not apply to the sale of alcoholic liquor under a cafe permit issued pursuant to subsection (g) of section 30-22a, except th…
Section 30-13b is repealed.
(a) Each permit shall be a purely personal privilege that is revocable in the discretion of the Department of Consumer Protection, and subject to appeal, as provided in section 30-55. Except as otherwise provided in the general statutes, including, but not limited to, subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 30-19f…
(a) A package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20 may be renewed by the person to whom such permit was issued or by any person who (1) is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, and (2) meets the requirements of thi…
The Department of Consumer Protection may issue permits in the classes described in this chapter. Permits shall be subject to the regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection and the provisions of this chapter.
(a)(1) As used in this subdivision, “proof gallon” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-433. A manufacturer permit for spirits shall allow the manufacture of spirits and the storage, bottling and wholesale distribution and sale of spirits manufactured or bottled to permittees in this state and without the sta…
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue an off-site farm winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery or to a holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead upon the holder's submission of proof to the commissioner that the holder…
(a) The holder of a permit issued under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, section 30-22g or 30-22aa may sell for off-premises consumption sealed containers of all alcoholic liquor such permit holder is allowed to sell for on-premises consumption, subject to the requirements of this…
(a) From June 4, 2021, until three years after June 4, 2021, the holder of any manufacturer permit issued under section 30-16 may deliver alcoholic liquor manufactured by such permittee, provided such delivery is made only by a direct employee of the permittee and not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such thir…