Sec. 30-14. Nature and duration of permit. Renewal by transferee or purchaser of permit premises. (a) A permit shall be a purely personal privilege, that expires annually, except a permit issued under sections 30-25, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, and revocable in the discretion of the Department of Consumer Protection subject to appeal as provided in section 30-55. A permit shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to attachment and execution, nor shall it be alienable, except that it shall descend to the estate of a deceased permittee by the laws of testate or intestate succession. A railroad permit or an airline permit shall be granted to the railroad corporation or airline corporation and not to any person, and the corporation shall be the permittee.
(b) Any permit in this part, except a permit issued under sections 30-25, 30-35, 30- 37b, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, may be issued for a continuous period of not more than six consecutive calendar months, at two-thirds of regular fees, but rebate of fees shall not be permitted for any unexpired portion of the term of a permit revoked by reason of a violation of any provision of this chapter.
(c) The executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased permittee, and the trustees of any insolvent or bankrupt estate of a permittee, when such estate consists in whole or in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court and may exercise the privileges of the deceased or insolvent or bankrupt permittee for a period not exceeding six months after the date of such decease or of such insolvency or bankruptcy, or until such time as the applicable permit expires, whichever date is later. A certified copy of the order of the court authorizing the continuance of such business shall be filed with the department. In the event of the death, insolvency or bankruptcy of a backer, the permittee of such backer shall have the same rights and privileges as set forth in this section, provided, in addition to the order of said court, the executor or administrator of the estate of any deceased backer, or the trustee of any insolvent or bankrupt estate of a backer, shall file a notice with the department that he has authorized such permittee to continue such business.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, a package store permit may be renewed by a transferee or purchaser of permit premises under section 30-14a.
(1949 Rev., S. 4236; P.A. 73-543, S. 5, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-294, S. 7, 22; P.A. 93-139, S. 7; P.A. 95-195, S. 17, 83; P.A. 97-175, S. 2; P.A. 99-194, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 73-543 included references to airline permits and airline corporations; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 clarified and qualified name change enacted in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-294 added Subsec. (b) allowing renewal of permit by transferee or purchaser of premises on and after June 8, 1981; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added a provision for a six-month permit as new Subsec. (b), relettering a part of former Subsec. (a) as (c) and former Subsec. (b) as (d); P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-175 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that permits shall descend to the estate of a deceased permittee by the laws of testate or intestate succession and to make a technical change, and amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re exercise of privileges of deceased or insolvent or bankrupt permittee until such time as the applicable permit expires, deleting provision re filing of court order within ten days of the date of issuance of such order, and making a technical change; P.A. 99-194 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change.
Cited. 118 C. 253; 126 C. 456; 128 C. 163; 129 C. 621. A renewal is not an extension of the term of the original permit but the issuance of a new one. 133 C. 151. A permit is a matter of privilege not right. 144 C. 241. Cited. 150 C. 426. Permit is not property but merely a personal privilege. 153 C. 247.
Cited. 12 CA 455, 463.
Personal privilege aspect of permit discussed. 5 CS 418; 16 CS 355. Privilege is not a grant of the commission but of the state under prescribed conditions. 10 CS 489. Permittee is a party to an action seeking to revoke his permit, but he may not be a party if the action is to prevent the issuance of a permit. 16 CS 108. Where permittee is ejected, the premises do not retain their character as a permit place. Id., 355. Apparently requires that, except for railroads, permits be issued to individuals only. 18 CS 274.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 6 CA 278, 279, 282.

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Sec. 30-14a. Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises. A package store permit may be renewed by the person to whom it was issued or by any person who is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit and who meets the requirements of this chapter concerning eligibility for a liquor permit. Commencing June 8, 1986, the Department of Consumer Protection may issue one package store permit for every twenty-five hundred residents of a town as determined by the most recently completed decennial census. The department may authorize the holder of such permit to remove his permit premises to a location in another town provided such removal complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 5, 22; P.A. 85-361, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 8; P.A. 95-195, S. 18, 83.)
History: P.A. 85-361 added provisions re removal of permit premises; P.A. 93-139 deleted an obsolete moratorium provision applicable from 1981 to 1986; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 5 CA 432.

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Sec. 30-15. Issuance of permits. 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.
(1949 Rev., S. 4237; 1953, S. 2155d; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 725, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 724, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 254, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 4; P.A. 73-533, S. 3; 73-543, S. 2, 14; P.A. 74-307, S. 4; P.A. 75-598, S. 3; 75-641, S. 2; P.A. 76-347, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-82, S. 3; 78-202, S. 3, 5; 78-279, S. 1, 2, 6; 78-294, S. 2, 5; 78- 303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 192, 345, 348; P.A. 81-287, S. 2; 81-367, S. 1, 9; P.A. 82-299, S. 2, 6; P.A. 83-152, S. 3; 83-283, S. 1, 5; 83-434, S. 1, 4; P.A. 84-494, S. 1, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 1, 6, 12; P.A. 87-321, S. 1, 6; P.A. 89-155, S. 1, 4; 89-181, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-353, S. 4, 7; P.A. 93-139, S. 9; P.A. 95-195, S. 19, 83.)
History: 1965 act added golf country club permits; 1967 act added nonprofit theater permits; 1969 act added nonprofit public art museum permits; 1971 act added charitable organization permits; 1972 act added university permits; P.A. 73- 533 added coliseum and coliseum concession permits; P.A. 73-543 added airline permits; P.A. 74-307 added special sporting facility permits; P.A. 75-598 added night club permits; P.A. 75-641 reordered subdivisions and added cafe permits; P.A. 76-347 added bowling establishment permits; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-82 added resort permits; P.A. 78- 202 added special outing facility permits; P.A. 78-279 added university liquor permits; P.A. 78-294 added manufacturers' permits for farm wineries; P.A. 78-303 clarified and qualified extent of name change enacted in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-287 amended Subdiv. (6) to add reference to nonprofit club permit; P.A. 81-367 eliminated references to druggist permit for beer only and package store beer permit as of May 29, 1981, allowed issuance of such permits to persons making application prior to said date and allowed renewal of such licenses; P.A. 82-299 added restaurant permit for catering establishment; P.A. 83-152 added a new Subdiv. (32) to Subsec. (a) for nonprofit public television corporation permits; P.A. 83-283 amended Subsec. (a) by creating a new racquetball facility permit in Subdiv. (30); P.A. 83-434 amended Subsec. (a) by adding a provision for bowling establishment permit for beer only in Subdiv. (30); P.A. 84-494 amended Subsec. (a) by adding an airport restaurant permit and an airport bar permit; P.A. 85-380 eliminated night club permits and added nonprofit golf tournament permits; P.A. 87-321 amended Subsec. (a) by adding an airport airline club permit classification; P.A. 89-155 amended Subsec. (a) to include temporary permits for alcoholic liquor, university permits for beer only and for beer and wine only and nonprofit corporation permits; P.A. 89-181 amended Subsec. (a) to include manufacturer permits for brew pubs; P.A. 91-353 added Subdiv. (34), the ninety-day provisional permit, to the classes of permits; P.A. 93-139 deleted the list of the classes of permits in former Subsec. (a) and deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re druggist permits and night club permit renewals; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 118 C. 252; 119 C. 437; 134 C. 557; 148 C. 412. Subdivision (c) (3). Cited. 148 C. 721. Subdivision (e) (1). Cited. 150 C. 69. Cited. 184 C. 75, 76, 80.
Cited. 15 CS 290; 28 CS 186.

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Sec. 30-16. Manufacturer permit. (a) A manufacturer permit shall allow the manufacture of alcoholic liquor and the storage, bottling and wholesale distribution and sale of alcoholic liquor manufactured or bottled to permittees in this state and without the state as may be permitted by law; but no such permit shall be granted unless the place or the plan of the place of manufacture has received the approval of the Department of Consumer Protection. A holder of a manufacturer permit may apply for and shall receive an out-of-state shipper's permit for manufacturing plants and warehouse locations outside the state owned by such manufacturer or a subsidiary corporation thereof, at least eighty-five per cent of the voting stock of which is owned by such manufacturer, to bring into any of its plants or warehouses in the state alcoholic liquors for reprocessing, repackaging, reshipment or sale either (1) within the state to wholesaler permittees not owned or controlled by such manufacturer or (2) outside the state. A holder of a manufacturer permit, except a manufacturer permit for cider, may apply for and shall receive a wholesaler permit. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit shall be one thousand six hundred dollars.
(b) A manufacturer permit for beer shall be in all respects the same as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to beer, but shall permit the storage of beer in any part of the state. Such permit shall also authorize the offering and tasting, on the premises of the permittee, of free samples of beer brewed on such premises. The offering and tasting shall be limited to visitors who have attended a tour of the premises of the permittee. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for beer shall be eight hundred dollars.
(c) A manufacturer permit for cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and apple wine not exceeding fifteen per cent alcohol by volume shall allow the manufacture, storage, bottling and wholesale distribution and sale at retail of such cider and apple wine to permittees and nonpermittees in this state as may be permitted by law; but no such permit shall be issued unless the place or the plan of the place of manufacture has received the approval of the department. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for cider shall be one hundred sixty dollars.
(d) A manufacturer permit for apple brandy and eau-de-vie shall be in all respects the same as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to apple brandy or eau-de-vie, or both. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for apple brandy and eau-de-vie shall be three hundred twenty dollars.
(e) A manufacturer permit for a farm winery shall be in all respects the same as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to wine and brandies distilled from grape products or other fruit products, including grappa and eau-de-vie. As used in this section, "farm winery" means any place or premises, located on a farm in the state in which wine is manufactured and sold. Such permit shall authorize the sale in bulk by the holder thereof from the premises where the products are manufactured pursuant to such permit and shall authorize the holder thereof to sell from such farm winery premises to a retailer wine manufactured by the farm winery permittee in the original sealed containers of not more than fifteen gallons per container and to sell or deliver such wine or brandy to persons outside the state. Such permit shall also authorize: (1) The offering and tasting of free samples of such wine or brandy to visitors and prospective retail customers for consumption on the premises of the farm winery permittee; (2) the selling at retail from the premises sealed bottles or other sealed containers of such wine or brandy for consumption off the premises; and (3) the selling at retail from the premises wine by the glass and bottle to visitors on the premises of the farm winery permittee for consumption on the premises, provided a town may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit any such offering, tasting or selling at retail at premises within such town for which a manufacturer permit for farm winery has been issued. No licensed farm winery may sell any such wine or brandy not manufactured in such winery. The farm winery permittee shall produce within the state an average crop of fruit equal to not less than fifty-one per cent of the fruit used in the manufacture of the farm winery permittee's wine. An average crop shall be defined each year as the average yield of the farm winery permittee's two largest annual crops out of the preceding five years, except that during the first seven years from the date of issuance of a farm winery permit, an average crop shall be defined as three tons of grapes for each acre of vineyard farmed by the farm winery permittee. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for a farm winery shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(f) A manufacturer permit for a brew pub shall allow the manufacture, storage and bottling of beer, and the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises with or without the sale of food, provided that the holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub produces at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually. On and after July 1, 1995, such permit shall also authorize any person holding such permit on January 1, 1994, to engage in the retail sale of beer produced on the premises for personal consumption off the premises provided (1) such beer shall be dispensed into sealed containers not larger than two liters and (2) no permittee shall allow a person to purchase more than one container of such beer per day. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for a brew pub shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4238; February, 1965, P.A. 180; 1967, P.A. 327, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-294, S. 3, 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 87-141, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-97; P.A. 89-181, S. 3, 6; P.A. 90-72, S. 3; P.A. 91-353, S. 1, 7; P.A. 93-139, S. 10; 93-266; P.A. 95-161, S. 1, 3; 95-195, S. 20, 83; P.A. 96-220, S. 1−3, 7; P.A. 98-236, S. 5, 6.)
History: 1965 act added provisions in Subdiv. (1) re application by holder of manufacturer's permit for out-of-state shipper's permit; 1967 act specified that such out-of-state shipper's permit is "to bring into any of its plants or warehouses in the state alcoholic liquors for reprocessing, repackaging, reshipment or sale ..." rather than "for the sale of alcoholic liquors to wholesaler permittees in this state not owned or controlled by said manufacturer"; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, except as later specified in P.A. 78-303, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-294 added Subdiv. (5) re manufacturer's permits for farm wineries; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 87-141 amended Subdiv. (5) by clarifying that a manufacturer permit does not authorize the offering and tasting of free samples of wine to visitors and prospective retail customers in towns which by ordinance prohibit such conduct, and eliminated the limitation on the number of finished gallons of wine a manufacturer may produce annually; P.A. 88-97 amended Subsec. (5) to provide that farm winery permits may be limited by local ordinance with respect to wine tastings and retail sales; P.A. 89-181 added Subsec. (6) concerning manufacturer permit for a brew pub; P.A. 90-72 allowed holders of a permit to sell alcoholic liquor in addition to beer; P.A. 91-353 amended Subdiv. (6) to require that the holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub must produce at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each manufacturer permit, defined "farm winery" in Subsec. (e) and made technical changes; P.A. 93- 266 amended Subdiv. (5) expanding a manufacturer permit for a farm winery to allow the production of brandies from grape and other fruit products in addition to the production of wine; P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the offering of beer to and tasting of beer by tour attendees and amended Subsec. (f) to authorize the retail sale of beer produced on the premises for off-premise consumption; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-220 amended Subsec. (c) to permit the sale of apple wine not exceeding fifteen per cent alcohol by volume, amended Subsec. (e) to permit the selling at retail of wine by the glass and bottle for on-premise consumption and amended Subsec. (f) to delete the sunset on the retail sale of beer for off-premise consumption, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 98-236 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provisions re eau-de- vie, effective June 8, 1998.
See Sec. 30-38 re storage facilities for liquor.
Cited. 134 C. 557; 148 C. 652. Cited. 184 C. 75, 76, 80. Cited. 194 C. 165, 180. Cited. 213 C. 184, 215.

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Sec. 30-17. Wholesaler permit. Termination or diminishment of distributorship. (a) (1) A wholesaler permit shall allow the bottling of alcoholic liquor and the wholesale sale of alcoholic liquor to permittees in this state and without the state, as may be permitted by law, and the sale of alcoholic liquors to vessels engaged in coastwise or foreign commerce, and the sale of alcohol and alcoholic liquor for industrial purposes to nonpermittees, such sales to be made in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection, and the sale of alcohol and alcoholic liquor for medicinal purposes to hospitals and charitable institutions and to religious organizations for sacramental purposes and the receipt from out-of-state shippers of multiple packages of alcoholic liquor. The holder of a wholesaler permit may apply for and shall thereupon receive an out-of-state shipper's permit for direct importation from abroad of alcoholic liquors manufactured outside the United States and an out-of-state shipper's permit for direct importation from abroad of beer manufactured outside the United States. The annual fee for a wholesaler permit shall be two thousand four hundred dollars.
(2) When a holder of a wholesaler permit has had the distributorship of any alcohol, beer, spirits or wine product of a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper for six months or more, such distributorship may be terminated or its geographic territory diminished upon (A) the execution of a written stipulation by the wholesaler and manufacturer or out-of-state shipper agreeing to the change and the approval of such change by the Department of Consumer Protection; or (B) the sending of a written notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, by the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper to the wholesaler, a copy of which notice has been sent simultaneously by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Department of Consumer Protection. No such termination or diminishment shall become effective except for just and sufficient cause, provided such cause shall be set forth in such notice and the Department of Consumer Protection shall determine, after hearing, that just and sufficient cause exists. If an emergency occurs, caused by the wholesaler, prior to such hearing, which threatens the manufacturers' or out-of-state shippers' products or otherwise endangers the business of the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper and said emergency is established to the satisfaction of the Department of Consumer Protection, the department may temporarily suspend such wholesaler permit or take whatever reasonable action the department deems advisable to provide for such emergency and the department may continue such temporary action until its decision after a full hearing. The Department of Consumer Protection shall render its decision with reasonable promptness following such hearing. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper may appoint one or more additional wholesalers as the distributor for an alcohol, spirits or wine product within such territory, provided such appointment shall not be effective until six months from the date such manufacturer or out-of-state shipper sets forth such intention in written notice to the existing wholesaler by registered mail, return receipt requested, with a copy of such notice simultaneously sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Department of Consumer Protection. For just and sufficient cause, a manufacturer or out-of- state shipper may appoint one or more additional wholesalers as the distributor for a beer product within such territory provided such manufacturer or out-of-state shipper sets forth such intention and cause in written notice to the existing wholesaler by registered mail, return receipt requested, with a copy of such notice simultaneously sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Department of Consumer Protection. For the purposes of this section, "just and sufficient cause" means the existence of circumstances which, in the opinion of a reasonable person considering all of the equities of both the wholesaler and the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper warrants a termination or a diminishment of a distributorship as the case may be. For the purposes of this section, "manufacturer or out-of-state shipper" means the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper who originally granted a distributorship of any alcohol, beer, spirits or wine product to a wholesaler, any successor to such manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, which successor has assumed the contractual relationship with such wholesaler by assignment or otherwise, or any other manufacturer or out-of-state shipper who acquires the right to ship such alcohol, beer, spirits or wine into the state.
(3) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to interfere with the authority of the Department of Consumer Protection to retain or adopt reasonable regulations concerning the termination or diminishment of a distributorship held by a wholesaler for less than six months.
(4) All hearings held hereunder shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) A wholesaler permit for beer shall be in all respects the same as a wholesaler permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to beer; but shall not prohibit the handling of nonalcoholic merchandise. The holder of a wholesaler permit for beer may apply for and shall thereupon receive an out-of-state shipper's permit for direct importation from abroad of beer manufactured outside the United States. The annual fee for a wholesaler permit for beer shall be eight hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4239; 1955, S. 2156d; 1971, P.A. 605, S. 1; 747, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 95, S. 1; P.A. 73-230; P.A. 75-186, S. 1, 3; 75-641, S. 3; P.A. 77-373; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80- 482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-367, S. 2, 9; P.A. 84-432, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-57, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 11; P.A. 95- 161, S. 6, 9; 95-195, S. 21, 83.)
History: 1971 acts added Subdivs. (B) and (C) in Subsec. (1) re termination of distributorship of products and diminishment of territories and specified that wholesaler permit allows "the receipt from out-of-state shippers of multiple packages of still wines and sparkling wines"; 1972 act specified products distributed in Subsec. (1)(B) as alcohol, beer, spirits or wine and added provisions re appointment of successor distributors; P.A. 73-230 made technical correction; P.A. 75- 186 substituted "beer" for "malt beverages" in Subsec. (1); P.A. 75-641 changed manner of designating subsections, subdivisions, etc. for consistency with other statutes; P.A. 77-373 deleted word "beer" (added by P.A. 73-230) in provision re appointment of successor distributor; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, except as later limited by P.A. 78-303, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79- 131 deleted provision which had stated that termination of distributorship or diminishment of territory is effective not earlier than one year from date of notice unless there is just and sufficient cause for imposing an earlier date, defined meaning of just and sufficient cause for purposes of section and changed effective date of successor distributor's powers (previously ninety days after notice), distinguishing between alcohol, spirits or wine products and beer; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-367 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that termination or diminishment of a wholesaler's distributorship may be effected only for just and sufficient cause if the wholesaler has had the distributorship for six months or more where prior law extended this protection only after twenty-four months, and to provide that the six month time period applies to the successors or assigns of a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper; P.A. 84-432 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying the conditions under which a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper might appoint an additional wholesaler as a distributor of beer, and by adding Subdiv. (4) requiring hearings to be held in accordance with chapter 54; P.A. 86-57 amended Subsec. (a) to add definition of "manufacturer or out-of-state shipper"; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the annual fee for each wholesaler permit; P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec. (a) to change the type of alcohol that can be received from an out-of-state shipper from still and sparkling wines to alcoholic liquor, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-38 re storage facilities for liquor.
Cited. 148 C. 652. Cited. 177 C. 616, 618. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Statute, as amended by P.A. 81-367, effective May 29, 1981, applies to dealerships in existence at the time amendment became effective. 194 C. 165−176, 178, 181, 183. Cited. 213 C. 184, 191, 203.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (2) cited. 194 C. 165, 170, 174, 176. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 165, 176. Subdiv. (2) cited. 202 C. 405−408. Subdiv. (2)(B) cited. 208 C. 187, 193. Subdiv. (2) cited. 213 C. 184, 185, 187, 188, 190, 194, 203, 204, 215.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 213 C. 184, 189.

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Sec. 30-17a. Sales by wholesale permittees to retail permittees outside territory. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, no wholesaler permittee shall refuse to sell alcohol, spirits or wine to any retail permittee, without regard to the location of such retail permittee's place of business if (1) such retail permittee is willing to accept delivery at such wholesaler permittee's place of distribution, (2) such retail permittee meets any reasonable conditions imposed upon other retail permittees located within such wholesaler permittee's geographic territory and (3) the item of alcohol spirits or wine sought by such retail permittee is not available from any wholesaler permittee serving a geographic territory in which such retail permittee's place of business is located or is only available from such a wholesaler permittee at a higher price. Any agreement entered into on or after June 8, 1981, which conflicts with the terms of this section shall be void. As used in this section, the term "retail permittee" means the holder of a permit allowing the sale of alcoholic liquor for on or off-premises consumption.
(P.A. 81-294, S. 19, 22; P.A. 82-332, S. 7, 13.)
History: P.A. 82-332 made section applicable to holders of permits allowing on or off-premises consumption where previously more broadly applicable by deleting reference to specific sections.
Cited. 2 CA 628, 629.

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Sec. 30-17b. Wholesaler's salesman certificates. (a) No person shall be employed by any wholesaler of alcoholic liquor to sell or offer for sale alcoholic liquor to any retailer of alcoholic liquor unless such person holds a wholesaler's salesman certificate or files an application for such certificate not later than ten days after the date of his initial employment. Any person desiring a wholesaler's salesman certificate or renewal thereof, shall file a sworn application for such certificate upon forms to be furnished by the Department of Consumer Protection, showing his name, address and such other information as the department may require. An application for an initial certificate shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars. Upon approval of such application, the department shall issue a certificate which shall be renewed only upon change of employment. If a certified wholesaler's salesman changes employment, a renewal application shall be filed not later than ten days after the date such new employment commences and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars.
(b) The department shall not issue a wholesaler's salesman certificate to any person who is, by statute or regulation, declared to be an unsuitable person to hold a permit to sell alcoholic liquor.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, refuse a certificate to a wholesaler's salesman if it has reasonable ground to believe: (1) That the applicant appears to be financially irresponsible; (2) that the applicant is in the habit of using alcoholic beverages to excess; (3) that the applicant has wilfully made any false statement to the department in a material matter; or (4) that the applicant has been convicted of violating any of the liquor laws of this or any other state or the liquor laws of the United States or has been convicted of a felony as such term is defined in section 53a-25 or has such a criminal record that the department reasonably believes he is not a suitable person to hold a certificate, provided no refusal shall be rendered under this subdivision except in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-80 and 46a-81.
(d) The Department of Consumer Protection may, of its own motion, revoke or suspend a wholesaler's salesman certificate upon cause found after hearing, provided ten days' written notice of such hearing has been given to the holder of the certificate setting forth, with the particulars required in civil pleadings, the charges upon which such proposed revocation or suspension is predicated and provided no certificate shall be suspended or revoked for any violation of this chapter of which the holder of the certificate was finally found not guilty by, or received dismissal in, a court having jurisdiction thereof, and no disciplinary action shall be taken thereafter by said department against the holder of the certificate, and provided the department shall not initiate hearing proceedings pursuant to this section based upon any arrest which has not resulted in a conviction. Any appeal from such order of revocation or suspension shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(e) Any person who applies for a wholesaler's salesman certificate or for the renewal of such certificate, whose application is refused or any person who holds a certificate which is revoked or suspended by the Department of Consumer Protection may appeal therefrom in the same manner as provided in section 30-60.
(P.A. 86-191; P.A. 95-195, S. 22, 83.)
History; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsecs. (a), (c), (d) and (e) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-18. Out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquors. An out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer shall allow the sale of such alcoholic liquor to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state as permitted by law. The annual fee for an out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer shall be forty-five dollars for a Connecticut manufacturer or wholesaler holding such a permit and shall be one thousand dollars for any other person holding such a permit.
(1949 Rev., S. 4240; P.A. 93-139, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 194 C. 165, 180. Cited. 213 C. 184, 215.
Cited. 14 CS 51.

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Sec. 30-18a. Out-of-state small winery shipper's permit for wine. An out-of- state small winery shipper's permit for wine shall allow the sale of wine to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state as permitted by law. Any person who applies for such permit or for the renewal of such permit shall furnish an affidavit to the Department of Consumer Protection, in such form as may be prescribed by the department, affirming that the out-of-state small winery which is the subject of such permit did not produce more than one hundred thousand gallons of wine during the most recently completed calendar year. The annual fee for an out-of-state small winery shipper's permit for wine shall be two hundred fifty dollars. As used in this section, "out-of-state" means any state other than Connecticut, any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but does not include any foreign country.
(P.A. 97-101.)

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Sec. 30-19. Out-of-state shipper's permit for beer. An out-of-state shipper's permit for beer shall allow the sale of beer to manufacturer and wholesaler permittees in this state as permitted by law. The annual fee for an out-of-state shipper's permit for beer shall be forty-five dollars for a Connecticut manufacturer or wholesaler holding such a permit and shall be one thousand dollars for any other person holding such a permit.
(1949 Rev., S. 4241; P.A. 93-139, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each out-of-state shipper's permit for beer.
Classification created by this section is within power of legislature. 138 C. 669. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 194 C. 165, 180. Cited. 213 C. 184, 215.

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Secs. 30-19a to 30-19e. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 30-19f. In-state transporter's permit. (a) An in-state transporter's permit for alcoholic liquor shall allow the commercial transportation of any alcoholic liquor as permitted by law. The annual fee for an in-state transporter's liquor permit shall be one thousand dollars.
(b) No person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal entity except: (1) The holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit issued pursuant to section 30-18 or 30-19; (2) the holder of a manufacturer's permit issued pursuant to section 30-16; and (3) the holder of a wholesaler's permit issued pursuant to section 30-17 shall transport any alcoholic beverages imported into this state unless such person holds an in-state transporter's permit and the tax imposed on such alcoholic liquor by section 12-435 has been paid.
(c) Any person convicted of violating subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars for each offense.
(P.A. 95-336, S. 1, 2.)

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Sec. 30-20. Package store permits; grocery store beer permits. (a) A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor not to be consumed on the premises, such sales to be made only in sealed bottles or other containers. The holder of a package store permit may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, offer free samples of alcoholic liquor for tasting on the premises, conduct demonstrations and conduct tastings or demonstrations provided by a permittee or backer of a package store for a nominal charge to charitable nonprofit organizations. Any offering, tasting or demonstration held on permit premises shall be conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under section 30-91. No store operating under a package store permit shall sell any commodity other than alcoholic liquor except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such store may sell (1) cigarettes, (2) publications, (3) bar utensils, which shall include, but need not be limited to, corkscrews, beverage strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume or related to the consumption of alcoholic liquor, (4) gift packages of alcoholic liquor shipped into the state by a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, which may include a nonalcoholic item in the gift package that may be any item, except food or tobacco products, provided the dollar value of the nonalcoholic items does not exceed the dollar value of the alcoholic items of the package, (5) nonalcoholic beverages, (6) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (7) beer and wine-making kits and products related to beer and wine-making kits, (8) ice in any form, (9) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry, (10) gift baskets or other containers of alcoholic liquor, (11) multiple packages of alcoholic liquors, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1, provided in all such cases the minimum retail selling price for such alcoholic liquor shall apply, and (12) lottery tickets authorized by the Division of Special Revenue, if licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by said division. A package store permit shall also allow the taking and transmitting of orders for delivery of such merchandise in other states. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a package store permit shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion or giveaway sponsored by the Division of Special Revenue. The annual fee for a package store permit shall be four hundred dollars plus the sum required by section 30-66.
(b) A grocery store beer permit may be granted to any grocery store and shall allow the retail sale of beer in standard size containers not to be consumed on the premises. A holder of a grocery store beer permit shall post in a prominent location adjacent to the beer display, the retail price for each brand of beer and said retail price shall include all applicable federal and state taxes including the applicable state sales taxes. The annual fee for a grocery store beer permit shall be eighty dollars plus the sum required by section 30-66.
(c) "Grocery store" means any store commonly known as a supermarket, food store, grocery store or delicatessen, primarily engaged in the retail sale of all sorts of canned goods and dry goods such as tea, coffee, spices, sugar and flour, either packaged or in bulk, with or without fresh fruits and vegetables, and with or without fresh, smoked and prepared meats, fish and poultry, except that no store primarily engaged in the retail sale of seafood, fruits and vegetables, candy, nuts and confectioneries, dairy products, bakery products or eggs and poultry shall be included in the definition of "grocery store".
(1949 Rev., S. 4242; 1951, S. 2157d; 1963, P.A. 274, S. 2; 485; February, 1965, P.A. 479; 1967, P.A. 230, S. 1; 347, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 294; 1971, P.A. 747, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 41, S. 1; P.A. 73-300; P.A. 75-259, S. 2, 8; 75-641, S. 4; P.A. 78- 49; P.A. 79-404, S. 39, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 342, 343, 345, 348; P.A. 81-367, S. 3, 9; P.A. 82-332, S. 2, 13; P.A. 84-78; 84- 350, S. 1; P.A. 87-69, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-32; P.A. 91-353, S. 2, 7; P.A. 93-52; 93-139, S. 14; P.A. 95-115, S. 1; 95-195, S. 23, 83; P.A. 96-7, S. 4, 5; P.A. 00-24.)
History: 1963 acts reworded Subsec. (c) substituting "grocery store as defined in subdivision (21) of section 30-1" for "store which is chiefly engaged in the sale of groceries" and specified that sale of "gift baskets or other containers of alcoholic liquor" is allowed in Subsec. (a); 1965 act substituted "alcoholic liquor and nonalcoholic beverages" for "alcoholic and nonalcoholic liquor" in Subsec. (a); 1967 acts specified that sale of concentrates used in mixed drinks and ice is allowed and that taking and transmitting of orders for delivery of merchandise in other states is allowed under package store permit in Subsec. (a); 1969 act permitted sale of multiple packages of still and sparkling wines in Subsec. (a); 1971 act changed wording in Subsec. (a) for clarity; 1972 act permitted sale of lottery tickets by stores operating under package store permits in Subsec. (a); P.A. 73-300 required posting of beer prices in Subsec. (c); P.A. 75-259 added references to containers sized by milliliters in Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-641 deleted reference to "subdivision (2)" of Sec. 30-1 in Subsec. (c); P.A. 78-49 added provision authorizing sale of cigarettes, bar utensils and gift packages in Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-404 replaced reference to state lottery division of commission on special revenue with reference to division of special revenue within the department of business regulation in Subsec. (a); P.A. 80-482 placed division of special revenue within the department of revenue services for administrative purposes only, deleting reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-367 deleted Subsec. (b) re package store beer permit and relettered Subsec. (c) accordingly; P.A. 82-332 eliminated minimum container sizes; P.A. 84-78 allowed package stores to sell publications; P.A. 84-350 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing holders of package store permits to offer free samples of wine, cordials and new products, and to conduct demonstrations and tastings; P.A. 87-69 amended Subsec. (a) by removing the time limitation on conducting tastings and certain demonstrations; P.A. 90-32 amended section to allow holders of permits to sell articles of clothing with advertising related to alcohol; P.A. 91-353 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize package store permittees to offer free samples of beer brewed in this state by a holder of a manufacturer permit as defined in Sec. 30-16; P.A. 93-52 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute reference to sales of multiple packages of alcoholic liquors as defined in Sec. 30-1 for sales of multiple packages of still and sparkling wines; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for a package store permit and grocery store beer permit and added Subsec. (c) defining "grocery store"; P.A. 95-115 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the sale of beer and wine- making kits and products related to such kits, inserted revised Subdiv. indicators, and added provision authorizing holders of package store permits to participate in lottery ticket promotions and giveaways; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to broaden range of samples package store permit holders may offer, substituting "alcoholic liquor" for specified types of beverages, effective April 2, 1996; P.A. 00-24 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to allow gift packages to contain certain nonalcoholic items.
Cited. 118 C. 252; 123 C. 35; 127 C. 275. "Grocery store beer permit" not a package store permit within meaning of ordinance. 139 C. 379. Cited. 140 C. 582; 148 C. 412, 443. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 148 C. 723.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 373.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 148 C. 721.
Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 674, 682.

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Sec. 30-20a. University permit. (a) (1) A university permit for beer shall allow the retail sale of beer on land and in a building which is subject to the care, custody and control of an institution offering a program of higher learning as defined by section 10a- 34 which has been accredited by the Board of Governors of Higher Education. Such beverages shall be available for consumption on the premises by students, faculty and staff of the institution or their guests. Such permits shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Consumer Protection. The annual fee for a university permit for beer shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(2) A university permit for wine and beer shall allow the retail sale of wine and beer on land and in a building which is subject to the care, custody and control of an institution offering a program of higher learning as defined by section 10a-34 which has been accredited by the Board of Governors of Higher Education. Such beverages shall be available for consumption on the premises by students, faculty and staff of the institution or their guests. Such permits shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Consumer Protection. The annual fee for a university permit for beer and wine shall be five hundred sixty dollars.
(b) A university liquor permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in a room that is subject to the care, custody and control of The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees. Such permits shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Consumer Protection. The annual fee for a university liquor permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(1972, P.A. 68, S. 1; P.A. 73-19, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-279, S. 3, 4, 6; 78- 303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 193, 345, 348; P.A. 81-119, S. 1, 3; 81-194; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 93-139, S. 15; P.A. 95-195, S. 24, 83.)
History: P.A. 73-19 reworded provision deleting reference to building "in the town of Mansfield" and deleting specific mention of The University of Connecticut board of trustees; P.A. 77-573 replaced commission for higher education with board of higher education; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-279 added Subsec. (b) re university liquor permits; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-119 established two types of university permits in Subsec. (a), a university permit for beer only and a university permit for wine and beer only; P.A. 81-194 eliminated provision limiting sales to Thursday, Friday and Saturday and prohibiting use of room for private parties in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-218 authorized substitution of board of governors for board of higher education, effective March 1, 1983, pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each university permit and made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-21. Hotel permit. (a) A hotel permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a hotel. The annual fee for a hotel permit shall be as follows: (1) In towns having a population according to the last-preceding United States census of not more than ten thousand, one thousand two hundred dollars, (2) in towns having a population of more than ten thousand but not more than fifty thousand, one thousand six hundred dollars, and (3) in towns having a population of more than fifty thousand, two thousand four hundred dollars.
(b) A hotel permit for beer shall allow the retail sale of beer and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol by volume to be consumed on the premises of a hotel. The annual fee for a hotel permit for beer shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(c) "Hotel" means every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where food is served at all times when alcoholic liquor is served and where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, where, in towns having a population according to the last-preceding United States census of forty thousand or less, not less than five rooms are used for the sleeping accommodations of transient guests and food is served at least five days a week, and where, in towns having a population according to the last-preceding United States census of over forty thousand, ten or more rooms are used for the sleeping accommodations of transient guests and food is served at least seven days a week and, in any case, having one or more dining rooms where meals are served to transient guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings in connection therewith, and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided, in the judgment of the department, with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity, and having employed therein such number and kinds of servants and employees as the department may, by regulation, prescribe for preparing, cooking and serving suitable food for its guests. Golf facilities and swimming pools within the confines of the entire property owned by and under the control of the permittee or backer shall also be considered part of the hotel premises.
(1949 Rev., S. 4243; 1951, S. 2158d; 1969, P.A. 349, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 233, S. 1; P.A. 75-641, S. 5; P.A. 93-139, S. 16.)
History: 1969 act revised provisions so that women could sell liquor at bars, where previously they could not and prohibited women not involved in sales from standing at bars where previously they could not "sit or stand" at a bar; 1972 act deleted discriminatory provision re women; P.A. 75-641 changed numeric Subsec. indicators to alphabetic indicators; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each hotel permit and added Subsec. (c) defining "hotel".
Cited. 119 C. 437; 121 C. 443; 157 C. 315; 158 C. 362. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.
Cited. 36 CS 305, 308.

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Sec. 30-21a. Night club permit. Section 30-21a is repealed.
(P.A. 75-598, S. 1; P.A. 84-494, S. 3, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 11, 12.)

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Sec. 30-21b. Resort permit. (a) A resort permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a resort. The annual fee for a resort permit shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(b) "Resort" means those premises upon which a hotel with other facilities, such as, but not limited to, a golf course, tennis courts, ski slopes or trails, riding stables or swimming facilities, is operated on a seasonal basis.
(P.A. 78-82, S. 1; P.A. 93-139, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for a resort permit and added Subsec. (b) defining "resort".

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Sec. 30-22. Restaurant permit. (a) A restaurant permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a restaurant. A restaurant permit, with prior approval of the Department of Consumer Protection, shall allow alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas which are not screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be less than thirty inches high. The annual fee for a restaurant permit shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(b) A restaurant permit for beer shall allow the retail sale of beer and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol by volume to be consumed on the premises of a restaurant. The annual fee for a restaurant permit for beer shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(c) A restaurant permit for wine and beer shall allow the retail sale of wine and beer and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol by volume to be consumed on the premises of the restaurant. The annual fee for a restaurant permit for wine and beer shall be five hundred sixty dollars.
(d) Repealed by P.A. 77-112, S. 1.
(e) "Restaurant" means space, in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served, but which has no sleeping accommodations for the public and which shall be provided with an adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room and employs at all times an adequate number of employees.
(1949 Rev., S. 4244; 1951, 1953, S. 2159d; 1969, P.A. 349, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 233, S. 2; P.A. 75-641, S. 6; P.A. 77-112, S. 1; P.A. 92-15, S. 1; P.A. 93-139, S. 18; P.A. 95-195, S. 25, 83.)
History: 1969 act revised provisions so that women could sell liquor at bars, where previously they could not, and prohibited women not involved in sales from standing at bars, where previously they could not "sit or stand" at a bar; 1972 act deleted discriminatory provisions re women at bars; P.A. 75-641 replaced numeric Subsec. indicators with alphabetic indicators; P.A. 77-112 repealed Subsec. (d) which had required that in restaurant premises containing a bar, the bar be located so as to be clearly visible from the entrance, street or sidewalk; P.A. 92-15 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that with prior approval of the department of liquor control, a restaurant permit would allow the serving of alcoholic liquor at tables in outside areas not screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning or health regulations, to provide that a fence or wall enclosing such outside areas would not be required by the department of liquor control if no fire, zoning or health regulations requires same and to provide that no such fence or wall is to be less than thirty inches high; P.A. 93- 139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for each restaurant permit and added Subsec. (e) defining "restaurant"; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 119 C. 437; 120 C. 40; 121 C. 443; id., 695; 127 C. 721; 130 C. 374; 131 C. 649; 133 C. 151; 135 C. 406. See note to Secs. 30-1, 30-93. Cited. 150 C. 69; 158 C. 362. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 191 C. 528, 538. Cited. 216 C. 667, 668.

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Sec. 30-22a. Cafe permit. (a) A cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a cafe. Premises operated under a cafe permit shall regularly keep food available for sale to its customers for consumption on the premises. The availability of sandwiches, soups or other foods, whether fresh, processed, precooked or frozen, shall be deemed compliance with this requirement. The licensed premises shall at all times comply with all the regulations of the local department of health. Nothing herein shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with any liquor, nor shall any rule, regulation or standard be promulgated or enforced requiring that the sale of food be substantial or that the receipts of the business other than from the sale of liquor equal any set percentage of total receipts from sales made therein. A cafe permit shall allow, with the prior approval of the Department of Consumer Protection, alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas that are not screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be less than thirty inches high. The annual fee for a cafe permit shall be one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.
(b) As used in this section, "cafe" means space in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but which does not necessarily serve hot meals; it shall have no sleeping accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen or dining room but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate number of employees.
(1967, P.A. 365, S. 2; P.A. 79-604, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-15, S. 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 19; P.A. 95-195, S. 26, 83; P.A. 97-175, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-604 added provisions re serving liquor at outdoor tables under cafe permit; P.A. 92-15 amended section to provide that prior approval of the department of liquor control is necessary for serving of alcoholic liquor at tables in outside areas not screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning or health regulations and to specify that a fence or wall enclosing such outside areas would not be required by the department of liquor control if no fire, zoning or health regulations required same; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for a cafe permit and added Subsec. (b) defining "cafe"; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-175 amended Subsec. (b) to require alcoholic liquor and food to be served for sale at retail and to make a technical change.
Cited. 158 C. 362.

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Sec. 30-22b. Restaurant permit for catering establishment. Certain requirements may be waived upon written application. (a) A restaurant permit for a catering establishment shall allow a catering establishment to serve alcoholic liquor at a function, occasion or event on the premises of a catering establishment; provided (1) that alcoholic liquor shall be sold only to persons invited to and attending such a function, occasion or event and (2) that alcoholic liquor shall be sold only during the specific hours such function, occasion or event is scheduled on the premises. The permittee shall comply with the regulations of the local department of health. The department may waive the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection for not more than four functions, occasions or events of a catering establishment annually, provided such establishment makes written application to the department at least ten days prior to the scheduled date of the function, occasion or event for which a waiver is sought. The annual fee for a restaurant permit for a catering establishment shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that any catering establishment operated under a restaurant permit for a catering establishment be open for business to the public at any time other than when a particular function, occasion or event is scheduled on such premises.
(c) No organization eligible for a club or nonprofit club permit, or other entity established primarily to serve its members shall be eligible for a restaurant permit for a catering establishment.
(d) "Catering establishment" means any premises that (1) has an adequate, suitable and sanitary kitchen, dining room and facilities to provide hot meals, (2) has no sleeping accommodations for the public, (3) is owned or operated by any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation that regularly furnishes for hire on such premises, one or more ballrooms, reception rooms, dining rooms, banquet halls or similar places of assemblage for a particular function, occasion or event or that furnishes provisions and services for consumption or use at such function, occasion or event, and (4) employs an adequate number of employees on such premises at the time of any such function, occasion or event.
(P.A. 82-299, S. 3, 6; P.A. 91-353, S. 6, 7; P.A. 93-139, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 91-353 divided section into Subsecs., and amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the requirements of Subdivs. (1) and (2) could be waived by the department upon written application; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for a restaurant permit for a catering establishment in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (d) defining "catering establishment".

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Sec. 30-23. Club permits. (a) A club permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a club but only by members or their guests. The annual fee for a club permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(b) "Club" means an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which has been in existence as a bona fide organization for at least three years prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by this chapter, or has been a bona fide national or international fraternal or social organization or affiliation thereof which has been in existence in this state for one year, for the promotion of some common object, not including associations organized for any commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit, owning, hiring or leasing a building, or space in a building, or having substantial control of a building or space therein, of such extent and character as, in the judgment of the department, may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests; provided, as to such clubs as the department finds to be bona fide and which offer facilities and privileges in addition to the privileges of the club building, such as golf, tennis, bathing or beach facilities, hunting or riding, the three-year requirement shall not apply; and provided such club shall file with the department, upon request, within ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the election of any additional member, his name and address, and provided its aggregate annual membership fees or dues and other income, exclusive of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be sufficient to defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises, or, if such premises are owned by the club, shall be sufficient to meet the taxes, insurance and repairs and the interest on any mortgage thereof; and provided, further, its affairs and management shall be conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting, and no member or any officer, agent or employee of the club shall be paid or, directly or indirectly, shall receive in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the disposition or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members of the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at annual meetings by the members or by its directors or other governing body and as reported by the club to the department, within three months after such annual meeting, and as, in the judgment of the department, is reasonable and proper compensation for the services of such member, officer, agent or employee.
(c) A nonprofit club permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a nonprofit club by members or their guests and by persons other than members or their guests, provided the total receipts of such club in any year, including receipts from the sale of alcoholic liquor, derived from making its facilities and services available to such persons in furtherance of such club's recreational or other nonprofit purpose shall not exceed fifteen per cent of such club's gross receipts for such year. "Nonprofit club" means a club that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and is described in Section 501(c) of the code. The annual fee for a nonprofit club permit shall be six hundred fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4245; P.A. 75-641, S. 7; P.A. 81-287, S. 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 75-641 deleted reference to Subdiv. (7) of Sec. 30-1; P.A. 81-287 added Subsec. (b) specifying kind and extent of sales permitted under a nonprofit club permit; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fees for club and nonprofit club permits and definitions of "club" and "nonprofit club" and made technical changes.
One of the purposes of this legislation is to protect state against applications from organizations which are mere devices to obtain right to sell liquor. 125 C. 108. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-23a. Guest book requirements under club permits. No person shall be construed to be a guest of a member of a club within the intent of section 30-23 or of a golf country club within the intent of section 30-24a until his name and address has been entered in the guest book maintained for such purposes on the club or golf country club premises, together with the signature of the member and the date of introduction, provided neither the permittee nor any person employed to dispense alcoholic beverages on such premises, during his working hours on such premises, shall enter such person's name in such book. The requirement of this section may be waived by the Department of Consumer Protection on special occasions upon written application.
(1971, P.A. 607; P.A. 75-199, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 27, 83.)
History: P.A. 75-199 included references to golf country clubs; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-23b. Club permit for Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue a club permit which shall be valid for beer and wine to the Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital. Such permit shall grant to the Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital all the privileges and rights that each club permit issued pursuant to this chapter may grant, except that such permit shall be limited to beer and wine.
(b) For the purposes of this section and section 30-23, the Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital shall be deemed a club.
(c) The issuance of a club permit, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to, and acceptance and retention of such permit by, the Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital shall be conditioned upon such Home and Hospital paying all applicable fees and meeting all other conditions that a club must meet under this chapter to obtain and retain a club permit.
(P.A. 78-74; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 194, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 22; P.A. 95-195, S. 28, 83.)
History: P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation pursuant to requirements of P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-24. Spouses of club and golf country club members. Spouses of members of any club or golf country club which holds a permit under the provisions of this chapter may be allowed to participate in all of the privileges of said club or golf country club, by vote of said members, and shall not be considered guests for purposes of the general statutes or regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection.
(1953, S. 2173d; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80- 482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 29, 83.)
History: 1965 act included references to golf country clubs; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 52-571d re revocation of permit to sell alcoholic liquor where country club found to discriminate in classes of membership or access to facilities or services.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-24a. Golf country club permit. Nonprofit service club. (a) A golf country club permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a golf country club but only by members and their guests. Notwithstanding section 30-23, in a no-permit town a golf country club permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises by members of a nonprofit service club located in such town at a function of such club held at such golf country club. The annual fee for a golf country club permit shall be eight hundred dollars.
(b) A nonprofit service club as used in subsection (a) of this section shall include the Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Exchange Club, Lions Club, volunteer fire department association, police benevolent association and religious clubs located in the same no- permit town as the golf country club.
(c) "Golf country club" means (1) an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that has been in existence as a bona fide organization for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by this chapter, or that at the time of applying for the permit is in existence as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty members who have paid annual membership fees or dues and have signed affidavits of their intention to remain members of the association for not less than one year after that time, not including associations organized for any commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit, which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with facilities that include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the election of any additional member, his name and address, and provided its aggregate annual membership fees or dues and other income, exclusive of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be sufficient to defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises, or, if the premises are owned by the club, shall be sufficient to meet the taxes, insurance and repairs and the interest on any mortgage thereof; and provided, further, its affairs and management shall be conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting, and no member or any officer, agent or employee of the club shall be paid or, directly or indirectly, shall receive in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the disposition or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members of the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at annual meetings by the members or by its directors or other governing body and as reported by the club to the department, within three months after the annual meeting, and as is, in the judgment of the department, reasonable and proper compensation for the services of such member, officer, agent or employee; or (2) an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which has been in existence as a bona fide organization for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by this chapter, or which at the time of applying for the permit is in existence as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty members who have paid annual membership fees or dues and is directly or indirectly wholly owned by a corporation which is and continues to be nonprofit and to which the Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States as from time to time amended, which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with facilities which include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the admission of any additional member, his name and address. The nonprofit corporation shall demonstrate to the commission an ability to pay any operating deficit of the golf country club, exclusive of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor; and provided, further, the affairs and the management of the nonprofit corporation are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body at least forty per cent of the members of which are chosen by the members of the nonprofit corporation at their annual meeting and the balance of the members of the board of directors are professionals chosen for their knowledge of the business of the nonprofit corporation, and all moneys earned by the golf country club shall be used to defray its expenses of operation or for charitable purposes, and any balance shall be directly or indirectly remitted to the nonprofit corporation.
(February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 7; P.A. 73-601, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-641, S. 8; P.A. 93-139, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 73-601 added exception re consumption of liquor at functions of nonprofit service clubs held at golf country clubs in no-permit towns; P.A. 75-641 deleted reference to "subsection (22)" of Sec. 30-1; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for a golf country club permit and added Subsec. (c) defining "golf country club".
See Sec. 52-571d re revocation of permit to sell alcoholic liquor where country club found to discriminate in classes of membership or access to facilities or services.

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Sec. 30-24b. Auxiliary club members. Auxiliary members who are spouses of members or surviving spouses of former deceased members of any club which holds a permit under the provisions of this chapter may be allowed to participate in all the privileges of such club, by vote of such club members and shall not be considered guests for purposes of the general statutes or regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection.
(1969, P.A. 358; P.A. 75-193; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 30, 83.)
History: P.A. 75-193 substituted "surviving spouses" for "widows" and deleted "lady" as modifier of "auxiliary members"; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 52-571d re revocation of permit to sell alcoholic liquor where country club found to discriminate in classes of membership or access to facilities or services.

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Sec. 30-25. Special club permit for picnics. (a) A special club permit shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the drink at retail to be consumed at the grounds of an outdoor picnic conducted by a club or golf country club. Such permits shall be issued only to holders of club or golf country club permits and shall be issued on a daily basis subject to the hours of sale in section 30-91, and shall be the same as provided therein for clubs and golf country clubs. The exception that applies to railroad and boat permits in section 30-48 shall apply to such a special club permit. No such club or golf country club shall be granted more than four such special club permits during any one calendar year.
(b) The Department of Consumer Protection shall have full discretion in the issuance of such special club permits as to suitability of place and may make any regulations with respect thereto.
(c) The fee for such a special club permit shall be twenty-five dollars per day.
(June, 1955, S. 2166d; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 24; P.A. 95-195, S. 31, 83.)
History: 1965 act added references to golf country clubs in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93- 139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-35 re temporary permit for outings, picnics or social gatherings.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-25a. Club permit in no-permit towns. Notwithstanding any provision of part III of this chapter, but subject to the approval by referendum of the municipality wherein the golf club is located, a club permit shall be granted by the Department of Consumer Protection, in the manner provided in section 30-39, to any golf club which has been in existence as a bona fide organization for at least five years and which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a course length of at least fifty- five hundred yards, and a club house with full facilities, including locker rooms, a restaurant and a lounge, to serve only members and their guests, but no outside parties or groups of nonmembers. The cost of such referendum shall be borne by such golf club.
(1963, P.A. 606; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95- 195, S. 32, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-26. Tavern permit. A tavern permit shall allow the retail sale of beer and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol by volume and wine to be consumed on the premises of a tavern with or without the sale of food. "Tavern" means a place where beer and wine are sold under a tavern permit. The annual fee for a tavern permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4246; 1951, S. 2160d; 1969, P.A. 349, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 233, S. 3; P.A. 80-198, S. 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 25.)
History: 1969 act deleted prohibition which had forbidden women to sell liquor at bars and allowed women not engaged in sales to sit at bar where previously they had been forbidden to "sit or stand" at bars; 1972 act deleted discriminatory provision re women standing at bars; P.A. 80-198 permitted sale of wine under tavern permit; P.A. 93-139 added the definition of "tavern" and added the annual fee for a tavern permit.
Only as to beer is public sale for consumption on the premises permitted as a principal business. 121 C. 443. Cited. 133 C. 151. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 195 C. 18, 22.

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Sec. 30-27. Taverns not to be screened from street. Section 30-27 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4247; P.A. 77-112, S. 2.)

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Sec. 30-28. Railroad permit. A railroad permit may be granted to any corporation that operates a railway in this state or that operates club, parlor, dining, buffet or lounge cars upon the lines of any such railway in this state. Such permit shall allow the sale and public consumption of alcoholic liquor in any club, parlor, dining, buffet or lounge car of a passenger train operated in this state. A railroad permit shall be subject to all the privileges, obligations and penalties provided for in this chapter except that it shall be issued to a corporation instead of to a person and if it is revoked, another application may be made by the corporation for the issuance of another railroad permit at any time after the expiration of one year after such revocation. The annual fee for a railroad permit shall be four hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4248; P.A. 93-139, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the annual fee for a railroad permit.
See note to Sec. 30-14.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-28a. Airline permit. (a) An airline permit shall allow such permittee to purchase from a holder of a wholesaler permit alcoholic liquor as is permitted to be sold by a holder of a package store permit and in addition alcoholic liquor in miniatures of one and six-tenths and two and zero-tenths ounces or of forty-six and eight-tenths and ninety-three and seven-tenths milliliters.
(b) An airline permit, being granted to any airline, shall permit the sale or dispensing or consumption of alcoholic liquor to passengers only and while in actual transit on any aircraft being operated on regularly scheduled flights by such airline.
(c) The annual fee for an airline permit shall be four hundred dollars.
(P.A. 73-543, S. 3, 14; P.A. 75-259, S. 3, 8; P.A. 93-139, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 75-259 added reference to milliliter-sized miniatures in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the annual fee for an airline permit as Subsec. (c).

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Sec. 30-29. Boat permit. A boat permit shall allow the sale and public consumption of alcoholic liquor by passengers with or without meals upon any one designated boat engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire to or from any port in this state. The annual fee for a boat permit shall be four hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4249; P.A. 93-139, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for a boat permit.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 226 C. 418, 420.
Cited. 27 CA 614, 616; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 418 et seq.

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Sec. 30-30. Broker's permit. A broker's permit shall allow the holder thereof to sell warehouse receipts, certificates or other documents pertaining to alcoholic liquor to permittees within this state upon approval of the Department of Consumer Protection of such transactions. The annual fee for a broker's permit shall be one hundred sixty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4250; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 29; P.A. 95-195, S. 33, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for a broker's permit; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-31. Sale of warehouse receipts for alcoholic beverages. Any bank, trust company or financial institution owning or possessing warehouse receipts for alcoholic beverages acquired as security for a loan may sell such warehouse receipts to a permittee authorized to sell such alcoholic beverages or such warehouse receipts. Any sale or sales made under the provisions of this section shall be subject to approval by the Department of Consumer Protection.
(1949 Rev., S. 4251; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 34, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-32. Warehouse permit. A warehouse bottling permit shall allow the storage and bottling of alcoholic liquor on the premises of a bonded warehouse, but no such permit shall be granted unless the place has received the approval of the Department of Consumer Protection. A warehouse storage permit shall allow the storage of alcoholic liquor on the premises of a bonded warehouse, but no such permit shall be granted unless the place has received the approval of the department. The annual fee for a warehouse bottling permit shall be one hundred sixty dollars and for a warehouse storage permit shall be thirty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4252; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 30; P.A. 95-195, S. 35, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for each warehouse permit; P.A. 95- 195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-33. Concession permit. A concession permit shall allow the sale and consumption of beer or wine on the premises of any fair grounds, ball park, amusement park, indoor-outdoor amphitheater, outdoor amphitheater contiguous to and under the same ownership as an amusement park, public golf course or sports arena provided no sales of alcoholic liquor shall occur within one hour of the scheduled end of a performance at an indoor-outdoor amphitheater constructed to seat not less than fifteen thousand people. A concession permit shall also allow the sale and consumption of alcohol or spirits in all enclosed nonseating areas within an indoor-outdoor amphitheater. Such areas shall be enclosed by a fence or wall not less than thirty inches high and separate from each other. Such permit shall be issued in the discretion of the Department of Consumer Protection and shall be effective only in accordance with a schedule of hours and days determined by the department for each such permit within the limitation of hours and days fixed by law. As used in this section, "public golf course" means a golf course of not less than nine holes and a course length of not less than twenty-seven hundred fifty yards. The fee for a concession permit shall be as follows: For a period of one year, two hundred forty dollars; for a period of six months, one hundred sixty dollars; and for a period of one day, twenty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4253; P.A. 76-394, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 86-151, S. 1; P.A. 89-155, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-139, S. 31; P.A. 95-161, S. 8, 9; 95-195, S. 36, 83; 95-336, S. 4, 5.)
History: P.A. 76-394 included public golf courses in provisions and defined the term "public golf course" for purposes of the section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 86-151 provided that concession permits allow the sale of wine; P.A. 89-155 added amusement park and outdoor amphitheater contiguous to and under the same ownership as an amusement park to the list of eligible facilities; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fees for concession permits; P.A. 95-161 added contiguous outdoor amphitheaters to list of facilities eligible for a concession permit and prohibited sales of alcoholic liquor within one hour of the scheduled end of a function at an outdoor amphitheater, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-336 made indoor-outdoor amphitheaters eligible for concession permits and permitted the sale of alcohol and spirits at areas within indoor-outdoor amphitheaters, effective July 6, 1995.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-33a. Coliseum permit. Coliseum concession permit. Special rule re backers. (a) A coliseum permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in any portion of the coliseum, including the coliseum club, to be consumed on the premises of the coliseum except that the retail sale of alcoholic liquor shall not be permitted under this permit in the arena of the coliseum during a sporting event, concert, exhibition, trade show, entertainment presentation or similar function and in any public restaurant located on the premises. A coliseum permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in the arena of the coliseum during a convention, banquet, meeting, dance, fund-raising function or similar function provided sales of alcoholic liquor shall occur at a coliseum within one hour of the scheduled end of a function at such coliseum. The annual fee for a coliseum permit shall be two thousand dollars.
(b) A coliseum concession permit shall allow the retail sale and consumption of beer, in paper containers only, at sporting events within the arena and at concession stands within the arena or outside the arena but directly connected to the arena or in areas adjacent to the hallways for public passage around the arena. The coliseum concession permit shall allow the retail sale and consumption of beer, in paper containers only, at such concession stands only during (1) a trade show for which a ticket is required for admission; (2) an exhibition for which a ticket is required for admission or (3) a convention. No sales of beer shall occur at a coliseum concession stand within one hour of the scheduled end of a function at such coliseum. The annual fee for a coliseum concession permit shall be one thousand dollars.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, neither the permittee nor the backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit need be a proprietor if the coliseum for which such permit is being applied for is owned by a municipality or a municipal authority. The Department of Consumer Protection shall have discretionary powers to waive requirements where physical conditions make compliance an impossibility.
(d) "Coliseum" means a structure which contains an enclosed roofed arena constructed to seat not less than two thousand people, and any related facility which is a part of, adjacent to or connected therewith by enclosed passageways, which structure is used for sporting events, exhibitions, trade shows, entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances or fund-raising functions or similar functions or a structure such as a minor league baseball stadium built around an athletic field without an enclosed roof arena constructed to seat not less than five thousand people and containing at least ten thousand square feet of enclosed buildings, and any related facility which is part of, adjacent to or connected therewith by enclosed passageways, which structure is used for sporting events, exhibitions, trade shows, entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances or fund-raising functions or similar functions. "Arena" means all that portion of a coliseum containing a floor area enclosed by fixed seats. "Coliseum club" means an enclosed facility within a coliseum kept, used and maintained as a place where alcoholic liquor or food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the coliseum premises but which does not necessarily serve hot meals and need not have a kitchen or dining room but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate number of employees who shall serve only the following categories of people: (1) Persons who are in the coliseum to attend an event or function and (2) persons who are in the coliseum club to attend a private party or banquet.
(P.A. 73-533, S. 2, 9; P.A. 75-641, S. 9; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 32; P.A. 95-161, S. 4, 9; 95-195, S. 37, 83; 95-336, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 75-641 deleted reference to "subdivision (15)" of Sec. 30-1 in Subsec. (c); P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fees for a coliseum permit and a coliseum concession permit and added the definitions of "coliseum", "arena" and "coliseum club" as Subsec. (d); P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit the sale of beer at a coliseum within one hour of the scheduled end of a function, amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit the sale of beer at a coliseum concession stand within one hour of the scheduled end of a function and amended Subsec. (d) to include a minor league stadium in the definition of "coliseum", effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (c) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-336 authorized sales of alcoholic liquor within one hour of the scheduled end of a function at a coliseum where previously such sales were prohibited, effective July 6, 1995.

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Sec. 30-33b. Special sporting facility permits. (a) A special sporting facility restaurant permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location in a special sporting facility kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served and which has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room and has employed therein at all times an adequate number of employees, provided such alcoholic liquor is to be consumed within the special sporting facility. The annual fee for a special sporting facility restaurant permit shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(b) A special sporting facility employee recreational permit shall allow the retail sale of beer in an establishment located within a special sporting facility and created to provide eating, sleeping and recreational accommodations to any person employed within such special sporting facility, provided such beer is to be consumed within such special sporting facility. The annual fee for a special sporting facility employee recreational permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(c) A special sporting facility guest permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location in a special sporting facility reserved for guests approved by the holder of such permit and by the operator of such special sporting facility, provided such alcoholic liquor is to be consumed within such special sporting facility. The annual fee for a special sporting facility guest permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(d) A special sporting facility concession permit shall allow the retail sale of beer and wine at locations within a special sporting facility, provided such beer and wine is to be consumed within such special sporting facility. The annual fee for a special sporting facility concession permit shall be two hundred forty dollars.
(e) A special sporting facility bar permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location within a special sporting facility, provided such alcoholic liquor is to be consumed within such special sporting facility. The annual fee for a special sporting facility bar permit shall be three hundred dollars.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30-52, a coliseum concession permit that is issued to a municipality or a municipal authority shall allow the sale and consumption of beer and wine at jai alai frontons located within the boundaries of the municipality at such times when the municipality is a lessee or has physical control of the fronton; provided no such coliseum concession permit shall be issued or valid after December 31, 1982. The existence of another permit for the same fronton shall not bar sales under the coliseum concession permit and sales under a coliseum concession permit shall not bar the issuance or operation of any other permit on the fronton premises.
(g) Any of the special sporting facility permits established under subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by such special sporting facility to any bona fide, nonprofit organization that rents, leases or otherwise uses such facility for social gatherings and events sponsored by such organization.
(h) "Special sporting facility" means all of the land and buildings in which the principal business conducted is racing or jai alai exhibitions with pari-mutuel betting licensed by the gaming policy board.
(P.A. 74-307, S. 2; P.A. 78-344, S. 3, 4; P.A. 80-247, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 78-344 added Subsec. (f) re sale of beer and wine at jai alai frontons; P.A. 80-247 added Subsec. (g) re sale of liquor under special sporting facility permits to nonprofit organizations using a facility; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fees for special sporting facility permits and added the definition of "special sporting facility" as Subsec. (h).

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Sec. 30-33c. Special outing facility permits. (a) A special outing facility beer permit shall allow the retail sale of beer by a special outing facility to be consumed on its premises by patrons.
(b) A special outing facility liquor permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by a special outing facility to be consumed on its premises by patrons.
(c) The annual fee for a special outing facility beer permit shall be two hundred forty dollars and for a special outing facility liquor permit shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(d) "Special outing facility" means a facility designed, constructed and used for corporate and private parties, sporting events, concerts, exhibitions, trade shows, entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances, fund raising events and similar functions, located on a tract of land of not less than twenty acres containing an enclosed roofed pavilion constructed to seat not less than two hundred fifty people, where hot meals are regularly served in an adequate and sanitary dining area, such meals having been prepared in an adequate and sanitary kitchen on the premises, and employing an adequate number of employees who shall serve only persons who are at such outing facility to attend an event, function, private party or banquet.
(P.A. 93-139, S. 37.)

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Sec. 30-34. Military permit. A military permit shall allow the retail sale of beer at any camp or military installation used and controlled by the Connecticut National Guard or the state guard. The annual fee for a military permit shall be fifteen dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4254; P.A. 93-139, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for a military permit.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-35. Temporary permit for outings, picnics or social gatherings. A temporary beer permit shall allow the sale of beer and a temporary liquor permit shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor at any outing, picnic or social gathering conducted by a bona fide noncommercial organization, which organization shall be the backer of the permittee under such permit. The profits from the sale of such beer or alcoholic liquor shall be retained by the organization conducting such outing, picnic or social gathering and no portion thereof shall be paid, directly or indirectly, to any individual or other corporation. Such permit shall be issued subject to the approval of the Department of Consumer Protection and shall be effective only for the time limited by the department. The combined total of temporary beer permits and temporary liquor permits issued to an organization shall not exceed four during any one calendar year. The fee for a temporary beer permit shall be fifteen dollars per day and for a temporary liquor permit shall be twenty-five dollars per day.
(1949 Rev., S. 4255; P.A. 76-370, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 35; P.A. 95-195, S. 38, 83.)
History: P.A. 76-370 created temporary liquor permits where previously temporary permits allowed sale of beer only; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the fees for temporary permits and clarified the maximum number of temporary permits to be issued to an organization; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-25 re special club permit for picnics.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-35a. Nonprofit theater permit. (a) A nonprofit theater permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by a nonprofit theater to be consumed on its premises by patrons on any day on which a performance is given and twelve other days per year; provided the proceeds derived from such sales, except for reasonable operating costs, shall be used in furtherance of the charitable, literary and educational activities of such theater. The annual fee for a nonprofit theater permit shall be two hundred dollars.
(b) "Nonprofit theater" means an organization organized for nonprofit, charitable, literary and educational purposes to which has been issued a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which carries on a program of performing arts for the general public at a theater located on its premises.
(1967, P.A. 725, S. 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 36; P.A. 99-54.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the annual fee for a nonprofit theater permit and added the definition of "nonprofit theater" as Subsec. (b); P.A. 99-54 allowed nonprofit theater permits to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on premises on twelve additional days per year.

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Sec. 30-35b. Ninety-day provisional permit. A ninety-day provisional permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by any applicant and his backer, if any, who has made application for a liquor permit pursuant to section 30-39 and may be issued at the discretion of the Liquor Control Commission. If said applicant or his backer, if any, causes any delay in the investigation conducted by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to said section, the ninety-day provisional permit shall cease immediately. Only one such permit shall be issued to any applicant and his backer, if any, for each location of the club or place of business which is to be operated under such permit and such permit shall be nonrenewable but may be extended due to delays not caused by the applicant. The fee for such ninety-day permit shall be five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 91-353, S. 3, 7; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 60, 130; P.A. 95-161, S. 7, 9; 95-195, S. 39, 83.)
History: May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made a technical change, effective June 21, 1994; P.A. 95-161 allowed for the extension of the ninety-day provisional permit, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-36. Druggist permit. A druggist permit may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection to a drug store proprietor. No druggist permit shall be issued covering a new drug store or a new location for an old drug store until the Commission of Pharmacy is satisfied that a drug store at such location is necessary to the convenience and best interest of the public. A druggist permit (1) shall allow the use of alcoholic liquors for the compounding of prescriptions of physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and dentists and for the manufacturing of all United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary preparations and all other medicinal preparations, (2) shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in containers of not less than eight ounces or one hundred eighty-seven and one-half milliliters and not more than one quart or one liter capacity except that beer may be sold in containers of not more than forty ounces or twelve hundred milliliters capacity, to any person, and (3) shall forbid the drinking of such alcoholic liquor on the premises of any drug store. Such permittee shall keep all alcoholic liquors in compartments, which compartments shall be securely locked except during those hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted by law. The holder of a druggist permit shall not display any alcoholic liquors or containers, marked or labeled or in any other way suggesting the contents of intoxicating liquors, in the windows of the permit premises. The Commission of Pharmacy shall revoke or suspend the pharmacy license of any pharmacist upon whose premises any violation of any provision of this section occurs. The annual fee for a druggist permit shall be four hundred dollars plus the sum required by section 30-66.
(1949 Rev., S. 4257; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 21; 1967, P.A. 109, S. 8; P.A. 75-259, S. 4, 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-367, S. 4, 9; P.A. 82-332, S. 8, 13; P.A. 84- 478, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-139, S. 38; P.A. 95-195, S. 40, 83; P.A. 96-19, S. 4.)
History: 1967 act allowed compounding of dentist's prescriptions under druggist's permit; P.A. 75-259 added references to milliliter and liters as measurements of container size; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-367 eliminated provisions re druggist permit for beer only as of May 29, 1981; P.A. 82-332 eliminated requirement that applicant have certificate of fitness issued by pharmacy commission; P.A. 84-478 allowed holders of a druggist permit to sell beer in containers of not more than forty ounces or twelve hundred milliliters capacity; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the annual fee for a druggist permit; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians and dentists to include advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.
See Sec. 30-91 re hours and days of closing.
Under former statute a regulation of the commission in effect refusing to issue druggist permits was beyond its powers. 118 C. 262. Constitutionality upheld. Id. Locking store when sales not permitted not a compliance with requirement of locked compartments. 138 C. 564. Cited. 149 C. 680. Sale of alcoholic beverages under a drugstore permit differentiated from sale in a package store, hence nonconforming use of property was expanded by use as a package store. 167 C. 596. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-37. Sales on prescription. Any pharmacy licensed by the Commission of Pharmacy may fill the prescription of a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant or dentist for alcoholic liquors at any time without regard to the vote of any town prohibiting the sale of such liquors and may use alcoholic liquors for the compounding of such prescriptions and for the manufacture of all United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary preparations and all other medicinal preparations without the necessity of obtaining a permit from the Department of Consumer Protection, provided each such prescription shall include the name and address of the person for whom it is prescribed and shall be signed with his full name by the person issuing such prescription. Each such prescription shall be filled only once, and the person making a sale on such prescription shall write on the face thereof the number of such prescription and the date of the sale or delivery of such liquor and shall keep such prescription on file and available at all reasonable times for inspection. All alcoholic liquors sold by licensed pharmacies on prescriptions alone shall be kept in compartments, which compartments shall be securely locked except when such liquors are being used in the compounding of the prescriptions.
(1949 Rev., S. 4258; 1967, P.A. 109, S. 9; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 39; P.A. 95-195, S. 41, 83; P.A. 96-19, S. 5.)
History: 1967 act made provisions applicable to dentist's prescriptions; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians and dentists to include advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.
Cited. 118 C. 254; 149 C. 684. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-37a. Nonprofit public museum permit. (a) A nonprofit public museum permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by a nonprofit public museum only on land and in buildings that are subject to the care, custody and control of its board of trustees to be consumed on its premises by its patrons on any day on which such nonprofit public museum is open to visitors from the general public. Proceeds derived from such sales, except for reasonable operating costs, shall be used in furtherance of the charitable, literary and educational activities of such nonprofit public museum. Sections 30-9 to 30-13, inclusive, and 30-91, insofar as said sections refer to local regulations of sales, shall not apply to such permit. The annual fee for a nonprofit public museum permit shall be two hundred dollars.
(b) "Nonprofit public museum" means any public museum organized for nonprofit, charitable, literary and educational purposes.
(1969, P.A. 724, S. 3; P.A. 91-118, S. 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 40; P.A. 96-7, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 91-118 amended section by deleting the word "art" before the word "museum", thus permitting the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at all nonprofit public museums; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the annual fee for a nonprofit public museum permit and added the definition of a "nonprofit public museum" as Subsec. (b); P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (b) to delete the requirement that each nonprofit public museum have over one hundred thousand square feet for public display purposes.

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Sec. 30-37b. Charitable organization permit. A charitable organization permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by the drink to be consumed on the premises owned or leased by the organization. Such permit shall be issued on a daily basis subject to the hours of sale in section 30-91 and only four such permits shall be issued to the same charitable organization in any calendar year. The fee for a charitable organization permit shall be twenty-five dollars.
(1971, P.A. 254, S. 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added the fee for a charitable organization permit.

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Sec. 30-37c. Bowling establishment permits. Racquetball facility permit. (a) A bowling establishment permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a commercial bowling establishment containing ten or more lanes. A bowling establishment permit for beer shall allow the retail sale of beer to be consumed on the premises of a commercial bowling establishment containing ten or more lanes. The annual fee for a bowling establishment permit shall be two thousand dollars and for a bowling establishment permit for beer shall be three hundred fifty dollars.
(b) A racquetball facility permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a commercial racquetball facility containing five or more courts. The annual fee for a racquetball facility permit shall be two thousand dollars.
(P.A. 76-347, S. 2; P.A. 83-283, S. 2, 5; 83-434, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-139, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 83-283 added provision re racquetball facility permit; P.A. 83-434 added provision re bowling establishment permit for beer only; P.A. 93-139 divided section into Subsecs. and added the annual fees for bowling establishment permits and racquetball facility permits.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 76, 80.

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Sec. 30-37d. Nonprofit public television corporation permit. (a) A nonprofit public television corporation permit shall allow the retail sale of beer and wine at auction, provided the auction is held as part of a fund-raising event to benefit the tax-exempt activities of the nonprofit public television corporation. Each permit shall allow the sale of wine at a single auction only. A maximum of three such permits may be issued to one nonprofit public television corporation in any calendar year. The fee for a nonprofit public television corporation permit shall be twenty-five dollars for each permit.
(b) "Nonprofit public television corporation" means a television broadcasting corporation organized for nonprofit, literary and educational purposes to which has been issued a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(P.A. 83-152, S. 1; P.A. 93-139, S. 43; P.A. 96-7, S. 1, 5.)
History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the fee for a nonprofit television corporation and added Subsec. (b) defining "nonprofit public television corporation"; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the sale of beer at auction and to increase the number of permits that may be issued to three, effective April 2, 1996.

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Sec. 30-37e. Airport restaurant permit. Airport bar permit. Airport airline club permit. (a) An airport restaurant permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location in the Bradley International Airport passenger terminal complex or any location adjacent to and attached by common partition to said complex kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served and which has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room and has employed therein at all times an adequate number of employees, provided such alcoholic liquor is to be consumed on the premises. The annual fee for an airport restaurant permit shall be one thousand two hundred dollars.
(b) An airport bar permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location in the Bradley International Airport passenger terminal complex or any location adjacent to and attached by common partition to said complex, with or without the sale of food, for consumption on the premises. The annual fee for an airport bar permit shall be three hundred dollars.
(c) An airport airline club permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor at any location in the Bradley International Airport passenger terminal complex or any location adjacent to and attached by common partition to said complex, with or without the sale of food, for consumption on the premises by airline club members or their guests. Any airline or other concessionaire under lease or other agreement with the state of Connecticut may receive an airport airline club permit. The annual fee for an airport airline club permit shall be six hundred fifty dollars.
(P.A. 84-494, S. 2, 11; P.A. 87-321, S. 2, 6; P.A. 93-139, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 87-321 added Subsec. (c) which specified the privileges of holding an airport airline club permit; P.A. 93-139 added the fees for each airport permit.

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Sec. 30-37f. Airport permit. Leasing and concessions. Access requirements. Excepted from local option, discretionary disapproval. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or regulation to the contrary, (1) the state of Connecticut, as owner or lessor of premises at Bradley International Airport, shall be permitted to enter into an arrangement with any concessionaire or lessee holding a permit or permits at Bradley International Airport, and receive payments from such concessionaire or lessee, without regard to the level or percentage of gross receipts from the gross sales of alcoholic liquor by such concessionaire or lessee; (2) any person may be a permittee for more than one airport permit or class of airport permit; and (3) any area subject to a permit in Bradley International Airport that is contiguous to or within any concourse area shall not be required to provide a single point of egress or ingress or to effectively separate the bar area or any dining area from the concourse area by means of partitions, fences, or doors, provided that a permittee of such area may be required by the Department of Consumer Protection to provide a barrier to separate the back bar area from the concourse area to prevent public access to the portion of the back bar area from which liquor is dispensed, if physically practicable.
(b) Sections 30-9 to 30-13a, inclusive, section 30-23, subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 30-39, subsection (c) of section 30-39 and sections 30-44, 30-46, 30-48a and 30-91a shall not apply to any class of airport permit.
(P.A. 84-494, S. 9, 11; P.A. 87-321, S. 3, 6; P.A. 93-83, S. 2; P.A. 95-195, S. 42, 83.)
History: P.A. 87-321 amended Subsec. (b) by providing that Sec. 30-23 shall not apply to any class of airport permit; P.A. 93-83 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-37g. Nonprofit golf tournament permit. A nonprofit golf tournament permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a golf country club at which a golf tournament, sponsored by an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, is being conducted. Such permit shall be issued to any such organization for a period not to exceed eight days. Only one such permit shall be issued in any calendar year. Such permit shall allow the operation of not more than twenty- five consumer bars on the grounds of a golf country club. The fee for a nonprofit golf tournament permit shall be two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 85-380, S. 5, 12; P.A. 87-61, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-211, S. 31; P.A. 93-139, S. 45.)
History: P.A. 87-61 eliminated reference to charitable organizations and instead specified that organizations exempt from taxation under Sec. 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible for a permit; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fee for a nonprofit golf tournament permit.

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Sec. 30-37h. Nonprofit corporation permit. A nonprofit corporation permit shall allow the retail sale of wine at auction, provided the auction is held as part of a fund- raising event to benefit the tax-exempt activities of the nonprofit corporation. Each permit shall allow the sale of wine at a single auction only. A maximum of one such permit may be issued to each nonprofit corporation in any calendar year, except as provided in section 30-37d. The fee for a nonprofit corporation permit shall be twenty- five dollars.
(P.A. 88-364, S. 99, 123; P.A. 93-139, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fee for a nonprofit corporation permit.

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Sec. 30-37i. Hotel guest bar permit. (a) A hotel guest bar permit, available to a hotel permittee, shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor located in registered hotel guest rooms. The annual fee for a hotel guest bar permit shall be fifty dollars for each hotel room equipped for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor.
(b) A hotel guest bar shall: (1) Be accessible only by key, magnetic card or similar device provided by the hotel to a registered guest twenty-one years of age or older; and (2) restocked no earlier than nine o'clock a.m. and no later than one o'clock a.m.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the operation of hotel guest bars.
(93-326, S. 1; P.A. 95-195, S. 43, 83.)
History: P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (c) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-37j. Caterer liquor permit. Notice requirements. Exemptions. (a) A caterer liquor permit shall allow a person regularly engaged in the business of providing food and beverages to others for service at private gatherings or at special events to sell and serve alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption at any activity, event or function for which such person has been hired. The annual fee for a caterer liquor permit shall be three hundred fifty dollars.
(b) The holder of a caterer liquor permit shall, on a form prescribed by the Department of Consumer Protection or electronically, notify the department, in writing, of the date, location and hours of each event at which alcohol is served under such permit at least one business day in advance of such event. If the holder of a caterer liquor permit is unable to provide the written notice required under this section due to exigent circumstances, such holder may provide notice to the department by telephone of the date, location and hours of each event at which alcohol is served under such permit.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 30-48, a backer or holder of a caterer liquor permit may be a backer or holder of any other permit issued under the provisions of this chapter except a manufacturer permit issued under section 30-16 or a wholesaler permit issued under section 30-17.
(d) The holder of a caterer liquor permit and any other permit issued under the provisions of this chapter that prohibits the off-premises consumption of alcoholic liquor shall be exempt from such prohibition for the purposes of conducting such holder's catering business only.
(e) The holder of a caterer liquor permit shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 30-38, 30-52 and 30-54 and from the requirements to affix and maintain a placard, as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 30-39.
(P.A. 99-159, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-192, S. 78, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 added provisions, designated as Subsec. (e), re exemptions applicable to holder of caterer liquor permit, effective May 26, 2000.

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Sec. 30-37k. Casino permit. (a) As used in this section and subsection (a) of section 30-91: (1) "Casino" means the premises within which a gaming facility is operated with other facilities, including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bingo halls or convention centers; and (2) "gaming facility" means a room or rooms within which class III gaming, as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701, et seq., is legally conducted.
(b) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a casino.
(c) A casino permit shall allow the manufacture, storage and bottling of beer to be consumed on the premises with or without the sale of food, provided the holder of a casino permit produces at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually.
(d) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by means of a guest bar located in hotel guest rooms provided such guest bar is: (1) Accessible only by key, magnetic card or similar device provided by the hotel to a registered guest twenty-one years of age or older; and (2) restocked no earlier than nine o'clock a.m. and no later than one o'clock a.m.
(e) The annual fee for a casino permit shall be two thousand four hundred dollars plus an additional fifty dollars for each guest room containing a guest bar.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 76, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000.

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Sec. 30-38. Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities. Each permit granted under the provisions of section 30-16, 30-17, 30-20, 30-20a, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-22, 30-22a, 30-23, 30-24a, 30-26, 30-28, 30-28a, 30-29, 30-33a, 30-33b, 30-36, 30-37c or 30-37e, shall also, under the regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection, allow the storage, on the premises and at one other secure location registered with and approved by the department, of sufficient quantities of alcoholic liquor respectively allowed to be sold under such permits as may be necessary for the business conducted by the respective permittees or their backers; but no such permit shall be granted under the provisions of section 30-16 or 30-17 unless such storage facilities are provided and the place of storage receives the approval of the department as to suitability, and thereafter no place of storage shall be changed nor any new place of storage utilized without the approval of the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4256; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 3; P.A. 73-533, S. 5; 73-543, S. 6, 14; P.A. 74- 307, S. 5; P.A. 76-347, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-82, S. 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 3, 13; P.A. 84-494, S. 4, 11; P.A. 95-195, S. 44, 83.)
History: 1965 act added reference to Sec. 30-24a; 1972 act added reference to Sec. 30-20a; P.A. 73-533 added reference to Sec. 30-33a; P.A. 73-543 added reference to Sec. 30-28a; P.A. 74-307 added reference to Sec. 30-33b; P.A. 76-347 added reference to Sec. 30-37c; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-82 added reference to Sec. 30-21b; P.A. 78-303 revised name change authorized by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 82-332 amended section to allow off-premises storage and extended applicability to permits issued under Sec. 30-22a; P.A. 84-494 added reference to a permit granted under the provisions of Sec. 30-37e; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Sec. 30-38a. Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership. In all cases where two or more retail liquor permit premises are in common or cooperative ownership, or where a majority of the capital stock having voting privileges of corporations owning together two or more retail liquor permit premises is held by the same person or persons, the permittees thereof may transfer any alcoholic liquor from one such retail premise to another such retail premise, for the purpose of inventory equalization or other business convenience, except when such permittee is a delinquent retailer as said term is used in subsection (b) of section 30-48.
(1959, P.A. 237; 1961, P.A. 267; P.A. 75-239, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-55, S. 6; 93-139, S. 47.)
History: 1961 act authorized transfers where majority of voting stock of corporations owning two or more premises is held by same person or persons; P.A. 75-239 substituted "any alcoholic liquor" for "alcoholic beverages" and added exception re delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-55 made technical changes, substituting reference to delinquent retailers for reference to delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes.

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Sec. 30-39. Applications for permits, renewals. Fees. Publication, remonstrance, hearing. (a) For the purposes of this section, the "filing date" of an application means the date upon which the department, after approving the application for processing, mails or otherwise delivers to the applicant a placard containing such date.
(b) (1) Any person desiring a liquor permit or a renewal of such a permit shall make a sworn application therefor to the Department of Consumer Protection upon forms to be furnished by the department, showing the name and address of the applicant and of his backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to be operated under such permit and a financial statement setting forth all elements and details of any business transactions connected with the application. Such application shall include a detailed description of the type of live entertainment that is to be provided. A club or place of business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if the club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October 1, 1993, and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The application shall also indicate any crimes of which the applicant or his backer may have been convicted. Applicants shall submit documents sufficient to establish that state and local building, fire and zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply to any class of airport permit. The State Fire Marshal or his certified designee shall be responsible for approving compliance with the State Fire Code at Bradley International Airport. Any person desiring a permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a copy of his license from the Division of Special Revenue or the Gaming Policy Board with such application. The department may, at its discretion, conduct an investigation to determine whether a permit shall be issued to an applicant.
(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable application fee, which fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in this chapter for the permit sought. An application fee shall not be charged for an application to renew a permit. The application fee shall be in the amount of ten dollars for the filing of each application for a permit by a charitable organization, including a nonprofit public television corporation, a nonprofit golf tournament permit, a temporary permit or a special club permit; and for all other permits in the amount of one hundred dollars for the filing of an initial application. Any permit issued shall be valid only for the purposes and activities described in the application.
(3) The applicant, immediately after filing an application, shall give notice thereof, with the name and residence of the permittee, the type of permit applied for and the location of the place of business for which such permit is to be issued and the type of live entertainment to be provided, all in a form prescribed by the department, by publishing the same in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the place of business to be operated under such permit is to be located, at least once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication to be not more than seven days after the filing date of the application and the last publication not more than fourteen days after the filing date of the application. The applicant shall affix, and maintain in a legible condition upon the outer door of the building wherein such place of business is to be located and clearly visible from the public highway, the placard provided by the department, not later than the day following the receipt of the placard by the applicant. If such outer door of such premises is so far from the public highway that such placard is not clearly visible as provided, the department shall direct a suitable method to notify the public of such application. When an application is filed for any type of permit for a building that has not been constructed, such applicant shall erect and maintain in a legible condition a sign not less than six feet by four feet upon the site where such place of business is to be located, instead of such placard upon the outer door of the building. The sign shall set forth the type of permit applied for and the name of the proposed permittee, shall be clearly visible from the public highway and shall be so erected not later than the day following the receipt of the placard. Such applicant shall make a return to the department, under oath, of compliance with the foregoing requirements, in such form as the department may determine, but the department may require any additional proof of such compliance. Upon receipt of evidence of such compliance, the department may hold a hearing as to the suitability of the proposed location. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to applications for airline permits, charitable organization permits, temporary permits, special club permits, concession permits, military permits, railroad permits, boat permits, warehouse permits, brokers' permits, out-of-state shippers' permits for alcoholic liquor and out-of-state shippers' permits for beer, coliseum permits, coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant permits, special sporting facility employee recreational permits, special sporting facility guest permits, special sporting facility concession permits, special sporting facility bar permits, nonprofit golf tournament permits, nonprofit public television permits and renewals.
(4) In any case in which a permit has been issued to a partnership, if one or more of the partners dies or retires, the remaining partner or partners need not file a new application for the unexpired portion of the current permit, and no additional fee for such unexpired portion shall be required. Notice of any such change shall be given to the department and the permit shall be endorsed to show correct ownership. When any partnership changes by reason of the addition of one or more persons, a new application with new fees shall be required.
(c) Any ten residents of the town within which is intended to be operated the business for which the permit or renewal thereof has been applied for, or, in the case of a manufacturer's or a wholesaler's permit, any ten residents of the state, may file with the department, within three weeks from the filing date of the application for an initial permit, and in the case of renewal of an existing permit, at least twenty-one days before the renewal date of such permit, a remonstrance containing any objection to the suitability of such applicant or proposed place of business. Upon the filing of such remonstrance, the department, upon written application, shall hold a hearing and shall give such notice as it deems reasonable of the time and place at least five days before such hearing is had. The remonstrants shall designate one or more agents for service, who shall serve as the recipient or recipients of all notices issued by the department. The decision of the department on such application shall be final with respect to the remonstrance.
(d) No new permit shall be issued until the foregoing provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section have been complied with. Six months' or seasonal permits may be renewed, provided the renewal application and fee shall be filed at least twenty-one days before the reopening of the business, there is no change in the permittee, ownership or type of permit, and the permittee or backer did not receive a rebate of the permit fee with respect to the permit issued for the previous year.
(e) The department may renew a permit that has expired if the applicant pays to the department a nonrefundable late fee pursuant to subsection (c) of section 21a-4, which fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in this chapter for the permit applied for. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to one-day permits, to any permit which is the subject of administrative or court proceedings, or where otherwise provided by law.
(1949 Rev., S. 4259; 1949, 1951, 1955, S. 2161d; 1961, P.A. 302; 1971, P.A. 206; P.A. 73-7; 73-543, S. 7, 14; 73-584; P.A. 74-10, S. 1, 2; 74-307, S. 6; P.A. 75-641, S. 10; 75-642, S. 3; P.A. 76-370, S. 3; P.A. 77-114, S. 1; 77-412; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-404, S. 40, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 342, 343, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 4, 13; P.A. 83-152, S. 4; 83-514; P.A. 84-494, S. 5, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 7, 12; P.A. 93-56; 93-83, S. 1; 93-139, S. 48; P.A. 95-29, S. 1−3; 95-195, S. 45, 83; P.A. 99-194, S. 24.)
History: 1961 act provided procedure where permit is requested for building not yet constructed and excepted special club permits from notice requirement; 1971 act made hearings mandatory rather than discretionary; P.A. 73-7 required that sign denoting application for permit be erected not later than the day following receipt of placard rather than not later than the day following the date of application, deleted requirement that hearing be held in the town where the business is to be located and allowed renewal of six months' or seasonal permits if permittee or backer did not receive a fee rebate for the permit issued for the previous year; P.A. 73-543 included airline permits in exception to provision requiring publication of notice of application; P.A. 73-584 required that applicant pay nonrefundable application fee for initial applications and applications to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee; P.A. 74-10 divided section into Subsecs. and exempted charitable organization permits and temporary permits from provision requiring payment of nonrefundable application fee; P.A. 74-307 divided Subsec. (a) into Subdivs. (1) and (2), required that person seeking permits under Sec. 30-33b file a copy of his license with the application, moved exemptions from notice requirements to end of Subsec. (a) and added exemptions for coliseum permits, coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant, employee recreational, guest, concession and bar permits; P.A. 75-641 added Subdiv. (3) in Subsec. (a) re fees when permit is issued to a partnership; P.A. 75-642 required that initial and renewal permits for on-premise consumption require that applicant supply names of bartender employees in Subsec. (a)(1) and made failure to supply names a ground for revocation of permit in Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-370 removed exception for charitable organization or temporary permit application in provision requiring payment of nonrefundable fees under Subsec. (a)(1) and imposed a ten-dollar fee for such permits; P.A. 77-114 deleted provision requiring payment of thirty-dollar fee for application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee in Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 77-412 made ten-dollar application fee in Subsec. (a)(1) applicable to special club permits; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 allowed alternative filing of copy of license issued by division of special revenue within the department of business regulation (formerly commission on special revenue) or gaming policy board with application for permit under Sec. 30-33b in Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department and placed division of special revenue within the department of revenue services for administrative purposes following the abolition of business regulation department; P.A. 82-332 eliminated citizenship requirement and requirement that bartender's names be furnished to department, added requirement that statements be submitted relating to finances, convictions of crimes and compliance with local ordinances and provided that investigations are to be made at the discretion of the department; P.A. 83-152 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a) by requiring that nonprofit public television corporations pay a ten-dollar fee for an application; P.A. 83-514 added Subsec. (d) which allows the department to review a permit which has expired upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of one hundred dollars; P.A. 84-494 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a) by exempting any class of airport permit from the provisions of local building and zoning requirements concerning hours and days of sale and by requiring the state fire marshal to approve compliance with the state fire code at Bradley International Airport; P.A. 85-380 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a) by adding nonprofit golf tournament permits to the number of charitable permits with a fee of ten dollars; P.A. 93-56 required applicants for liquor permits, after October 1, 1993, to submit a detailed description of any live entertainment to be provided; P.A. 93-83 made technical changes, inserted new Subsec. (a) defining "filing date", relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and in Subsec. (c) specified the time period for residents to file a remonstrance in cases involving initial permits and permit renewals; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-29 amended Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (b) to include nonprofit golf tournament and nonprofit public television permits in the list of exempted permits and amended Subsec. (c) to require remonstrants to designate agents for service, effective May 16, 1995; P.A. 95-195 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (b) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-194 amended Subsec. (e) to change amount of nonrefundable late fee from one hundred dollars to the fee pursuant to Sec. 21a-4(c), that is the greater of ten per cent of renewal fee or ten dollars.
The provision concerning finality of decision as to remonstrants is not binding on town which was not a remonstrant. 132 C. 212. Such provision refers only to matters of fact; it does not mean the commission's decision is not open to attack by proper legal procedure. 133 C. 156. Cited. 135 C. 397. Cited. 150 C. 425. There is no direct appeal from action of commission in granting, suspending or revoking permits except by applicants and permittees but, where commission grants a permit in violation of express provision of law, its action may be attacked by a proper legal procedure. 153 C. 50. Where defendant had failed to specify in notices initially published and erected by him the type of permit applied for, plaintiffs were not entitled to injunction against him since they failed to prove they were substantially and irreparably injured by this violation or the granting of the permit. Id., 52. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80. Cited. 191 C. 528, 540. Cited. 241 C. 180.
Cited. 4 CA 252, 257. Cited. 42 CA 272; judgment reversed, see 241 C. 180 et seq.
Cited. 13 CS 206; 14 CS 155. Commission cannot stifle competition unless public welfare endangered. 13 CS 221. See note to section 30-14. Court held date of filing as date application is approved for processing, not date received. 25 CS 195.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (1): Requirement that permittee seeking renewal make sworn application is an act to be performed personally. 175 C. 279, 280, 287.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 175 C. 409, 411. Subdiv. (1) cited. 241 C. 180. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id.
Subdiv. (1) cited. 42 CA 272; judgment reversed, see 241 C. 180 et seq.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 6 CA 278, 280, 282.

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Sec. 30-39a. Bartender certificate. When required. Application; fee; refusal; exemption. Section 30-39a is repealed.
(P.A. 75-642, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 12, 13.)

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Sec. 30-40. Second application. (a) No person, permittee or backer whose application for a permit has been denied on the ground that he is an unsuitable person may make another application for a permit within one year after such denial.
(b) No person, permittee or backer whose permit has been revoked may make an application for a permit under this chapter within one year after such revocation.
(1949 Rev., S. 4267; P.A. 93-139, S. 49; P.A. 97-175, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-139 added Subsec. (b) and made technical changes; P.A. 97-175 added permittee or backer in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made technical changes.
Cited. 150 C. 73; 425. Cited. 184 C. 75, 80.

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Secs. 30-41 and 30-42. Permit fees. Rebate of permit fees. Sections 30-41 and 30-42 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4260, 4279; 1951, 1953, S. 2153d, 2162d; November, 1955, S. N197; March, 1958, P.A. 21, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 55; 1961, P.A. 567, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 179, S. 1; 553, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 365, S. 3; 725, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 724, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 254, S. 4; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 2; P.A. 73-104, S. 1, 2; 73-400; 73-533, S. 4; 73-543, S. 4, 14; P.A. 74- 307, S. 7; 74-338, S. 33, 94; P.A. 75-598, S. 2; 75-641, S. 11; P.A. 76-347, S. 4; 76-370, S. 2; 76-394, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77- 614, S. 165, 587, 614; P.A. 78-82, S. 4; 78-202, S. 4, 5; 78-279, S. 5, 6; 78-294, S. 4, 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-119, S. 2, 3; 81-184; 81-287, S. 4; 81-367, S. 5, 9; 81-472, S. 108, 159; P.A. 82-299, S. 4, 6; P.A. 83-152, S. 5; 83-283, S. 3, 5; 83-434, S. 3, 4; P.A. 84-494, S. 6, 7, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 2, 8, 12; P.A. 87-321, S. 4, 6; P.A. 88-364, S. 100, 123; P.A. 89-181, S. 4, 6; P.A. 91-118, S. 3; 91-353, S. 5, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 28, 30; P.A. 93-139, S. 73.)

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Sec. 30-42a. Permit fee rebate. Whenever, by reason of any catastrophe, act of God or serious natural disaster, on or after January 1, 1993, a business for which a permit has been issued by the Department of Consumer Protection is discontinued, the Department of Consumer Protection shall upon written application of the permittee or his backer, rebate the unused amount of the permit fee on a daily basis during the period of such discontinuance or for the period until the permit premises are relocated or for the remainder of the permit period. The Comptroller is authorized to draw his order upon the Treasurer for the payment of such sums, less any taxes due the state from the permittee on the date of such payment and the sum of twenty dollars which also shall be deducted to defray expenses incurred in processing the rebate. Any rebate of one hundred dollars or less shall be retained by the state. The amount or amounts of taxes so withheld shall be credited to the respective tax revenue accounts on the records of the State Comptroller.
(P.A. 95-115, S. 3; 95-195, S. 11, 83.)
History: Pursuant to the provisions of P.A. 95-195 the Revisors editorially substituted "Department of Consumer Protection" for "Department of Liquor Control", effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-43. Granting and denial of permits. Notice of hearing. Permits may be granted without hearing by the Department of Consumer Protection in its discretion; but, in any case of the denial of or refusal to renew a permit, the department shall, in such manner as it directs, notify the applicant or permittee of its proposed action and set a day and place for a hearing thereon, giving the applicant or permittee reasonable notice in advance thereof. If, at or after such hearing, the department denies or refuses to renew the permit, as the case may be, notice of such decision shall forthwith be given to such applicant or permittee in such manner as the department directs.
(1949 Rev., S. 4261; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 46, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-44. Mandatory refusal of permit where sale prohibited. The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor (1) in no-permit towns and (2) where prohibited by the zoning ordinance of any city or town.
(1949 Rev., S. 4262; 1959, P.A. 622, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 599; P.A. 73-44; P.A. 76-347, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 47, 83.)
History: 1959 act added Subdiv. (3); 1971 act deleted provision in Subdiv. (3) which had prohibited issuing permit to establishment which has a direct entrance into a commercial bowling alley establishment in all cases and added provision allowing issuance of restaurant permit to bowling alley or adjoining premises if permit premises are in a separate room and if there is a separate door to the alley which remains closed except to permit entrance and egress; P.A. 73-44 allowed issuance of cafe permit in Subdiv. (3) under the conditions specified for issuance of restaurant permits by 1971 act; P.A. 76-347 deleted Subdiv. (3) re permits in bowling establishments and adjoining premises and deleted provision prohibiting consumption of alcoholic liquor in any bowling alley establishment; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-52 re requirement that permit specify location and re removal to another location.
Cited. 131 C. 262; 133 C. 236. The word "tavern" as used in ordinance did not necessarily have the same meaning as it does in the liquor control act. 133 C. 152. Legislature has not delegated to towns authority to limit, in the guise of a zoning ordinance, the number of liquor outlets in the town as a whole. 134 C. 288. One thousand foot limitation in a zoning ordinance is not invalid as an invasion of powers of commission. 135 C. 276. Cited. 136 C. 289; 140 C. 566. Provides for mandatory refusal of permits by the liquor control commission. 142 C. 569. Appeal re issuance of liquor permit for restaurant adjacent to bowling alley dismissed as moot with enactment of 1959 act. 146 C. 740. Cited. 149 C. 291; 152 C. 547; 153 C. 51. Cited. 165 C. 185. Cited. 177 C. 610, 614. Trial court had incorrectly equated issuance of a "night club liquor permit", allowing sale of alcohol an extra hour where premises already operating under valid liquor permit, with issuance of license to use premises as a "night club". 191 C. 528, 531, 534, 544.
The duty of the commission is nondelegable and it cannot substitute the legal opinion of a town or city clerk for its own findings. 15 CS 200. Constitutionality. 16 CS 298. Commission cannot issue a removal permit which violates local zoning ordinances. Id., 355.
Subsec. (2):
Cited. 148 C. 721; 149 C. 680. Prohibits issuance of druggist liquor permit where prohibited by local zoning ordinances. 160 C. 120, 121. Cited. 164 C. 175.

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Sec. 30-45. Mandatory refusal of permits to certain persons. Exceptions. The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal, judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of any police force, (2) any first selectman holding office and acting as a chief of police in the town within which the permit premises are to be located, (3) a minor, and (4) any constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace officer by town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 54-1f, any constable who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, who performs criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 54-1f, or any special constable appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not apply to out-of-state shippers', boat and airline permits. As used in this section, "minor" means a minor as defined in section 1-1d or as defined in section 30-1, whichever age is older.
(1949 Rev., S. 4264; 1953, S. 2163d; 1961, P.A. 15, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 403, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 270; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 82; P.A. 73-543, S. 8, 14; P.A. 75-266, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-137; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 87-242; P.A. 93-139, S. 50; P.A. 95-115, S. 2; 95-195, S. 48, 83; P.A. 00-99, S. 79, 154.)
History: 1961 act removed "grand juror" from Subdiv. (2); 1965 act deleted prohibition against issuing permits to justices of the peace in Subdiv. (2); 1971 act clarified prohibition with regard to selectmen and placed provision re selectmen in separate subdivision; 1972 act prohibited issuance of permit to "any person who has not attained the age of eighteen and been admitted as an elector of the state"; P.A. 73-543 exempted airline permits from provisions of section; P.A. 75- 266 deleted prohibitions against issuing permit to a person convicted of a felony unless his right of franchise has been restored and against issuing permit to nonelector, person who is not eighteen and deleted provisions re permittees who change town of residence; P.A. 77-137 prohibited issuing permit to any person "not of legal drinking age" and defined the term; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 87-242 required the department of liquor control to refuse permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor to a first selectman who acts as a chief of police in the town within which the permit premises are to be located; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-115 added Subdiv. (4) which requires the refusal of permits to certain constables, replacing provision which had applied to all constables (Revisor's note: The phrase "any constable who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, that performs criminal law enforcement duties" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "any constable who is certified under the provisions of section 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, who performs criminal law enforcement duties"); P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal and judicial marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
That applicant might be improperly influenced by parents held ground of refusal under former statute. 121 C. 707. A person suitable per se might be unsuitable if subject to domination of one who is himself "unsuitable." 122 C. 446; 142 C. 569. Under former statute failure to make frank disclosure plus prior convictions adequate grounds for refusal. 122 C. 528. Cited. 123 C. 35; 131 C. 698. Requirement that person must be an elector violates no constitutional right. 129 C. 619. A person convicted of a felony is not an elector unless his elective franchise is restored and only an elector may obtain a liquor permit. Provides for mandatory refusal of permits by the liquor control commission. 142 C. 569.
Provision in former statute requiring person receiving permit to be a citizen was held to be in direct conflict with certain U. S. treaties. 4 CS 343. A violation of this section must be affirmatively established by the commission. Id., 350. Provision in former statute requiring delegation of authority and control of business by backer to permittee discussed. 10 CS 284. Person convicted two years before on charge of selling beer to minors declared suitable person for beer permit. Id., 476. Cited. 12 CS 429.

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Sec. 30-46. Discretionary suspension, revocation or refusal of permit; location or character of premises; other grounds. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, except as to a store engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, in its discretion, suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or renew a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor if it has reasonable cause to believe: (1) That the proximity of the permit premises will have a detrimental effect upon any church, public or parochial school, convent, charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds, hospital or veterans' home or any camp, barracks or flying field of the armed forces; (2) that such location is in such proximity to a no-permit town that it is apparent that the applicant is seeking to obtain the patronage of such town; (3) that the number of permit premises in the locality is such that the granting of a permit is detrimental to the public interest, and, in reaching a conclusion in this respect, the department may consider the character of, the population of, the number of like permits and number of all permits existent in, the particular town and the immediate neighborhood concerned, the effect which a new permit may have on such town or neighborhood or on like permits existent in such town or neighborhood; (4) that the place has been conducted as a lewd or disorderly establishment; (5) that the backer does not have a right to occupy the permit premises; (6) that drive-up sales of alcoholic liquor are being made at the permit premises; or (7) that there is any other reason as provided by state or federal law or regulation which warrants such refusal.
(b) (1) The existence of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit shall not be a factor to be taken into consideration under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section. (2) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the granting of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit. (3) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the granting of any special sporting facility permit provided for in section 30-33b.
(c) Alcoholic liquor may be sold at retail for consumption within a special sporting facility only under the permits provided for in section 30-33b. The number of permits of any class, the location where alcoholic liquor is to be sold under any such permit, the number of locations to be operated under a special sporting facility concession permit, and the areas within such facility where alcoholic liquor may be consumed shall be determined by the Department of Consumer Protection in its discretion.
(1949 Rev., S. 4263; P.A. 73-533, S. 11; P.A. 74-307, S. 3, 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 49, 83; P.A. 97-175, S. 5; P.A. 98-236, S.3.)
History: P.A. 73-533 added Subsecs. (6) and (7), codified as Subsec. (b), re applicability of provisions with regard to coliseum and coliseum concession permits; P.A. 74-307 added new Subsec. (c) re sales of alcoholic liquor in special sporting facilities; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-175 amended Subsec. (a) by adding suspension, revocation or refusal to renew a permit in the department's discretion, adding new Subdiv. (5) re right to occupy permit premises, renumbering former Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (6) and making a technical change, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Subdiv. (6) of Subsec. (a); P.A. 98-236 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (6) re drive-up sales and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7).
This section constitutional. 133 C. 556. Unsuitability of place not restricted to plot or structure. Id., 562. In determining number of outlets, commission may draw the line somewhere; and if it does so on sufficient evidence, its action not arbitrary or illegal. Id., 562; 134 C. 144. Cited. 134 C. 292. The fact that commission had previously found premises suitable for a permit did not prevent it from later finding them unsuitable. 135 C. 713. Permit does not attach as a right to any particular location; it is purely personal privilege. 137 C. 20. Provides for discretionary refusal of permits by the liquor control commission. 142 C. 569. Permit refused where venture found probably not profitable. 144 C. 550. In an action for an injunction restraining the defendant from using certain premises for the sale of liquor because of its proximity to a prior liquor outlet, the validity of the permit of such prior liquor outlet cannot be collaterally attacked. 148 C. 412. Denial of permit in area where allowable and where there were no other outlets within two miles held an abuse of discretion. 151 C. 362. Barini case, 146 C. 416, distinguished. Id. Determination of factual matters and a liberal discretion in determining the suitability of the location of proposed liquor-permit premises, powers vested in liquor control commission. 164 C. 537, 538.
Cited. 41 CA 83, 89.
Cited. 5 CS 207. Where the commission reasoned that the "granting of another permit in this locale would be detrimental to the public interest," it was held to be an abuse of discretion. 14 CS 155. If club's or association's charter prohibited intoxicating liquor, commission cannot grant permit. 15 CS 69. Cited. 16 CS 301.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (3): Section rests liberal discretion in commission to determine suitability of location of proposed liquor-permit premises. 175 C. 295, 297. Court cannot substitute its discretion for that of the commission. Id., 409−412.
Subdiv. (3) cited. 41 CA 83, 84, 86, 87, 89.

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Sec. 30-46a. Permit for restaurant within a coliseum. The issuance of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both, shall not prohibit the issuance of a restaurant permit permitted under this chapter for a restaurant within a coliseum.
(P.A. 73-533, S. 10.)

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Sec. 30-47. Discretionary suspension, revocation or refusal of permits; disqualification of applicant or permittee. The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or renew a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor if it has reasonable cause to believe: (1) That the applicant or permittee appears to be financially irresponsible or neglects to provide for his family, or neglects or is unable to pay his just debts; (2) that the applicant or permittee has been provided with funds by any wholesaler or manufacturer or has any forbidden connection with any other class of permittee as provided in this chapter; (3) that the applicant or permittee is in the habit of using alcoholic beverages to excess; (4) that the applicant or permittee has wilfully made any false statement to the department in a material matter; (5) that the applicant or permittee has been convicted of violating any of the liquor laws of this or any other state or the liquor laws of the United States or has been convicted of a felony as such term is defined in section 53a-25 or has such a criminal record that the department reasonably believes he is not a suitable person to hold a permit, provided no refusal shall be rendered under this subdivision except in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-80 and 46a-81; (6) that the applicant or permittee has not been delegated full authority and control of the permit premises and of the conduct of all business on such premises; or (7) that the applicant or permittee has violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter. Any backer shall be subject to the same disqualifications as provided in this section in the case of an applicant for a permit or a permittee.
(1949 Rev., S. 4265; 1971, P.A. 135; P.A. 75-266, S. 1, 3; 75-641, S. 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-472, S. 105, 183; P.A. 86-151, S. 2; P.A. 95-195, S. 50, 83; P.A. 97-175, S. 6.)
History: 1971 act deleted provision which had allowed commission to refuse permit to female applicant "if the duties of a permittee may interfere with the care of her family"; P.A. 75-266 allowed commission to refuse permit to a person convicted of a felony in Subdiv. (5) and specified that any refusal under that Subdiv. must be rendered in accordance with Secs. 4-61o to 4-61r; P.A. 75-641 deleted reference to Subdiv. (13) of Sec. 30-1; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 82-472 substituted reference to Secs. 46a-80 and 46a-81 for reference to Secs. 4-61o to 4-61r; P.A. 86-151 authorized the department of liquor control to disqualify any backer, not just those backers who are persons as defined in Sec. 30-1; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-175 added suspension, revocation or refusal to grant or renew a permit, made provisions applicable to permittees, added new Subdiv. (7) re violation of chapter or regulation, and made technical changes.
Provides for discretionary refusal of permits by the liquor control commission. A person may be rendered unsuitable to receive a wholesaler liquor permit if, in operating under it, he would be completely subject to the domination of another who is an unsuitable person. 142 C. 569. See also note to section 30-45. Cited. 148 C. 649, 652; 150 C. 425; 156 C. 291, 301. Cited. 176 C. 428, 430.
Cited. 16 CS 301. See note to section 30-14.

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Sec. 30-48. Limitations of permits; exceptions. Loans. Period of credit. Resolution of credit disputes. (a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or permittee of any other permit class except in the case of any class of airport, railroad, airline and boat permits, and except that: (1) A backer of a hotel or restaurant permit may be a backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub, a restaurant permit or a cafe permit may be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes; (3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a bowling establishment permit; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both, when such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of a hotel permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both; (6) a backer of a coliseum permit may be a backer of a coliseum concession permit; (7) a backer of a coliseum concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit; (8) a backer of a grocery store beer permit may be a backer of a package store permit if such was the case on or before May 1, 1996; (9) a backer of a university permit may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit; (10) subject to the discretion of the department, a backer of a permit provided for in section 30-33b, may be a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b; (11) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit; (12) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a special outing facility permit; and (13) a backer of a concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both. Any person may be a permittee of more than one permit. A person may be a permittee under a permit provided for in section 30-33b and a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b. The operator of a racing or jai alai exhibition with pari-mutuel betting licensed by the Gaming Policy Board may be a backer of any permit provided for in section 30-33b. No holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub and no spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits or cafe permits.
(b) No permittee or backer thereof and no employee or agent of such permittee or backer shall borrow money or receive credit in any form for a period in excess of thirty days, directly or indirectly, from any manufacturer permittee, or backer thereof, or from any wholesaler permittee, or backer thereof, of alcoholic liquor or from any member of the family of such manufacturer permittee or backer thereof or from any stockholder in a corporation manufacturing or wholesaling such liquor, and no manufacturer permittee or backer thereof or wholesaler permittee or backer thereof or member of the family of either of such permittees or of any such backer, and no stockholder of a corporation manufacturing or wholesaling such liquor shall lend money or otherwise extend credit, directly or indirectly, to any such permittee or backer thereof or to the employee or agent of any such permittee or backer. A wholesaler permittee or backer, or a manufacturer permittee or backer, that has not received payment in full from a retailer permittee or backer within thirty days after the date such credit was extended to such retailer or backer or to an employee or agent of any such retailer or backer, shall give a written notice of obligation to such retailer within the five days following the expiration of the thirty-day period of credit. The notice of obligation shall state: The amount due; the date credit was extended; the date the thirty-day period ended, and that the retailer is in violation of this section. A retailer who disputes the accuracy of the "notice of obligation" shall, within the ten days following the expiration of the thirty-day period of credit, give a written response to notice of obligation to the department and give a copy to the wholesaler or manufacturer who sent the notice. The response shall state the retailer's basis for dispute and the amount, if any, admitted to be owed for more than thirty days; the copy forwarded to the wholesaler or manufacturer shall be accompanied by the amount admitted to be due, if any, and such payment shall be made and received without prejudice to the rights of either party in any civil action. Upon receipt of the retailer's response, the chairman of the commission or his designee shall conduct an informal hearing with the parties being given equal opportunity to appear and be heard. If the chairman or his designee determines that the notice of obligation is accurate, the department shall forthwith issue an order directing the wholesaler or manufacturer to promptly give all manufacturers and wholesalers engaged in the business of selling alcoholic liquor to retailers in this state, a "notice of delinquency". The notice of delinquency shall identify the delinquent retailer, and state the amount due and the date of the expiration of the thirty-day credit period. No wholesaler or manufacturer receiving a notice of delinquency shall extend credit by the sale of alcoholic liquor or otherwise to such delinquent retailer until after the manufacturer or wholesaler has received a "notice of satisfaction" from the sender of the notice of delinquency. If the chairman or his designee determines that the notice of obligation is inaccurate, the department shall forthwith issue an order prohibiting a notice of delinquency. The party for whom the determination by the chairman or his designee was adverse, shall promptly pay to the department a part of the cost of the proceedings as determined by the chairman or his designee, which shall not be less than fifty dollars. The department may suspend or revoke the permit of any permittee who, in bad faith, gives an incorrect notice of obligation, an incorrect response to notice of obligation, or an unauthorized notice of delinquency. If the department does not receive a response to the notice of obligation within such ten-day period, the delinquency shall be deemed to be admitted and the wholesaler or manufacturer who sent the notice of obligation shall, within the three days following the expiration of such ten-day period, give a notice of delinquency to the department and to all wholesalers and manufacturers engaged in the business of selling alcoholic liquor to retailers in this state. A notice of delinquency identifying a retailer who does not file a response within such ten-day period shall have the same effect as a notice of delinquency given by order of the chairman or his designee. A wholesaler permittee or manufacturer permittee that has given a notice of delinquency and that receives full payment for the credit extended, shall, within three days after the date of full payment, give a notice of satisfaction to the department and to all wholesalers and manufacturers to whom a notice of delinquency was sent. The prohibition against extension of credit to such retailer shall be void upon such full payment. The department may revoke or suspend any permit for a violation of this section. An appeal from an order of revocation or suspension issued in accordance with this section may be taken in accordance with section 30-60.
(c) If there is a proposed change or change in ownership of a retail permit premises, no application for a permit shall be approved until the applicant files with the department: (1) An affidavit executed by the predecessor permittee or backer listing all unpaid obligations of the predecessor for the purchase of alcoholic liquor at such permit premises and (2) an affidavit executed by the applicant stating that all such listed obligations have been paid, unless, after hearing, the department finds that such predecessor abandoned the premises prior to the filing of the application and finds that such predecessor did not receive any consideration, direct or indirect, for his abandonment.
(d) A permittee may file a designation of an authorized agent with the department to issue or receive all notices or documents provided for in this section. The permittee shall be responsible for the issuance or receipt of such notices or documents by the agent.
(e) The period of credit permitted under this section shall be calculated as the time elapsing between the date of receipt of the alcoholic liquors by the purchaser and the date of full legal discharge of the purchaser through the payment of cash or its equivalent from all indebtedness arising from the transaction except that, if the last day for payment falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the last day for payment shall then be the next business day.
(1949, Rev., S. 4266; 1969, P.A. 150, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 143; P.A. 73-533, S. 6; 73-543, S. 9, 14; P.A. 74-307, S. 9; P.A. 75-598, S. 4; 75-641, S. 13; P.A. 77-132, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-404, S. 41, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-32, S. 1, 2; 82-332, S. 5, 13; P.A. 84-494, S. 8, 11; P.A. 85-380, S. 3, 12; P.A 93-139, S. 51; P.A. 95-161, S. 5; 95-195, S. 51, 83; P.A. 96-7, S. 3, 5; 96-220, S. 5, 7; P.A. 97-66; P.A. 98-164, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act permitted backer of hotel or restaurant permit to be a backer "in both such classes"; 1972 act permitted backer of restaurant or cafe permit to be backer of both such classes; P.A. 73-533 added provisions re backers of coliseum concession permits; P.A. 73-543 allowed backer or permittee of airline permit to be backer or permittee in other classes; P.A. 74-307 added provisions re backers of special sporting facility permits, allowed permittees to have more than one permit where commission determines that location of permits will allow for sufficient supervision, etc. and allowed operators of racing or jai alai exhibitions to back permits; P.A. 75-598 allowed backer or permittee of night club permit to be backer or permittee in other classes; P.A. 75-641 required that appeals be taken in accordance with Sec. 30-60 rather than Sec. 30-55; P.A. 77-132 allowed backer of university permit to be backer of nonprofit theater permit; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78- 303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with gaming policy board in provision re licensing of racing or jai alai exhibition; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 82-32 permitted a person who is a holder or backer of a restaurant permit to be a holder or backer of a bowling establishment permit; P.A. 82-332 divided section into Subsecs., eliminated provision in Subsec. (a) concerning supervision and responsibility by permittees, established dispute resolution process for thirty day credit violations and made suspension of license for violation optional rather than mandatory; P.A. 84-494 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing backers or permittees of one class of permit to be a backer or permittee of any class of airport permit; P.A. 85-380 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating reference to night club permits; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the holder or backer of a restaurant permit to be a holder or backer of a special outing facility permit; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to permit a backer of a nonprofit theater permit to be a holder or backer of a hotel permit, effective April 2, 1996; P.A. 96-220 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the backer of a grocery store beer permit to be a backer of a package store permit if such was the case on or before May 1, 1996, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 97-66 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize a holder or backer of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub, restaurant permit or cafe permit to be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes, to provide that no holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub and no spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits or cafe permits, and to make technical changes; P.A. 98-164 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (13) authorizing backers of concession permits to be backers of coliseum permits and coliseum concession permits.
Statute aimed at "tied house." 128 C. 162; 132 C. 152. Revocation mandatory in case of violation. 128 C. 163. Designed to place definite restrictions upon nonpermittees as well as permittees and, read together with Sec. 30-113, provides a penalty against stockholder in brewing company. Id., 164. Not so indefinite or discriminatory as to violate due process. Id., 165. Includes extension of credit by notes which are to run after permits are granted. Id., 168. Backer could not be held as a matter of law to have such control of corporation as to justify disregarding corporate entities. 132 C. 155. Refusal based on suspicion that owner of another class would have an interest. Id., 426. Holder of out-of-state shipper's permit for beer only properly denied wholesaler beer permit. 134 C. 556. This is a constitutional exercise of the police power and not discrimination between residents and nonresidents. 138 C. 669. Cited. 148 C. 652; 156 C. 291, 301. Cited. 175 C. 279, 282. Cited. 226 C. 418, 424.
Denial of wholesaler permit because members of applicant's family who were partners, backers or permittees would have an interest in the permit was overruled. 13 CS 248.

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Sec. 30-48a. Limitation on interest in retail permits. (a) No person, and no backer as defined in section 30-1, shall, except as hereinafter provided, acquire an interest in more than two alcoholic beverage retail permits, but nothing herein shall (1) require any such person who had, on June 8, 1981, such interest in more than two such permits to surrender, dispose of or release his interest in any such permit or permits nor shall it affect his right to continue to hold, use and renew such permits or (2) prohibit any such person who had, on June 8, 1981, such interest in more than two such permits from transferring his interest in such permits by inter vivos or testamentary disposition, including living trusts, to his spouse or child, or such spouse's or child's living trust or prohibit such spouse or child from accepting such a transfer notwithstanding that such spouse or child may already hold another permit issued under the provisions of this chapter. Any such permit so transferred may be renewed by such transferee under the provisions of section 30-14a. Except as provided in subdivision (1), a person shall be deemed to acquire an interest in a retail permit if an interest is owned by such person, such person's spouse, children, partners, or an estate, trust, or corporation controlled by such person or such person's spouse, children, or any combination thereof. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any such interest without regard to whether such interest is a controlling interest. For the purposes of this subsection, "person" means (A) an individual, (B) a corporation or any subsidiary of a corporation or (C) any combination of corporations or individuals any of whom, or any combination of whom, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than five per cent of any entity which is a backer as defined in said section 30-1.
(b) A retail permit for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section means a package store liquor permit or a druggist liquor permit.
(c) Membership in any organization which is or may become the holder of a club permit shall not constitute acquisition of an interest in a retail permit.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section or of any regulation issued pursuant hereto shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars and any permit issued in violation of this section shall be revoked.
(1963, P.A. 555, S. 1−4; P.A. 81-294, S. 8, 22; 81-367, S. 6, 9; P.A. 84-401; P.A. 96-86.)
History: P.A. 81-294 amended Subsec. (a) by adding a definition of "person" and specifying when a person is deemed to acquire an interest in a retail permit; P.A. 81-367 eliminated reference in Subsec. (b) to package store beer permit and druggist beer permit as of May 29, 1981; P.A. 84-401 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (2) concerning transfer of liquor permits; P.A. 96-86 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the grandfathered permit holder to transfer his interest in such permit through living trusts to his spouse's or child's living trust.
Since proof of injury is essential to attack on constitutionality of a statute, it was not sufficient for plaintiffs, in making such an attack, to show only that they were denied the purely personal privilege of a permit. 153 C. 247. Declaratory judgment determining statute to be unconstitutional on ground that its purpose was to benefit one segment of permit holders while restricting another segment overruled since all persons having an interest in the subject matter were not made parties or given reasonable notice thereof. Id., 249, 250.

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Sec. 30-48b. Municipalities and authorities as backers of coliseum permittees. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or any municipal charter to the contrary, a municipality or a civic center authority or a coliseum authority created by a municipality may be the backer of a coliseum permit or coliseum concession permit, or both, provided approval is given therefor by the legislative body of such municipality. Governmental immunity shall not be a defense to any cause of action arising out of operation under such permit.
(P.A. 73-533, S. 8.)

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Secs. 30-49 and 30-50. Sale of liquor on credit. Period of credit. Suspension of credit restrictions in case of disaster. Sections 30-49 and 30-50 are repealed.
(1951, S. 2168d; November, 1955, S. N199; February, 1965, P.A. 598; P.A. 75-641, S. 14; P.A. 77-438, S. 6.)

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Sec. 30-51. Sales in dwelling houses regulated. (a) No permit may be issued for the sale of alcoholic liquor in any building, a portion of which will not be used as the permit premises, unless the application therefor is accompanied by an affidavit signed and sworn to by the applicant, stating that access from the portion of the building that will not be used as the permit premises to the portion of the building that will be used as the permit premises is effectually closed, unless the Department of Consumer Protection endorses upon such application that it has dispensed with such affidavit for reasons considered by it good and satisfactory and also endorses thereon such reasons. If any way of access from the other portion of such building to the portion used as the permit premises is opened, after such permit is issued, without the consent of the Department of Consumer Protection endorsed on such permit, such permit shall thereupon become and be forfeited, with or without notice from the Department of Consumer Protection, and shall be null and void. If such applicant or any permittee or any backer thereof opens, causes to be opened, permits to be opened or allows to remain open, at any time during the term for which such permit is issued, any way of access from any portion of a building not part of the permit premises to any other portion of such building that is the permit premises, without the written consent of the Department of Consumer Protection endorsed on such permit, such persons or backers shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 30-113. The Department of Consumer Protection shall require every applicant for a permit to sell alcoholic liquor to state under oath whether any portion of the building in which it is proposed to carry on such business will not be used as the permit premises; and, if so, said Department of Consumer Protection shall appoint a suitable person to examine the premises and to see that any and all access between the portion so to be used for the sale of alcoholic liquor and the portion not so used is effectually closed, and may designate the manner of such closing, and, if necessary, order seals to be placed so that such way of access cannot be opened without breaking the seals, and the breaking or removal of such seals or other methods of preventing access, so ordered and provided, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. The above provisions shall not apply to any premises operating under a hotel permit, or any premises operating under a restaurant permit, which premises are located in or attached to a motel, and shall not apply to any entrance to a building in which is located premises operating under a tavern permit, which entrance opens into the rear or side yard of such tavern premises and is used solely as an emergency exit or for the delivery of goods to, or carrying or conveying goods from, any permit premises.
(b) "Motel" means every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, usually, but not limited to, motorists, but is not a place where food is served at all times or where kitchen and dining room facilities necessarily exist.
(1949 Rev., S. 4268; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-80, S. 2, 3, 4; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 195, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 52; P.A. 95-195, S. 52, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-80 stated that provisions of section do not apply with respect to restaurants located in or attached to a motel; P.A. 78-303 modified provisions of P.A. 77-614 re division of liquor control as successor to liquor control commission; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 extended the separation requirement to all permit premises previously applicable to dwellings and lodging houses, made technical changes and added Subsec. (b) defining "motel"; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-52. Permit to specify location and revocability. Removal to another location. (a) Every permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor shall specify the town and the particular building or place in such town in which such liquor is to be sold, and shall not authorize any sale in any other place or building. Such permit shall also be made revocable in terms for any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding the existence of any local zoning ordinance or general statute prohibiting or affecting the establishment or removal to a new location of an alcoholic liquor use within certain specified distances of other alcoholic liquor uses of the same or different kinds, the Department of Consumer Protection, in cases of hardship and in cases caused by reason of the commencement of an eviction action against such permittee from the particular building or place in such town specified in such permit, may endorse upon such permit permission to the permittee to remove from one building or place in any zone to another building or place in a proper business or industrial zone, and the permittee shall thereupon be authorized to remove to such new location with such permit. The applicant for such permission shall specify the building or place to which he wishes to remove, and such new location shall comply with all other provisions of the local zoning ordinances or general statutes except as hereinbefore provided; and such permittee shall be allowed to move such permit premises only within a radius of seven hundred fifty feet of the old permit premises. The removal of the permit premises from the particular building or place specified in the permit without the approval of the department shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the permit. In such cases an appeal from an order refusing permission to remove may be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 30-60. If the site of any permit premises is taken or threatened to be taken in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the department may authorize the relocation of such permit premises to a new location, any local ordinance or general statute notwithstanding, provided such new location is zoned for business use and is within a radius of seven hundred fifty feet from the point, on the boundary of the overall site of the proposed taking, nearest to the site of such permit premises.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section or section 30-14a, shall be construed as prohibiting the department from permitting the removal of such permit premises to any location, including a location in another town, for any reason, provided: (1) Removal to the proposed location complies with local zoning laws as required by section 30-44, (2) the proposed location is not found to be unsuitable or prohibited by any other provision of this chapter, except that a removal to a location in another town may be authorized only if such removal complies with the provisions of section 30-14a provided, in any case in which the department finds that the permittee has provided evidence satisfactory to the department that the permittee is unable to secure a renewal or extension of his lease and that the premises are to be demolished by their owner, and that the permittee is unable to find, after reasonable efforts, a suitable location for removal of the permit premises within the town in which the permit premises are located, have created a hardship, the department may waive the maximum permit limit provided by said section 30- 14a and allow the removal of the permit premises to an adjacent town.
(c) Any action taken by the department authorizing the removal of such permit premises prior to June 27, 1985, is hereby validated.
(1949 Rev., S. 4269; 1955, S. 2164d; 1961, P.A. 468; February, 1965, P.A. 177; P.A. 75-641, S. 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 85-361, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-78, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 53; P.A. 95-195, S. 53, 83.)
History: 1961 act changed the area limitation for relocation where the site of the permit premises is taken by eminent domain and broadened the bases for granting permission to move premises; 1965 act changed area limitation for relocation to new premises from five hundred feet to seven hundred fifty feet from old permit premises; P.A. 75-641 replaced previous provision stating that "the law concerning appeals from commission's doings shall apply" to cases of "refusal of permission to remove" with provision specifying that appeals may be taken in accordance with Sec. 30-60; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78- 303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 85-361 added Subsec. (b) which allowed the removal of permit premises and Subsec. (c) which validated the actions of the department of liquor control in allowing the removal of such premises; P.A. 88-78 amended Subsec. (b) concerning the removal of permit premises to other towns; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 127 C. 722; 137 C. 23. Cited. 150 C. 427; 153 C. 314. In order to receive injunctive relief taxpayers must allege and prove irreparable injury not mere aggrievement. 151 C. 414. Constitutionality upheld. Id. Plaintiff's appeal sustained where defendant board granted variance without stating reasons for permitting liquor store within fifteen hundred feet of fifteen other liquor stores contrary to Bridgeport zoning regulations. 155 C. 500. Regulations of town zoning authority may adopt more liberal standard where hardship, such as redevelopment taking of existing locations, exists. 156 C. 287. Cited. 163 C. 240. Cited. 189 C. 153−160. Cited. 191 C. 528, 541.
Cited. 2 CA 628−635. Cited. 5 CA 432. Cited. 8 CA 12, 13.
Violation must be affirmatively established. 4 CS 350. Cited. 5 CS 418; 16 CS 355.

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Sec. 30-53. Permit to be recorded. Each permit granted or renewed by the Department of Consumer Protection shall be of no effect until a duplicate thereof has been filed by the permittee with the town clerk of the town within which the club or place of business described in such permit is situated; provided the place of filing of railroad and boat permits shall be the office of the town clerk of the town of New Haven, and airline permits, the office of the town clerk of the town of Hartford. The fee for such filing shall be two dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4270; 1955, S. 2165d; 1967, P.A. 140; P.A. 73-543, S. 10, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78- 303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 54, 83.)
History: 1967 act raised filing fee from one dollar to two dollars; P.A. 73-543 specified Hartford town clerk's office as place for filing airline permits; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-59 re notification of town clerks as to revocation, suspension or reinstatement of permit.

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Sec. 30-54. Permit to be hung in plain view. Every permittee, other than a corporation holding a railroad or airline permit, shall cause his permit or a duplicate thereof to be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place in any room where the sales so permitted are to be carried on.
(1949 Rev., S. 4271; P.A. 73-543, S. 11, 14.)
History: P.A. 73-543 excepted permittees holding airline permits from provisions.

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Sec. 30-55. Revocation or suspension of permits; hearing; appeal to stay proceedings. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, revoke or suspend any permit or provisional permit upon cause found after hearing, provided ten days' written notice of such hearing has been given to the permittee setting forth, with the particulars required in civil pleadings, the charges upon which such proposed revocation or suspension is predicated. No permit shall be suspended or revoked under this section for any violation of this chapter of which the permittee or his servant or agent was finally found not guilty by, or received dismissal in, a court having jurisdiction thereof, and no disciplinary action shall be taken thereafter by the department against the backer or such permittee, servant or agent. The department shall not initiate hearing proceedings pursuant to this section based upon any arrest which has not resulted in a conviction. Any appeal from such order of revocation or suspension shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(b) The surrender of a permit or provisional permit for cancellation or the expiration of a permit shall not prevent the department from suspending or revoking any such permit pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4272; February, 1965, P.A. 259; 1967, P.A. 316; 1969, P.A. 128; P.A. 77-438, S. 5; 77-603, S. 18, 125; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 54; P.A. 95- 195, S. 55, 83; P.A. 97-175, S. 7.)
History: 1965 act prohibited suspension or revocation of permit for violations of chapter in cases where permittee was finally found not guilty; 1967 act protected permittee from suspension or revocation of permit where "his servant or agent" was finally found not guilty and prohibited taking "disciplinary action" after finding of not guilty against backer, servant or agent; 1969 act extended protection from suspension, revocation and disciplinary action in cases which were dismissed; P.A. 77-438 prohibited commission's initiation of hearing proceedings based upon arrests which have not resulted in convictions; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provisions with provision requiring that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 added Subsec. (b) allowing the department to suspend or revoke a permit even if such permit was surrendered for cancellation or expired; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-175 added reference to provisional permit in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made technical changes.
See Sec. 12-450 re suspension of liquor permit for failure to pay taxes or to perform acts or duties imposed under statutes relating to taxation.
See Sec. 30-60 re appeal procedure.
See Sec. 30-67 re violations which constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of permits.
Revocation because of sale by employee to a minor not abuse of discretion. 124 C. 689. Cited. 123 C. 35; 128 C. 163. Revocation because of persistence in violating law while hearing pending is not arbitrary or unreasonable. 137 C. 327. Cited. 148 C. 649; 149 C. 64. Gives commission broad powers of revocation and suspension. Id., 652. Where permittee was posted twenty-one times as delinquent in payments and had issued checks in payment dishonored on five occasions, commission could find him financially irresponsible despite his substantial equity in permit premises. Id., 653. To justify revocation or suspension of a permit, evidence before commission need not establish guilt of permittee beyond a reasonable doubt. Issue is whether a permittee is a suitable person. 150 C. 422. Enumeration in Liquor Control Act of several grounds for revocation does not prevent commission from adding other grounds by regulation. Id. Commission is not required to base its decision on any one of several alleged grounds. It can consider whether they individually or all together warrant a revocation. Id. Former statute: Ultimate acquittal on criminal charge is immaterial. 150 C. 473. Dismissal of criminal charge under section 30-86 not res judicata re commission hearing. 151 C. 524. Cited. 239 C. 599.
Suspension of permit proper when based upon an illegal sale by an employee. 9 CS 26. Cited. 14 CS 491.

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Sec. 30-55a. Suspension of permit for failure to pay unemployment compensation contributions; violation of noise standards by liquor permittees; penalties. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall, upon notice from the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act of the name and address of any employer subject to chapter 567 who has failed to file any return or to pay the contributions prescribed under the provisions of said chapter, suspend the permit of such employer until written notice from the administrator has been received that the returns have been filed and the contributions, including interest, have been paid.
(b) When any permit premises where alcoholic liquor is consumed on the premises emits noise which, when measured at a radius of two hundred feet from the premises, as described in the permittee's application for a liquor permit, exceeds the ambient noise standard for the land use classification for the location at which such measurement is made, as established by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-69, the Department of Consumer Protection may suspend the permit to sell alcoholic liquor for three days for a first violation, five days for a second violation and fourteen days for any subsequent violation.
(1967, P.A. 328; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 91-116; P.A. 95-195, S. 56, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 91-116 added Subsec. (b) re suspension of permits when permit premises violate noise standards established by the department of environmental protection pursuant to Sec. 22a-69; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 226 C. 418, 424.

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Sec. 30-56. When appeal not to act as stay of execution. (a) When any permit is revoked or suspended after a final conviction or upon forfeiture of bond under the provisions of section 30-57, an appeal therefrom shall not act as a stay of execution upon such revocation or suspension.
(b) When any permit is revoked or suspended for violation of the provisions of section 30-38a, an appeal therefrom, may, at the discretion of the court, act as a stay of execution upon such revocation or suspension.
(1949 Rev., S. 4273; P.A. 75-239, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 75-239 substituted "any alcoholic liquor" for "alcoholic beverages" and specified that delinquent permittees may not transfer liquor from one retail premise to another.

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Sec. 30-57. Conviction of permittee or backer; revocation or suspension of permit; forfeiture. When any permittee or backer has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any of the laws of the United States or of the laws of any other state pertaining to the manufacture, sale, transportation or taxation of distilled spirits, beer and wine, or of any felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or has forfeited such permittee's or backer's bond to appear in court to answer for any such violation, the Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, revoke or suspend the permit and order the forfeiture of all moneys that have been paid for the permit, and such revocation or suspension and forfeiture shall be in addition to the penalties for such offense. In all cases in which a conviction is had, the clerk of the court shall forthwith mail a copy of the judgment to the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4275; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 82; P.A. 73-616, S. 25; P.A. 75-186, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-294, S. 9, 22; P.A. 95-195, S. 57, 83; P.A. 99- 194, S. 25.)
History: 1961 act deleted reference to trial justice; P.A. 73-616 replaced reference to Sec. 1-1 with reference to Sec. 53a-25; P.A. 75-186 substituted "beer" for "fermented malt beverages"; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-294 made no substantive changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-194 made technical changes and extended applicability of provisions to backers.
Cited. 118 C. 269; 124 C. 690; 128 C. 163. See notes to Secs. 30-55, 30-86. Cited. 149 C. 66; 150 C. 427; id., 477.
Since the commission has power to revoke a permit for the violation of the statute, it is implied that they are not required to renew a permit where the law was being violated. 5 CS 420.

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Sec. 30-58. Revocation of permit obtained by fraud. Whenever any permit under this chapter has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the Department of Consumer Protection, upon proof that such permit was so obtained, shall, upon hearing had, revoke the same, and all moneys paid therefor shall be forfeited.
(1949 Rev., S. 4276; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 58, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 150 C. 424.
Requirement of proof of fraud bears out the legislative intent that the commission has the burden to affirmatively establish the violation. 4 CS 350.

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Sec. 30-58a. Offer in compromise in lieu of suspension. The Department of Consumer Protection, in its discretion and subject to such regulations as it may adopt, may accept from any permittee or backer an offer in compromise in such an amount as may in the discretion of the department be proper under the circumstances in lieu of the suspension of any permit previously imposed by the department. Any sums of money so collected by the department shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the state.
(1972, P.A. 227; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 59, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 27 CA 614, 615; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 418 et seq.

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Sec. 30-58b. Continuation of service when special sporting facility permit revoked. Application for new permit. If the licensed operator terminates the lease of any permittee or backer holding a special sporting facility permit provided for in section 30-33b because such permit is suspended or revoked by the Department of Consumer Protection, said department shall accept and act upon an application for a new permit of the same class as the suspended or revoked permit, notwithstanding that the term of the original suspension has not expired. Said department may issue immediate temporary orders permitting the continued operation of such permit at such location under such terms as appear reasonable to said department to avoid inconvenience to patrons of such special sporting facility.
(P.A. 74-307, S. 10; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 55; P.A. 95-195, S. 60, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-59. Certificate of revocation, suspension or reinstatement. The Department of Consumer Protection shall transmit a certificate of the revocation, suspension or reinstatement of any permit by it to the town clerk of the town within which the permittee is operating or has been operating, which clerk shall attach such certificate to the duplicate copy of such permit on file in his office.
(1949 Rev., S. 4274; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 61, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 30-53 re recording of permits with town clerks.

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Sec. 30-59a. Notice of suspension or revocation of sporting facility permits or licenses issued by the Division of Special Revenue or the Gaming Policy Board. The Department of Consumer Protection shall, upon notice from the Division of Special Revenue of the name and address of any person who has had his license suspended or revoked by the Gaming Policy Board or the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, suspend the permit of such person until such license has been restored to such person. The Department of Consumer Protection shall notify the Division of Special Revenue of the name and address of any permittee or backer whose permit has been suspended or revoked.
(P.A. 74-307, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 79-404, S. 42, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 342, 343, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 62, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with division of special revenue within the department of business regulation and gaming policy board as necessary; P.A. 80- 482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department and placed division of special revenue within department of revenue services following abolition of business regulation department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-60. Appeal. Any applicant for a permit or for the renewal of a permit for the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor whose application is refused or any permittee whose permit is revoked or suspended by the Department of Consumer Protection or any ten residents who have filed a remonstrance pursuant to the provisions of section 30-39 and who are aggrieved by the granting of a permit by the department may appeal therefrom in accordance with section 4-183. Appeals shall be privileged in respect to the assignment thereof. If said court decides, upon the trial of such appeal, that the appellant is a suitable person to sell alcoholic liquor and that the place named in his application is a suitable place, within the class of permit applied for or revoked, and renders judgment accordingly, a copy of such judgment shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of said court to the department, and the department shall thereupon issue a permit to such appellant to sell such alcoholic liquor at such place for the remainder of the permit year, and the fee to be paid therefor, unless the application is for the renewal of the permit, in which case the full fee shall be paid, shall bear the same proportion to the full permit fee for a year as the unexpired portion of the year from the time when such permit was granted bears to the full year. If the court decides on such trial that the applicant is not a suitable person to sell alcoholic liquor or that the place named in the application is not a suitable place, and renders judgment accordingly, a copy of such judgment shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of said court to the department and the department shall not issue a permit to such applicant or shall rescind the granting of a permit, as the case may be. If said court upholds the decision of the department upon the trial of such appeal, or modifies such decision in whole or in part and renders judgment accordingly, a copy of such judgment shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of said court to the department and, if a renewal fee has been paid within the time during which such appeal has been pending, the department shall thereupon certify to the Treasurer a deduction from such fee of a sum which shall bear the same proportion to the full permit fee for a year as the portion of the year from the time when such renewal would have become effective to the time when such judgment was rendered bears to the full year, and the amount of such deduction shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 30-5, and the remainder of such fee shall be paid by the state to the applicant.
(1949 Rev., S. 4277; 1969, P.A. 776; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 21; P.A. 73-616, S. 26; P.A. 76-436, S. 615, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 113, 125; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 63, 83.)
History: 1969 act allowed appeals by ten residents who have filed remonstrance and are aggrieved by granting of a permit and added provision re court's notification of commission that applicant is unsuitable permittee or place of business is unsuitable and commission's action upon receipt of court's judgment; 1971 act changed time for appeal from next return day or "the next but one" to a return day between twelve and thirty days after service; P.A. 73-616 affirmed amendments enacted in 1969 act; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced detailed provisions re appeal procedure with requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
See Secs. 30-55 and 30-56 re revocation and suspension of permits.
Cited. 118 C. 252; 123 C. 35; 124 C. 276; 133 C. 153. Under the 1933 statute, on appeal, the court could only by hearing the evidence or by reference determine the facts and assume the commission had those facts before it. 122 C. 526. Under the 1941 amendment, which provided for a trial de novo, the court was not confined to such facts; it conducted an independent inquiry. 129 C. 645; 130 C. 697; 132 C. 428; 132 C. 667. Quaere as to effect of 1945 amendment on this question. 132 C. 668. Revocation of license constituted a finding that person was "unsuitable." 131 C. 700. Trial court could not sustain appeal unless it could find that the commission acted arbitrarily, illegally or in abuse of its discretion. 121 C. 705; 122 C. 445; id., 525; 123 C. 320. For court's conclusion, under former statute, that commission acted arbitrarily. 132 C. 426. Legislature may commit issuance of licenses to either executive or judicial branch. 129 C. 644. The court cannot on appeal substitute its judgment for that of the commission; it can go no further than to make the commission's decision conform to law or to a conclusion which is the only reasonable one on the facts proven. Id., 646. Under former statute the finding of the trial court on appeal should conform to the usual principles governing findings. 130 C. 698. However, under present statute, where court heard no additional testimony, finding not necessary. 133 C. 557. Town properly admitted to appeal proceedings. 132 C. 213. Before additional testimony can be received court must find there was sufficient cause for failure to offer testimony before commission or that reception of additional testimony is necessary for a just determination of the issues. 138 C. 614. Function of court upon appeal. Receipt of additional testimony. 114 C. 550. Form of judgment file when denial of permit overturned by court. Id. Cited. 148 C. 649, 650; 150 C. 424. Liquor control commission represents public interest in such matters as issuance, renewal, revocation and suspension of liquor permits. When action of commission with respect to such a matter is reversed by a court, the commission is a party aggrieved by such decision and, as such, may appeal to supreme court. Court of common pleas cannot disturb decision of commission unless that decision was arbitrary, illegal or so unreasonable as to constitute an abuse of discretion. 150 C. 68. Court held commission acted unreasonably in suspending permittee's license. 151 C. 537. There is no direct appeal from action of commission in granting, suspending or revoking permits except by applicants and permittees; but, where commission grants a permit in violation of express provision of law, its action may be attacked by proper legal procedure. Where such attack is by way of injunctive proceeding, redress may be sought only by those whose justiciable interests were injured. 153 C. 50, 51. Reviewing court must extract from record certified to it legally admissible evidence pertinent to issue on appeal. 160 C. 1, 6. Reviewing court may remand or modify a commission decision only after it determines that the commission acted improperly. 165 C. 26. Where hearsay evidence was introduced without objection at a commission hearing and corroborated by original evidence, commission findings and order sustained. 168 C. 74. Cited. 177 C. 610, 615; id., 616, 619−621.
Cited. 4 CA 252, 256.
Cited. 5 CS 51; 13 CS 206; id., 221. De novo aspect of former statute discussed. 10 CS 307; 13 CS 248; 14 CS 155. Appeal does not affect a transfer of jurisdiction from the commission to the court of common pleas. 12 CS 388. Plaintiff has burden to show commissioner's decision is unwarranted. 13 CS 273. Where commission issued a removal permit on a mistaken interpretation of the law, court may modify the decision. 16 CS 356. Cited. 31 CS 197.

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Sec. 30-61. Service of process on members of commission. Service of process in any action in which the commission is a party shall be made upon any member of the commission or the secretary of the commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 4278; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 retained reference to liquor control commission in certain sections.

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Sec. 30-62. Substitution of permittees. Fee. In any case a new permittee may be substituted when so requested, provided the person so substituted shall be a suitable person as defined and set forth in this chapter, and such person shall be permitted to serve in the place and stead of the original permittee for the remainder or any part thereof of the term of the permit upon which he has been substituted and such a substitution may be made upon the death of a permittee, when so requested. A substitute permittee under this section shall not be subject to the provisions of section 30-39. In the case of an application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee, the applicant shall pay to the Department of Consumer Protection a nonrefundable application fee of thirty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4280; 1951, S. 2167d; P.A. 77-114, S. 2; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 64, 83.)
History: P.A. 77-114 imposed thirty-dollar nonrefundable fee for application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 137 C. 23; 150 C. 425. Cited. 213 C. 184, 186.
Commission ought not to change permittee unless all parties unite to accept the responsibilities of either permittee or backer. 5 CS 234.

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Sec. 30-62a. Consumer bars. The Department of Consumer Protection, subject to such regulations as said department shall adopt, may permit more than one consumer bar in any premises for which a permit has been issued under this part for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises. A consumer bar is a counter, with or without seats, at which a patron may purchase and consume or purchase alcoholic liquor. The fee for each additional consumer bar shall be one hundred fifty dollars per annum.
(P.A. 78-292, S. 1−3; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 196, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 56; P.A. 95-195, S. 65, 83.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 defined a consumer bar and added a provision to allow consumer bars in any permit premises; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 30-62b. Home manufacture of wine. Any person, other than a minor, may, without payment of tax, produce wine for personal or family use only. Such wine may be transported in sealed containers for use at organized affairs, including exhibitions, tastings, contests or competitions, but shall not be sold or offered for sale.
(P.A. 99-65.)

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PART V
PRICES