Table of Contents Sec. 43-46. Definitions. As used in this chapter, "dealer" means any person engaged in the business of dealing in, selling, buying, exchanging or trading in weighing
or measuring devices in the state; "repairman" means any person engaged in the business
of adjusting or repairing weighing or measuring devices in this state or an employee
thereof engaged in such business; "testing equipment" means any field standard weight,
test measure or measuring flask, as described in Sections 105-1 to 105-3, inclusive, of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook. Sec. 43-47. Registration. No person shall act as a dealer or repairman without first
obtaining a certificate of registration from the Commissioner of Consumer Protection
as provided in this section. Any person wishing to be registered as a dealer or repairman
shall make application to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection on forms provided
by him, furnishing such pertinent information as he may require. Each application shall
be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars in the case of a dealer and ten dollars
in the case of a repairman. Upon approval, said commissioner shall issue to the applicant
a registration certification bearing an identification number identifying such dealer or
repairman. The certification shall expire annually unless suspended or revoked under the
provisions of section 43-51. Such registration shall be renewable annually on payment
of a fee of twenty-five dollars in the case of a dealer and ten dollars in the case of a
repairman. Sec. 43-48. Notice of repairs, adjustments, sales and deliveries. Security. Every
dealer or repairman, within forty-eight hours after the making of a repair or adjustment
or after the sale and delivery of a new, repaired, rebuilt, exchanged or used weighing
or measuring device, shall notify, in writing, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection,
giving the name and address of the person, firm, copartnership, corporation or association for whom such repair or adjustment has been made, or to whom such weighing or
measuring device has been sold or delivered. The dealer or repairman shall make a
written statement that the same has been so altered, rebuilt, repaired and installed as to
conform to state specifications, tolerances and regulations. Every dealer or repairman
shall affix a security seal, in a manner that requires the security seal to be broken before
an adjustment can be made, to any component affecting the performance of any electronic or mechanical device designed to be sealed with a security seal. Each such seal
shall bear the identification number issued to such dealer or repairman by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection at the time of registration. Sec. 43-49. Condemned devices. A dealer or repairman who accepts weighing or
measuring devices which have been condemned by a sealer or inspector of weights and
measures in trade for new or used weighing or measuring devices, and which are intended
to be dismantled or destroyed, upon receipt thereof, shall remove the condemned tags.
Such condemned tags shall be returned to the Department of Consumer Protection within
ten days thereafter, with a statement describing the weighing or measuring device, if
obtainable, and the name and address of the former owner or user from whom it was
received. There shall also be furnished a statement of what disposition has been made
of the weighing or measuring device. Sec. 43-50. Calibration of testing equipment. A dealer or repairman shall submit
his testing equipment at least once in two years to the Department of Consumer Protection for comparison and calibration with the standards maintained by the state. After
comparison and calibration, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue to
such dealer or repairman a certificate of his findings. Sec. 43-51. Suspension or revocation of certificate. Penalty. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may suspend or revoke the certificate of any registered
dealer or repairman: (1) When he is satisfied after a hearing, upon ten days' notice to
the registrant, that the registrant has violated any provision of sections 43-46 to 43-51,
inclusive; or (2) as a result of a hearing and investigation, such registrant is found to be
an incompetent, inefficient, unscrupulous or unsuitable person to be engaged as a dealer
or repairman.
Sec. 43-46. Definitions.
Sec. 43-47. Registration.
Sec. 43-48. Notice of repairs, adjustments, sales and deliveries. Security.
Sec. 43-49. Condemned devices.
Sec. 43-50. Calibration of testing equipment.
Sec. 43-51. Suspension or revocation of certificate. Penalty.
Sec. 43-52. Penalty.
(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 1; P.A. 86-156, S. 2; P.A. 90-125, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 86-156 defined "testing equipment"; P.A. 90-125 made technical change, substituting National Institute
of Standards and Technology for National Bureau of Standards.
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(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 2; P.A. 76-184, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-125, S. 10; P.A. 94-36, S. 35, 42.)
History: P.A. 76-184 replaced five dollar fee for application and renewal with twenty-five dollar fee for dealers and
ten-dollar fee for repairmen; P.A. 90-125 required dealers and repairmen to be registered and that all registration certificates
contain an identification number; P.A. 94-36 deleted reference to the "December thirty-first" certificate of registration
expiration date, effective January 1, 1995.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for certification renewals.
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(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 3; P.A. 90-125, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 90-125 required dealers and repairmen to affix security seals to weighing or measuring devices.
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(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 4.)
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(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 5.)
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(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one
hundred dollars for the first offense and of not more than five hundred dollars for any
subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each violation with respect to each such
unit or device shall be considered a separate offense.
(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 6; P.A. 90-125, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (b) re administrative penalties.
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