CHAPTER 541
BUILDING, FIRE AND DEMOLITION CODES.
FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE HAZARDS.
SAFETY OF PUBLIC AND OTHER STRUCTURES

PART Ia
STATE BUILDING CODE

      Sec. 29-251c. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (d) and effective date.) Development of training and educational programs. Code Training and Education Board of Control. Regulations. Reporting of funds received; expenditures. (a) As used in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section "prior approval of the Code Training and Education Board of Control" means approval by the board of a fiscal year budget prepared by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The commissioner shall develop a program to sponsor (1) training and educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code conducted for any municipal or state code official, or any candidate for said positions, and (2) continuing educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code for any architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state, and shall determine the equipment necessary to sponsor such training and educational programs.

      (b) There is established the Code Training and Education Board of Control which shall promote code training and education. No funds shall be expended for the purposes listed in subsection (a) of this section without prior approval of the Code Training and Education Board of Control. The board shall consist of seven members as follows: (1) Three members of the Building Code Training Council, one each of whom shall be appointed by the speaker, majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives, (2) three members of the Fire Marshal Training Council, one each of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore, majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and (3) one architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The members of the board shall continue in office for the term of three years from the first day of July next succeeding their appointment. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.

      (c) The commissioner shall establish a program of education and training in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code conducted for any municipal or state code official, or any candidate for said positions, and a continuing educational program in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code for any architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state.

      *(d) The Commissioner of Public Safety may apply for any federal or private funds or contributions available for training and education of code officials or other persons eligible to receive training under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section. Not later than July 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Public Safety, with the approval of the Building Code Training Council and the Fire Marshal Training Council, shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish an administrative process to adjust as necessary (1) the amount of the education fee to be assessed by the State Building Inspector pursuant to section 29-252a and each municipal building official pursuant to section 29-263, and (2) the percentage of the fees collected which may be retained by each municipal building department for administrative costs. The education fee shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually to reflect the actual cost of the training and educational programs and the continuing educational programs established in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section and the educational programs required in subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-262, except that no such fee may be increased by more than four per cent in any one year. The percentage of fees which may be retained for administrative costs shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually, to reflect the actual costs incurred in collecting such fees except that no such percentage of fees to be retained for administrative costs may be less than one per cent or greater than three per cent.

      (e) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall annually submit a report of the amount of funds received pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, or of any other funds received by the commissioner for the purposes of code training and education under this section, to the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding and appropriations. All direct expenses incurred in the conduct of the code training and educational programs, or of the operation, maintenance and repair of facilities, food services and other auxiliary services incurred in the conduct of the code training and educational programs, shall be charged, and any cost of equipment for code training and educational programs may be charged, against the funds appropriated for the code training and educational programs on order of the Comptroller. Any balance of receipts after expenditures shall be retained by the commissioner and shall be used solely for the code training and educational programs under this section and for the acquisition, as provided in section 4b-21, alteration and repairs of real property for educational facilities, provided repairs, alterations or additions to educational facilities costing fifty thousand dollars or less shall require the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works and capital projects costing over fifty thousand dollars shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Funds appropriated to or received by the Commissioner of Public Safety for the code training and educational programs shall also be used for (1) (A) the operation, maintenance and repair of auxiliary services facilities, and (B) any other activities related to training and educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code conducted for any municipal or state code official, or any candidate for said positions, and (2) continuing educational programs in the mechanics and application of the State Building Code and the State Fire Safety Code for any architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, builder, contractor or superintendent of construction doing business in this state. No funds shall be used for the purposes of this section without prior approval of the Code Training and Education Board of Control, established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

      (P.A. 98-233, S. 1, 2, 8; P.A. 99-209, S. 1, 4; P.A. 04-150, S. 3.)

      *Note: On and after July 1, 2008, subsection (d) of this section, as amended by section 2 of public act 07-110, is to read as follows:

      "(d) The Commissioner of Public Safety may apply for any federal or private funds or contributions available for training and education of code officials or other persons eligible to receive training under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section. Not later than July 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Public Safety, with the approval of the Building Code Training Council and the Fire Marshal Training Council, shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish an administrative process to adjust as necessary (1) the amount of the education fee to be assessed by the State Building Inspector pursuant to section 29-252a and each municipal building official pursuant to section 29-263, and (2) the portion of the fees collected which may be retained by each municipal building department for administrative costs. The education fee shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually to reflect the actual cost of the training and educational programs and the continuing educational programs established in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section and the educational programs required in subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-262, except that no such fee may be increased by more than four cents in any one year. The portion of fees which may be retained for administrative costs shall be adjusted downward or upward, as the case may be, when necessary, but not more than annually, to reflect the actual costs incurred in collecting such fees except that the fees to be retained for administrative costs may not be less than one cent or greater than three cents per thousand dollars of the value of the construction declared in the building permit application."

      (P.A. 98-233, S. 1, 2, 8; P.A. 99-209, S. 1, 4; P.A. 04-150, S. 3; P.A. 07-110, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 98-233 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-209 added Subsec. (e), requiring annual report of funds received and setting forth authorized expenditures, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 04-150 amended Subsec. (d) to require that education fee be adjusted downward or upward to reflect the actual cost of the educational programs required in Sec. 29-262(a) and (b); P.A. 07-110 amended Subsec. (d) to change references from a percentage of the fee to a certain number of cents of the fee, effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-254a. Penalty for violation of State Building Code. Any person who violates any provision of the State Building Code shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

      (P.A. 88-359, S. 9, 12; P.A. 07-217, S. 137.)

      History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.

      Sec. 29-256a. Revision of code. Energy efficiency. (a) On and after January 1, 2008, the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code to require that buildings and building elements, including residential, be designed to provide optimum cost-effective energy efficiency over the useful life of the building. Such revision shall meet the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Standard 90.1 for new construction.

      (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code to require that any (1) building, except a residential building with no more than four units, constructed after January 1, 2009, that is projected to cost not less than five million dollars, and (2) renovation to any building, except a residential building with no more than four units, started after January 1, 2010, that is projected to cost not less than two million dollars shall be built or renovated using building construction standards consistent with or exceeding the silver building rating of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating system for new commercial construction and major renovation projects, as established by the United States Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, including, but not limited to, a two-globe rating in the Green Globes USA design program. The inspector and the committee shall provide for an exemption for any building if the Institute for Sustainable Energy finds, in a written analysis, that the cost of such compliance significantly outweighs the benefits.

      (P.A. 90-219, S. 3; P.A. 07-242, S. 78.)

      History: P.A. 07-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended same to specify that on and after January 1, 2008, requirements for buildings and building elements include residential buildings and building elements and added Subsec. (b) re building construction standards.

      Sec. 29-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-396). Municipal building official to administer code. Appointment. Dismissal. (a) The chief executive officer of any town, city or borough, unless other means are already provided, shall appoint an officer to administer the code for a term of four years and until his successor qualifies and quadrennially thereafter shall so appoint a successor. Such officer shall be known as the building official. Two or more communities may combine in the appointment of a building official for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the code in the same manner. The chief executive officer of any town, city or borough, upon the death, disability, dismissal, retirement or revocation of licensure of the building official, may appoint a licensed building official as the acting building official for a single period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

      (b) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, charter or special act, a local building official who fails to perform the duties of his office may be dismissed by the local appointing authority and another person shall be appointed in his place, provided, prior to such dismissal, such local building official shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his own defense at a public hearing in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.

      (c) No local building official may be dismissed under subsection (b) of this section unless he has been given notice in writing of the specific grounds for such dismissal and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at a public hearing before the authority having the power of dismissal. Such public hearing shall be held not less than five or more than ten days after such notice. Any person so dismissed may appeal within thirty days following such dismissal to the superior court for the judicial district in which such town, city or borough is located. Service shall be made as in civil process. The court shall review the record of such hearing and if it appears that testimony is necessary for an equitable disposition of the appeal, it may take evidence or appoint a referee or a committee to take such evidence as the court may direct and report the same to the court with his or its findings of fact, which report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may affirm the action of such authority or may set the same aside if it finds that such authority acted illegally or abused its discretion.

      (d) Each municipality shall become a member of the International Code Council and shall pay the membership fee.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4107; 1967, P.A. 874; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 5; P.A. 79-153; P.A. 86-372, S. 1; P.A. 92-164, S. 3; P.A. 05-288, S. 128; P.A. 07-110, S. 3.)

      History: 1967 act substituted chief executive officer for legislative body as the appointing authority for municipal administrators and specified a four-year term; 1969 act deleted references to towns' acceptance and adoption of code as condition for appointing officer to administer code and specified title of officer so appointed as "the building official"; P.A. 79-153 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re dismissal of building official; Sec. 19-396 transferred to Sec. 19-260 in 1983; P.A. 86-372 added Subsec. (d), requiring municipalities to become a member of BOCA; P.A. 92-164 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re appointment of acting building official; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 07-110 made a technical change in Subsec. (d).

      Sec. 29-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-398). Permit to construct or alter. Education fee. (a) Except as provided in subsection (h) of section 29-252a and the State Building Code adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-252, after October 1, 1970, no building or structure shall be constructed or altered until an application has been filed with the building official and a permit issued. Such permit shall be issued or refused, in whole or in part, within thirty days after the date of an application. No permit shall be issued except upon application of the owner of the premises affected or the owner's authorized agent. No permit shall be issued to a contractor who is required to be registered pursuant to chapter 400, for work to be performed by such contractor, unless the name, business address and Department of Consumer Protection registration number of such contractor is clearly marked on the application for the permit, and the contractor has presented such contractor's certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor. Prior to the issuance of a permit and within said thirty-day period, the building official shall review the plans of buildings or structures to be constructed or altered, including, but not limited to, plans prepared by an architect licensed pursuant to chapter 390, a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 391 or an interior designer registered pursuant to chapter 396a acting within the scope of such license or registration, to determine their compliance with the requirements of the State Building Code and, where applicable, the local fire marshal shall review such plans to determine their compliance with the State Fire Safety Code. Such plans submitted for review shall be in substantial compliance with the provisions of the State Building Code and, where applicable, with the provisions of the State Fire Safety Code.

      (b) On and after July 1, 1999, the building official shall assess an education fee on each building permit application. During the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, the amount of such fee shall be sixteen cents per one thousand dollars of construction value as declared on the building permit application and the building official shall remit such fees quarterly to the Department of Public Safety, for deposit in the General Fund. Upon deposit in the General Fund, the amount of such fees shall be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Public Safety and shall be used for the code training and educational programs established pursuant to section 29-251c and the educational programs required in subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-262. On and after July 1, 2000, the assessment shall be made in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 29-251c. All fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be maintained in a separate account by the local building department. During the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, the local building department may retain two per cent of such fees for administrative costs incurred in collecting such fees and maintaining such account. On and after July 1, 2000, the portion of such fees which may be retained by a local building department shall be determined in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 29-251c.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4109; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 6; P.A. 82-432, S. 10, 19; P.A. 85-195, S. 2; P.A. 86-372, S. 3; P.A. 90-230, S. 51, 101; P.A. 93-435, S. 9, 23, 95; P.A. 98-233, S. 4, 8; P.A. 99-209, S. 3, 4; P.A. 00-60; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-150, S. 2; 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-110, S. 5.)

      History: 1969 act initiated permit requirement "after October 1, 1970" rather than "after the adoption of the state building code by any municipality" and added provisions requiring action on application within 30 days of its submission and requiring application by builder except where owner or his agent is applicant; 1971 act required application by owner or his agent in all cases, builder no longer acceptable as applicant; P.A. 82-432 added provisions re review of building plans by building official and local fire marshal prior to issuance of permit; Sec. 19-398 transferred to Sec. 29-263 in 1983; P.A. 85-195 exempted state agencies from permit requirement; P.A. 86-372 specifically required review of plans within 30-day period and required plans to substantially comply with state building and fire codes; P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference; P.A. 93-435 provided that plans to be reviewed include plans prepared by architects, professional engineers or interior designers and made a technical change in reference to Sec. 29-252a to correct subsection cite, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 98-233 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) adding reference to the State Building Code adopted pursuant to Sec. 29-252(a), and added new Subsec. (b) re assessment of education fees, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-209 amended Subsec. (b) by specifying that the education fees deposited in the General Fund be credited to the Department of Public Safety for code training and educational programs, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-60 amended Subsec. (a) by adding requirements for application information and for proof of contractor's certificate of registration to be presented prior to permit issuance and by making technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-150 amended Subsec. (b) to require education fee to be used for the educational programs required in Sec. 29-262 (a) and (b); P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 07-110 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).

      Sec. 29-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-400). Certificate of occupancy.

      Subsec. (a):

      Although plaintiff owner of commercial property failed to secure a certificate of occupancy for the property in violation of the statute, public policy did not preclude plaintiff from recovering unpaid rent from defendant lessee, who continued to occupy the premises after being informed that plaintiff had failed to secure certificate of occupancy. 282 C. 434.

      Sec. 29-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-395p). Design of units and facilities in state-assisted housing for the physically disabled. Any state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a building permit application filed on or after January 1, 1976, and prior to October 1, 2004, that contains ten or more housing units shall have at least ten per cent of the units and all common use areas and facilities designed to promote safe and accessible means of entrance and egress and ease of access and use of facilities for the physically disabled, as defined in subsection (b) of section 1-1f, unless a waiver of such requirement is obtained from the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development as provided in this section. Any state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a building permit application filed on or after October 1, 2004, that contains four or more dwelling units shall have the dwelling units and all common use areas and facilities designed in accordance with the State Building Code to promote the safe and accessible use of facilities for the physically disabled, as defined in subsection (b) of section 1-1f, unless such waiver is obtained. Said commissioner may, with the concurrence of the director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and the State Building Inspector, waive the requirement for such units for any state-financed rental housing project awarded state assistance under sections 8-214a and 8-216b, provided all requirements concerning the provision of housing units accessible to the physically disabled promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development have been met. Physically disabled persons and families shall receive priority in placement in no less than ten per cent of the housing units constructed or substantially rehabilitated after January 1, 1976.

      (P.A. 75-147, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-79; P.A. 87-378, S. 8; P.A. 88-280, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 62, 121; P.A. 04-237, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 196; P.A. 07-6, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 81-79 provided for the waiver of handicapped unit requirement in some cases where two or fewer such units are required; Sec. 19-395p transferred to Sec. 29-271 in 1983; P.A. 87-378 changed "housing or housing project" to "rental housing or rental housing project", extended section requirements to all common use areas and facilities in applicable housing, and made waiver provisions applicable to rental housing awarded assistance under Sec. 8-213 to Sec. 8-214a where federal requirements have been met; P.A. 88-280 made technical change, substituting reference to Secs. 8-214a and 8-216b for reference to Secs. 8-213 to 8-214a, inclusive; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 changed reference from "advocacy for the handicapped and the developmentally disabled" to "advocacy for persons with disabilities", effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 04-237 provided that 10% requirement re state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project applies to those constructed or substantially rehabilitated under building permit application filed on or after January 1, 1976, and prior to October 1, 2004, added requirement that any state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under building permit application filed on or after October 1, 2004, which contains four or more dwelling units shall have the dwelling units and all common use areas and facilities designed in accordance with code, and required concurrence of State Building Inspector for commissioner to waive such requirement; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 07-6 replaced reference to Sec. 8-124a with reference to Sec. 8-214a.

PART II
FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE HAZARDS.
STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
FIRE SAFETY CODE

      Sec. 29-291a. State Fire Prevention Code: Adoption and revision. Advisory committee. (a) The State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory committee established under subsection (b) of this section, shall adopt and administer a state Fire Prevention Code based on a nationally recognized fire prevention code. Said code shall be used to enhance the enforcement capabilities of local fire marshals and for the purposes of prevention of fire and other related emergencies. Said code shall be adopted not later than October 1, 2008, and shall be revised thereafter as deemed necessary to incorporate any subsequent revisions to the code not later than eighteen months following the date of first publication of such revisions.

      (b) There is established an advisory committee consisting of nine persons appointed by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall appoint two members selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Codes and Standards Committee from the membership of said committee and seven members representing local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association.

      (P.A. 04-59, S. 1; P.A. 07-84, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 04-59 effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 07-84 amended Subsec. (a) to extend deadline for adoption of the Fire Prevention Code from January 1, 2005, to October 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-295. (Formerly Sec. 29-43). Penalty for violation of code. Any person who violates any provision of the Fire Safety Code shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3668; P.A. 81-220; P.A. 07-217, S. 138.)

      History: P.A. 81-220 imposed minimum fine of $200, raised maximum fine from $200 to $1,000 and increased maximum period of imprisonment from three months to six months; Sec. 29-43 transferred to Sec. 29-295 in 1983; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.

      Sec. 29-298. (Formerly Sec. 29-45a). Certification of local fire marshals, deputies, inspectors and investigators. Continuing education programs. Certificate of emeritus. Immunity from personal liability. (a) The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee, acting jointly, shall adopt minimum standards of qualification for local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals, fire inspectors and such other classes of inspectors and investigators as they deem necessary. The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall (1) prepare and conduct oral, written or practical examinations to determine if a person is qualified and eligible to be certified, or (2) accept successful completion of programs of training developed by public agencies and approved by them as proof of qualification for certification eligibility, or (3) prepare and conduct a training program, the successful completion of which shall qualify a person to be certified. Upon determination of the qualification of a local fire official under subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection, the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall issue or cause to be issued a certificate to such person stating that the person is eligible to be certified. The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall establish classes of certification that will recognize the varying involvements of such local fire officials. Local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals, fire inspectors and other inspectors or investigators holding office in any municipality shall be certified in accordance with subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection. On or after October 1, 1979, no local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator shall be appointed or hired unless such person is certified and any such person shall be removed from office if such person fails to maintain certification. The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall conduct educational programs designed to assist such local fire officials in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of their office. Such educational programs for local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors shall be in addition to the programs specified under subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection and shall consist of not less than ninety hours of training over a three-year period. The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall establish the minimum hours of training for the other classes of inspectors and investigators, which shall recognize the varying involvements of such officials. Each local fire official shall attend such training programs or other approved programs of training and present proof of successful completion to the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, and with the participation of one or more members of the Fire Marshal Training Council, revoke any certificate issued under the provisions of this subsection for failure on the part of a local fire official to present such proof. Any appointed local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or other inspector or investigator who wishes to retire his or her certificate may apply to the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee to have such certificate retired and be issued a certificate of emeritus. Such retired local fire official may no longer hold himself or herself out as a certified local fire official.

      (b) No local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator acting for a local fire marshal, who is charged with the enforcement of the Fire Safety Code and this chapter, may be held personally liable for any damage to persons or property that may result from any action that is required or permitted in the discharge of his official duties while acting for a municipality or fire district. Any legal proceeding brought against any such fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator because of any such action shall be defended by such municipality or fire district. No such fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator may be held responsible for or charged with the costs of any such legal proceeding. Any officer of a local fire marshal's office, if acting without malice and in good faith, shall be free from all liability for any action or omission in the performance of his official duties.

      (c) Each certified deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator shall act under the direction and supervision of the local fire marshal while enforcing the Fire Safety Code and the provisions of this chapter. The local fire marshal may authorize, in writing, such deputy fire marshal or fire inspector to issue any permit or order under the provisions of this part or to certify compliance with the provisions of the Fire Safety Code, on his behalf.

      (1971, P.A. 569, S. 2; P.A. 77-84; P.A. 82-432, S. 12, 19; P.A. 83-375, S. 1; 83-566, S. 4, 6; P.A. 86-327, S. 1; 86-403, S. 121; P.A. 87-120, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-54; 89-75, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-230, S. 91, 101; P.A. 07-84, S. 2, 5; 07-217, S. 139.)

      History: P.A. 77-84 required that state marshal adopt minimum qualification standards for local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors, adding the latter as a new personnel category and prohibited appointment or hiring of noncertified person on or after October 1, 1979; P.A. 82-432 empowered codes and standards committee to act jointly with state fire marshal in functions enumerated in section; Sec. 29-45a transferred to Sec. 29-298 in 1983; P.A. 83-375 added Subsec. (b), which provided that local fire marshals, deputies or inspectors are immune from personal liability for damage resulting from acts constituting official duties; P.A. 83-566 added Subdiv. (3), authorizing the state fire marshal and codes and standards committee to prepare and conduct a training program and specifically provided that deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors holding municipal office shall be certified in accordance with Subdiv. (1), (2) or (3); P.A. 86-327 amended Subsec. (a) to require a local fire official's removal from office for failure to maintain certification, continuing education for such officials, and revocation of certification for failure to complete such educational programs; P.A. 86-403 made technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-120 required the adoption of minimum standards of qualification for classes of fire inspectors in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c), requiring deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors to act under supervision of local fire marshal while enforcing fire safety code; P.A. 89-54 required state fire marshal and committee to adopt minimum qualification standards for such other classes of inspectors and investigators as they deem necessary and required such inspectors and investigators to be certified; P.A. 89-75 amended Subsec. (c) to permit local fire marshal to authorize deputy fire marshal or fire inspector to issue permits and orders or certify compliance with fire safety code; P.A. 90-230 made technical change to Subsec. (c); P.A. 07-84 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions concerning the issuing of a certificate of emeritus and, effective June 1, 2007, further amended Subsec. (a) to require participation of Fire Marshal Training Council in revocation proceedings; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 12, 2007.

      Sec. 29-298a. Fire Marshal Training Council established. Duties. Members. There shall be established within the Department of Public Safety a Fire Marshal Training Council which shall advise the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee on all matters pertaining to (1) certification training programs, (2) decertification hearings, (3) in-service training for fire marshals in the state, and (4) programs for all other persons eligible to receive training pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 29-251c. The council shall be composed of twelve members as follows: The State Fire Marshal or his designee; a member of the Codes and Standards Committee to be elected by such committee; three members appointed by the Connecticut Fire Marshals' Association, one of whom shall be a volunteer, one of whom shall be a part-time paid, and one of whom shall be a full-time, local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fire inspector; one member appointed by the Board of Governors of Higher Education; two members appointed by the Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population in excess of seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population of less than seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; and two public members, appointed by the Governor. Members shall be residents of this state and shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The council may elect such officers as it deems necessary.

      (P.A. 86-327, S. 4; P.A. 89-260, S. 38, 41; P.A. 98-233, S. 7, 8; P.A. 07-84, S. 6.)

      History: P.A. 89-260 substituted two members appointed by the board of trustees for the community-technical colleges for one member appointed by the board of trustees for state technical colleges and one member appointed by the board of trustees for regional community colleges; P.A. 98-233 included certain other eligible persons in training programs, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 07-84 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4) and added advisement re decertification hearings to list of council's duties, effective June 1, 2007.

      Sec. 29-303. (Formerly Sec. 29-50). Reporting of fire emergencies. The fire chief or local fire marshal with jurisdiction over a town, city, borough or fire district, where a fire, or explosion or other fire emergency occurs shall furnish the State Fire Marshal a report of all the facts relating to its cause, its origin, the kind, the estimated value and ownership of the property damaged or destroyed, and such other information as called for by the State Fire Marshal on forms furnished by the State Fire Marshal, or in an electronic format prescribed by the State Fire Marshal. The fire chief or fire marshal may also submit reports regarding other significant fire department response to such fire or explosion, and such reports may be filed monthly but commencing January 1, 2008, such reports shall be filed not less than quarterly.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3673; P.A. 85-10; 85-70; P.A. 07-84, S. 3.)

      History: Sec. 29-50 transferred to Sec. 29-303 in 1983; P.A. 85-10 permitted local fire marshals to furnish fire data to the state fire marshal on magnetic tape; P.A. 85-70 required local fire chief to submit fire incident reports to local fire marshal within five days of the fire or explosion; P.A. 07-84 permitted either local fire marshal or fire chief to send a report to State Fire Marshal rather than having both write a report, deleted former Subdivs. (1) and (2), deleted requirement that report be made within 5 days, substituted e-mail for magnetic tape as an acceptable format for such report, and added provision re quarterly reports.

      Sec. 29-305. (Formerly Sec. 29-52). Inspections by local fire marshals. Reports. Schedule of inspections. (a) Each local fire marshal and the State Fire Marshal, for the purpose of satisfying themselves that all pertinent statutes and regulations are complied with, may inspect in the interests of public safety all buildings and facilities of public service, all buildings and facilities used for manufacturing and all occupancies regulated by the Fire Safety Code within their respective jurisdictions. Each local fire marshal shall inspect or cause to be inspected, at least once each calendar year or as often as prescribed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in the interests of public safety, all buildings and facilities of public service and all occupancies regulated by the Fire Safety Code within the local fire marshal's jurisdiction, except residential buildings designed to be occupied by one or two families which shall be inspected, upon complaint or request of an owner or occupant, only for the purpose of determining whether the requirements specified in said code relative to smoke detection and warning equipment have been satisfied. Upon receipt by the State Fire Marshal of information from an authentic source that any other building or facility within the State Fire Marshal's jurisdiction is hazardous to life safety from fire, the State Fire Marshal shall inspect such building or facility. In each case in which the local fire marshal conducts an inspection, the local fire marshal shall be satisfied that all pertinent statutes and regulations are complied with, and shall keep a record of such investigations. Such local fire marshal or a designee shall have the right of entry at all reasonable hours into or upon any premises within the local fire marshal's jurisdiction for the performance of the fire marshal's duties except that occupied dwellings and habitations, exclusive of common use passageways and rooms in tenement houses, hotels and rooming houses, may only be entered for inspections between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except in the event of any emergency requiring immediate attention for safety to life, or in the interests of public safety. Each local fire marshal shall make a monthly report to the authority which appointed the local fire marshal and shall be paid for his or her services in making such inspections of buildings and facilities the compensation agreed upon with such appointing authority.

      (b) The State Fire Marshal may adopt amendments to the Fire Safety Code and the Fire Prevention Code regarding requirements for the frequency of inspections of different building uses regulated by the code and set forth a schedule of inspections, except for inspections of residential buildings designed to be occupied by three or more families, that are less frequent than yearly if the interests of public safety can be met by less frequent inspections.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3675; 1957, P.A. 516, S. 2; P.A. 83-511, S. 3, 4; P.A. 89-42, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-84, S. 4.)

      History: Sec. 29-52 transferred to Sec. 29-305 in 1983; P.A. 83-511 included manufacturing establishments within the types of buildings and facilities which local and state fire marshals may inspect in the interests of public safety, effective July 1, 1984; P.A. 89-42 added an exception to requirement that local fire marshal inspect all buildings and occupancies each year for one and two-family residential buildings which shall be inspected for smoke detection and warning equipment upon complaint or request of an owner or occupant; P.A. 07-84 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) permitting State Fire Marshal to adopt amendments to Fire Safety and Fire Prevention Codes re schedule of inspections.

      Sec. 29-335. (Formerly Sec. 29-76). Penalty. Any person who, by himself or herself or by such person's employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any regulation promulgated under section 29-331, or who operates or permits the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 29-332, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for the first offense, and not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each subsequent offense. If death or injury results from any such violation, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars and the period of imprisonment not more than ten years, or both.

      (1955, S. 2004d; 1959, P.A. 400; P.A. 79-512, S. 8, 13; P.A. 07-217, S. 140.)

      History: 1959 act extended penalty to operating or permitting operation of vehicle in violation of Sec. 29-73; P.A. 79-512 added specific penalties for subsequent offenses and for violations which result in injury or death; Sec. 29-76 transferred to Sec. 29-335 in 1983; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.

      Sec. 29-341. (Formerly Sec. 29-82). Penalty. Any person who, by himself or herself or by such person's employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any regulation promulgated under section 29-337, or who operates or permits the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 29-339, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense, and be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each subsequent offense. If death or injury results from any such violation, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars and the period of imprisonment not more than ten years, or both.

      (1957, P.A. 353, S. 6; 1959, P.A. 340; P.A. 79-512, S. 11, 13; P.A. 86-386; P.A. 95-93, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 141.)

      History: 1959 act extended penalty to operation or permitting operation of a vehicle in violation of Sec. 29-80; P.A. 79-512 added specific penalties for subsequent offenses and for violations which result in injury or death; Sec. 29-82 transferred to Sec. 29-341 in 1983; P.A. 86-386 increased the maximum fine from $500 to $1,000 and eliminated the term of imprisonment for the first offense, and increased the minimum fine from $500 to $1,000 and the maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,000 and decreased the maximum term of imprisonment from one year to six months for a subsequent offense; P.A. 95-93 reduced the maximum fine for the first offense from $1,000 to $500; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.

      Sec. 29-349. (Formerly Sec. 29-89). Storage, transportation and use of explosives and blasting agents. Licenses, permits: Fees, suspension or revocation. Penalty. Jurisdiction of Labor Commissioner. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the preparation of and may enforce reasonable regulations for the safe and convenient storage, transportation and use of explosives and blasting agents used in connection therewith, which regulations shall deal in particular with the quantity and character of explosives and blasting agents to be stored, transported and used, the proximity of such storage to inhabited dwellings or other occupied buildings, public highways and railroad tracks, the character and construction of suitable magazines for such storage, protective measures to secure such stored explosives and blasting agents and the abatement of any hazard that may arise incident to the storage, transportation or use of such explosives and blasting agents.

      (b) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in any activity concerning the storage, transportation or use of explosives unless such person, firm or corporation has obtained a license therefor from the Commissioner of Public Safety. Such license shall be issued upon payment of a fee of one hundred dollars and upon submission by the applicant of evidence of good moral character and of competence in the control and handling of explosives, provided, if such license is for the use of explosives, it may be issued only to an individual person after demonstration that such individual is technically qualified to detonate explosives. Any such license to use explosives shall bear both the fingerprints of the licensee obtained by the Commissioner of Public Safety at the time of licensing, and the licensee's photograph, furnished by the licensee, of a size specified by the commissioner and taken not more than one year prior to the issuance of the license. Each such license shall be valid for one year from the date of its issuance, unless sooner revoked or suspended, and may be renewed annually thereafter upon a payment of seventy-five dollars.

      (c) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require any applicant for a license under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.

      (d) No person shall manufacture, keep, store, sell or deal in any explosives unless such person has a valid license under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and obtains from the Commissioner of Public Safety or from the fire marshal of the town where such business is conducted a written permit therefor, which permit shall not be valid for more than one year and for which such person shall pay a fee of fifty dollars. If the permit is issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety, the commissioner shall forward a copy thereof to the local fire marshal. Such permit so granted shall definitely state the location of the building where such business is to be carried on or such explosive deposited and shall state that such building or premises complies with the regulations provided for in this section.

      (e) No person shall procure, transport or use any explosives unless such person has a valid license under subsection (b) of this section and has obtained a written permit therefor signed by the Commissioner of Public Safety or by the fire marshal of the town where such explosive is to be used, specifying the name of the purchaser, the amount to be purchased and transported and the purpose for which it is to be used. Any such permit to use explosives shall state the number of years the permittee has been engaged in blasting activity. Such permit shall be valid for such period, not longer than one year, as is required to accomplish the purpose for which it was obtained. No carrier shall transport any such explosive until the vehicle transporting the explosive has been inspected and approved by the Department of Public Safety and unless such written permit accompanies the same and no person shall have in such person's possession any such explosive unless such person has a license and permit therefor. The fee for such inspection shall be fifty dollars. The fee for such permit shall be thirty dollars. Each person who has in such person's custody or possession any explosive or any detonating caps for explosives shall keep the same either under personal observation or securely locked up.

      (f) Any license or permit issued under the provisions of this section may be suspended or revoked by the issuing authority for violation by the licensee or permittee of any provision of law or regulation relating to explosives or conviction of such licensee or permittee of any felony or misdemeanor. Suspension or revocation of a license shall automatically suspend or revoke the permit and the suspension or revocation of a permit shall automatically suspend or revoke the license.

      (g) Any person who, by himself or herself or by such person's employee or agent or as the employee or agent of another, violates any provision of this section, or any regulation made by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.

      (h) As used in this section, "blasting agent" means any material, composition or mixture intended for blasting, consisting substantially of a fuel and oxidizer, none of the ingredients of which is an explosive as defined in section 29-343, and the finished product of which as mixed and packaged for use or shipment cannot be detonated by the test procedure established by regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety in accordance with chapter 54.

      (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Labor Commissioner shall regulate the storage, transportation and use of explosives and blasting agents in places of employment insofar as such activities relate to employee health and safety, provided such regulations shall be no less stringent than those prepared and enforced by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4137; 1957, P.A. 571; 1959, P.A. 281; 1971, P.A. 391, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 98, S. 1; P.A. 73-132, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-297, S. 12, 20; P.A. 87-130; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 65, 66, 117; P.A. 99-163, S. 6; P.A. 01-175, S. 28, 32; P.A. 05-288, S. 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 150.)

      History: 1959 act authorized regulation of blasting agents in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (e) defining the term "blasting agent"; 1971 act authorized regulations re explosives stored near "other occupied buildings" and re "protective measures to secure such stored explosives and blasting agents", inserted new Subsec. (b) re licenses, relettered remaining Subsecs., revised Subsec. (c), formerly (b), to specify required permit, required that permit state number of years permittee has engaged in blasting activities, limited period of validity and imposed $2 fee for permit, rather than $0.25 fee in Subsec. (d), formerly (c), inserted new Subsecs. (e) and (f) re required proof of financial responsibility and re suspension or revocation of license or permit and increased maximum fine from $500 to $10,000 and maximum prison term from 1 year to 10 years in Subsec. (g), formerly (d); 1972 act repealed Subsec. (e), relettering Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 73-132 added new Subsec. (h) re labor commissioner's authority to regulate explosives and blasting agents in places of employment; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-297 increased fee for initial license from $25 to $50 and for renewal from $10 to $25 in Subsec. (b); Sec. 29-89 transferred to Sec. 29-349 in 1983; P.A. 87-130 amended Subsec. (c) to increase permit fee from $5 to $25 and Subsec. (d) to increase permit fee from $2 to $20; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (b) to raise fee from $25 to $30 and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that vehicles transporting explosives shall be inspected and approved by the department for an inspection fee of $25; P.A. 99-163 amended Subsec. (g) by transferring regulatory authority from State Fire Marshal to Commissioner of Public Safety; P.A. 01-175 added new Subsec. (c) re criminal history records checks in accordance with Sec. 29-17a, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (h) as Subsecs. (d) to (i) and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (b), (d), (e) and (g), effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subsec. (b) to increase fee for licensure from $50 to $100, and renewal fee from $30 to $75, amended Subsec. (d) to increase permit fee from $25 to $50, and amended Subsec. (e) to increase inspection fee from $25 to $50 and permit fee from $20 to $30, effective July 1, 2007.

      Sec. 29-357. (Formerly Sec. 29-97). Sale, use and possession of fireworks prohibited. Sale, use and possession of certain sparklers or fountains permitted. Permits for display. Variations or exemptions. Penalty. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail or use or explode or possess with intent to sell, use or explode any fireworks. A person who is sixteen years of age or older may offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, purchase, use or possess with intent to sell or use sparklers or fountains of not more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic mixture per item, which are nonexplosive and nonaerial, provided (1) such sparklers and fountains do not contain magnesium, except for magnalium or magnesium-aluminum alloy, (2) such sparklers and fountains containing any chlorate or perchlorate salts do not exceed five grams of composition per item, and (3) when more than one fountain is mounted on a common base, the total pyrotechnic composition does not exceed two hundred grams.

      (b) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the granting of permits for supervised displays of fireworks or for the indoor use of pyrotechnics, sparklers and fountains for special effects by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, other organizations or groups of individuals or artisans in pursuit of their trade. Such permit may be issued upon application to said State Fire Marshal and after (1) inspection of the site of such display or use by the local fire marshal to determine compliance with the requirements of such regulations, (2) approval of the chiefs of the police and fire departments, or, if there is no police or fire department, of the first selectman, of the municipality wherein the display is to be held as is provided in this section, and (3) the filing of a bond by the applicant as provided in section 29-358. No such display shall be handled or fired by any person until such person has been granted a certificate of competency by the State Fire Marshal, in respect to which a fee of one hundred dollars shall be payable to the State Treasurer when issued and which may be renewed every three years upon payment of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars to the State Treasurer, provided such certificate may be suspended or revoked by said marshal at any time for cause. Such certificate of competency shall attest to the fact that such operator is competent to fire a display. Such display shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the chiefs of the police and fire departments or such selectman, after proper inspection, will not be hazardous to property or endanger any person or persons. In an aerial bomb, no salute, report or maroon may be used that is composed of a formula of chlorate of potash, sulphur, black needle antimony and dark aluminum. Formulas that may be used in a salute, report or maroon are as follows: (A) Perchlorate of potash, black needle antimony and dark aluminum, and (B) perchlorate of potash, dark aluminum and sulphur. No high explosive such as dynamite, fulminate of mercury or other stimulator for detonating shall be used in any aerial bomb or other pyrotechnics. Application for permits shall be made in writing at least fifteen days prior to the date of display, on such notice as the State Fire Marshal by regulation prescribes, on forms furnished by him, and a fee of fifty dollars shall be payable to the State Treasurer with each such application. After such permit has been granted, sales, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be suspended or revoked by the State Fire Marshal or the local fire marshal for violation by the permittee of any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any ordinance relating to fireworks.

      (c) The State Fire Marshal may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation issued under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal, secure the public safety and shall be made in writing.

      (d) Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days or be both fined and imprisoned, except that (1) any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section by offering for sale, exposing for sale or selling at retail or possessing with intent to sell any fireworks with a value exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and (2) any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of subsection (b) of this section or any regulation adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except if death or injury results from any such violation, such person, firm or corporation shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

      (1953, 1955, S. 2007d; 1961, P.A. 193; 194; P.A. 76-30, S. 4, 6; P.A. 80-297, S. 13, 20; P.A. 82-344, S. 2, 3; P.A. 84-228, S. 1; P.A. 91-196, S. 3, 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 67, 117; P.A. 99-24, S. 1; P.A. 00-198, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-231, S. 7; P.A. 06-177, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 151.)

      History: 1961 acts added requirement for certificate of competency issued by state fire marshal in lieu of approval of person handling display by local authorities and prohibited use of salute, report or maroon composed of formula of chlorate of potash, sulphur, black needle antimony and dark aluminum in aerial bombs, specified formulas that could be used and prohibited use of high explosives in aerial bombs or pyrotechnics; P.A. 76-30 required that permit application be made at least 15 days before date of display; P.A. 80-297 imposed $25 fee for certificate of competency to be renewed every 3 years upon payment of $10 renewal fee and imposed $25 fee for display permit; P.A. 82-344 permitted state fire marshal to adopt regulations for the granting of permits for the indoor use of pyrotechnics for special effects and for artisans in pursuit of their trade; Sec. 29-97 transferred to Sec. 29-357 in 1983; P.A. 84-228 inserted Subsec. indicators, replaced "keep" with "possess", and added Subsec. (c) incorporating penalties for violation of the section formerly set forth in Sec. 29-366 and making the penalty for the sale or possession with intent to sell of fireworks with a value exceeding $10,000 a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 91-196 added a new Subsec. (c), permitting state fire marshal to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve alternate compliance with, provisions of regulations issued under Subsec. (b), and relettered remaining Subsec. accordingly; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (b) to increase the fee for certificate of competency from $25 to $50, for renewal from $10 to $30 and for an application for permits from $25 to $35; P.A. 99-24 provided for inspection of the site by the local fire marshal, allowed suspension of certificate of competency by the State Fire Marshal and permitted revocation or suspension of the permit by the State Fire Marshal or local fire marshal; P.A. 00-198 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception re sparklers, effective June 1, 2000; P.A. 03-231 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing exception as Subdiv. (1) and add new Subdiv. (2) to provide that any person, firm or corporation violating Subsec. (b) or any regulation adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except if death or injury results from such violation, such person, firm or corporation shall be fined a maximum of $10,000 or imprisoned a maximum of 10 years, or both, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 06-177 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 29-356, add references to "fountains" and add new Subdivs. (1) to (3) re requirements for sparklers and fountains, and amended Subsec. (b) to add "sparklers and fountains" in provision re permits for displays, effective June 9, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subsec. (b) to increase fee for certificate of competency from $50 to $100, to increase renewal fee for such certificate from $30 to $150, and to increase fee for permit from $35 to $50, effective July 1, 2007.

      Sec. 29-362. (Formerly Sec. 29-102). Seizure and destruction of fireworks. The State Fire Marshal or a local fire marshal shall seize, take, store, remove or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale, stored, held or kept in violation of sections 29-356 to 29-366, inclusive. When any fireworks have been seized, the superior court having jurisdiction, shall expeditiously cause to be left at the place where such fireworks were seized, if such place is a dwelling house, store, shop or other building, and also to be left with or at the usual place of abode of the person named therein as the owner or keeper of such fireworks, a summons notifying him or her and all others whom it may concern to appear before such court, at a place and time named in such notice, which time shall be not less than six nor more than twelve days after the posting and service thereof, then and there to show cause, if any, why such fireworks should not be adjudged a nuisance. Such summons shall describe such articles with reasonable certainty, and state when and where the same were seized. If any person named in such summons or any person claiming any interest in the same appears, he or she shall be made a party defendant in such case. The informing officer or the complainants may appear and prosecute such complaint and, if the court finds the allegations of such complaint to be true and that such fireworks or any of them have been kept in violation of any provision of sections 29-356 to 29-366, inclusive, judgment shall be rendered that such articles are a nuisance, and execution shall issue that the same be destroyed together with the crates, boxes or vessels containing the same. The court shall not require storage of the fireworks pending final disposition of the case and shall order the fireworks to be destroyed upon their being inventoried, photographed and described in a sworn affidavit. Such inventory, photograph, description and sworn affidavit shall be sufficient evidence for the purposes of identification of the seized items at any subsequent court proceeding.

      (1953, 1955, S. 2012d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 63; 1971, P.A. 139; P.A. 74-183, S. 262, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 225, 681; P.A. 03-231, S. 6; P.A. 07-246, S. 4.)

      History: 1959 act changed jurisdiction from trial justices and municipal courts to circuit court; 1971 act deleted requirement that notice of seizure be posted "upon the public signpost of the town wherein such fireworks were seized"; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 29-102 transferred to Sec. 29-362 in 1983; P.A. 03-231 required local fire marshal to seize, store or remove all fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale, stored, held or kept in violation of Secs. 29-356 to 29-366, inclusive, and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 07-246 replaced provision requiring that summons be left within 48 hours after seizure with provision re leaving summons "expeditiously" and added provisions allowing for destruction of fireworks and providing that specified evidence is sufficient for identification of fireworks.

      Sec. 29-365. (Formerly Sec. 29-105). License fees. The fee to be paid to the licensing authority upon each application shall be as follows: For a fireworks manufacturing license, two hundred dollars; for a dealer, wholesaler and jobber, two hundred dollars. Fees collected by the State Fire Marshal shall be paid to the State Treasurer.

      (1955, S. 2015d; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 152.)

      History: Sec. 29-105 transferred to Sec. 29-365 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fees for licensure from $100 to $200 and from $50 to $200, effective July 1, 2007.

PART III
SAFETY OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS

      Sec. 29-393. (Formerly Sec. 19-391). Building inspectors; duties, right of entry. On receipt of information from the local fire marshal or from any other authentic source that any building in his jurisdiction, due to lack of exit facilities, fire, deterioration, catastrophe or other cause, is in such condition as to be a hazard to any person or persons, the building inspector shall immediately make an inspection by himself or by his assistant, and may make orders for additional exit facilities or the repair or alteration of the building if the same is susceptible to repair or both or for the removal of such building or any portion thereof if any such order is necessary in the interests of public safety. Any building inspector shall have the right of entry into all buildings for the performance of his duties between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., in the interests of public safety.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4101; P.A. 07-110, S. 6.)

      History: Sec. 19-391 transferred to Sec. 29-393 in 1983; P.A. 07-110 made technical changes.

      Sec. 29-394. (Formerly Sec. 19-392). Penalty. Any person who, by himself or his agent, fails to comply with the written order of a building inspector for the provision of additional exit facilities in a building, the repair or alteration of a building or the removal of a building or any portion thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4102; P.A. 07-110, S. 7.)

      History: Sec. 19-392 transferred to Sec. 29-394 in 1983; P.A. 07-110 made a technical change, increased fine to a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $1,000 and permitted both fine and imprisonment to be imposed.

PART IV
STATE DEMOLITION CODE

      Sec. 29-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-403c). Certificate of registration for demolition business: Application, fees, refusal or revocation. Definition of "registration". Exemptions. (a) No person shall engage in the business of demolition of buildings without a certificate of registration obtained from the Department of Public Safety. An applicant for initial registration shall file an application with the Department of Public Safety, furnish evidence of expertise and financial responsibility and pay a fee of three hundred fifty dollars for a class B certificate and seven hundred fifty dollars for a class A certificate. Each certificate shall be valid for twelve months from date of issuance and shall be renewable on application of the registrant upon payment of an annual fee of two hundred dollars for a class B certificate and six hundred dollars for a class A certificate. The department may refuse to issue any such certificate for cause, and may revoke or refuse to renew any such certificate for failure to carry out and conform to the provisions of this part or to any regulations adopted hereunder, or for any violation of title 22a. No person shall be refused a certificate or a renewal thereof, and no certificate shall be revoked, without an opportunity for a hearing conducted by the Department of Public Safety.

      (b) As used in this part, the term "registration" includes the whole or part of any permit which the Department of Public Safety issues under authority of the general statutes and which (1) requires persons to place their names on a list maintained by the department before they can engage in the business of demolition of buildings, (2) does not require a person to demonstrate competence by examination or other means, and (3) may be revoked or suspended by the department for cause.

      (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) a person who is engaged in the disassembling, transportation and reconstruction of historic buildings for historical purposes or in the demolition of farm buildings or in the renovation, alteration or reconstruction of a single-family residence, (2) the removal of underground petroleum storage tanks, (3) the burning of a building or structure as part of an organized fire department training exercise, or (4) the demolition of a single-family residence or outbuilding by an owner of such structure if it does not exceed a height of thirty feet, provided (A) the owner shall be present on site while such demolition work is in progress and shall be held personally liable for any injury to individuals or damage to public or private property caused by such demolition, and (B) such demolition shall be permitted only with respect to buildings which have clearance from other structures, roads or highways equal to or greater than the height of the structure subject to demolition. The local building official may require additional clearance when deemed necessary for safety.

      (February, 1965, P.A. 551, S. 3; P.A. 73-491; P.A. 77-177, S. 1; P.A. 78-288, S. 1; P.A. 80-297, S. 4, 20; P.A. 82-451, S. 3, 9; P.A. 87-263, S. 1; P.A. 92-249, S. 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 68, 117; P.A. 04-150, S. 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 197; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 153.)

      History: P.A. 73-491 required application for license to be filed with commission on demolition and set fees for Class A and B licenses; P.A. 77-177 exempted persons engaged in disassembling, transportation and reassembly of historical building for historical purposes from provisions; P.A. 78-288 exempted persons engaged in farm building demolition or in renovation, alteration or reconstruction of single-family residences; P.A. 80-297 increased fee for Class A license from $300 to $500 and for Class B license from $100 to $200; P.A. 82-451 transferred powers of state commission on demolition to department of public safety, changed "license" to "certificate of registration" and defined "registration" in new Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-403c transferred to Sec. 29-402 in 1983; P.A. 87-263 amended Subsec. (a) to require applicants for initial registration to furnish evidence of expertise and financial responsibility, and to delete the exemption, and added Subsec. (c), restating and expanding the exemption formerly in Subsec. (a); P.A. 92-249 added violations of title 22a as grounds for revocation of certificates under this section; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for class B certificate from $200 to $300 and from $100 to $200 for a renewal and for class A certificate from $500 to $750 and from $300 to $600 for a renewal; P.A. 04-150 amended Subsec. (c) to add new Subdivs. (2) and (3) exempting the removal of underground petroleum storage tanks and the burning of a building or structure as part of an organized fire department training exercise and to redesignate existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (4); P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fee for class B certificate from $300 to $350 in Subsec. (a) and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2007.

      Sec. 29-406. (Formerly Sec. 19-403g). Permit for demolition of particular structure. Exemption. Waiting period. (a) No person shall demolish any building, structure or part thereof without obtaining a permit for the particular demolition undertaking from the building official of the town, city or borough wherein such building or part thereof is located. No person shall be eligible to receive a permit under this section unless he furnishes to the building official written evidence (1) of financial responsibility in the form of a certificate of insurance specifying demolition purposes and providing liability coverage for bodily injury of at least one hundred thousand dollars per person with an aggregate of at least three hundred thousand dollars, and for property damage of at least fifty thousand dollars per accident with an aggregate of at least one hundred thousand dollars; each such certificate shall provide that the town or city and its agents shall be saved harmless from any claim or claims arising out of the negligence of the applicant or his agents or employees in the course of the demolition operations; (2) in the form of a certificate of notice executed by all public utilities having service connections within the premises proposed to be demolished, stating that such utilities have severed such connections and service; and (3) that he is the holder of a current valid certificate of registration issued under the provisions of section 29-402, except in the case of (A) a person who is engaged in the disassembling, transportation and reconstruction of historic buildings for historical purposes or who is engaged in the demolition of farm buildings or in the renovation, alteration or reconstruction of a single-family residence, or (B) an owner who is engaged in the demolition of a single-family residence or outbuilding, as provided in subsection (c) of section 29-402. No permit shall be issued under this section unless signed by the owner and the demolition contractor. Each such permit shall contain a printed intention on the part of the signers to comply with the provisions of this part.

      (b) In addition to the powers granted pursuant to this part, any town, city or borough may, by ordinance, impose a waiting period of not more than one hundred eighty days before granting any permit for the demolition of any building or structure or any part thereof.

      (February, 1965, P.A. 551, S. 7, 8; P.A. 73-595, S. 2; P.A. 77-177, S. 2; P.A. 78-288, S. 2; P.A. 82-451, S. 5, 9; P.A. 83-187, S. 1; P.A. 87-263, S. 4; P.A. 95-8; P.A. 07-26, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 73-595 made provisions applicable to cities and boroughs in addition to towns; P.A. 77-177 added exception in Subdiv. (3) for persons engaged in disassembly, transportation and reassembly of historic buildings for historical purposes; P.A. 78-288 extended exception in Subdiv. (3) to include persons engaged in farm building demolition or in renovation, alteration or reconstruction of single-family residences; P.A. 82-451 changed "license" to "certificate of registration"; Sec. 19-403g transferred to Sec. 29-406 in 1983; P.A. 83-187 added Subsec. (b) allowing municipalities to impose a waiting period of not more than 90 days; P.A. 87-263 amended Subsec. (a), substituting "building official" for "administrative officer"; required in Subdiv. (2), written evidence in the form of a certificate of notice executed by public utilities, and added an exemption in Subpara. (B) for owners engaged in the demolition of single-family residences or outbuildings; P.A. 95-8 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(A) to delete reference to "demolition" of single-family residences; P.A. 07-26 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to increase maximum waiting period from 90 to 180 days.

PART V
FIRE-SAFE CIGARETTES

      Sec. 29-416*. Definitions. As used in sections 29-416 to 29-423, inclusive, and sections 12-302 and 12-303:

      (1) "Cigarette manufacturer's license" means a cigarette manufacturer's license issued pursuant to section 12-285b;

      (2) "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and irrespective of whether the tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, where such roll has a wrapper or cover made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco;

      (3) "Quality control and quality assurance program" means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing;

      (4) "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five per cent of the time;

      (5) "Brand family" has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28k;

      (6) "Holder" means the holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license; and

      (7) "Stamper" means a person licensed as a cigarette distributor under chapter 214 and authorized to purchase unstamped packages of cigarettes and required to affix Connecticut cigarette tax stamps to such packages before such packages are transferred out of such person's possession, unless such packages are transferred to another stamper.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 1.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-417*. Sale of cigarettes; requirements. Revocation or suspension of license. Exceptions. (a) On and after July 1, 2008, no holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall sell cigarettes, or offer cigarettes for sale, to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer, or similar intermediary or intermediaries, unless such cigarettes comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

      (b) Cigarettes to be sold, or offered for sale, to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer, or similar intermediary or intermediaries, shall: (1) Have been tested in accordance with the test method specified in section 29-418 and meet the performance standard specified in section 29-418; (2) have been listed in a written certification submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal in accordance with section 29-419; and (3) be in packages marked in accordance with section 29-421.

      (c) If any holder violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may suspend or revoke the holder's cigarette manufacturer's license in the same manner as provided in section 12-295 for the suspension or revocation of the license of a dealer or distributor.

      (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any holder or any stamper from selling or offering for sale cigarettes not meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section if such cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States.

      (e) A wholesale or retail dealer may sell his or her existing inventory of cigarettes on or after July 1, 2008, if such dealer can establish that: (1) Connecticut cigarette tax stamps were affixed to such cigarettes prior to July 1, 2008, and (2) such cigarettes were purchased prior to July 1, 2008, in a quantity comparable to the cigarettes purchased during the same period of the prior year.

      (f) Nothing in sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit a holder from distributing cigarettes in accordance with the provisions of section 12-314a for the purpose of consumer testing, after obtaining the authorization of the Commissioner of Revenue Services. For the purposes of this subsection, "consumer testing" means an assessment of cigarettes that is conducted by or under the control of a holder for the purpose of evaluating consumer acceptance of such cigarettes, utilizing only the quantity of cigarettes that is reasonably necessary for such assessment, and conducting such assessment in a controlled setting where the cigarettes are either consumed on-site or returned to the testing administrators at the conclusion of the testing.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 2.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-418*. Testing of cigarettes. Requirements. Alternative test methods. Retention of copies. Civil penalty. Report. (a) All testing by or on behalf of a holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license or by or on behalf of the Office of the State Fire Marshal to determine a cigarette's compliance with the performance standard specified in this section shall be conducted in accordance with the following requirements:

      (1) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials or "ASTM" standard E2187-04, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes" or a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding by the State Fire Marshal that such subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in subdivision (3) of this subsection;

      (2) Testing shall be conducted on ten layers of filter paper;

      (3) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length burns. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested;

      (4) The performance standard required by this section shall only be applied to a complete test trial;

      (5) Written certifications shall be based upon testing conducted by a laboratory that has been accredited pursuant to standard ISO or IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization or such other comparable accreditation standard as the Office of the State Fire Marshal may require by regulation;

      (6) Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19. Such program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability value set forth in this subdivision for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this section and section 29-419; and

      (7) No additional testing under this section is required if cigarettes are tested consistent with this section for any other purpose.

      (b) Each cigarette that uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the performance standard set forth in this section shall have not less than two nominally identical bands on the paper surrounding the tobacco column. At least one complete band shall be located not less than fifteen millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette. For cigarettes on which the bands are positioned by design, there shall be not less than two bands fully located at least fifteen millimeters from the lighting end and ten millimeters from the filter end of the tobacco column, or ten millimeters from the labeled end of the tobacco column for nonfiltered cigarettes.

      (c) A holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license that manufactures a cigarette that the State Fire Marshal determines cannot be tested in accordance with the test method prescribed in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section may propose an alternate test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the State Fire Marshal. Upon approval and a determination by the State Fire Marshal that the performance standard proposed by the holder is equivalent to the performance standard prescribed in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the holder may employ such test method and performance standard to certify such cigarette pursuant to section 29-419. If the State Fire Marshal determines that another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those contained in this section, and the State Fire Marshal finds that the officials responsible for implementing those requirements have approved the proposed alternative test method and performance standard for a particular cigarette proposed by a holder as meeting the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards of that state's law or regulations under a legal provision comparable to this section, then the State Fire Marshal shall authorize that holder to employ the alternative test method and performance standard to certify that cigarette for sale in this state, unless the State Fire Marshal has a reasonable basis for deciding that the alternative test should not be accepted under said sections. All other applicable requirements of this section shall apply to the holder.

      (d) Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes with respect to which such holder has submitted written certification in accordance with the provisions of section 29-419. Such holder shall provide copies of the reports available to the Office of the State Fire Marshal and to the office of the Attorney General upon written request. Any holder that fails to provide such copies not later than sixty days after receiving a written request shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each day after the sixtieth day that the holder does not make such copies available.

      (e) The State Fire Marshal shall review the effectiveness of the implementation of this section and shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety, in accordance with section 11-4a, containing the State Fire Marshal's findings and, if appropriate, recommendations for legislation to improve the effectiveness of this section. Such report shall be submitted not later than June 30, 2011, and every three years thereafter.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 3.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-419*. Certification. Fee. Retesting required for modified cigarettes. (a) Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall submit to the Office of the State Fire Marshal a written certification every three years attesting that: (1) Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with section 29-418; and (2) each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in section 29-418.

      (b) The certification shall list the following information for each cigarette listed: (1) Brand or trade name on the package; (2) style, such as light or ultra light; (3) length in millimeters; (4) circumference in millimeters; (5) flavor, if applicable; (6) filter or nonfilter; (7) package description, such as a soft package or box; (8) marking pursuant to section 29-421; (9) the name, address and telephone number of the laboratory, if different than the holder that conducted the test; and (10) the date that the testing occurred.

      (c) For each brand family listed in a certification, a holder shall pay to the State Fire Marshal a fee of two hundred fifty dollars. The State Fire Marshal may annually adjust such fee, in regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, to ensure that such fee defrays the actual costs of the processing, testing, enforcement and oversight activities of the State Fire Marshal in accordance with sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive.

      (d) If a holder has certified a cigarette pursuant to this section, and thereafter makes any change to such cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards required by section 29-418, the holder shall not sell that cigarette, or offer that cigarette for sale, to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, until the holder (1) retests the cigarette, in accordance with the testing standards set forth in section 29-418, (2) maintains records of such retesting as required by section 29-418, and (3) finds that the cigarette meets the performance standards set forth in section 29-418.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 4.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-420*. Connecticut Fire-Safe Cigarette Directory. Appeal. Civil action. (a) Not later than July 1, 2008, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop and make available for public inspection, on its web site and in such other forms as the State Fire Marshal deems appropriate, a Connecticut Fire Safe Cigarette Directory listing of all holders that have provided current certifications conforming to the requirements of section 29-419 and all cigarettes that are listed in such certifications. The State Fire Marshal shall update the directory as necessary in order to correct mistakes and to add or remove a holder or cigarette to keep the directory current and in conformity with the requirements of sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive.

      (b) The State Fire Marshal shall not include or retain in such directory the cigarette of any holder if the holder: (1) Has failed to provide the required certification, (2) has failed to provide copies of reports, as required by subsection (d) of section 29-418, and more than sixty days have elapsed since the holder received the written request therefor, or (3) has provided a certification that the State Fire Marshal determines is not in compliance with the provisions of section 29-419, unless such violation has been remedied to the satisfaction of the State Fire Marshal.

      (c) Any holder aggrieved by a determination by the State Fire Marshal not to include a cigarette in the directory maintained pursuant to this section or to remove such cigarette from the directory may apply, not later than thirty days after such determination, to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, which court may grant appropriate relief.

      (d) If the State Fire Marshal determines that a holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license has violated a provision of this section or section 29-419, the Attorney General, upon referral from the State Fire Marshal, may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per violation and such injunctive and equitable relief as the court deems appropriate.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 5.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-421*. Fire standards compliant marking required for sale of cigarettes. No holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall sell cigarettes, or offer to sell cigarettes, to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, unless the holder has placed on each individual package of such cigarettes the letters "FSC", which signifies Fire Standards Compliant. Such letters shall appear in eight-point type and be permanently printed, stamped, engraved or embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code, if such code is present.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 6.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-422*. Implementation in accordance with New York law. Regulations. The State Fire Marshal shall implement sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive, in accordance with the New York fire safety standards, as amended, as said standards are embodied in New York Executive Law, Section 156-c, as amended and Part 429 of Title 19 New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations, as amended. The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 29-418 to 29-420, inclusive, and any such regulations shall be consistent with said New York fire safety standards.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 9.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.

      Sec. 29-423*. Fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement account. There is established, within the General Fund, a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement account. The account shall contain all certification fees submitted by holders in accordance with section 29-419, any civil penalties imposed in accordance with subsection (d) of section 29-418 or subsection (d) of section 29-420, and any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The proceeds of the account shall be used by the State Fire Marshal solely to fund the processing, testing and administrative activities specified in sections 29-418, 29-419 and 29-420.

      (P.A. 07-180, S. 10.)

      *Note: This section is effective July 1, 2008.

      History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.