Sec. 53-258a. Misuse or mutilation of the flag.
Sec. 53-278a. Gambling: Definitions.
Sec. 53-278b. Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.
Sec. 53-278d. Transmission of gambling information.
Sec. 53-278e. Gambling premises as nuisance.
Sec. 53-278f. Persistent offenders.
Sec. 53-278g. Gambling: Excepted activities.
Sec. 53-279. Transferred
Sec. 53-280. Billiard and pool rooms; permits.
Sec. 53-289a. Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.
Sec. 53-289b. Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.
Sec. 53-289c. Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.
Sec. 53-290. Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.
Sec. 53-290a. Disclosures re promotional drawings.
Sec. 53-300a. Sunday real estate contracts valid.
Sec. 53-301. Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.
Sec. 53-302. Employment of labor on Sunday.
Sec. 53-302a. Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales.
Sec. 53-303. Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.
Sec. 53-303a. Retail sales on certain holidays.
Sec. 53-303b. Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.
Sec. 53-303e. More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.
Sec. 53-303f. Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.
Sec. 53-303g. Transferred
Sec. 53-306. Failure to comply with terms or make payment.
Sec. 53-308. Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.
Sec. 53-311a. Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.
Sec. 53-312. False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.
Sec. 53-313. “Bucket shop”; definition.
Sec. 53-314. Keeping bucket shop.
Sec. 53-315. Keeping bucket shop; accessory.
Sec. 53-316. Information to be furnished to customers.
Sec. 53-317. Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.
Sec. 53-318. Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.
Sec. 53-319. Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.
Sec. 53-320. Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.
Sec. 53-321. Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.
Sec. 53-322. Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.
Sec. 53-324. Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.
Sec. 53-325. Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations.
Sec. 53-326. Sterling silver defined. Penalty.
Sec. 53-327. Coin silver defined. Penalty.
Sec. 53-328. Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles.
Sec. 53-329. Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund.
Sec. 53-330. Admission to public performances.
Sec. 53-331. Use of arsenic in embalming.
Sec. 53-332. Burials; proximity to dwelling.
Sec. 53-333a. Depth of burial.
Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment.
Sec. 53-341a. Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee.
Sec. 53-341b. Sale or delivery of body armor restricted.
Sec. 53-344a. Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age.
Sec. 53-345. Soliciting for philanthropic purposes.
Sec. 53-345a. Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age.
Secs. 53-255 to 53-258. Misuse of the flag. Merchandise not to have representation of flag. Exceptions. Display of mutilated United States flag. Sections 53-255 to 53-258, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8581–8584; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
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Sec. 53-258a. Misuse or mutilation of the flag. Any person who, in any manner for exhibition or display, puts or causes to be placed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, character, mark or notice upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the state flag of this state or any ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns or in any manner appends, annexes or affixes to any such flag, standard, color or ensign, any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or displays or exhibits or causes to be placed or exhibited any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or the flag of this state or any flag, standard, color or ensign evidently purporting to be either of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, upon which in any manner is put, attached, annexed or affixed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, mark, notice or token or publicly misuses, mutilates, tramples upon or otherwise defaces or defiles or puts indignity upon any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns, whether any of such flags, standards, colors or ensigns are public or private property, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Flags, standards, colors or ensigns, the property of or used in the service of the United States or of this state, may have inscriptions, names of actions, words, marks or symbols which are placed thereon pursuant to law or authorized regulations.
(1971, P.A. 241.)
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Secs. 53-259 to 53-263. Display of foreign or international flags. Public officers to receive only their fixed salaries. Commission to public agents. Unlawful taking of fees and commissions. Furnishing of supplies by officer to state-aided institution. Sections 53-259 to 53-263, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8585, 8597, 8599, 8600, 8604; 1955, S. 3294d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
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Sec. 53-264. Maintenance. Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
State of facts not within section. 14 C. 23. Cited. 77 C. 461. Attorney may purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 267. Common law as to maintenance never adopted in this state as applied to civil actions. 100 C. 110; 106 C. 70.
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Secs. 53-265 to 53-278. Impersonation of policeman. Corruption of agents and employees. Betrayal of employer's correspondence, books or accounts. Corrupt influences; court proceedings; evidence. Unlawful payment of naturalization fees. Fortune telling and other fraudulent practices. Betting on races and jai alai games. Gaming on public conveyances. Gaming house; keepers; frequenters. Owning faro bank. Witness not excused. Gaming in general. Keeping billiard table or slot machine for gambling purpose. Sections 53-265 to 53-278, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8601–8603, 8605, 8645, 8647–8655; 1955, S. 3305d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 787; 865, S. 20; 1972, P.A. 60, S. 13–16; 187, S. 15; P.A. 73-455, S. 9; P.A. 93-5.)
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Sec. 53-278a. Gambling: Definitions. As used in sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive:
(1) “Gain” means the direct realization of winnings; “profit” means any other realized or unrealized benefit, direct or indirect, including without limitation benefits from proprietorship, management or unequal advantage in a series of transactions;
(2) “Gambling” means risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance or the operation of a gambling device, including the playing of a casino gambling game such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette or a slot machine, but does not include: Legal contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of entries; legal business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts; activity legal under the provisions of sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive; any lottery or contest conducted by or under the authority of any state of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any possession or territory of the United States; and other acts or transactions expressly authorized by law on or after October 1, 1973. Online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering and fantasy contests, as such terms are defined in section 12-850, shall not be considered gambling if the online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering or fantasy contest is conducted pursuant to sections 12-852 to 12-865, inclusive;
(3) “Professional gambling” means accepting or offering to accept, for profit, money, credits, deposits or other things of value risked in gambling, or any claim thereon or interest therein. Without limiting the generality of this definition, the following shall be included: Pool-selling and bookmaking; maintaining slot machines, one-ball machines or variants thereof, pinball machines, which award anything other than an immediate and unrecorded right of replay, roulette wheels, dice tables, or money or merchandise pushcards, punchboards, jars or spindles, in any place accessible to the public; and except as provided in sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, conducting lotteries, gift enterprises, disposal or sale of property by lottery or hazard or policy or numbers games, or selling chances therein; and the following shall be presumed to be included: Conducting any banking game played with cards, dice or counters, or accepting any fixed share of the stakes therein;
(4) “Gambling device” means any device or mechanism by the operation of which a right to money, credits, deposits or other things of value may be created, as the result of the operation of an element of chance; any device or mechanism which, when operated for a consideration, does not return the same value or thing of value for the same consideration upon each operation thereof; any device, mechanism, furniture or fixture designed primarily for use in connection with professional gambling; and any subassembly or essential part designed or intended for use in connection with any such device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation, provided an immediate and unrecorded right of replay mechanically conferred on players of pinball machines and similar amusement devices shall be presumed to be without value. “Gambling device” does not include a crane game machine or device or a redemption machine. A device or equipment used to participate in online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering or fantasy contests, as such terms are defined in section 12-850, shall not be considered a gambling device if the conditions set forth in sections 12-852 to 12-865, inclusive, as applicable, have been met;
(5) “Gambling record” means any record, receipt, ticket, certificate, token, slip or notation given, made, used or intended to be used in connection with professional gambling;
(6) “Gambling information” means a communication with respect to any wager made in the course of, and any information intended to be used for, professional gambling. Information as to wagers, betting odds or changes in betting odds shall be presumed to be intended for use in professional gambling;
(7) “Gambling premise” means any building, room, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or other place, whether open or enclosed, used or intended to be used for professional gambling. Any place where a gambling device is found shall be presumed to be intended to be used for professional gambling, except a place wherein a bazaar or raffle for which a permit has been issued under sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, or bingo for which a permit has been issued under section 7-169 is to be conducted;
(8) “Person” includes natural persons, partnerships, limited liability companies and associations of persons, and corporations; and any corporate officer, director or stockholder who authorizes, participates in or knowingly accepts benefits from any violation of sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive, committed by his corporation;
(9) “Peace officer” means a municipal or state police officer or chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice or state marshal while exercising authority granted under any provision of the general statutes or judicial marshal in the performance of the duties of a judicial marshal;
(10) “Court” means the Superior Court;
(11) “Crane game machine or device” means a machine or device (A) that is designed and manufactured only for bona fide amusement purposes and involves at least some skill in its operation, (B) that rewards a winning player exclusively with merchandise contained within the machine or device and such merchandise is limited to noncash prizes, toys or novelties each of which has a wholesale value not exceeding ten dollars or ten times the cost of playing the machine or device, whichever is less, (C) the player of which is able to control the timing of the use of the claw or grasping device to attempt to pick up or grasp a prize, toy or novelty, (D) the player of which is made aware of any time restrictions that the machine or device imposes on the player to maneuver the claw or grasping device into a position to attempt to pick up or grasp a prize, toy or novelty, and (E) the claw or grasping device of which is not of a size, design or shape that prohibits the picking up or grasping of a prize, toy or novelty contained within the machine or device;
(12) “Redemption machine” means an amusement device operated by one or more players that involves a game the object of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing or propelling a ball or other object into, upon or against a hole or other target and that rewards the player or players with tickets, tokens or other noncash representations of value redeemable for merchandise prizes, provided (A) the outcome of the game is predominantly determined by the skill of the player, (B) the award of tickets, tokens or other noncash representations of value is based solely on the player's achieving the object of the game or on the player's score, (C) only merchandise prizes are awarded, (D) the average wholesale value of the prizes awarded in lieu of tickets or tokens for a single play of the machine does not exceed ten dollars or ten times the cost of a single play of the machine, whichever is less, and (E) the redemption value of each ticket, token or other noncash representation of value that may be accumulated by a player or players to redeem prizes of greater value does not exceed the cost of a single play of the machine.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 172, 291; 74-191, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-567, S. 70, 80; P.A. 76-111, S. 4; 76-436, S. 152, 681; P.A. 95-61; 95-79, S. 178, 189; P.A. 00-99, S. 4, 154; Jan. 6 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 650, 651; P.A. 21-23, S. 40, 41.)
History: P.A. 74-183 redefined “court” as court of common pleas rather than circuit court, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 74-191 redefined “gambling” to exclude lotteries or contests under authority of the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any possession or territory of the United States” and to substitute Sec. 7-186l for Sec. 7-186; P.A. 75-567 replaced “county” detectives with detectives in the division of criminal justice in definition of “peace officer”, county government having been abolished in 1959; P.A. 76-111 redefined “peace officer” to replace detectives with chief inspectors or inspectors of criminal justice division; P.A. 76-436 redefined “court” to delete court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; (Revisor's note: In 1993 references in Subdivs. (3) and (7) to Sec. 7-186m were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to Sec. 7-186l, Sec. 7-186m having been repealed); P.A. 95-61 amended Subdiv. (4) to exempt “crane game machine or device” and “redemption machine” from definition of “gambling device” and added Subdivs. (11) and (12) defining those terms; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include limited liability companies, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 00-99 amended Subdiv. (9) by deleting reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff and adding provision re state marshal exercising statutory authority and judicial marshal in performance of duties, effective December 1, 2000; Jan. 6 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended definition of “gambling” in Subdiv. (2) by adding reference to “the playing of a casino gambling game such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette or a slot machine”, deleting reference to Sec. 7-186l and substituting reference to Sec. 7-186, amended definition of “professional gambling” in Subdiv. (3) by deleting reference to Sec. 7-186l and substituting reference to Sec. 7-186, and amended definition of “gambling premises” in Subdiv. (7) by deleting reference to games of chance for which a permit was issued under Secs. 7-186a to 7-186l, inclusive, effective January 7, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 redefined “gambling” in Subdiv. (2) by adding provision re fantasy contests and redefined “gambling device” in Subdiv. (4) by adding provision re device or equipment used to play fantasy contests, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 21-23 amended Subdiv. (2) to redefine “gambling” by deleting existing provision re fantasy contests and inserting provision re online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering and fantasy contests and Subdiv. (4) to redefine “gambling device” by deleting existing provision re device or equipment used to play fantasy contests and inserting provision re device or equipment used to participate in online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering or fantasy contests, effective July 1, 2021.
See Secs. 52-553, 52-554 re wagering contracts and recovery of money lost in gaming.
Cited. 196 C. 471. Proposal to combine live racing broadcasts with advertisements for telephone wagering does not contravene state's public policy against gambling. 278 C. 150.
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Sec. 53-278b. Gambling; professional gambling; penalties. (a) Any person who engages in gambling, or solicits or induces another to engage in gambling, or is present when another person or persons are engaged in gambling, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; provided natural persons shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment under this subsection for any game, wager or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated in by natural persons only and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling.
(b) Any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 2.)
Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 290; 17 CA 587; 35 CA 333.
Pyramid merchandising schemes possess the 3 essential elements of a lottery, consideration, chance and prize, and thus violate the lottery statute. 32 CS 279.
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Sec. 53-278c. Seizure of gambling devices. Penalties for possession, sale, etc., of gambling devices or records. Exceptions. (a) All gambling devices are common nuisances and, if found in a place known or suspected to be a gambling premise, are subject to seizure, immediately upon detection, by any peace officer, who shall hold the same subject to confiscation and destruction by order of a court having jurisdiction.
(b) No property right in any such gambling device shall exist or be recognized in any person, except the possessory right of officers enforcing sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive.
(c) All furnishings, fixtures, equipment and stock, including without limitation furnishings and fixtures adaptable to nongambling uses and equipment and stock for printing, recording, computing, transporting, safekeeping or, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of section 53-278d, communication, used in connection with professional gambling or maintaining a gambling premise, and all money or other things of value at stake or displayed in or in connection with professional gambling or any gambling device, shall be subject to seizure, immediately upon detection, by any peace officer, and shall, unless good cause is shown to the contrary by the owner, be ordered by the court to be destroyed or disposed of to a charitable or educational institution or to a governmental agency or institution, provided, if such property is money or valuable prize, it shall become the property of the state; except any such property which at the time of such order is subject to a bona fide mortgage, assignment of lease or rent, lien or security interest shall remain subject to such mortgage, assignment, lien or security interest. The court may also order that such property be sold by sale at public auction, in which case the proceeds shall become the property of the state; provided any person who has a bona fide mortgage, assignment of lease or rent, lien or security interest shall have the same right to the proceeds as he had in the property prior to sale. The provisions of section 54-33g shall not be applicable to proceedings under this section.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, any person who knowingly owns, manufactures, possesses, buys, sells, rents, leases, stores, repairs or transports any gambling device, or offers or solicits any interest therein, except in connection with a permit under sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, whether through an agent or employee or otherwise shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Subsection (b) of this section shall have no application in the enforcement of this subsection.
(e) Any firm or corporation may engage in the business of manufacturing gambling devices for use outside of the state, provided such firm or corporation has obtained approval for the manufacture and transportation of such devices from the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this subsection.
(f) Any person who knowingly prints, makes, possesses, stores or transports any gambling record, or buys, sells, offers or solicits any interest therein, whether through an agent or employee or otherwise, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and in the enforcement of this subsection direct possession of any gambling record shall be presumed to be knowing possession thereof.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 3; P.A. 74-221, S. 8; P.A. 75-54, S. 2, 3; P.A. 84-89, S. 1, 2; Jan. 6 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134, 205.)
History: P.A. 74-221 amended Subsec. (c) to replace former provisions requiring sale of forfeited property, allowing transfer of liens against such property to proceeds of sale and requiring equal division of proceeds between general fund of state and general fund of political subdivision whose officers made the seizure, with provisions requiring destruction of property, disposition to charitable or educational institution or governmental agency or consideration as state property; P.A. 75-54 amended Subsec. (c) to add provisions similar to those which existed prior to amendment of P.A. 74-221 re rights of persons holding mortgages, liens, etc. against property to claim share of proceeds of sale, etc; P.A. 84-89 inserted new Subsec. (e), exempting from criminal liability firms or corporations which manufacture gambling devices for out-of-state use provided they have approval to manufacture and transport from the public safety commissioner and relettered former Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f); (Revisor's note: In 1993 a reference to repealed Sec. 7-186m was replaced editorially by the Revisors with a reference to Sec. 7-186l in Subsec. (d)); Jan. 6 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting reference to Sec. 7-186l and substituting reference to Sec. 7-186, effective January 7, 2003; P.A. 11-51, S. 205, made no changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, S. 134, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 196 C. 471.
Cited. 8 CA 673.
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Sec. 53-278d. Transmission of gambling information. (a) Any person who knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or other means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling information, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) When any public utility is notified in writing by a law enforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction that any service, facility or equipment furnished by it is being used or will be used to violate this section, it shall, within ten days of receipt of such notice, discontinue or refuse the furnishing of such service, facility or equipment, and no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be imposed against any public utility for any act done in compliance with any such notice. Unreasonable failure to comply with such notice shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge against such public utility. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, that such service, facility or equipment should not be discontinued, or removed, or should be restored.
(c) Facilities and equipment furnished by a public utility in the regular course of business, and which remain the property of such utility while so furnished, shall not be seized pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53-278c except in connection with an alleged violation of sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive, by such public utility, and shall be forfeited only upon conviction of such public utility therefor.
(d) Any person who subscribes to any telephone facility in a fictitious name for the purpose of gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 4.)
Cited. 3 CA 477; 5 CA 634; 8 CA 673; 17 CA 587.
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Sec. 53-278e. Gambling premises as nuisance. (a) All gambling premises are common nuisances and shall be subject to abatement by injunction or as otherwise provided by law. In any action brought under this subsection the plaintiff need not show damage and may, in the discretion of the court, be relieved of all requirements as to giving security.
(b) When any property or premise is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, the owner shall have the duty to terminate all interest of anyone holding the same under him.
(c) When any property or premise, for which one or more licenses, permits or certificates issued by this state or any political subdivision or other public agency thereof are in effect, is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be a gambling premise, all such licenses, permits or certificates shall be void, and no license, permit or certificate so voided shall be reissued for such property or premise for a period of sixty days thereafter. All peace officers and all taxing and licensing officials of this state and its political subdivisions and other public agencies shall enforce this subsection.
(d) Any person who, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, occupant or otherwise, knowingly maintains or aids or permits the maintaining of a gambling premise shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any person who does any act in violation of this subsection within any locked, barricaded or camouflaged place or in connection with any electrical or mechanical alarm or warning system or arrangement where a lookout is used shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 5.)
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Sec. 53-278f. Persistent offenders. Any person who has been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of section 53-278b, subsection (d) of section 53-278c, subsection (a) of section 53-278d, or subsection (d) of section 53-278e or any statute predecessor thereto may, upon any subsequent violation of said subsections, be prosecuted as a persistent offender and on conviction may be subjected to the penalty of the next most serious classification of offense, provided it shall be an affirmative defense to the charge of being a persistent offender under this section if the defendant was pardoned on the ground of innocence with respect to the prior conviction on which the state is relying.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 6.)
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Sec. 53-278g. Gambling: Excepted activities. (a) Nothing in sections 53-278a to 53-278f, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit the publication of an advertisement of, or the operation of, or participation in, a state lottery, pari-mutuel betting at race tracks licensed by the state, off-track betting conducted by the state or a licensee authorized to operate the off-track betting system, authorized games at a casino gaming facility, online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering, and fantasy contests as authorized by sections 12-852 to 12-865, inclusive, a promotional drawing for a prize or prizes, conducted for advertising purposes by any person, firm or corporation other than a retail grocer or retail grocery chain, wherein members of the general public may participate without making any purchase or otherwise paying or risking credit, money, or any other tangible thing of value or a sweepstakes conducted pursuant to sections 42-295 to 42-301, inclusive.
(b) The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or their agents, may use and possess at any location within the state, solely for the purpose of training individuals in skills required for employment by the tribe or testing a gambling device, any gambling device which the tribes are authorized to utilize on their reservations pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; provided no money or other thing of value shall be paid to any person as a result of the operation of such gambling device in the course of such training or testing at locations outside of the reservation of the tribe. Any person receiving such training or testing such device may use any such device in the course of such training or testing. Whenever either of said tribes intends to use and possess at any location within the state any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, the tribe shall give prior notice of such testing to the Department of Consumer Protection.
(c) Any casino gaming facility, or its agents, may use and possess at any location within the state, solely for the purpose of training individuals in skills required for employment by the casino gaming facility or testing a gambling device, any gambling device which the casino gaming facility may use for conducting authorized games at the casino gaming facility, provided no money or other thing of value shall be paid to any person as a result of the operation of such gambling device in the course of such training or testing at locations outside of the casino gaming facility. Any person receiving such training or testing such device may use any such device in the course of such training or testing. Whenever a casino gaming facility intends to use and possess at any location within the state any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, the casino gambling facility shall give prior notice of such testing to the Department of Consumer Protection.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 7; P.A. 93-257; 93-435, S. 93, 95; P.A. 01-45; P.A. 10-36, S. 13; P.A. 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 14-217, S. 203; P.A. 17-89, S. 12; P.A. 21-23, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 93-257 added Subsec. (b) permitting training of individuals in skills required for employment by Mashantucket Pequot tribe; P.A. 93-435 changed effective date of P.A. 93-257 from October 1, 1993, to June 4, 1993, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 01-45 amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re Mohegan Tribe and re testing gambling devices; P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (a) to include off-track betting conducted by licensee authorized to operate off-track betting system, effective July 1, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Division of Special Revenue” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re sweepstakes conducted pursuant to Secs. 42-295 to 42-301 and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 17-89 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 53-278g with reference to Sec. 53-278f, and add “authorized games at a casino gaming facility”, and added Subsec. (c) re training of individuals in skills required for employment by casino gaming facility or testing a gambling device, effective June 27, 2017; P.A. 21-23 amended Subsec. (a) to insert provision re online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering and fantasy contests, and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 53-279. Transferred to Chapter 959, Sec. 54-33h.
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Sec. 53-280. Billiard and pool rooms; permits. The first selectman of any town, the chief of police of any city or the warden of any borough may grant permits to suitable persons to conduct public billiard and pool rooms in such town, city or borough, as the case may be, and may revoke any permit issued by him, for cause found after hearing. The use of any billiard or pool table for the purpose of gaming within any billiard or pool room, for the conduct of which a permit has been granted, or the carrying on within such billiard or pool room of any game of chance shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of such permit or for the refusal of a renewal of such permit. Each application for such a permit shall be in writing and shall describe the place where such billiard or pool room is to be located and state the number of tables to be used therein and the name of the proprietor thereof. Each such permit shall designate the place where such business is to be carried on and shall continue in force for one year unless revoked. Each person receiving such permit shall annually pay to the authority granting the same the sum of ten dollars for the use of the municipality. Any person who conducts, maintains or keeps open a public billiard or pool room without such permit shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8657; P.A. 12-80, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a fine of not more than $250.
Cited. 8 CA 290.
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Secs. 53-281 to 53-288. Billiard and pool rooms; closing. Loitering by minors under eighteen. Keeping place where fowls or animals are fought. Penalty for attending fight of fowl or animals. Unlawful exhibition of sports or animals for gain. Unlawful exhibitions near fair grounds. Endurance contests. Bribery in game, contest or sport. Acceptance of bribe by player. Sections 53-281 to 53-288, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8658–8665; February, 1965, P.A. 90; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; P.A. 94-43.)
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Sec. 53-289. Ticket scalping. Section 53-289 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.
(1949 Rev., S. 8666; P.A. 83-585; P.A. 84-546, S. 124, 173; P.A. 07-206, S. 5.)
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Sec. 53-289a. Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets. No person shall advertise the prices of tickets to any entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement, arena, stadium, theater, performance, sport, exhibition or athletic contest given in this state for which a service charge is imposed for the sale of a ticket at the site of the event, without conspicuously disclosing in such advertisement, whether displayed at the site of the event or elsewhere, the total price for each ticket and what portion of each ticket price, stated in a dollar amount, represents a service charge.
(P.A. 91-152.)
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Sec. 53-289b. Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty. (a) Any person who resells a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, shall refund to the purchaser of such ticket the full amount, including all service fees and delivery charges, paid by the purchaser for such ticket if any of the following occurs: (1) The event for which the ticket is resold is cancelled; (2) the ticket received by the purchaser does not grant the purchaser admission to the event described on the ticket; or (3) the ticket fails to conform to its description as advertised by the ticket reseller.
(b) A person who resells a ticket pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall provide the purchaser of such ticket with such ticket reseller's name, address and telephone number or other information necessary to allow such purchaser to contact such ticket reseller to obtain a refund of the ticket price, if necessary.
(c) A violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section or of subsection (b) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
(P.A. 07-206, S. 3.)
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Sec. 53-289c. Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty. (a) No person shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, on the day of such event, within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where such event is scheduled to take place, if such resale is not authorized, in writing, by the owner or operator of such structure or event or a duly authorized agent of such owner or operator.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a ticket reseller who: (1) Resells a ticket for not greater than the face value printed on the ticket; or (2) maintains a permanent office within one thousand five hundred feet of the physical structure where the entertainment event is scheduled to take place provided such reseller sells, offers to resell or solicits the resale of a ticket only within the premises of such office in person or by mail, telephone or the Internet.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 07-206, S. 4; P.A. 10-36, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2010.
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Sec. 53-289d. Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice. (a)(1) No person shall employ an entertainment event ticketing sales system that fails to give the purchaser an option to purchase tickets that the purchaser may transfer to any party, at any price and at any time, without additional fees and without the consent of the person employing such ticketing system. For purposes of this section, “entertainment event” includes, but is not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, but does not include a movie.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a person employing such a ticketing sales system may employ a paperless ticketing system that does not allow for independent transferability of tickets, provided the purchaser of such tickets is offered the option, at the time of initial sale, to purchase the same tickets in another form that is transferrable, independent of such a ticketing sales system, including, but not limited to, paper tickets or e-tickets and without additional fees, regardless of the form or transferability of such tickets.
(b) No person shall deny admission to an entertainment event to a ticket holder who possesses a resold ticket to such entertainment event based solely on the grounds that such ticket has been resold.
(c) A person employing an entertainment event ticketing sales system shall provide written secondary market disclosure information to potential ticket purchasers, if applicable.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Tickets sold or offered for sale to students of a public institution of higher education for entertainment events held by or on behalf of such institution, or (2) concert or theater venues with seating capacities of not more than three thousand five hundred persons, provided a duly authorized representative of such concert theater or venue has provided written notice to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection of such theater or venue's intent not to comply with the provisions of this section.
(e) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(P.A. 17-28, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-28 effective January 1, 2018.
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Sec. 53-289e. Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice. (a) No person shall utilize automated ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets on an Internet web site. For purposes of this section, “automated ticket purchasing software” means a device, computer program or computer software that enables the automated purchase of tickets to entertainment events by bypassing or rendering inoperable security measures on an Internet web site offering the sale of tickets to entertainment events.
(b) A violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(P.A. 17-77, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 17-77 effective January 1, 2018.
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Sec. 53-290. Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing. Section 53-290 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8667; 1955, S. 3306d; 1963, P.A. 516; 1971, P.A. 865, S. 21; P.A. 73-455, S. 9.)
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Sec. 53-290a. Disclosures re promotional drawings. Any person who operates a promotional drawing which is authorized by the provisions of section 53-278g shall cause to be printed on each ticket or token of participation, in type not less than one-third the size of the largest type on such ticket or token, a disclosure of the actual number and dollar amount of prizes to be awarded and the number of winners per each thousand tickets or tokens to be distributed. Any person who operates a promotional drawing in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(1971, P.A. 83, S. 1; P.A. 73-455, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 73-455 replaced reference to Sec. 53-290, repealed by same act, with reference to Sec. 53-278g.
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Secs. 53-291 to 53-300. Sale of property by lottery. Property disposed of by hazard. Lottery tickets not to be sold. Drawing a lottery. Pool selling. Sporting contest pools. Policy playing; gaming by use of lottery slips or tickets. Possession of lottery tickets of other state or county. Gift enterprise forbidden. Work and recreation on Sunday. Sections 53-291 to 53-300, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8607, 8668–8676; 1951, S. 3302d; 1953, S. 3302d, 3307d; 1955, S. 3302d; 1957, P.A. 614, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 85; 1961, P.A. 382; 528, S. 1, 2; 1963, P.A. 522; February, 1965, P.A. 154, S. 1; 383; 384; 1967, P.A. 202; 1969, P.A. 34, S. 2; 216; 1971, P.A. 865, S. 22–27; 1972, P.A. 187, S. 16, 17; P.A. 73-455, S. 9; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
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Sec. 53-300a. Sunday real estate contracts valid. No provision of section 53-302a shall be construed to render invalid any contract for the sale or lease of real property entered into on Sunday, and no such contract, entered into after October 1, 1967, shall be deemed to be invalid solely because it was entered into on Sunday. This section shall not affect any litigation pending in any court of this state on October 1, 1967.
(1967, P.A. 681, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-415, S. 7; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
History: P.A. 76-415 replaced reference to Sec. “53-300 or 53-302” with reference to Sec. 53-302a; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage.
Cited. 177 C. 304.
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Sec. 53-301. Dealing in automobiles on Sunday. Section 53-301 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 8607; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 3302d; 1957, P.A. 614, S. 1; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
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Sec. 53-302. Employment of labor on Sunday. Section 53-302 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8608; 1967, P.A. 888; 1969, P.A. 435; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
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Sec. 53-302a. Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in work, labor or business, or employ others in work, labor or business on Sunday, except the following:
(a) Any enterprise whose activities are conducted solely for charitable or religious purposes, or which are service organizations.
(b) Any federal, state, municipal or local governmental department or agency, or its employees, acting in an official capacity.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation performing acts necessary for the public safety or health.
(d) The sale or furnishing of any of the following items of personal property or services by any person, firm or corporation in any of the businesses enumerated in subsection (e), provided such person, firm or corporation sells such products or furnishes such services in the ordinary course of its business: (1) Drugs, medical and surgical supplies, or any object purchased on the prescription of a licensed practitioner for the treatment of a patient; (2) toilet articles or any article used for personal cleanliness and hygiene; (3) baby supplies; (4) ice; (5) newspapers, magazines, artists' supplies, films, stationery and greeting cards; (6) any food products intended for human or animal consumption; (7) gasoline, fuel additives, lubricants, antifreeze and tires; (8) emergency repair or replacement parts for motor vehicles, boats and aircraft; (9) emergency plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical repair and replacement parts and equipment; (10) cooking, heating and lighting fuel; (11) tobacco products; and (12) antiques.
(e) The operation of any of the following businesses, provided such businesses may sell only those items sold in the ordinary course of business of such businesses, unless otherwise provided in this subsection, by any person, firm or corporation: (1) (A) Retail food stores, in which no more than five persons, including the owner, if owner-operated, are employed at one time in the conduct of business and which have less than five thousand square feet not including storage facilities and ground space; (B) retail drug stores, provided such stores shall be limited to the sale of items authorized in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, and (11) of subsection (d) of this section; and (C) servicing of motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats and aircraft, but limited to the sale of items listed in subdivision (7) and (8) of subsection (d) of this section, and emergency repairs to motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats and aircraft; and provided further, each such store shall post in such manner as to be clearly visible and easily read by customers a list of the classes of goods which may be sold in or services rendered in such establishments; (2) restaurants, cafeterias and other prepared food service organizations, whether food is prepared for consumption on or off the premises where sold; (3) hotels, motels and other lodging facilities; (4) medical services and other professional services on an emergency basis; (5) ambulances and funeral services; (6) public services and utilities, manufacturing, processing and plant operations of such public services and utilities; (7) transportation by whatever means and supporting facilities; (8) cold storage warehousing; (9) ice manufacturing and distributing; (10) necessary inspection, repair and maintenance of equipment and machinery; (11) plant and industrial protection services and janitorial services; (12) any business or industry which by its nature is required to be continuous; (13) publishing, including the distribution of magazines and newspapers; (14) motion picture theaters and the production of radio and television programs and theatrical entertainments; (15) sports, athletic events and the operation of entertainment and recreational facilities and libraries; (16) sale or rental of boats, and swimming, fishing and boating equipment; (17) scenic, historic and tourist attractions; (18) sale or lease of noncommercial property and mobile manufactured homes; (19) use by public of coin-operated laundries, of coin-operated dry cleaners, or other vending machines; (20) licensed commercial kennels or pet shops; (21) agriculture, including the operation of nurseries and dairies; (22) athletic shops associated with and on the premises of athletic facilities which operate on Sundays; (23) commercial facilities for the washing of motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats or aircraft; and (24) manufacturing, including any allied operations which are involved in the production of any product.
(f) This section shall not apply to isolated or occasional sales by persons not engaged in the sale, transfer or exchange of property as a business.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 1; 76-435, S. 79, 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 specified applicability to firms or corporations and amended Subsec. (e)(21) to include dairies, added Subsec. (2)(24) re manufacturing businesses and ddeleted proviso in Subsec. (1)(A) limiting stores to sale of “food products and nonalcoholic beverages intended for human or animal consumption”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 changed term “mobile homes” to “mobile manufactured homes” in Subsec. (e)(18).
Proscription of business activities on Sunday held unconstitutional as violation of equal protection and due process. 177 C. 304. Cited. 229 C. 312.
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Sec. 53-303. Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law. No person who conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and actually refrains from work, labor or business on that day, or who conscientiously believes that the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night, and actually refrains from work, labor or business during said period, shall be liable to prosecution for performing work, labor or business on Sunday.
(1949 Rev., S. 8609; P.A. 76-415, S. 8; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 76-415 substituted “work, labor or business” for “secular business and labor” where appearing; P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 deleted requirement that person file written notice of Sabbath beliefs with prosecuting attorney of court having jurisdiction as condition of exemption from liability for prosecution and deleted provision requiring that exemption applies “provided he shall not disturb any other person who is attending public worship”.
Cited. 73 C. 625; 143 C. 502. Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
Cited. 33 CS 717.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 492.
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Sec. 53-303a. Retail sales on certain holidays. Section 53-303a is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 421; 1963, P.A. 384; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)
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Sec. 53-303b. Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays. (a) The provisions of section 53-302a shall apply to Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial and Independence Day, or if any of said days is on Sunday, to the Monday following, and to Labor Day.
(b) The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to the sale or furnishing of personal property or services at retail by any retail stores not exempted under said section 53-302a, on those Sundays following the fourth Thursday in November and preceding December twenty-fifth.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 2; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 added Subsec. (b) re sales during Christmas shopping season.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
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Sec. 53-303c. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense; not more than five hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in said sections shall be construed to permit any fine being imposed upon any employee or agent who has been caused or directed by his employer to violate the provisions of said sections.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 3; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 specified applicability to firms and corporations.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
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Sec. 53-303d. Injunction. Any of the following may petition the superior court for the judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin any violations of section 53-302a or section 53-303b: (a) Any person engaged in work, labor or business prohibited or regulated by section 53-302a; (b) the Attorney General, or (c) any city or town in which a violation occurs. As used in this section, the term “person” means an individual or a business, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm or other organization or group of persons. Persons entitled to injunctive relief include but are not limited to persons competing with the defendant.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 4; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 78-329, S. 4; P.A. 82-472, S. 144, 183; P.A. 95-79, S. 179, 189.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 78-329 entirely replaced previous section which read: “Any individual, aggrieved by a violation of sections 52-207, 53-300a, 53-302a or 53-303 to 53-303e, inclusive, may petition the court of common pleas in the county or judicial district in which the violation occurs to enjoin such violation”; P.A. 82-472 deleted obsolete reference to counties; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304.
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Sec. 53-303e. More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies. (a) No employer shall compel any employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process to work more than six days in any calendar week. An employee's refusal to work more than six days in any calendar week shall not constitute grounds for his dismissal.
(b) Any employee, who believes that his discharge was in violation of subsection (a) of this section may appeal such discharge to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. If said board finds that the employee was discharged in violation of said subsection (a), it may order whatever remedy will make the employee whole, including but not limited to reinstatement to his former or a comparable position.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 76-415, S. 5; 76-435, S. 81, 82; P.A. 13-140, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 76-435 changed effective date of P.A. 76-415 from October 1, 1976, to date of passage; P.A. 13-140 deleted former Subsec. (b) re employers requiring employees to work on the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), deleted former Subsec. (d) re employers inquiring about applicants' observation of the Sabbath, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (c), and made conforming changes, effective June 18, 2013.
Discussion of constitutionality of Sunday closing laws or Blue Laws. 177 C. 304. Former Subsec. (b) did not pass the “clear secular purpose” test of establishment clause scrutiny; decision that former Subsec. (b) is violative of establishment clause does not extend to other provisions of statute. 191 C. 336. Cited. 229 C. 312.
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Sec. 53-303f. Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited. Section 53-303f is repealed.
(P.A. 78-329, S. 5; P.A. 79-415, S. 2.)
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Sec. 53-303g. Transferred to Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-4b.
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Sec. 53-304. Nonsupport. Support orders and agreements. Administration of oaths by family relations counselors and support enforcement officers. (a) Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish reasonably necessary support to the person's spouse, child under the age of eighteen or parent under the age of sixty-five shall be deemed guilty of nonsupport and shall be imprisoned not more than one year, unless the person shows to the court before which the trial is had that, owing to physical incapacity or other good cause, the person is unable to furnish such support. The court may suspend the execution of any community correctional center sentence imposed, upon any terms or conditions that it deems just, may suspend the execution of the balance of any such sentence in a like manner, and, in addition to any other sentence or in lieu thereof, may order that the person convicted shall pay to the Commissioner of Administrative Services directly or through Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court, such support, in such amount as the court may find commensurate with the necessities of the case and the ability of such person, for such period as the court shall determine. Any such order of support may, at any time thereafter, be set aside or altered by the court for cause shown. Failure of any defendant to make any payment may be punished as contempt of court and, in addition thereto or in lieu thereof, the court may order the issuance of a wage withholding in the same manner as is provided in section 17b-745, which withholding order shall have the same precedence as is provided in section 52-362. The amounts withheld under such withholding order shall be remitted to the Department of Administrative Services by the person or corporation to whom the withholding order is presented at such intervals as such withholding order directs.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section may be prosecuted before any court of this state in the same manner as if such offense had been committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such court.
(c) A written agreement to support or any modification of an agreement to support filed with said court or the assistant clerk of the Family Support Magistrate Division shall have the same force and effect as an order of support by the Superior Court and shall be enforceable in the same manner as is provided herein for orders of support issued by the court.
(d) Family relations counselors and support enforcement officers employed by the Judicial Department may administer oaths in all affidavits, statements, complaints and reports made to or by such family relations counselors and support enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 8586; 1955, S. 3295d; 1957, P.A. 158; 1959, P.A. 115, S. 4; 308; 1963, P.A. 497; 1967, P.A. 746, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 297; 1971, P.A. 290; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 76; P.A. 74-183, S. 122, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 512, 681; P.A. 78-331, S. 33, 58; P.A. 80-56, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-295, S. 18; P.A. 86-359, S. 37, 44; P.A. 90-213, S. 43, 56; P.A. 93-396, S. 11; P.A. 00-68, S. 6; P.A. 01-91, S. 27; P.A. 02-132, S. 28; P.A. 04-257, S. 82; P.A. 21-15, S. 146.)
History: 1959 acts provided bond may be executed to state treasurer and that provisions of Sec. 17-323a shall apply to this section; 1963 act amended Subsec. (a) to provide person shall be deemed guilty of nonsupport instead of a felony, deleted 1959 provision re section 17-323a and requirements re execution of bond when sentence suspended, provided for payment through family relations division of circuit court, provisions in Subsec. (a) authorizing court to set aside or alter support order, empowering court to act upon defendant's failure to make payments and defining “child” and added Subsec. (c) re force and effect of agreements to support made with family relations division of circuit court; 1967 act limited support obligation for children and parents to those under twenty-one and sixty-five, respectively; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; 1971 act changed wording of Subsec. (c), re modifications of agreements, for clarity and deleted requirement that circuit court judge must approve agreements made between family relations division and relative after “examination of such relative in court or in chambers” for provisions to apply; 1972 act changed applicable age of children from 21 to 18 reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 74-183 replaced family relations division with family relations office and circuit court with court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-331 substituted “spouse” for “wife”, removing unnecessary distinctions as to sex; P.A. 80-56 added Subsec. (d) empowering family relations officers to administer oaths; P.A. 83-295 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by replacing “family relations office” with “family services unit or support enforcement services unit” and amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “family relations officers and assistant family relations officers” with “family relations caseworkers and support enforcement officers”; P.A. 86-359 amended Subsec. (c) by changing “family services unit or support enforcement services unit” to “family division” and adding “or the assistant clerk of the family support magistrate division”; P.A. 90-213 changed office to which payments are to be made from the family services unit to the commissioner of administrative services or through the support enforcement division and changed family services unit or support enforcement services unit to the bureau of collection services in Subsec. (a), in Subsec. (c) changed family division to support enforcement division and made technical change in Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-396 made technical changes, substituting references to withholdings for references to executions; P.A. 00-68 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “Department of Administrative Services” for “bureau of collection services” and make technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 01-91 changed “the Support Enforcement Division” to “Support Enforcement Services” in Subsecs. (a) and (d); P.A. 02-132 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “family relations caseworkers” with “family relations counselors”, deleting references to “Family Division”, “Support Enforcement Services” and “the Superior Court”, adding provision re employed by the Judicial Department and making a technical change; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 21-15 deleted provision defining “child” for purposes of the section, effective January 1, 2022.
See Sec. 46b-215 re obligation of relatives to furnish support.
See Sec. 46b-219 re child's freedom from obligation to support a parent who had earlier deserted the child.
See Sec. 51-348a re prosecution for nonsupport in geographical area of Superior Court.
Generally. 41 C. 433. Adultery of wife sufficient defense. 57 C. 539; 100 C. 731. What facts justify wife in leaving husband; burden of proof. 91 C. 6. Venue of action is ordinarily place of husband's residence, since wife's residence follows that of her husband. 93 C. 363. Payments set forth in bond for support must be met even though wife has not been furnished help by town to whom bond was given; husband's duty is to support wife at his residence but not elsewhere. 94 C. 247. Information in words of statute sufficient; measure of support varies with circumstances of parties. 99 C. 119; 100 C. 730. When wife's misconduct will relieve husband of this duty. Id., 731. Unjustifiable abandonment suspends duty; facts held to warrant conclusion of unjustifiable abandonment. 107 C. 108. Recognizance is a sufficient bond within statute; taking it directly to city instead of to treasurer does not invalidate it. 110 C. 171. Former statute cited. Id., 479. Wife must have adequate justification, in declining to live with husband, to entitle her to separate support; justification is a question for each case on its own circumstances. 124 C. 382. Provision for prosecution in any court of state, held constitutional. 129 C. 570. Husband entitled to show wife's conduct has forfeited any claim by her for support by him. 142 C. 377. Former statute cited. 152 C. 471. Once a child reaches age 18, parents no longer have legal duty re support. 168 C. 144. Cited. 196 C. 403; 216 C. 85; 234 C. 194.
Cited. 4 CS 144; 5 CS 225; 13 CS 268. While wife necessarily benefits, the purpose of statute is to protect the public purse. 14 CS 128. Cited. 15 CS 177. Existence of section is not grounds for denying relief in an equitable action for support. 16 CS 68. Cited. 34 CS 281; Id., 284; 35 CS 130, 133.
If husband and wife mutually assent to separate, husband not relieved of responsibility to support. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 218. Where, in a case under statute, defendant claims he was indigent so the court should have appointed counsel to him, but the court could not question him as to his earnings, it is incumbent on him to persuade the court that he was entitled to appointed counsel. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 624, 636. Legislative history discussed; crime of nonsupport does not require guilty or criminal intent. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 544. Defendant could not himself move to modify support order made upon his written agreement to contribute to support of his three minor children after he had been charged with crime of nonsupport. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 24.
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Sec. 53-305. Bond on appeal. If the accused appeals, such court, in addition to requiring a recognizance or appearance bond, may order such accused to give a bond conditioned for his furnishing support pending the determination of such appeal.
(1949 Rev., S. 8587; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 55.)
History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bonds under Sec. 53-304.
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Sec. 53-306. Failure to comply with terms or make payment. If any person convicted under section 53-304 fails to comply fully with the terms and conditions imposed under the provisions of said section or to make any payment required by any bond given pursuant to an appeal under section 53-305, the suspension of the execution of any community correctional center sentence imposed may be revoked and such person may be committed, and any such action shall not affect the validity of any such bond.
(1949 Rev., S. 8588; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 56; 1969, P.A. 297.)
History: 1967 act deleted obsolete references to bond under section 53-304 and added provisions re bond given under section 53-305; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”.
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Sec. 53-307. Jurisdiction. Section 53-307 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8589; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
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Sec. 53-308. Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases. When any bond or recognizance conditioned for the appearance of any person accused in any information or complaint charging a violation of any of the provisions of section 53-304 becomes forfeited or whenever any person convicted under the provisions of said section gives a bond and fails to comply with the provisions of the same, the court before which such information or complaint is pending or in which such conviction was had, upon collection or settlement of such forfeited bond or recognizance, may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the spouse or for the support of the children or both, in such manner and installments as such court may find reasonable, or may order the avails or any portion thereof to be paid to the selectmen of the town, Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court, or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, who shall administer the same for the benefit of the spouse or children or both, as they or he may find reasonable.
(1949 Rev., S. 8590; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 136; 1967, P.A. 138; 1969, P.A. 447, S. 4; 730, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 171; P.A. 74-183, S. 123, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 513, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 34, 58; P.A. 93-396, S. 12; P.A. 01-91, S. 28.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to trial justices which were abolished; 1967 act deleted reference to giving a bond under section 53-304; 1969 acts replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of finance and control; 1971 act authorized payments to family relations division of circuit court; P.A. 74-183 replaced family relations division of circuit court with family relations office of court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-331 substituted “spouse” for “wife” eliminating unnecessary distinction based on sex; P.A. 93-396 replaced reference to family relations office with support enforcement division; P.A. 01-91 changed “the Support Enforcement Division” to “Support Enforcement Services”.
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Secs. 53-309 to 53-311. Abandonment. Combination to increase price of necessities. Issuing currency; bills of credit. Sections 53-309 to 53-311, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8591, 8611, 8612; 1949, S. 3296d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 608, S. 22.)
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Sec. 53-311a. Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates. (a) No person, company, partnership or corporation shall engage in the practice of mailing or the distribution in any form of any credit card, charge plate or any like instrument or device to any other person, firm or corporation unless such other person, firm or corporation has previously made a request therefor in writing or verbally.
(b) Any person, company, partnership or corporation which violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each card, plate, instrument or device so mailed or distributed.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the renewal of any credit card, charge plate or like instrument or device unless the recipient has previously indicated in writing his intention that such renewal not be effected nor shall it apply to the replacement of any such instrument or device by the issuer thereof during the period such instrument or device is in effect.
(1969, P.A. 136, S. 1.)
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Sec. 53-312. False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property. Section 53-312 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8613; 1969, P.A. 591, S. 3.)
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Sec. 53-313. “Bucket shop”; definition. A bucket shop, within the meaning of this section and section 53-314, is defined to be an office, store or other place wherein the proprietor or keeper thereof, either in his or its own behalf, or as the agent or correspondent of any other person, corporation, association or copartnership within or without the state, conducts the business of making or offering to make contracts, agreements, trades or transactions respecting the purchase or sale or purchase and sale of any stocks, grain, provisions or other commodity or personal property, wherein both parties thereto, or such proprietor or keeper, contemplates or intends that such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions shall be or may be closed, adjusted or settled according to, or upon the basis of, the public market quotations of prices made on any board of trade or exchange upon which the commodities or securities referred to in such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions are dealt in, and without a bona fide transaction on such board of trade or exchange; or wherein both parties, or such keeper or proprietor, contemplate or intend that such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions shall be, or may be deemed, closed or terminated when the public market quotations of prices made on such board of trade or exchange for the articles or securities named in such contracts, agreements, trades or transactions reach a certain figure; also, any office, store or other place in which the keeper or proprietor thereof, either in his or its own behalf, or as an agent as aforesaid, makes or offers to make, whether such offer is accepted or not, contracts, trades or transactions with others for the purchase or sale of any such commodity, wherein the parties thereto do not contemplate the actual or bona fide receipt or delivery of such property, but contemplate a settlement thereof based upon differences in the price at which such property is claimed to be bought and sold.
(1949 Rev., S. 8614.)
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Sec. 53-314. Keeping bucket shop. No corporation, association, copartnership or person shall keep or cause to be kept any bucket shop; and any person or corporation, whether acting individually, or as a member of, or an officer, agent or employee of, any corporation, association or copartnership, who or which keeps or assists in the keeping of any bucket shop shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred and not more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in a community correctional center until such fine is paid, provided such imprisonment shall not continue for more than one year; and any person or persons who are found guilty of a second offense under this section and sections 53-315 and 53-316 shall, in addition to the penalty hereinbefore prescribed, be imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year, and any corporation convicted of such second offense shall be liable to forfeiture of its charter. The continuance of any such establishment after a first conviction shall be deemed a second offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 8615; 1969, P.A. 297.)
History: 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”.
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Sec. 53-315. Keeping bucket shop; accessory. Any corporation, association, copartnership or person who communicates, receives, exhibits or displays, in any manner, any statements of quotations of the prices of any property mentioned in section 53-313, with a view to any transactions prohibited in section 53-314, shall be deemed an accessory, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and punished the same as the principal, and as provided in section 53-314.
(1949 Rev., S. 8616.)
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Sec. 53-316. Information to be furnished to customers. Each commission merchant, copartnership, association, corporation, person or broker engaged in the business of buying or selling or buying and selling stocks, grain, provisions or other commodities or personal property for any person, principal, customer or purchaser shall furnish, upon demand, to any customer or principal for whom such commission merchant, broker, copartnership, corporation, association or person has executed any order for the actual purchase or sale of the commodities hereinbefore mentioned, either for immediate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the parties from whom such property was bought or to whom it was sold, as the case may be, the time when, the place where and the price at which the same was either bought or sold; and the refusal of any such commission merchant, broker, copartnership, corporation or association to promptly furnish such statement, upon reasonable demand, shall be prima facie evidence that such property was sold or bought in violation of the provisions of section 53-314.
(1949 Rev., S. 8617.)
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Sec. 53-317. Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food. Section 53-317 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 8618; P.A. 16-117, S. 7.)
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Sec. 53-318. Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals. Section 53-318 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8619; P.A. 80-159.)
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Sec. 53-319. Sale or shipment of diseased flesh. (a) Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids and lambs are unfit for human consumption and shall be condemned if (1) the meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby, tears easily and can be perforated with the fingers; or (2) its color is grayish red; or (3) good muscular development as a whole is lacking, which condition is especially noticeable on the upper shank of the leg, where small amounts of serous infiltrates or small edematous patches are sometimes present between the muscles; or (4) the tissue which later develops as the fat capsule of the kidneys is edematous, dirty yellow or grayish red, tough and intermixed with islands of fat.
(b) The possession of any such flesh dressed in a manner suitable for sale or use shall be deemed prima facie evidence of an intent to sell and a violation of the provisions of this section. All unborn and stillborn animals shall be condemned, and no hide or skin thereof shall be removed from the carcass within a room in which edible products are handled. Any person, firm or corporation which violates or causes to be violated any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months.
(1949 Rev., S. 8620.)
Meaning of “wilfully” under former statute. 76 C. 94.
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Sec. 53-320. Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons. No person shall spread, distribute, sow, have in his possession or deliver to another, with malicious intent, any seeds of foul or noxious plants, or spread or distribute poisons upon the land or trees of another except for the purpose of spraying such trees. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 8621; P.A. 13-258, S. 115.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
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Sec. 53-321. Sale of thistle seed in grass seed. Any person who vends any grass seed, in which he knows there is any seed of the Canada thistle, shall be fined not more than ten dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8622.)
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Sec. 53-322. Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel. Any person who sells clams usually known as quahogs, cherry stones or little necks by the barrel or bushel, unless such barrel contains not less than two hundred forty pounds or such bushel contains not less than eighty pounds net delivered, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8629; 1957, P.A. 342.)
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Sec. 53-323. Coercion in placing of insurance on real or personal property. Payment for inspection of damaged property. Time limit for inspection. No person, firm or corporation selling real or personal property or engaged in the business of financing the purchase of real or personal property or of lending money on the security of real or personal property shall require, as a condition to such sale, financing or lending, or as a condition to the renewal or extension of any such loan or to the performance of any other act in connection with such sale, financing or lending, that the purchaser or borrower, or the purchaser's or borrower's successors, shall negotiate through a particular insurance company, or insurance producer, any policy of insurance or renewal thereof. No person, firm or corporation named as a loss payee or having an interest under any mortgagee provision of any insurance policy issued in connection with the sale of real or personal property or the financing of the purchase of real or personal property, shall require as a condition to releasing or endorsing any claim settlement payment that the property insured be inspected by such loss payee or mortgagee or its designee, unless it is inspected or approved at such loss payee's or mortgagee's own effort and expense. If such inspection is required, it shall be completed, with respect to personal property, within two days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, of notification of the availability of such property and, with respect to real property, within thirty days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, of such notification. If any loss payee chooses to inspect any personal property pursuant to this section, such loss payee or the designee of such loss payee shall be authorized to endorse at the time of such inspection any such claim settlement payment. If an agreement is reached concerning the amount of the settlement at the time of such inspection, such loss payee or designee shall endorse at that time any such claim settlement payment. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent, officer or director, for the person or itself, or for another person, firm or corporation, violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949, S. 3300d; 1957, P.A. 531; 1967, P.A. 27; P.A. 75-586; P.A. 85-328; P.A. 87-67; P.A. 01-113, S. 40, 42.)
History: 1967 act deleted unnecessary reference to insurance or renewal of insurance “insuring such property”; P.A. 75-586 added provisions re inspection of damaged property; P.A. 85-328 added provision re authorization of loss payee or designee to endorse claim settlement payment if loss payee chooses to inspect property; P.A. 87-67 specified that a loss payee or designee shall be authorized to endorse “at the time of such inspection” and added provision requiring endorsement of the claim settlement payment at the time of inspection if an agreement is reached concerning the settlement amount at that time; P.A. 01-113 substituted “insurance producer” for “insurance agent or broker” and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective September 1, 2002.
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Sec. 53-324. Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked. Any article represented to be of gold, which is made for sale or offered for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, by any dealer, shall bear upon it, plainly stamped, the figures indicating the exact number of twenty-fourth parts of pure gold or proportion of gold that such article contains. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8623.)
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Sec. 53-325. Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of gold or any alloy or imitation thereof, having thereon, or on any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing enclosing or encasing such article or articles for sale, any stamp, brand, engraving, printed label, trademark, imprint or other mark, indicating or designed or intended to indicate that the gold, alloy or imitation thereof in such article or articles is different from or better than the actual kind and quality of such gold, alloy or imitation thereof, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8624.)
Statute does not apply to sales in another state. 80 C. 510; 81 C. 114.
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Sec. 53-326. Sterling silver defined. Penalty. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of silver, or any alloy or imitation thereof, having thereon, or on any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing enclosing or encasing such article for sale, any stamp, brand, engraving, printed label, trademark, imprint or other mark, containing the word “sterling” or the words “sterling silver”, referring or designed or intended to refer to the silver or alloy or imitation thereof, which contains less than nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths thereof of pure silver, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8625.)
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Sec. 53-327. Coin silver defined. Penalty. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of silver, or any alloy or imitation thereof, having thereon, or on any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing enclosing or encasing such article for sale, any stamp, brand, engraving, printed label, trademark, imprint or other mark containing the word “coin” or the words “coin silver”, referring or designed or intended to refer to the silver or alloy or imitation thereof in such article, when such silver, alloy or imitation contains less than nine-tenths thereof of pure silver, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8626.)
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Sec. 53-328. Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles. Any manufacturer of or dealer in articles constructed in part of gold or silver or any alloy or imitation thereof, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, may file in the office of the Secretary of the State a bond executed by himself as principal, with sufficient surety, which bond shall be approved by the secretary, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned that such manufacturer or dealer shall not violate any of the provisions of sections 53-324 to 53-327, inclusive. If it appears to the court before whom any person is prosecuted for the violation of any of the provisions of said sections that the article of merchandise concerning which the charge is brought was not made or altered in any way by the defendant and that it was acquired by him in good faith as an article of the standard of purity prescribed in said sections and without knowledge or information on his part to the contrary, such prosecution shall be dismissed and the defendant discharged, provided the person from whom the defendant acquired the article is within the jurisdiction of the court or has filed the bond provided for in this section and such bond was in full force and effect at the time of the sale by such defendant and at the time of the dismissal of such prosecution and provided such defendant shall furnish to such court an affidavit stating the name, residence and place of business of the person from whom such article was acquired by the defendant and the date and circumstances of its acquisition. Upon satisfactory proof by affidavit to the Attorney General of a violation, by any person giving bond as provided in this section, of the terms of such bond, the Attorney General shall declare the bond forfeited and forthwith proceed on behalf of the state to collect as damages the whole of the sum specified therein from the parties thereto. If, however, the violation of said sections by the principal in such bond occurred within the limits of this state, and such principal, at any time before the recovery of judgment upon such forfeiture, appears before any court having jurisdiction so that a criminal prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of said sections may be commenced against him, such proceedings for the forfeiture and collection of such bond shall be discontinued. The court before which such action for the forfeiture and collection of such bond is pending shall have power in its discretion to chancer such bond.
(1949 Rev., S. 8627; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 192.)
History: 1959 act deleted reference to jurisdiction of magistrates.
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Sec. 53-329. Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund. No person, firm or corporation shall possess, use, distribute, exchange, sell or offer for sale in this state any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners of this or any other state, except convicts or prisoners on parole or probation; provided nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the sale of such goods to the state or any political subdivision thereof, or to any public institution owned and managed or controlled by the state or by any political subdivision thereof, when such goods are to be used or possessed solely by the state, such political subdivision thereof or such institution, or to any person, firm or corporation which may purchase such goods for its use or consumption but not for resale, when such purchase has been approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or to forbid sales under the provisions of section 18-46a. Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the sale of products or by-products of farming operations conducted for the dual purpose of keeping convicts or prisoners employed and of producing food for use in state institutions, such by-products to include but not to be limited to bulls or bull calves or parts of carcasses thereof resulting from operations conducted to produce milk and cockerel chicks resulting from the incubation of eggs in egg-production activities. The proceeds from all sales resulting from such activities shall be paid to the Treasurer and credited to the industrial fund for the institutions of the Department of Correction created pursuant to section 18-88. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 8628; 1953, S. 3303d; 1963, P.A. 239, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 84-236, S. 3; P.A. 85-150, S. 1, 2; 85-613, S. 78, 154; P.A. 12-80, S. 186.)
History: 1963 act added reference to sales under Sec. 18-46b; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-236 added provision requiring proceeds of sales to be paid to treasurer and credited to industrial fund for institutions of department of corrections created pursuant to Sec. 18-88; P.A. 85-150 added provision re sale of “products” of farming operations; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor.
See Sec. 18-88 re industrial activities in correctional institutions.
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Sec. 53-330. Admission to public performances. As used in this section, “places of public entertainment and amusement” means legitimate theaters, burlesque theaters, music halls, opera houses, concert halls, circuses and motion picture theaters. No person, agency, bureau, corporation or association, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee of any place of public entertainment and amusement shall refuse to admit to any public performance held at such place any person over the age of eighteen years who presents a ticket of admission to the performance or shall eject or demand the departure of any such person from such place during the course of the performance, whether or not an offer is made to refund the purchase price or value of the ticket of admission presented by such person; but no provision of this section shall be construed to prevent the refusal of admission to or the ejectment of any person whose conduct or speech in such place is abusive or offensive or any person engaged in any activity which may tend to a breach of the peace.
(1953, S. 3317d; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 77.)
History: 1972 act amended section to reflect lowering of age of majority from 21 to 18.
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Sec. 53-330a. Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams. (a) Any individual who is an active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, may travel on a train or on any other mode of public transportation, and may enter or visit any other place of public accommodation which caters or offers its services or facilities or goods to the general public, including, but not limited to, any public building, inn, restaurant, hotel, motel, tourist cabin, place of amusement, resort or any facility of any such public accommodation, accompanied by the dog in such team, and such individual may keep such dog with him or her at all times in any such public accommodation or facility thereof at no extra charge, provided such team is engaged in a search or rescue operation and such dog shall be in the direct custody of such individual and shall wear a harness or red or orange-colored identification. No such individual shall be charged any fee not applicable alike to all guests, provided the owner of such dog shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
(b) Any person who denies the rights afforded to active individual members of a volunteer canine search and rescue team under subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, provided such individual member complies with the applicable provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 04-241, S. 5.)
See Sec. 46a-44 for like provisions re guide and assistance dogs.
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Sec. 53-331. Use of arsenic in embalming. Any person who injects into the body of any deceased person, for the purpose of embalming the same, any fluid or substance containing arsenic in any form shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8632.)
See Sec. 20-216 re cases where medical examiner's permission is required prior to embalming.
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Sec. 53-332. Burials; proximity to dwelling. Section 53-332 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(1949 Rev., S. 8633; 1963, P.A. 328; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 10-32, S. 150; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)
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Sec. 53-333. Depth of burial. Section 53-333 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8634; 1959, P.A. 302, S. 1.)
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Sec. 53-333a. Depth of burial. Section 53-333a is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(1959, P.A. 302, S. 2; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)
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Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 8635; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 30; P.A. 13-258, S. 116.)
History: 1969 act added exception re Sec. 19-537; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $2,000 and imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.
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Secs. 53-335 to 53-340. Malicious injury to property in cemeteries. Tramps. Wilful injury by tramps; carrying firearms. Officer may arrest without warrant. Exceptions. Vagrants and common drunkards. Sections 53-335 to 53-340, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8636, 8640–8644; 1955, S. 3304d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 137; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
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Sec. 53-340a. Solicitation of clients, patients or customers for persons or entities providing legal or health care services. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Provider” means an attorney, a health care professional, as defined in section 19a-12a, a person who owns or operates a business or entity that provides legal or health care services, a person who, by such person's representations, creates a reasonable belief that such person or such person's practice, business or entity can provide legal or health care services or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of such persons;
(2) “Public media” means telephone directories, professional directories, newspapers and other periodicals, radio, television, billboards and mailed or electronically transmitted written communications that do not involve in-person contact with a specific prospective client, patient or customer; and
(3) “Runner” means an individual who, for a pecuniary benefit, procures or attempts to procure a client, patient or customer at the direction of, request of or in cooperation with a provider whose purpose is to seek to obtain benefits under an insurance contract or assert a claim against an insured or an insurance company for providing services to the client, patient or customer, or to obtain benefits under or assert a claim against a state or federal health care benefits program or prescription drug assistance program, except that “runner” does not include (A) an individual who procures or attempts to procure a client, patient or customer for a provider through public media, (B) an individual who refers a prospective client, patient or customer to a provider as otherwise authorized by law, (C) an individual who facilitates, presents or speaks at a meeting, program or seminar that is open to the public and at which information about a provider's services are discussed, or (D) an individual who is a bona fide employee of a provider who responds to an inquiry or request for information initiated by a prospective client, patient or customer.
(b) An individual who knowingly acts as a runner or uses, solicits, directs, hires or employs another individual to act as a runner shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to the referral of individuals between attorneys, between health care professionals or between attorneys and health care professionals.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and shall not be construed to limit or restrict, the provisions of sections 51-86, 51-87 and 51-87a.
(P.A. 09-222, S. 1.)
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Sec. 53-341. Use of words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”. Exceptions. Penalties. (a) Except as otherwise permitted by chapters 369 to 388, inclusive, and subsection (b) of this section, no person engaged in the practice of any branch of the art of healing the sick or injured or professing to be engaged in such practice, other than a person who is licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 370, may use or imply the use of the words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or the initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”, or any similar title or description of services, with the intent to represent, or in a manner that is likely to induce the belief that, the person (1) practices medicine within the state, (2) is licensed to practice medicine within the state, or (3) may diagnose or treat any injury, deformity, ailment or disease, actual or imaginary, of another person for compensation, gain or reward.
(b) A person who holds the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy, but who is not licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 370, may use the initials “M.D.” or “D.O.” provided such initials are not used with the intent to represent, or in a manner that is likely to induce the belief that, the person (1) practices medicine within the state, (2) is licensed to practice medicine within the state, or (3) may diagnose or treat any injury, deformity, ailment or disease, actual or imaginary, of another person for compensation, gain or reward.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section or section 20-9, 20-12d or 20-12n shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation that is in violation of chapter 370 shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 8646; P.A. 99-102, S. 50; P.A. 06-195, S. 58; P.A. 13-258, S. 117.)
History: P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathy and made technical changes re gender neutrality; P.A. 06-195 deleted former provisions, added Subsec. (a) prohibiting use of terms “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”, by persons not licensed to practice medicine under chapter 370, added Subsec. (b) re limited exception for unlicensed persons who hold degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy and added Subsec. (c) re penalties for violations, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (c) to change penalty from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and make a technical change.
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Sec. 53-341a. Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee. No person, firm or corporation may sell or offer for sale a badge or shield that identifies the wearer as holding a specific office, title or position with a state or local government or the federal government unless the purchaser presents valid identification that indicates the purchaser holds such office, title or position at the time of such sale. Any person, firm or corporation that violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(P.A. 97-123, S. 1.)
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Sec. 53-341b. Sale or delivery of body armor restricted. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to another person unless the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the sale or delivery of body armor to (1) a sworn member or authorized official of an organized local police department, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of Motor Vehicles, (2) an authorized official of a municipality or the Department of Administrative Services that purchases body armor on behalf of an organized local police department, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of Motor Vehicles, (3) an authorized official of the Judicial Branch who purchases body armor on behalf of a probation officer or a judicial marshal, or (4) a member of the National Guard or the armed forces reserve.
(c) As used in this section, “body armor” means any material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance.
(d) Any person, firm or corporation that violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(P.A. 98-127, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 82; P.A. 06-119, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-213, S. 49; P.A. 14-207, S. 7.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt a sale or delivery of body armor to a sworn member or authorized official of the Division of Criminal Justice, to an authorized official of a municipality or the Department of Administrative Services who purchases body armor on behalf of the Division of Criminal Justice or to an authorized official of the judicial branch who purchases body armor on behalf of a probation officer, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-119 amended Subsec. (b) to insert Subdiv. designators, exempt in Subdiv. (1) the sale or delivery of body armor to a sworn member or authorized official of Department of Correction or Board of Pardons and Paroles and exempt in Subdiv. (2) the sale or delivery of body armor to an authorized official of Department of Administrative Services that purchases body armor on behalf of Department of Correction or Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-213 amended Subsec. (b)(1) and (2) to add references to Department of Motor Vehicles, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-207 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to add “or a judicial marshal”.
See Sec. 53a-217d re criminal possession of body armor as a class A misdemeanor.
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Sec. 53-341c. Unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims. Any peace officer or firefighter, as those terms are defined in section 53a-3, or any ambulance driver, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician or paramedic, as those terms are defined in section 19a-175, who responds to a request to provide medical or other assistance to a person and, other than in the performance of his or her duties, knowingly (1) takes a photographic or digital image of such person without the consent of such person or a member of such person's immediate family, or (2) transmits, disseminates or otherwise makes available to a third person a photographic or digital image of such person without the consent of such person or a member of such person's immediate family, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(P.A. 11-47, S. 1.)
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Secs. 53-342 and 53-343. Attendance of children at places of amusement. Unauthorized credit to minor student. Sections 53-342 and 53-343 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8677, 8678; 1967, P.A. 287; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
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Sec. 53-343a. Presence of persons under twenty-one years of age in class III gaming facilities prohibited. Wagering and misrepresentation of age by such persons prohibited. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Gaming facility” means any room in which class III gaming, as legally authorized pursuant to a tribal-state compact governing the conduct of gaming activities on Indian lands or federal procedures issued by the Secretary of the Interior, is conducted, but does not include a room limited to the playing of bazaar games;
(2) “Class III gaming” has the same meaning as provided in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 USC 2703; and
(3) “Alcoholic liquor” has the same meaning as provided in section 30-1.
(b) No person under the minimum age for the purchase of alcoholic liquor under the provisions of chapter 545 shall be present in any gaming facility, except that, unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person over the age of majority may be employed in a gaming facility if such person has obtained any license required by the state for such employment and such employment does not include handling or serving alcoholic liquor. Any person under such minimum age for the purchase of alcoholic liquor who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(c) Any person under the minimum age for the purchase of alcoholic liquor under the provisions of chapter 545 who is present in any gaming facility and directly or indirectly places a wager in such gaming facility shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(d) Any person under the minimum age for the purchase of alcoholic liquor under the provisions of chapter 545 who, for the purpose of gaining access to a gaming facility, (1) misrepresents such person's age, or (2) uses or exhibits (A) a forged, counterfeit or altered government-issued identity card, passport or motor vehicle operator's license, or (B) a government-issued identity card, passport or motor vehicle operator's license belonging to any other person, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit minors from receiving lottery tickets or chances in lawfully operated games of chance as gifts.
(P.A. 03-114, S. 2; P.A. 04-257, S. 85.)
History: P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective June 14, 2004.
See Sec. 12-576 re presence of minors at facilities where gambling activity authorized by state law takes place.
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Sec. 53-344. Sale or delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age twenty-one. Misrepresentation of age. Presentation of driver's license or identity card to establish age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Cardholder” means any person who presents a driver's license or an identity card to a seller or seller's agent or employee, to purchase or receive tobacco from such seller or seller's agent or employee;
(2) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (b) of section 12-285;
(3) “Identity card” means an identification card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h;
(4) “Sale” has the same meaning as provided in section 53-344b;
(5) “Give” or “giving” has the same meaning as provided in section 53-344b;
(6) “Deliver” or “delivering” has the same meaning as provided in section 53-344b;
(7) “Seller” means any person engaged in the sale, giving or delivering of cigarettes or tobacco products;
(8) “Tobacco products” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-330a;
(9) “Transaction scan” means the process by which a seller or seller's agent or employee checks, by means of a transaction scan device, the validity of a driver's license or an identity card; and
(10) “Transaction scan device” means any commercial device or combination of devices used at a point of sale that is capable of deciphering in an electronically readable format the information encoded on the magnetic strip or bar code of a driver's license or an identity card.
(b) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any person under twenty-one years of age cigarettes or a tobacco product shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for a second offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first offense. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or accepting delivery of cigarettes or a tobacco product (1) in such person's capacity as an employee, or (2) as part of a scientific study being conducted by an organization for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco product use prevention and cessation, provided such medical research has been approved by the organization's institutional review board, as defined in section 21a-408.
(c) Any person under twenty-one years of age who misrepresents such person's age to purchase cigarettes or a tobacco product shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(d) (1) A seller or seller's agent or employee shall request that each person intending to purchase cigarettes or a tobacco product present a driver's license or identity card to establish that such person is twenty-one years of age or older.
(2) A seller or seller's agent or employee may perform a transaction scan to check the validity of a driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder as a condition for selling, giving away or otherwise distributing cigarettes or a tobacco product to the cardholder.
(3) If the information deciphered by the transaction scan performed under subdivision (2) of this subsection fails to match the information printed on the driver's license or identity card presented by the cardholder, or if the transaction scan indicates that the information so printed is false or fraudulent, neither the seller nor any seller's agent or employee shall sell, give away or otherwise distribute any cigarettes or a tobacco product to the cardholder.
(4) Subdivision (2) of this subsection does not preclude a seller or seller's agent or employee from using a transaction scan device to check the validity of a document other than a driver's license or an identity card, if the document includes a bar code or magnetic strip that may be scanned by the device, as a condition for selling, giving away or otherwise distributing cigarettes or a tobacco product to the person presenting the document.
(e) (1) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall electronically or mechanically record or maintain any information derived from a transaction scan, except the following: (A) The name and date of birth of the person listed on the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder; and (B) the expiration date and identification number of the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder.
(2) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall use a transaction scan device for a purpose other than the purposes specified in subsection (e) of section 53-344b, subsection (d) of this section or subsection (c) of section 30-86.
(3) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall sell or otherwise disseminate the information derived from a transaction scan to any third party, including, but not limited to, selling or otherwise disseminating that information for any marketing, advertising or promotional activities, but a seller or seller's agent or employee may release that information pursuant to a court order.
(4) Nothing in subsection (d) of this section or this subsection relieves a seller or seller's agent or employee of any responsibility to comply with any other applicable state or federal laws or rules governing the sale, giving away or other distribution of cigarettes or tobacco products.
(5) Any person who violates this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars.
(f) (1) In any prosecution of a seller or seller's agent or employee for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that all of the following occurred: (A) A cardholder attempting to purchase or receive cigarettes or a tobacco product presented a driver's license or an identity card; (B) a transaction scan of the driver's license or identity card that the cardholder presented indicated that the license or card was valid and indicated that the cardholder was at least twenty-one years of age; and (C) the cigarettes or a tobacco product was sold, given away or otherwise distributed to the cardholder in reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan.
(2) In determining whether a seller or seller's agent or employee has proven the affirmative defense provided by subdivision (1) of this section, the trier of fact in such prosecution shall consider that reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan may require a seller or seller's agent or employee to exercise reasonable diligence and that the use of a transaction scan device does not excuse a seller or seller's agent or employee from exercising such reasonable diligence to determine the following: (A) Whether a person to whom the seller or seller's agent or employee sells, gives away or otherwise distributes cigarettes or a tobacco product is twenty-one years of age or older; and (B) whether the description and picture appearing on the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder is that of the cardholder.
(1949 Rev., S. 8679; P.A. 87-374, S. 2, 3; P.A. 92-66, S. 4; P.A. 96-240, S. 8, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 36, 121; P.A. 01-92, S. 2; P.A. 03-19, S. 124; P.A. 08-184, S. 62; P.A. 14-76, S. 5; P.A. 17-146, S. 37; P.A. 19-13, S. 14; P.A. 22-118, S. 198.)
History: P.A. 87-374 raised applicable age from 16 to 18; P.A. 92-66 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fine from $25 to $50 and added Subsec. (b) to add fine for minors who purchase tobacco products; P.A. 96-240 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fine for a first offense and to provide increased fines for a second and subsequent offenses and to specify that minors may handle tobacco in course of their duties as employees, effective June 6, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 01-92 added new Subsec. (a) re definitions, designated existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as Subsecs. (b) and (c) and made technical changes therein for purposes of gender neutrality, added new Subsec. (d) re use of a transaction scan device, added new Subsec. (e) re prohibited acts and added new Subsec. (f) re affirmative defense; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (c) by prohibiting persons under eighteen from possessing tobacco in any form in any public place and by defining “public place”; P.A. 14-76 amended Subsec. (e)(2) to add reference to Sec. 53-344b(e); P.A. 17-146 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “minor” with “person”, replacing references to 18 month period with references to 24 month period, adding provision re person delivering or accepting delivery of tobacco as part of scientific study for purpose of medical research, and making technical and conforming changes; P.A. 19-13 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (2) defining “cigarette”, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), adding new Subdivs. (4) to (8) defining “sale”, “give” or “giving”, “deliver” or “delivering”, “seller”, and “tobacco products”, respectively, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (9) and (10), amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one”, increasing fine for first offense from $200 to $300, increasing fine for second offense from $350 to $750 and increasing fine for each subsequent offense from $500 to $1,000, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one”, deleting references to purchasing and possessing, and deleting definition of “public place”, amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision re indication that cardholder is at least age 21 in Subdiv. (1)(B) and replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one” in Subdiv. (2), added references to cigarettes, replaced references to tobacco with references to tobacco product, and made technical changes; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (d) by adding new Subdiv. (1) re presentation of driver's license or identity card to establish age, redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as new Subdivs. (2) and (3), and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2022.
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Sec. 53-344a. Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age. Each retailer of cigarettes or tobacco products or agent, employee or representative of such retailer shall require a person who is purchasing or attempting to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products, who appears to be under the age of thirty, to exhibit proper proof of age. If a person fails to provide such proof of age, such retailer or agent, employee or representative shall not sell cigarettes or tobacco products to the person. As used in this section, “proper proof” means a motor vehicle operator's license, a valid passport or an identity card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h.
(P.A. 92-66, S. 5; P.A. 19-13, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 19-13 added references to agent and representative and replaced “whose age is in question” with “who appears to be under the age of thirty”.
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Sec. 53-344b. Sale or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products to persons under twenty-one years of age. Misrepresentation of age by persons under twenty-one years of age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Electronic nicotine delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-415;
(2) “Cardholder” means any person who presents a driver's license or an identity card to a seller or seller's agent or employee, to purchase or receive an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product from such seller or seller's agent or employee;
(3) “Identity card” means an identification card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h;
(4) “Transaction scan” means the process by which a seller or seller's agent or employee checks, by means of a transaction scan device, the validity of a driver's license or an identity card;
(5) “Transaction scan device” means any commercial device or combination of devices used at a point of sale that is capable of deciphering in an electronically readable format the information encoded on the magnetic strip or bar code of a driver's license or an identity card;
(6) “Sale” or “sell” means an act done intentionally by any person, whether done as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee, of transferring, or offering or attempting to transfer, for consideration, an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product, including bartering or exchanging, or offering to barter or exchange, an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product;
(7) “Give” or “giving” means an act done intentionally by any person, whether done as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee, of transferring, or offering or attempting to transfer, without consideration, an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product;
(8) “Deliver” or “delivering” means an act done intentionally by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee, of transferring, or offering or attempting to transfer, physical possession or control of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product;
(9) “Vapor product” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-415; and
(10) “Seller” means any person who sells, gives or delivers an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product.
(b) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any person under twenty-one years of age an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in any form shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for a second offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first offense. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or accepting delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product (1) in such person's capacity as an employee, or (2) as part of a scientific study being conducted by an organization for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in tobacco use prevention and cessation, provided such medical research has been approved by the organization's institutional review board, as defined in section 21a-408.
(c) Any person under twenty-one years of age who misrepresents such person's age to purchase an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in any form shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(d) (1) A seller or seller's agent or employee may perform a transaction scan to check the validity of a driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder as a condition for selling, giving or otherwise delivering an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to the cardholder.
(2) If the information deciphered by the transaction scan performed under subdivision (1) of this subsection fails to match the information printed on the driver's license or identity card presented by the cardholder, or if the transaction scan indicates that the information so printed is false or fraudulent, neither the seller nor any seller's agent or employee shall sell, give or otherwise deliver any electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to the cardholder.
(3) Subdivision (1) of this subsection does not preclude a seller or seller's agent or employee from using a transaction scan device to check the validity of a document other than a driver's license or an identity card, if the document includes a bar code or magnetic strip that may be scanned by the device, as a condition for selling, giving or otherwise delivering an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to the person presenting the document.
(e) (1) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall electronically or mechanically record or maintain any information derived from a transaction scan, except the following: (A) The name and date of birth of the person listed on the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder; and (B) the expiration date and identification number of the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder.
(2) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall use a transaction scan device for a purpose other than the purposes specified in subsection (d) of this section, subsection (d) of section 53-344 or subsection (c) of section 30-86.
(3) No seller or seller's agent or employee shall sell or otherwise disseminate the information derived from a transaction scan to any third party, including, but not limited to, selling or otherwise disseminating that information for any marketing, advertising or promotional activities, but a seller or seller's agent or employee may release that information pursuant to a court order.
(4) Nothing in subsection (d) of this section or this subsection relieves a seller or seller's agent or employee of any responsibility to comply with any other applicable state or federal laws or rules governing selling, giving or otherwise delivering electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products.
(5) Any person who violates this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars.
(f) (1) In any prosecution of a seller or seller's agent or employee for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that all of the following occurred: (A) A cardholder attempting to purchase or receive an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product presented a driver's license or an identity card; (B) a transaction scan of the driver's license or identity card that the cardholder presented indicated that the license or card was valid and indicated that the cardholder was at least twenty-one years of age; and (C) the electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product was sold, given or otherwise delivered to the cardholder in reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan.
(2) In determining whether a seller or seller's agent or employee has proven the affirmative defense provided by subdivision (1) of this section, the trier of fact in such prosecution shall consider that reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan may require a seller or seller's agent or employee to exercise reasonable diligence and that the use of a transaction scan device does not excuse a seller or seller's agent or employee from exercising such reasonable diligence to determine the following: (A) Whether a person to whom the seller or seller's agent or employee sells, gives or otherwise delivers an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product is twenty-one years of age or older; and (B) whether the description and picture appearing on the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder is that of the cardholder.
(g) Each seller of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products or such seller's agent or employee shall require a person who is purchasing or attempting to purchase an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product and appears to be under the age of thirty to exhibit proper proof of age. If a person fails to provide such proof of age, such seller or seller's agent or employee shall not sell an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to the person. As used in this subsection, “proper proof” means a motor vehicle operator's license, a valid passport or an identity card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h.
(P.A. 14-76, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 108; P.A. 17-146, S. 38; P.A. 19-13, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to Secs. 21a-415 and 21a-415a, redefine “electronic nicotine delivery system” by adding reference to electronic cigarette liquid in Subdiv. (1), and add Subdiv. (10) defining “electronic cigarette liquid”, effective January 1, 2016; P.A. 17-146 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “minor” with “person”, replacing references to 18 month period with references to 24 month period, adding provision re person delivering or accepting delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product as part of scientific study for purpose of medical research, and making technical and conforming changes; P.A. 19-13 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Secs. 21a-415 and 21a-415a, redefining “electronic nicotine delivery system” in Subdiv. (1), redefining “vapor product” in Subdiv. (9), deleting former Subdiv. (10) defining “electronic cigarette liquid”, and adding new Subdiv. (10) defining “seller”, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one”, increasing fine for first offense from $200 to $300, increasing fine for second offense from $350 to $750, and increasing fine for subsequent offense from $500 to $1,000, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one”, deleting references to purchases and possession, and deleting definition of “public place”, amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision re indication that cardholder was at least age 21 in Subdiv. (1)(B), replacing “eighteen” with “twenty-one” in Subdiv. (2)(A), amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “, whose age is in question,” with “and appears to be under the age of thirty”, and made technical changes.
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Sec. 53-345. Soliciting for philanthropic purposes. Section 53-345 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8606; 1953, S. 3301d; 1959, P.A. 659; 1963, P.A. 551, S. 15.)
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Sec. 53-345a. Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age. (a) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any minor under eighteen years of age any container exclusively containing nitrous oxide, unless the minor is delivering or accepting delivery in his capacity as an employee, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the first offense, not more than three hundred fifty dollars for a second offense within an eighteen-month period and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense within an eighteen-month period.
(b) Any person under eighteen years of age who purchases or misrepresents his age to purchase any container exclusively containing nitrous oxide shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(c) Each retailer of containers exclusively containing nitrous oxide or employee of such retailer shall require a person who is purchasing or attempting to purchase a container exclusively containing nitrous oxide, whose age is in question, to exhibit proper proof of age. If a person fails to provide such proof of age, such retailer or employee shall not sell any container exclusively containing nitrous oxide to the person. As used in this section, “proper proof” means a motor vehicle operator's license, a valid passport or an identity card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h.
(P.A. 98-17.)
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