Sec. 16a-23m. Home heating oil and propane gas dealers. Registration. Fee. Insurance. Display of registration number. Notification re insurance cancellation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16a-23m. Home heating oil and propane gas dealers. Registration. Fee. Insurance. Display of registration number. Notification re insurance cancellation. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the retail sale of home heating oil or propane gas without a certificate of registration as a home heating oil or propane gas dealer issued pursuant to this section. Only one registration shall be required of a dealer to engage in both the retail sale of heating oil and propane gas.

      (b) Each person, firm or corporation seeking registration as a home heating oil or propane gas dealer shall apply annually for a certificate of registration with the Department of Consumer Protection on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Each applicant shall pay a registration fee of one hundred dollars. The commissioner shall require all applicants for registration as a home heating oil or propane gas dealer to provide evidence of general liability insurance coverage and insurance to cover any potential environmental damage due to fuel oil spills or propane gas leaks caused by such applicant as a registered dealer which coverage shall be not less than one million dollars. Each registered dealer shall provide the department with evidence of each renewal of or change to such insurance coverage not later than five days after such renewal or change during the period of registration, which renewal or change shall meet the requirements of this subsection.

      (c) Each registered dealer shall display its registration number in all advertisements and other materials prepared or issued by the dealer, which contain information on such dealer.

      (d) The insurance company of a home heating oil or propane gas dealer shall notify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in writing, upon cancellation of insurance required by subsection (b) of this section by any home heating oil or propane gas dealer. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall revoke the registration of any such dealer without the insurance coverage required by subsection (b) of this section.

      (P.A. 01-46, S. 1, 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; 04-194, S. 1; P.A. 06-65, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 01-46 effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 04-194 added Subsec. (c) providing for display of a dealer's registration number, and Subsec. (d) providing for notification by insurance company of cancellation of insurance, and revocation of registration; P.A. 06-65 added propane gas dealers to requirements of Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d), amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and require only one registration for dealer engaged in both retail sale of heating oil and propane gas, and amended Subsec. (b) to require general liability insurance coverage for propane gas leaks caused by dealer.