Sec. 20-457. Required and prohibited acts re certificate of registration. Penalties for violations. Expiration and renewal of certificate. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-457. Required and prohibited acts re certificate of registration. Penalties for violations. Expiration and renewal of certificate. (a) Each person engaged in providing association management services shall (1) exhibit his certificate of registration upon request by any interested party, (2) state in any advertisement the fact that he is registered, and (3) include his registration number in any advertisement.

      (b) No person shall: (1) Present or attempt to present, as his own, the certificate of another, (2) knowingly give false evidence of a material nature to the commission or department for the purpose of procuring a certificate, (3) represent himself falsely as, or impersonate, a registered community association manager, (4) use or attempt to use a certificate which has expired or which has been suspended or revoked, (5) offer to provide association management services without having a current certificate of registration under sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, (6) represent in any manner that his registration constitutes an endorsement of the quality of his services or of his competency by the commission or department. In addition to any other remedy provided for in sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned. A violation of any of the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.

      (c) Certificates issued to community association managers shall not be transferable or assignable.

      (d) All certificates issued under the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of January. The fee for renewal of a certificate shall be one hundred dollars.

      (e) A community association manager whose certificate has expired more than one month before his application for renewal is made shall have his registration restored upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars in addition to his renewal fee. Restoration of a registration shall be effective upon approval of the application for renewal by the commission.

      (f) A certificate shall not be restored unless it is renewed not later than one year after its expiration.

      (g) Failure to receive a notice of expiration or a renewal application shall not exempt a community association manager from the obligation to renew.

      (P.A. 90-306, S. 9, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 8, 19.)

      History: P.A. 90-306, S. 9 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 amended Subsec. (b)(2) and (6) by adding "or department", amended Subsec. (d) by providing that all certificates expire on the thirty-first day of January rather than in different months according to the first letter of the name of the applicant and by specifying the renewal fee is $100 rather than "the same as the fee charged for an original application", deleted Subsec. (e) re prorated fees and relettered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and amended new Subsec. (e) to increase the restoration fee from $20 to $25.

      Cited. 231 C. 707.