Sec. 21a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19-422). Licenses; permits. Fees. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 21a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19-422). Licenses; permits. Fees. (a) No person shall act as a manufacturer, supply dealer, importer, renovator or secondhand dealer without first completing an application and obtaining a numbered license from the commissioner. Based on the information furnished in the application, the commissioner shall determine and issue the appropriate license. The license shall be conspicuously posted in the establishment of the person to whom the license is issued. A license shall be valid for one year.

      (b) Any method of sterilization or sanitation used in connection with this chapter shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. Each person who wishes to sterilize or sanitize bedding or filling material shall complete an application and obtain a numbered permit from the commissioner. The permit must be conspicuously posted in the establishment of the person to whom the permit is issued. Each permit shall cost twenty-five dollars and shall be valid for one year.

      (c) Manufacturers shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a manufacturers' license, a fee of fifty dollars. The licensee may then operate as a manufacturer, supply dealer, renovator or secondhand dealer. Supply dealers shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a supply dealers' license, a fee of fifty dollars. The licensee may then operate as a supply dealer, renovator or secondhand dealer. Renovators shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a renovators' license, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The licensee may then operate as a renovator and secondhand dealer. Secondhand dealers shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a secondhand dealers' license, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The licensee may then operate as a secondhand dealer. Importers shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of an importer's license, a fee of one hundred dollars.

      (d) A person shall be entitled to a refund of a license or permit fee only in the case of error on the part of the department.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4174; 1953, 1955, S. 2135d; P.A. 79-451; P.A. 82-326, S. 4, 7; P.A. 83-360, S. 6; P.A. 94-36, S. 32, 42; P.A. 04-22, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 79-451 specified persons, firms or corporations required to obtain license; P.A. 82-326 replaced entire text of existing section; Sec. 19-422 transferred to Sec. 21a-234 in 1983; P.A. 83-360 amended Subsec. (c) by reinstating the renovator's license fee of $25 which was omitted in prior legislation; P.A. 94-36 substituted "shall be valid for one year" for "expire one year from the date of issuance" and deleted Subsec. (d) which provided for a late license or permit renewal fee, relettering Subsec. (e) accordingly, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 04-22 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to "importer", amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to "sanitation" and "sanitize", and amended Subsec. (c) to require importers to pay a fee of $100, prior to the issuance or reissuance of an importer's license.

      See Sec. 21a-4(c) re fines for late license renewals.

      See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.