Sec. 30-66. Administration expenses. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 30-66. Administration expenses. For the purpose of raising the moneys necessary to defray the expenses incurred in the administration of section 30-64 and subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 30-6a, there shall be paid to the Department of Consumer Protection by each permittee, for the sale of alcoholic liquor at retail for off-the-premises consumption, a sum equal to six and one-quarter per cent of the prevailing regular permit fees for such permittees. All such sums shall be paid by the department into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

      (1951, P.A. 2180d; 1959, P.A. 222, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 567, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 59; P.A. 95-195, S. 70, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1959 act provided for deposit of funds in general fund; 1961 act changed percentage payable to commission from 10% to 6.25%; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.

      Constitutionality upheld. 140 C. 176.