Sec. 31-63. Orders and appeal. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 31-63. Orders and appeal. Any person in interest in any occupation for which any administrative regulation or a minimum fair wage order has been issued under the provisions of this part who is aggrieved by such regulation or such order may obtain a review of such regulation or such order in the Superior Court by filing an appeal pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54. Hearings in the Superior Court on all appeals taken under the provisions hereof shall be privileged and take precedence over all other matters, except matters of the same character. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree final, except that the same shall be subject to review by the Appellate Court, under the provisions of section 51-197b.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3791; 1951, S. 2029d; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 87; P.A. 74-183, S. 267, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 230, 681; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 26, 82; P.A. 88-317, S. 33, 107.)

      History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 74-183 specified that supreme court review is pursuant to Sec. 51-265 later transferred to Sec. 52-6a; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and reference to Sec. 52-6a with reference to Sec. 52-7, effective July 1, 1978; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof; P.A. 88-317 required appeal to be filed "pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54" instead of specifying the procedure for the appeal, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.

      A party cannot avail himself of an appeal as provided for by a statute and in the same proceeding attack the constitutionality of the statute; but the taking of an appeal does not preclude the raising of the constitutional issue in an independent proceeding. 142 C. 437.

      Regulations concerning gratuities need not be in conformity with this section. 18 CS 452.