(a) Each community association manager shall (1) exhibit his or her certificate of registration upon request by any interested party, (2) state in any advertisement the fact that he or she is registered, and (3) include his or her registration number in any advertisement. In the case of a business entity, the advertisement shall identify at least one principal, officer or director of the entity that is a community association manager and shall include the registration number of such principal, officer or director.
(b) No person shall: (1) Present or attempt to present, as his or her 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 or herself 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 or her registration constitutes an endorsement of the quality of his or her services or of his or her 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, after an administrative hearing, be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or shall be 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 to community association managers under the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of January. A holder of a certificate of registration who seeks to renew his or her certificate shall, when filing an application for renewal of the certificate, submit documentation to the department which establishes that he or she has passed any examination and completed any educational coursework, as the case may be, required for certification under this chapter. The fee for renewal of a certificate shall be two hundred dollars.
(e) A community association manager whose certificate has expired more than one month before his or her application for renewal is made shall have his or her registration restored upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars in addition to his or her renewal fee. Restoration of a registration shall be effective upon approval of the application for renewal by the commission or department.
(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.
(h) All certificates issued to community association manager trainees under the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, shall expire six months from the date of issuance and shall not be renewable.
(P.A. 90-306, S. 9, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 8, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 263; P.A. 12-113, S. 4; P.A. 14-215, S. 4; P.A. 18-40, S. 3; P.A. 19-177, S. 25.)
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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (d) to increase renewal fee from $100 to $200 and amended Subsec. (e) to increase restoration fee from $25 to $50; P.A. 12-113 amended Subsec. (d) to require certificate holder who seeks to renew a certificate to submit documentation to department which establishes that he or she has successfully passed any examination and completed any coursework required for certification; P.A. 14-215 amended Subsec. (b) to increase fine from $500 to $1,000; P.A. 18-40 deleted former Subsec. (e) re community association manager whose certificate has expired, deleted Subsec. (f) re restoration of certificate, and redesignated Subsec. (g) as new Subsec. (e), effective May 31, 2018; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “person engaged in providing association management services” with “community association manager” and adding provision re business entity, amended Subsec. (b) by adding “, after an administrative hearing,”, adding “shall be” re person to be imprisoned or fined or both imprisoned or fined, amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to community association managers, added new Subsec. (e) re restoration of registration, added Subsec. (f) re restoration when certificate renewed not later than 1 year after expiration, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (g), added Subsec. (h) re expiration of certificates issued to community association manager trainees, and made technical changes.