(a) There shall be a Department of Consumer Protection which shall be under the direction and supervision of a Commissioner of Consumer Protection, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive.
(b) The Department of Consumer Protection shall constitute a successor agency, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39, to the Department of Public Safety with respect to all functions, powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety under chapter 532. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may implement policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of chapter 532 while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. The policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection shall constitute a successor agency to the Division of Special Revenue in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39. Where any order or regulation of said division and department conflict, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may implement policies and procedures consistent with chapters 98, 226, 438a, 529, 545, 557 and 946, while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. Any such policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(d) The Department of Consumer Protection shall constitute a successor agency to the Gaming Policy Board in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39. Where any order or regulation of said board and department conflict, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may implement policies and procedures consistent with chapters 98, 226 and 545 while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. Any such policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(1959, P.A. 412, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 173; P.A. 13-299, S. 45.)
History: Sec. 19-170a transferred to Sec. 21a-1 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and 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; P.A. 11-51 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re successor agency to Department of Public Safety re certain functions, powers and duties and successor agency to Division of Special Revenue, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 added Subsec. (d) re successor agency to Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2013.
Annotation to former section 19-170a:
Former statute cited. 111 C. 440.