(a) For the purposes of this section, “municipal official” means the chief of police of the municipality, or if there is no police department, the chief executive officer of the municipality, where the bazaar or raffle is to be conducted or is conducted.
(b) Whenever it appears to the municipal official, after an investigation that any person is violating or is about to violate any provision of sections 7-170 to 7-182, inclusive, or made any false statement in any application for a permit or in any report required by the provisions of said sections, the municipal official may in his or her discretion, to protect the public welfare, order that any registration or permit issued pursuant to said sections be immediately suspended or revoked and that the person cease and desist from the actions constituting such violation or which would constitute such violation. Any person aggrieved by any order of the municipal official made pursuant to this subsection may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located.
(c) Whenever the municipal official revokes a permit issued pursuant to sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, the municipal official shall not issue any permit to such permittee for three years after the date of such violation.
(1955, S. 302d; P.A. 89-214, S. 10, 26; P.A. 04-256, S. 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 13-299, S. 56; P.A. 17-231, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 89-214 entirely replaced previously existing provisions and inserted Subsecs. (a) to (d), inclusive, in lieu thereof, authorizing executive director to immediately suspend or revoke any registration or permit and issue cease and desist orders, authorizing executive director to send notice to any person violating any provision of Secs. 7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, and specifying requirements for notice, requiring executive director to hold a hearing upon charges made and authorizing him to suspend or revoke registration or permit and order imposition of a civil penalty and prohibiting issuing authority from issuing any permit for three years after date of violation whenever executive director revokes permit; P.A. 04-256 amended Subsec. (c) to provide a right of appeal to the Gaming Policy Board for any person aggrieved by a decision of the executive director and a right of appeal pursuant to Sec. 4-183 for any person aggrieved by a decision of the Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “executive director” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (c) to delete provisions re right of appeal to Gaming Policy Board for hearing and right of appeal of decision of Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-231 added new Subsec. (a) re definition of “municipal official”, designated existing provisions re violation of provision of sections as Subsec. (b) and amended same to replace references to Commissioner of Consumer Protection with references to municipal official, replace “sections 7-170 to 7-185” with “sections 7-170 to 7-182”, delete reference to administrative regulations, add provision re false statement in application or report, replace provisions re hearing with provisions re appeal to superior court, deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re investigation and hearing, respectively, redesignated Subsec. (d) re revoking permit as Subsec. (c) and amended same to replace references to commissioner and issuing authority with references to municipal official, effective January 1, 2018.