Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages
Section 21a-138. (Formerly Sec. 19-272). - Suspension and revocation of license.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after hearing, of the time and place of which reasonable notice shall have been given, may suspend or revoke any such license for any of the following causes: The use of any polluted water; for bottled water obtained from a source located in the state, the failure to obtain approval for the use of such source from the Department of Public Health; for bottled water obtained from a source located out of state, the failure to obtain approval for the use of such source from the government entities having jurisdiction to regulate the use of such source; failure to conduct such business in a sanitary place and under sanitary conditions; the use of any ingredient impure or injurious to health; a conviction for a violation of the federal law in relation to intoxicating liquors or any state liquor control act; failure to comply with the provisions of this part, part III of this chapter and chapters 416, 417 and 430, relating to the manufacture of pure foods, so far as the same may apply to the provisions of this part, or failure to comply with any order of the commissioner under the provisions of this part. No person, during any period when his license is suspended or revoked, shall manufacture any beverage or sell or offer for sale any beverage previously manufactured by him. No person shall sell any beverage from open containers.

(1949 Rev., S. 3986; P.A. 86-241, S. 12; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-242, S. 61.)
History: Sec. 19-272 transferred to Sec. 21a-138 in 1983; P.A. 86-241 authorized the commissioner to suspend or revoke a license for failing to use a source for bottled water which is approved by the department of health services and for failure to comply with the revision of part III of chapter 419a; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 11-242 substituted “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” for “commissioner” and added provisions re suspension or revocation of license for failure to obtain bottled water from an approved in-state source and failure to obtain bottled water from an approved out-of-state source.

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