(a) A municipality may adopt an ordinance requiring each person who files an application pursuant to section 30-39 for renewal of a liquor permit that allows on-premises serving or consumption of alcoholic liquor shall simultaneously give written notice of such liquor permit renewal application to the chief law enforcement official or such chief law enforcement official's designee of the town in which the place of business to be operated under such permit is located. Such chief law enforcement official or his or her designee may respond in writing, not later than fifteen days after receipt of such notice, to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with comments regarding the renewal application that is the subject of such notice. The commissioner shall consider any written comments offered by such chief law enforcement official or his or her designee prior to approving such application.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to local government, public safety and security and alcoholic beverages. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of written comments submitted by chief law enforcement officials or their designees under subsection (a) of this section, (2) copies of such written comments, if any, (3) a summary of actions taken by the Department of Consumer Protection regarding the granting or denial of any liquor permit renewal applications subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and (4) the commissioner's conclusions and recommendations, after consultation with such chief law enforcement officials or their designees, regarding the notice requirement contained in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 14-48, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 14-48 effective May 28, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act
Section 30-2. - Liquor Control Commission: Appointment, term, vacancies, oath, removal.
Section 30-5. - Receipts and expenditures.
Section 30-6a. - Adoption of regulations.
Section 30-7. - Regulations to be furnished upon request.
Section 30-8. - Investigations, oaths and subpoenas.
Section 30-9. - Status of towns as to sale of alcoholic liquor.
Section 30-10. - Vote on liquor permit question.
Section 30-11. - Form of ballot label.
Section 30-12. - Liquor permit contrary to vote void. Exception.
Section 30-13. - Previous town action to remain in effect.
Section 30-13a. - Prior vote not to apply to sale under cafe permit. Referendum requirement.
Section 30-13b. - Local option re nonprofit theater permits.
Section 30-14a. - Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises.
Section 30-15. - Issuance of permits.
Section 30-16a. - Off-site farm winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permit.
Section 30-16c. - Delivery of alcoholic liquor manufactured by holder of manufacturer permit.
Section 30-17a. - Sales by wholesaler permittees to retail permittees outside territory.
Section 30-17b. - Wholesaler's salesman certificates.
Section 30-18. - Out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquors.
Section 30-19. - Out-of-state shipper's permit for beer.
Section 30-19f. - In-state transporter's permit.
Section 30-20. - Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit.
Section 30-20a. - University permit.
Section 30-20b. - Out-of-state shipments by package store permit holder.
Section 30-21. - Hotel permit.
Section 30-21a. - Night club permit.
Section 30-21b. - Resort permit.
Section 30-22aa. - Club and nonprofit club permits.
Section 30-22d. - Connecticut craft cafe permit.
Section 30-22e. - Seasonal outdoor open-air permits.
Section 30-23. - Club permits.
Section 30-23a. - Guest book requirements under club permits.
Section 30-23b. - Club permit for Rocky Hill Veterans' Home and Hospital.
Section 30-24. - Spouses of club and golf country club members.
Section 30-24a. - Golf country club permit. Nonprofit service club.
Section 30-24b. - Auxiliary club members.
Section 30-25. - Special club permit for picnics.
Section 30-25a. - Cafe permit in no-permit towns.
Section 30-27. - Taverns not to be screened from street.
Section 30-28. - Railroad permit.
Section 30-28a. - Airline permit.
Section 30-30. - Broker's permit.
Section 30-31. - Sale of warehouse receipts for alcoholic beverages.
Section 30-32. - Warehouse permit.
Section 30-33. - Concession permit.
Section 30-33a. - Coliseum permit. Special rule re backers.
Section 30-33b and 30-33c. - Special sporting facility permits.
Section 30-34. - Military permit.
Section 30-35. - Temporary permit for outings, picnics or social gatherings.
Section 30-35a. - Nonprofit theater permit.
Section 30-35b. - Ninety-day provisional permit.
Section 30-36. - Druggist permit.
Section 30-37. - Sales on prescription.
Section 30-37a. - Nonprofit public museum permit.
Section 30-37b. - Charitable organization permit.
Section 30-37c. - Bowling establishment permit. Racquetball facility permit.
Section 30-37d. - Nonprofit public television corporation permit.
Section 30-37e. - Airport restaurant permit. Airport bar permit. Airport airline club permit.
Section 30-37g. - Nonprofit golf tournament permit.
Section 30-37h. - Nonprofit corporation permit.
Section 30-37i. - Hotel guest bar permit.
Section 30-37k. - Casino permit.
Section 30-37o. - Farmers' market sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale.
Section 30-37p. - Gift basket retailer permit.
Section 30-37s. - Religious wine retailer permit.
Section 30-37t. - Festival permit.
Section 30-38. - Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities.
Section 30-38a. - Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership.
Section 30-39. - Applications for permits, renewals. Fees. Publication, remonstrance, hearing.
Section 30-39a. - Bartender certificate. When required. Application; fee; refusal; exemption.
Section 30-40. - Second application.
Section 30-41 and 30-42. - Permit fees. Rebate of permit fees.
Section 30-42a. - Permit fee rebate.
Section 30-43. - Granting and denial of permits. Notice of hearing.
Section 30-44. - Mandatory refusal of permit where sale prohibited.
Section 30-45. - Mandatory refusal of permits to certain persons. Exceptions.
Section 30-46a. - Permit for restaurant within a coliseum.
Section 30-48a. - Limitation on interest in retail permits.
Section 30-48b. - Municipalities and authorities as backers of coliseum permittees.
Section 30-51a. - Leasing of part of premises operating under grocery store beer permit.
Section 30-52. - Permit to specify location and revocability. Removal to another location.
Section 30-53. - Permit to be recorded.
Section 30-54. - Permit to be hung in plain view.
Section 30-56. - When appeal not to act as stay of execution.
Section 30-57. - Conviction of permittee or backer; revocation or suspension of permit; forfeiture.
Section 30-58. - Revocation of permit obtained by fraud.
Section 30-58a. - Offer in compromise in lieu of suspension.
Section 30-59. - Posting of notice of revocation or suspension.
Section 30-59a. - Suspension of permit for license suspension or revocation.
Section 30-61. - Service of process on members of commission.
Section 30-62. - Substitution of permittees. Fee.
Section 30-62a. - Consumer bars.
Section 30-62b. - Home manufacture of wine.
Section 30-62d. - Authorization for use of self-pour automated system for beer, cider and wine.
Section 30-63e. - Conditions required for closeout sale.
Section 30-63f. - Brand or size to be closed out.
Section 30-64a. - Sales within a wholesaler's geographic territory.
Section 30-64b. - Unfair pricing practices.
Section 30-66. - Administration expenses.
Section 30-68. - Wholesale prices of wine.
Section 30-68j. - Minimum markup in sale of beer.
Section 30-68k. - Price discrimination prohibited.
Section 30-68l. - Wholesale permittees. Sale below cost prohibited. Sale of family brand cases.
Section 30-68m. - Retail permittees; sales below cost prohibited; exception.
Section 30-68n. - Advertisement of manufacturers' rebates.
Section 30-69 to 30-73. - Seizures.
Section 30-74. - Unauthorized sale prohibited.
Section 30-75. - Prima facie evidence of intent to sell.
Section 30-76. - Purchase for resale.
Section 30-76a. - Sales to persons holding temporary or charitable organization permits.
Section 30-77. - Disposing of liquor without permit.
Section 30-78. - Nuisance. Disposal.
Section 30-79. - Soliciting orders in no-permit towns.
Section 30-80. - Delivery in town deemed sale.
Section 30-82. - Sale pending renewal of permit.
Section 30-86a. - Statement from purchaser as to age.
Section 30-88. - Identity card.
Section 30-88a. - Operator's license as proof of age. Misrepresentation of age to procure liquor.
Section 30-90. - Loitering on permit premises. Unaccompanied minors prohibited.
Section 30-90a. - Employment of minors.
Section 30-91. - Hours and days of closing. Exemption.
Section 30-91a. - Effect of prior local votes re Sunday sale.
Section 30-92. - Capacity of beer containers.
Section 30-92a. - Bottle size, conversion to metric system.
Section 30-92b. - Beer packaging.
Section 30-93. - Containers to be sealed.
Section 30-93a. - Regulation of shipments into state.
Section 30-95. - Advertising and bottling.
Section 30-95a. - Display of trademarks by permittees.
Section 30-96. - When music permitted.
Section 30-97. - Town and probate records not to be kept where liquor is sold.
Section 30-98. - Liquor not to be furnished to prisoners.
Section 30-99. - Denatured alcohol or adulterated liquor. Penalty.
Section 30-100. - Bottle clubs.
Section 30-101. - Pharmacist, breaking law, forfeits permit and license.
Section 30-103. - Contracts and actions based on illegal sales.
Section 30-104. - Jurisdiction.
Section 30-105. - Prosecutions.
Section 30-106. - Entry into disorderly house by officer.
Section 30-107. - Arrest and seizure without warrant. Disposition of illegal liquor.
Section 30-108. - Court may order analysis of liquor.
Section 30-109. - State chemist to analyze samples. Copies of analysis to be evidence.
Section 30-110. - Tampering with analysis.
Section 30-111. - Reports of convictions, fines and forfeited bonds.
Section 30-112. - Civil action barred on certain debts.
Section 30-116. - Sale, purchase or possession of alcohol vaporization device prohibited. Penalty.
Section 30-117. - Purchase, possession or sale of powdered alcohol prohibited. Penalty.