Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-55

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 30-55 - Revocation, suspension or placing conditions on permits. Fine. Hearing. Appeal to stay proceedings

(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, revoke, suspend or place conditions on any permit or provisional permit or impose a fine of not greater than one thousand dollars per violation, upon cause found after hearing, provided written notice of such hearing has been given to the permittee, applicant, backer or proposed backer in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(b) The surrender of a permit or provisional permit for cancellation, the withdrawal of an application or the expiration of a permit shall not prevent the Department of Consumer Protection from suspending or revoking any such permit pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 4272; February, 1965, P.A. 259; 1967, P.A. 316; 1969, P.A. 128; P.A. 77-438, S. 5; 77-603, S. 18, 125; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139 , S. 54 ; P.A. 95-195 , S. 55 , 83 ; P.A. 97-175 , S. 7 ; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (d); P.A. 04-169 , S. 17 ; 04-189 , S. 1 ; P.A. 06-94 , S. 3 .)

Amended by P.A. 24-0142,S. 67 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2024.

Amended by P.A. 21-0037, S. 87 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2021.

Amended by P.A. 19-0177, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.

Cited. 123 Conn. 35 . Revocation because of sale by employee to a minor not abuse of discretion. 124 C. 689 . Cited. 128 Conn. 163 . Revocation because of persistence in violating law while hearing pending is not arbitrary or unreasonable. 137 C. 327 . Cited. 148 C. 649 ; 149 C. 64 . Gives commission broad powers of revocation and suspension. Id., 652. Where permittee was posted 21 times as delinquent in payments and had issued checks in payment dishonored on 5 occasions, commission could find him financially irresponsible despite his substantial equity in permit premises. Id., 653. To justify revocation or suspension of permit, evidence before commission need not establish guilt of permittee beyond a reasonable doubt; issue is whether permittee is a suitable person. 150 Conn. 422 . Enumeration in Liquor Control Act of several grounds for revocation does not prevent commission from adding other grounds by regulation. Id. Commission is not required to base its decision on any one of several alleged grounds; it can consider whether they individually or all together warrant a revocation. Id. Former statute: Ultimate acquittal on criminal charge is immaterial. Id., 473. Dismissal of criminal charge under Sec. 30-86 not res judicata re commission hearing. 151 C. 524 . Cited. 239 C. 599 . Suspension of permit proper when based upon an illegal sale by an employee. 9 CS 26 . Cited. 14 Conn.Supp. 491 .

See Sec. 12-450 re suspension of liquor permit for failure to pay taxes or to perform acts or duties imposed under statutes relating to taxation. See Sec. 30-60 re appeal procedure. See Sec. 30-67 re violations which constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of permits.