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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1007
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5459
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING MI NOR AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUM ER PROTECTION STATUT ES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (4) of section 20-500 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(4) "Appraisal management services" means any of the following: 4
(A) The administration of an appraiser panel; 5
(B) The recruitment of certified appraisers to be part of an appraiser 6
panel, including, but not limited to, the negotiation of fees to be paid 7
to, and services to be provided by, such appraisers for their 8
participation on such panel; or 9
(C) The receipt of an appraisal request or order or an appraisal 10
review request or order and the delivery of such request or order to an 11
appraiser panel. 12 Raised Bill No. 1007
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Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 20-529b of the general statutes is 13
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 14
passage): 15
(a) No appraisal management company applying for a certificate of 16
registration shall: 17
(1) Be [more than ten per cent] owned by any person who has had 18
an appraiser license or certificate denied, refused to be renewed, 19
suspended or revoked in any state; 20
(2) Be owned by any partnership, association, limited liability 21
company or corporation that is more than ten per cent owned by any 22
person who has had an appraiser license or certificate denied, refused 23
to be renewed, suspended or revoked in any state; 24
(3) Employ any person to perform job functions related to the 25
ordering, preparation, performance or review of appraisals who has 26
had an appraiser license or certificate denied, refused to be renewed, 27
suspended or revoked; or 28
(4) Enter into any contract, agreement or other business 29
arrangement, written or oral, for the procurement of appraisal services 30
in this state, with (A) any person who has had an appraiser license or 31
certificate denied, refused to be renewed, suspended or revoked, or (B) 32
any partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation 33
that employs or has entered into any contract, agreement or other 34
business arrangement, whether oral, written or any other form, with 35
any person who has had an appraiser license or certificate denied, 36
refused to be renewed, suspended or revoked. 37
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 20-529c of the general statutes is 38
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 39
passage): 40
(a) [Except within the first thirty days after] After an appraiser is 41
initially added to an appraiser panel of an appraisal management 42 Raised Bill No. 1007
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company, such company shall not remove an appraiser from its 43
appraiser panel or otherwise refuse to assign requests or orders for 44
appraisals without: 45
(1) Notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons why the 46
appraiser is being removed; 47
(2) If the appraiser is being removed for alleged illegal conduct, 48
violation of the USPAP or violation of state licensing standards, 49
notifying the appraiser in writing of the nature of the alleged conduct 50
or violation; and 51
(3) Providing the appraiser with an opportunity to respond to such 52
notice. 53
Sec. 4. Section 20-323 of the general statutes is repealed and the 54
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 55
Any licensee under this chapter who is convicted of a violation of 56
any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (8) of section 20-320 57
[shall] may incur a forfeiture of his license and all moneys that may 58
have been paid for such license. The clerk of any court in which such 59
conviction has been rendered shall forward to the commission without 60
charge a certified copy of such conviction. The [commission, upon the 61
receipt of a copy of the judgment of conviction, shall, not later than ten 62
days after such receipt, notify the licensee, in writing, of the revocation 63
of his license] commissioner may revoke such licensee's license after 64
proceedings as provided in section 20-321. Such notice shall be 65
conclusive of the revocation of such license. Application for 66
reinstatement of such license shall be subject to the provisions of 67
section 46a-80. 68
Sec. 5. Section 20-340 of the general statutes is repealed and the 69
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 70
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons 71
employed by any federal, state or municipal agency; (2) employees of 72 Raised Bill No. 1007
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any public service company regulated by the Public Utilities 73
Regulatory Authority or of any corporate affiliate of any such 74
company when the work performed by such affiliate is on behalf of a 75
public service company, but in either case only if the work performed 76
is in connection with the rendition of public utility service, including 77
the installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna 78
television service, or is in connection with the installation or 79
maintenance of wire or telephone sets for single-line telephone service 80
located inside the premises of a consumer; (3) employees of any 81
municipal corporation specially chartered by this state; (4) employees 82
of any contractor while such contractor is performing electrical-line or 83
emergency work for any public service company; (5) persons engaged 84
in the installation, maintenance, repair and service of electrical or other 85
appliances of a size customarily used for domestic use where such 86
installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection 87
previously installed by persons licensed to do the same and 88
maintenance, repair and service is confined to the appliance itself and 89
its internal operation; (6) employees of industrial firms whose main 90
duties concern the maintenance of the electrical work, plumbing and 91
piping work, solar thermal work, heating, piping, cooling work, sheet 92
metal work, elevator installation, repair and maintenance work, 93
automotive glass work or flat glass work of such firm on its own 94
premises or on premises leased by it for its own use; (7) employees of 95
industrial firms when such employees' main duties concern the 96
fabrication of glass products or electrical, plumbing and piping, fire 97
protection sprinkler systems, solar, heating, piping, cooling, chemical 98
piping, sheet metal or elevator installation, repair and maintenance 99
equipment used in the production of goods sold by industrial firms, 100
except for products, electrical, plumbing and piping systems and 101
repair and maintenance equipment used directly in the production of a 102
product for human consumption; (8) persons performing work 103
necessary to the manufacture or repair of any apparatus, appliances, 104
fixtures, equipment or devices produced by it for sale or lease; (9) 105
employees of stage and theatrical companies performing the operation, 106
installation and maintenance of electrical equipment if such 107 Raised Bill No. 1007
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installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection 108
previously installed by persons licensed to make such installation; (10) 109
employees of carnivals, circuses or similar transient amusement shows 110
who install electrical work, provided such installation shall be subject 111
to the approval of the State Fire Marshal prior to use as otherwise 112
provided by law and shall comply with applicable municipal 113
ordinances and regulations; (11) persons engaged in the installation, 114
maintenance, repair and service of glass or electrical, residential stair 115
lifts, plumbing, fire protection sprinkler systems, solar, heating, piping, 116
cooling and sheet metal equipment in and about single-family 117
residences owned and occupied or to be occupied by such persons; 118
provided any such installation, maintenance and repair shall be subject 119
to inspection and approval by the building official of the municipality 120
in which such residence is located and shall conform to the 121
requirements of the State Building Code; (12) persons who install, 122
maintain or repair glass in a motor vehicle owned or leased by such 123
persons; (13) persons or entities holding themselves out to be retail 124
sellers of glass products, but not such persons or entities that also 125
engage in automotive glass work or flat glass work; (14) persons who 126
install preglazed or preassembled windows or doors in residential or 127
commercial buildings; (15) persons registered under chapter 400 who 128
install safety-backed mirror products or repair or replace flat glass in 129
sizes not greater than thirty square feet in residential buildings; (16) 130
sheet metal work performed in residential buildings consisting of six 131
units or less by new home construction contractors registered pursuant 132
to chapter 399a, by home improvement contractors registered pursuant 133
to chapter 400 or by persons licensed pursuant to this chapter, when 134
such work is limited to exhaust systems installed for hoods and fans in 135
kitchens and baths, clothes dryer exhaust systems, radon vent systems, 136
fireplaces, fireplace flues, masonry chimneys or prefabricated metal 137
chimneys rated by Underwriters Laboratories or installation of stand-138
alone appliances including wood, pellet or other stand-alone stoves 139
that are installed in residential buildings by such contractors or 140
persons; (17) employees of or any contractor employed by and under 141
the direction of a properly licensed solar contractor, performing work 142 Raised Bill No. 1007
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limited to the hoisting, placement and anchoring of solar collectors, 143
photovoltaic panels, towers or turbines; (18) persons performing 144
swimming pool maintenance and repair work authorized pursuant to 145
section 20-417aa; and (19) any employee of the Connecticut Airport 146
Authority covered by a state collective bargaining agreement. 147
Sec. 6. Section 21a-190d of the general statutes is repealed and the 148
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 149
The following charitable organizations that engage in solicitation 150
shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 21a-190b and 21a-190c, 151
provided each such organization, prior to conducting any solicitation 152
or prior to having any solicitation conducted on behalf of others, shall 153
submit such information as the department may require to substantiate 154
an exemption under this section in a form prescribed by the 155
commissioner: 156
(1) Any duly organized religious corporation, institution or society; 157
(2) Any parent-teacher association or educational institution, the 158
curricula of which in whole or in part are registered or approved by 159
any state or the United States either directly or by acceptance of 160
accreditation by an accrediting body; 161
(3) Any nonprofit hospital licensed in accordance with the 162
provisions of section 19a-630 or any similar provision of the laws of 163
any other state; 164
(4) Any governmental unit or instrumentality of any state or the 165
United States; 166
(5) Any person who solicits solely for the benefit of organizations 167
described in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this section; and 168
(6) Any charitable organization which normally receives less than 169
fifty thousand dollars in contributions annually, provided such 170
organization does not compensate any person primarily to conduct 171
solicitations. 172 Raised Bill No. 1007
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Sec. 7. Subsection (b) of section 21a-4 of the general statutes is 173
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 174
passage): 175
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose a fine of 176
twenty dollars on any applicant for a permit or license issued by the 177
Commissioner of Consumer Protection who issues to the 178
commissioner a check or electronic funds transfer drawn on the 179
account of such applicant in payment of a permit or license fee and 180
whose check or electronic funds transfer is returned to the Department 181
of Consumer Protection as uncollectible. In addition, the commissioner 182
may require the applicant to pay to the department any fees charged 183
by a financial institution to the department as a result of such returned 184
check or electronic funds transfer. 185
Sec. 8. Subdivision (8) of section 21a-62b of the general statutes is 186
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 187
passage): 188
(8) "Potentially hazardous food" means a food that requires time 189
and temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism 190
growth or toxin formation and shall be consistent with the United 191
States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code definition for time 192
and temperature control for food safety, as amended from time to 193
time, and adopted by reference by the commissioner pursuant to 194
section 19a-36h. 195
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 20-500(4)
Sec. 2 from passage 20-529b(a)
Sec. 3 from passage 20-529c(a)
Sec. 4 from passage 20-323
Sec. 5 from passage 20-340
Sec. 6 from passage 21a-190d
Sec. 7 from passage 21a-4(b)
Sec. 8 from passage 21a-62b(8) Raised Bill No. 1007
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Statement of Purpose:
To make minor and technical changes to Department of Consumer
Protection statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]