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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5305
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR A FIREARMS DEALER
WHO FAILS TO INSTALL A BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM ON THE
PREMISES OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-37d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 2
(a) On and after July 1, 1993, each business organization which 3
engages in the retail sale of firearms, as defined in section 53a-3, as a 4
regular course of trade or business, shall have a burglar alarm system 5
installed on the premises of its establishment in which ten or more 6
firearms are stored and kept for sale. Such alarm system shall be directly 7
connected to the local police department or monitored by a central 8
station and shall activate upon unauthorized entry or interruption to 9
such system. For the purposes of this section, "business organization" 10
means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation or other 11
form of business or legal entity. The provisions of this section shall not 12
apply to any person who (1) sells or exchanges a firearm for the 13
enhancement of a personal collection or as a hobby, (2) sells all or part 14
of a personal collection of firearms, or (3) sells firearms from his own 15
residence and keeps for sale not more than ten firearms. 16
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 17 Substitute Bill No. 5305
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may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty 18
of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation of this section. Each 19
violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of a 20
continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a 21
separate and distinct offense, provided the civil penalty may not exceed 22
four thousand nine hundred dollars in the aggregate for a continuing 23
violation. 24
(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 25
provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 29-37d
PS Joint Favorable Subst.