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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABIS ADVERTISING AND THE
10		-	DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION’S
11		-	RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE
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	16	+	REVISIONS TO THE CONSUMER PROTECTION STATUTES.
13	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	18		Assembly convened:
15	19
16		-	Section 1. Section 30-1 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
17		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
18		-	passage):
19		-	For the [interpretation] purposes of this chapter and section 2 of this
20		-	act, unless the context indicates a different meaning:
21		-	(1) "Airline" means any (A) United States airline carrier [,] holding a
22		-	certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil
23		-	Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of
24		-	1958, as amended from time to time, or [any] (B) foreign flag carrier [,]
25		-	holding a permit under Section 402 of [such] said act.
26		-	(2) "Alcohol" (A) means the product of distillation of any fermented
27		-	liquid [,] that is rectified [either] at least once [or more often, whatever
28		-	may be the] and regardless of such liquid's origin, [thereof,] and (B)
29		-	includes synthetic ethyl alcohol which is considered nonpotable. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
30		-
31		-	Public Act No. 22-104 2 of 91
32		-
33		-	(3) ["Alcoholic liquor" or "alcoholic beverage" includes] "Alcoholic
34		-	beverage" and "alcoholic liquor" include the four varieties of liquor
35		-	defined in subdivisions (2), (5), [(18)] (21) and [(19)] (22) of this section
36		-	(alcohol, beer, spirits and wine) and every liquid or solid, patented or
37		-	[not] unpatented, containing alcohol, [spirits, wine or] beer, spirits or
38		-	wine and at least one-half of one per cent alcohol by volume, and
39		-	capable of being consumed by a human being [for] as a beverage.
40		-	[purposes.] Any liquid or solid containing more than one of the four
41		-	varieties so defined [is considered as belonging to that] belongs to the
42		-	variety which has the [higher] highest percentage of alcohol [,]
43		-	according to the following order: Alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, except
44		-	as provided in subdivision [(19)] (22) of this section. [The provisions of
45		-	this chapter shall not apply to any liquid or solid containing less than
46		-	one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.]
47		-	(4) "Backer" means, except in cases where the permittee is [himself]
48		-	the proprietor, the proprietor of any business or club, incorporated or
49		-	unincorporated, that is engaged in [the manufacture or sale of]
50		-	manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor [,] and in which business a
51		-	permittee is associated, whether as an agent, employee [, agent] or part
52		-	owner.
53		-	(5) "Beer" means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation
54		-	of [an infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops] a decoction or
55		-	infusion of barley, hops and malt in drinking water.
56		-	(6) "Boat" means any vessel that is (A) operating on any waterway of
57		-	this state, and (B) engaged in transporting passengers for hire to or from
58		-	any port of this state.
59		-	[(6) (A)] (7) "Case price" means the price of a container made of
60		-	cardboard, wood or any other material [,] and containing units of the
61		-	same [size and] class and size of alcoholic liquor. [, and (B) a] A case of
62		-	alcoholic liquor, other than beer, cocktails, cordials, [cocktails, wines Substitute House Bill No. 5330
63		-
64		-	Public Act No. 22-104 3 of 91
65		-
66		-	and prepared mixed drinks] prepared mixed drinks and wines, shall be
67		-	in the [number and] quantity and number, or fewer, with the permission
68		-	of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, of bottles or units [or
69		-	bottles] as follows: [(i) Six] (A) Six one thousand seven hundred fifty
70		-	milliliter bottles, [; (ii)] (B) six one thousand eight hundred milliliter
71		-	bottles, (C) twelve seven hundred milliliter bottles, (D) twelve seven
72		-	hundred twenty milliliter bottles, (E) twelve seven hundred fifty
73		-	milliliter bottles, (F) twelve nine hundred milliliter bottles, (G) twelve
74		-	one liter bottles, [; (iii) twelve seven hundred fifty milliliter bottles; (iv)]
75		-	(H) twenty-four three hundred seventy-five milliliter bottles, [; (v)] (I)
76		-	forty-eight two hundred milliliter bottles, [; (vi)] (J) sixty one hundred
77		-	milliliter bottles, [; or (vii)] or (K) one hundred twenty fifty milliliter
78		-	bottles, except a case of fifty milliliter bottles may be in a [number and]
79		-	quantity and number as originally configured, packaged and sold by the
80		-	manufacturer or out-of-state shipper prior to shipment [, provided such]
81		-	if the number of such bottles [does not exceed] in such case is not greater
82		-	than two hundred. The commissioner shall not authorize fewer
83		-	quantities or numbers [or quantities of units or] of bottles or units as
84		-	specified in this subdivision for any one person or entity more than eight
85		-	times in any calendar year. For the purposes of this subdivision, "class"
86		-	has the same meaning as [defined in] provided in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine,
87		-	27 CFR 5.22 for spirits [, as defined in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, and as
88		-	defined in] and 27 CFR 7.24 for beer.
89		-	[(7)] (8) "Charitable organization" means any nonprofit organization
90		-	that (A) is organized for charitable purposes, [to which has been issued
91		-	a ruling by] and (B) has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue
92		-	Service classifying [it] such nonprofit organization as an exempt
93		-	organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
94		-	1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the
95		-	United States, as amended from time to time.
96		-	[(8)] (9) "Club" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-22aa. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
97		-
98		-	Public Act No. 22-104 4 of 91
99		-
100		-	[(9)] (10) "Coliseum" [means a coliseum, as defined] has the same
101		-	meaning as provided in section 30-33a.
102		-	[(10)] (11) "Commission" means the Liquor Control Commission
103		-	established under this chapter.
104		-	[(11)] (12) "Department" means the Department of Consumer
105		-	Protection.
106		-	(13) "Dining room" means any room or rooms (A) located in premises
107		-	operating under (i) a hotel permit issued under section 30-21, (ii) a
108		-	restaurant permit issued under subsection (a) of section 30-22, (iii) a
109		-	restaurant permit for wine and beer issued under subsection (b) of
110		-	section 30-22, or (iv) a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as
111		-	amended by this act, and (B) where meals are customarily served to any
112		-	member of the public who has means of payment and a pro per
113		-	demeanor.
114		-	[(12)] (14) "Mead" means fermented honey [,] (A) with or without
115		-	additions or adjunct ingredients, [or additions,] and (B) regardless of (i)
116		-	alcohol content, [regardless of process, and regardless of being
117		-	sparkling, carbonated] (ii) process, and (iii) whether such honey is
118		-	carbonated, sparkling or still.
119		-	[(13)] (15) "Minor" means any person [under] who is younger than
120		-	twenty-one years of age.
121		-	(16) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section
122		-	30-22aa.
123		-	(17) "Nonprofit public television corporation" has the same meaning
124		-	as provided in section 30-37d.
125		-	[(14)] (18) (A) "Person" means [natural person, including partners but
126		-	shall not include corporations, limited liability companies, joint stock Substitute House Bill No. 5330
127		-
128		-	Public Act No. 22-104 5 of 91
129		-
130		-	companies or other associations of natural persons] an individual,
131		-	including, but not limited to, a partner.
132		-	(B) "Person" does not include a corporation, joint stock company,
133		-	limited liability company or other association of individuals.
134		-	[(15)] (19) (A) "Proprietor" includes all owners of [businesses or clubs,
135		-	included in subdivision (4) of this section] a business or club,
136		-	incorporated or unincorporated, that is engaged in manufacturing or
137		-	selling alcoholic liquor, whether such owners are [individuals, partners,
138		-	joint stock companies, fiduciaries] persons, fiduciaries, joint stock
139		-	companies, stockholders of corporations or otherwise. [, but]
140		-	(B) "Proprietor" does not include [persons or corporations who are
141		-	merely creditors of such businesses or clubs, whether as note holders,
142		-	bond holders, landlords or franchisors] any person who, or corporation
143		-	that, is merely a creditor, whether as a bond holder, franchisor, landlord
144		-	or note holder, of a business or club, incorporated or unincorporated,
145		-	that is engaged in manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor.
146		-	[(16) "Dining room" means a room or rooms in premises operating
147		-	under a hotel permit, hotel beer permit, restaurant permit, restaurant
148		-	permit for beer or wine or cafe permit, where meals are customarily
149		-	served, within the room or rooms, to any member of the public who has
150		-	means of payment and proper demeanor.]
151		-	[(17)] (20) "Restaurant" [means a restaurant, as defined] has the same
152		-	meaning as provided in section 30-22, as amended by this act.
153		-	[(18)] (21) "Spirits" means any beverage that contains alcohol
154		-	obtained by distillation mixed with drinkable water and other
155		-	substances in solution, including brandy, rum, whiskey and gin.
156		-	[(19)] (22) "Wine" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by [the
157		-	fermentation of] fermenting the natural sugar content of fruits, such as Substitute House Bill No. 5330
158		-
159		-	Public Act No. 22-104 6 of 91
160		-
161		-	apples, grapes [or apples] or other agricultural products, containing
162		-	such sugar, including fortified wines such as port, sherry and
163		-	champagne.
164		-	[(20) "Nonprofit public television corporation" means a nonprofit
165		-	public television corporation, as defined in section 30-37d.
166		-	(21) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section
167		-	30-22aa.]
168		-	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this
169		-	section:
170		-	(1) "Religious organization" means (A) any religious corporation,
171		-	society or organization that is formed or recognized under chapter 598
172		-	of the general statutes, or (B) any religious organization that is eligible
173		-	for an exemption under section 12-412 of the general statutes; and
174		-	(2) "Sacramental wine" means any wine that is (A) exclusively used
175		-	for religious or sacramental purposes, and (B) exempt from taxation
176		-	under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Revenue Services
177		-	pursuant to section 12-449 of the general statutes.
178		-	(b) A religious wine retailer permit shall allow the holder of such
179		-	permit to import and sell, at retail, sacramental wine to religious
180		-	organizations. Such sacramental wine shall not be consumed on the
181		-	permit premises and any sale of such sacramental wine shall only take
182		-	place during the hours a religious wine retailer may sell alcoholic liquor
183		-	under subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes, as amended
184		-	by this act. The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under
185		-	this section shall operate at least one retail location in this state, be
186		-	primarily engaged in the business of selling religious supplies that do
187		-	not contain alcohol and not hold any other permit issued under chapter
188		-	545 of the general statutes. The annual fee for a religious wine retailer
189		-	permit issued under this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
190		-
191		-	Public Act No. 22-104 7 of 91
192		-
193		-	(c) The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this
194		-	section may purchase sacramental wine directly from a manufacturer,
195		-	out-of-state shipper or wholesaler. All shipments of sacramental wine
196		-	to the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section
197		-	shall be conspicuously labeled "for sacramental or religious purposes
198		-	only". If the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this
199		-	section imports into this state a supply of any brand of sacramental wine
200		-	directly from a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, such brand need
201		-	not comply with the provisions of sections 30-63 and 30-64 of the general
202		-	statutes for such directly imported supply.
203		-	Sec. 3. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 30-19f of the 2022
204		-	supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is
205		-	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
206		-	(a) An in-state transporter's permit for alcoholic liquor shall allow the
207		-	commercial transportation of any alcoholic liquor and, with the
208		-	approval of the [department, the sale or provision] Department of
209		-	Consumer Protection, the provision or sale of alcoholic liquor for
210		-	consumption in a boat engaged in the transportation of passengers for
211		-	hire [and in] or a motor vehicle in livery service, as permitted by law.
212		-	One permit shall cover all such boats [and] or vehicles that are under
213		-	common control, direction, management or ownership. When applying
214		-	for such approval, the owner of any such boat [and] or vehicle in which
215		-	the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor will be available shall
216		-	specifically identify to the department each such boat [and] or vehicle.
217		-	[to the department.] The annual fee for an in-state transporter's liquor
218		-	permit shall be one thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the first boat
219		-	or vehicle and [there shall be] an additional annual fee of two hundred
220		-	dollars for each additional boat or vehicle.
221		-	(b) No person, corporation, [trust, partnership, incorporated or
222		-	unincorporated association, and any] incorporated or unincorporated
223		-	association, partnership, trust or other legal entity except [: (1) The] the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
224		-
225		-	Public Act No. 22-104 8 of 91
226		-
227		-	holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit issued [pursuant to] under
228		-	section 30-18 or 30-19, [; (2) the holder of] a manufacturer's permit issued
229		-	[pursuant to] under section 30-16, other than [the holder of] a
230		-	manufacturer permit for a farm winery or a manufacturer permit for
231		-	wine, cider and mead, [; and (3) the holder of] or a wholesaler's permit
232		-	issued [pursuant to] under section 30-17, shall transport any alcoholic
233		-	beverages imported into this state unless such person: [holds] (1) Holds
234		-	an in-state transporter's permit; [and] (2) the tax imposed on such
235		-	alcoholic liquor [by] under section 12-435 has been paid; and [,] (3) if
236		-	applicable, the tax imposed on the sale of such alcoholic liquor
237		-	[pursuant to] under chapter 219 has been paid.
238		-	(c) An in-state transporter, when [shipping or] delivering or shipping
239		-	directly to a consumer in this state wine, cider or mead, [directly to a
240		-	consumer in this state,] shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all
241		-	containers of such products shipped directly to a consumer in this state
242		-	conspicuously state the following: "CONTAINS ALCOHOL —
243		-	SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR
244		-	DELIVERY"; (2) obtain the signature of a person [age twenty-one or
245		-	older] who is at least twenty-one years of age at the address prior to
246		-	delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that [he or she is age
247		-	twenty-one or older] the signer is at least twenty-one years of age by
248		-	providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity
249		-	card described in section 1-1h; and (3) not ship to any address in the
250		-	state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option
251		-	pursuant to section 30-9.
252		-	Sec. 4. Section 30-20 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is
253		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
254		-	passage):
255		-	(a) For the purposes of this section, "grocery store" (1) means any
256		-	store that (A) is commonly known as a delicatessen, food store, grocery
257		-	store or supermarket, and (B) is primarily engaged in the retail sale of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
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259		-	Public Act No. 22-104 9 of 91
260		-
261		-	various canned goods and dry goods such as coffee, flour, spices, sugar
262		-	and tea, whether packaged or in bulk, regardless of whether such store
263		-	sells fresh fruits and vegetables or fresh, prepared or smoked fish, meat
264		-	and poultry, and (2) does not include any store that is primarily engaged
265		-	in the retail sale of bakery products, candy, nuts and confectioneries,
266		-	dairy products, eggs and poultry, fruits and vegetables or seafood.
267		-	[(a)] (b) (1) A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of
268		-	alcoholic liquor in sealed bottles or containers not to be consumed on
269		-	the permit premises. [, such sales to be made only in sealed bottles or
270		-	other containers.] The holder of a package store permit may, in
271		-	accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer
272		-	Protection pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, (A) offer free
273		-	samples of alcoholic liquor for tasting on the permit premises, (B)
274		-	conduct fee-based wine education and tasting classes and
275		-	demonstrations, and (C) conduct tastings or demonstrations provided
276		-	by a permittee or backer of [a] the package store for a nominal charge to
277		-	charitable nonprofit organizations. Any offering, tasting, wine
278		-	education and tasting class or demonstration held on permit premises
279		-	shall be conducted only during the hours [a] the package store [is
280		-	permitted to] may sell alcoholic liquor under section 30-91, as amended
281		-	by this act. No tasting of wine on the permit premises shall be offered
282		-	from more than ten uncorked bottles at any one time.
283		-	(2) No store operating under a package store permit shall sell any
284		-	commodity other than alcoholic liquor except, [that,] notwithstanding
285		-	any other provision of law, such store may sell [(1)] (A) cigarettes and
286		-	cigars, [(2)] (B) publications, [(3)] (C) bar utensils, [which shall include,
287		-	but need not be] including, but not limited to, corkscrews, beverage
288		-	strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume, or related to
289		-	the consumption of, alcoholic liquor, [(4)] (D) gift packages of alcoholic
290		-	liquor shipped into the state by a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper,
291		-	which gift packages may include [a] nonalcoholic [item in the gift Substitute House Bill No. 5330
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293		-	Public Act No. 22-104 10 of 91
294		-
295		-	package that may be any item, except food or tobacco products,
296		-	provided the] items, other than food or tobacco products, if the dollar
297		-	value of the nonalcoholic items in such gift package does not exceed the
298		-	dollar value of the alcoholic items [of the] in such gift package, [(5)] (E)
299		-	complementary fresh fruits used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic
300		-	beverages, [(6)] (F) cheese, [or] crackers [,] or both, [(7)] (G) olives, [(8)]
301		-	(H) nonalcoholic beverages, [(9)] (I) concentrates used in the preparation
302		-	of mixed alcoholic beverages, [(10)] (J) beer and wine-making kits and
303		-	products related to [beer and wine-making] such kits, [(11)] (K) ice in
304		-	any form, [(12)] (L) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising
305		-	related to the alcoholic liquor industry, [(13)] (M) gift baskets or other
306		-	containers of alcoholic liquor, [(14)] (N) multiple packages of alcoholic
307		-	liquors, [as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] provided in all
308		-	such cases the minimum retail selling price for such alcoholic liquor
309		-	shall apply, [(15)] (O) lottery tickets authorized by the Department of
310		-	Consumer Protection, if licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by [said]
311		-	the department, [(16)] (P) devices and related accessories designed
312		-	primarily for accessing and extracting a beverage containing alcohol
313		-	from prepackaged containers, including, but not limited to, pods,
314		-	pouches or similar containers, but excluding devices, including, but not
315		-	limited to, household blenders, that are not designed primarily for such
316		-	purposes, [including, but not limited to, household blenders, (17)] (Q)
317		-	alcohol-infused confections containing not more than one-half of one
318		-	per cent of alcohol by weight and which the commissioner has approved
319		-	for sale [by the commissioner] under section 21a-101, and [(18)] (R) gift
320		-	baskets containing only containers of alcoholic liquor and commodities
321		-	authorized for sale under [subdivisions (1) to (17), inclusive, of this
322		-	subsection] subparagraphs (A) to (Q), inclusive, of this subdivision. A
323		-	package store permit shall also allow the taking and transmitting of
324		-	orders for delivery of such merchandise in other states.
325		-	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a package store permit
326		-	shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion or giveaway
327		-	sponsored by the [Department of Consumer Protection] department. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
328		-
329		-	Public Act No. 22-104 11 of 91
330		-
331		-	The annual fee for a package store permit shall be five hundred thirty-
332		-	five dollars.
333		-	[(b)] (c) A grocery store beer permit may be granted to any grocery
334		-	store and shall allow the retail sale of beer in standard size containers
335		-	not to be consumed on the permit premises. [A] The holder of a grocery
336		-	store beer permit shall post, in a prominent location adjacent to the beer
337		-	display, the retail price for each brand of beer and [said] such retail price
338		-	shall include all applicable federal and state taxes, including, but not
339		-	limited to, the applicable state sales taxes. The annual fee for a grocery
340		-	store beer permit shall be one hundred seventy dollars, [. For a] or, for a
341		-	grocery store that has annual sales of food and grocery items of [not less
342		-	than] at least two million dollars, [the annual fee for a grocery store beer
343		-	permit shall be] one thousand five hundred dollars.
344		-	[(c) "Grocery store" means any store commonly known as a
345		-	supermarket, food store, grocery store or delicatessen, primarily
346		-	engaged in the retail sale of all sorts of canned goods and dry goods
347		-	such as tea, coffee, spices, sugar and flour, either packaged or in bulk,
348		-	with or without fresh fruits and vegetables, and with or without fresh,
349		-	smoked and prepared meats, fish and poultry, except that no store
350		-	primarily engaged in the retail sale of seafood, fruits and vegetables,
351		-	candy, nuts and confectioneries, dairy products, bakery products or
352		-	eggs and poultry shall be included in the definition of "grocery store".]
353		-	(d) The holder of a package store permit or a grocery store beer
354		-	permit issued under this section may allow curbside pick-up of
355		-	previously purchased alcoholic liquor by (1) the consumer who
356		-	purchased such alcoholic liquor, or (2) the holder of an in-state
357		-	transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act,
358		-	or such holder's agent. Such curbside pick-up shall be limited to the
359		-	space immediately adjacent to, or in a parking lot abutting, the permit
360		-	premises. The holder of such package store permit or grocery store beer
361		-	permit may allow such curbside pick-up only during the hours the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
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363		-	Public Act No. 22-104 12 of 91
364		-
365		-	package store or grocery store is allowed to sell alcoholic liquor under
366		-	subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act, unless a more
367		-	restrictive municipal ordinance limits such curbside pick-up hours.
368		-	Sec. 5. Section 30-46 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is
369		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
370		-	passage):
371		-	(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, except as to a store
372		-	engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, in its discretion, suspend, revoke
373		-	or refuse to grant or renew a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor if [it]
374		-	the department has reasonable cause to believe [:] that (1) [That] the
375		-	proximity of the permit premises [will have a detrimental effect upon
376		-	any church] to any charitable institution supported by private or public
377		-	funds, church, convent, hospital, public or parochial school, [convent,
378		-	charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds,
379		-	hospital] or veterans' home, or any [camp,] barracks, camp or flying
380		-	field of the armed forces, [; (2) that such location] will detrimentally
381		-	impact such institution, church, convent, hospital, school, home,
382		-	barracks, camp or field, (2) the permit premises is in such proximity to
383		-	a no-permit town so that it is apparent that the applicant is seeking to
384		-	obtain the patronage of [such] persons in such town, [;] (3) [that] the
385		-	number of permit premises in the locality is such that [the] granting [of]
386		-	a permit is detrimental to the public interest, and, in reaching a
387		-	conclusion in this respect, the department may consider the character
388		-	[of, the] and population of, and the number of like permits and [number
389		-	of] all permits existent in, the particular town and the immediate
390		-	neighborhood concerned [,] and the effect which a new permit may have
391		-	on such town or neighborhood or on like permits existent in such town
392		-	or neighborhood, [;] (4) [that] the place has been conducted as a lewd or
393		-	disorderly establishment, [;] (5) [that] the backer does not have a right
394		-	to occupy the permit premises, [;] (6) [that] drive-up sales of alcoholic
395		-	liquor, other than curbside pick-up allowed under subsection (d) of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
396		-
397		-	Public Act No. 22-104 13 of 91
398		-
399		-	section 30-20, as amended by this act, are being made at the permit
400		-	premises, [;] or (7) [that] there is any other reason as provided by state
401		-	or federal law or regulation which warrants such refusal.
402		-	(b) (1) The existence of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a
403		-	shall not be a factor to be taken into consideration under subdivision (3)
404		-	of subsection (a) of this section.
405		-	(2) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of
406		-	this section shall not apply to [the granting] issuance of a coliseum
407		-	permit under section 30-33a.
408		-	Sec. 6. Section 30-51a of the general statutes is repealed and the
409		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
410		-	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 30-47
411		-	and section 30-51, a permittee of premises operating under a grocery
412		-	store beer permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as
413		-	amended by this act, may lease up to fifty per cent of the total square
414		-	footage of the premises to any person for lawful purposes. The
415		-	Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue a permit allowing
416		-	the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor on any such leased premises,
417		-	and the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor [, as defined in
418		-	subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] shall be unlawful on any such leased
419		-	premises.
420		-	Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 30-74 of the general statutes is
421		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
422		-	passage):
423		-	(c) No permittee or backer who is authorized under this chapter to
424		-	sell alcoholic liquor at retail for consumption off the permit premises,
425		-	and no agent or employee of such permittee or backer, may sell or
426		-	deliver such alcoholic liquor from a drive-up window or similar exterior
427		-	wall opening except as part of a curbside pick-up authorized under Substitute House Bill No. 5330
428		-
429		-	Public Act No. 22-104 14 of 91
430		-
431		-	subsection (d) of section 30-20, as amended by this act.
432		-	Sec. 8. Section 30-22a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
433		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
434		-	passage):
435		-	(a) A cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be
436		-	consumed on the premises of a cafe. The holder of a cafe permit shall
437		-	keep food available for sale to its customers for consumption on the
438		-	premises during [a] the majority of the hours such premises are open.
439		-	The availability of food from outside vendors located on or near the
440		-	premises, who may directly deliver such food or indirectly deliver such
441		-	food through a third party, shall be deemed compliance with such
442		-	requirement. The licensed premises shall at all times comply with all the
443		-	regulations of the local department of health. Nothing herein shall be
444		-	construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with any
445		-	alcoholic liquor, nor shall any rule, regulation or standard be
446		-	promulgated or enforced [requiring that the sale] to require that sales of
447		-	food be substantial or that the [receipts of the business other than from
448		-	the sale of] business's receipts from sales of alcoholic liquor equal any
449		-	set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein] on the
450		-	licensed premises. A cafe permit shall allow, with the prior approval of
451		-	the Department of Consumer Protection, alcoholic liquor to be served at
452		-	tables in outside areas that are screened or not screened from public
453		-	view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not
454		-	required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing
455		-	such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer
456		-	Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be
457		-	less than thirty inches high. Such permit shall also authorize the sale at
458		-	retail from the premises of sealed containers, supplied by the permittee,
459		-	of draught beer for consumption off the premises. Such sales shall be
460		-	conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell
461		-	alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, Substitute House Bill No. 5330
462		-
463		-	Public Act No. 22-104 15 of 91
464		-
465		-	as amended by this act. Not more than four liters of such beer shall be
466		-	sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is
467		-	authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as
468		-	amended by this act. The annual fee for a cafe permit shall be two
469		-	thousand dollars, except the annual fee for a cafe permit for a prior
470		-	holder of a tavern permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-26 shall
471		-	be eight hundred dollars for the first year, twelve hundred dollars for
472		-	the second year, one thousand six hundred dollars for the third year and
473		-	two thousand dollars for each year thereafter.
474		-	(b) (1) A cafe patron may remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-
475		-	premises consumption, provided the patron has purchased a full course
476		-	meal and consumed a portion of the wine with such meal on the cafe
477		-	premises. For purposes of this section, "full course meal" means a
478		-	diversified selection of food which (A) ordinarily cannot be consumed
479		-	without the use of tableware, and [which] (B) cannot be conveniently
480		-	consumed while standing or walking.
481		-	(2) A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from
482		-	the premises [pursuant to] under this subsection shall be securely sealed
483		-	and placed in a bag by the permittee or the permittee's agent or
484		-	employee prior to removal from the premises.
485		-	(c) As used in this section, "cafe" means space in a suitable and
486		-	permanent building, vessel or structure, kept, used, maintained,
487		-	advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor
488		-	and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but
489		-	which does not necessarily serve hot meals; it shall have no sleeping
490		-	accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen
491		-	or dining room but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate
492		-	number of employees.
493		-	(d) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include]
494		-	includes any location in [the Bradley International Airport] a passenger Substitute House Bill No. 5330
495		-
496		-	Public Act No. 22-104 16 of 91
497		-
498		-	terminal complex of any airport, as defined in section 15-34, or any
499		-	location adjacent to and attached by common partition to [said] such
500		-	complex, which is open to the public [and] or to airline club members or
501		-	their guests, with or without the sale of food, for consumption on the
502		-	premises.
503		-	(e) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include]
504		-	includes all of the land and buildings in which the principal business
505		-	conducted is racing or jai alai exhibitions, with pari-mutuel betting
506		-	licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection.
507		-	(f) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include]
508		-	includes any commercial bowling establishment containing ten or more
509		-	lanes, or any commercial racquetball or tennis facility containing five or
510		-	more courts, with or without food, for consumption on the premises.
511		-	(g) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include]
512		-	includes the premises and grounds of a golf country club, defined as: (1)
513		-	[an] An association of persons, whether incorporated or
514		-	unincorporated, that has been in existence as a bona fide organization
515		-	for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by
516		-	this chapter, or that at the time of applying for the permit is in existence
517		-	as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty members who
518		-	have paid annual membership fees or dues and have signed affidavits
519		-	of their intention to remain members of the association for not less than
520		-	one year after that time, not including associations organized for any
521		-	commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit,
522		-	which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a
523		-	course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with
524		-	facilities that include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge;
525		-	provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within
526		-	ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences
527		-	of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the election of
528		-	any additional member, his name and address, and provided its Substitute House Bill No. 5330
529		-
530		-	Public Act No. 22-104 17 of 91
531		-
532		-	aggregate annual membership fees or dues and other income, exclusive
533		-	of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be sufficient to
534		-	defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises, or, if the
535		-	premises are owned by the club, shall be sufficient to meet the taxes,
536		-	insurance and repairs and the interest on any mortgage thereof; and
537		-	provided, further, its affairs and management shall be conducted by a
538		-	board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the
539		-	members at their annual meeting, and no member or any officer, agent
540		-	or employee of the club shall be paid or, directly or indirectly, shall
541		-	receive in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the
542		-	disposition or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members of
543		-	the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of
544		-	such salary as may be fixed and voted at annual meetings by the
545		-	members or by its directors or other governing body and as reported by
546		-	the club to the department, within three months after the annual
547		-	meeting, and as is, in the judgment of the department, reasonable and
548		-	proper compensation for the services of such member, officer, agent or
549		-	employee; or (2) an association of persons, whether incorporated or
550		-	unincorporated, which has been in existence as a bona fide organization
551		-	for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by
552		-	this chapter, or which at the time of applying for the permit is in
553		-	existence as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty
554		-	members who have paid annual membership fees or dues and is directly
555		-	or indirectly wholly owned by a corporation which is and continues to
556		-	be nonprofit and to which the Internal Revenue Service has issued a
557		-	ruling classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of
558		-	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding
559		-	internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to
560		-	time, which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and
561		-	a course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with
562		-	facilities which include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge;
563		-	provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within
564		-	ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences Substitute House Bill No. 5330
565		-
566		-	Public Act No. 22-104 18 of 91
567		-
568		-	of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the admission
569		-	of any additional member, his name and address. The nonprofit
570		-	corporation shall demonstrate to the commission an ability to pay any
571		-	operating deficit of the golf country club, exclusive of any proceeds of
572		-	the sale of alcoholic liquor; and provided, further, the affairs and the
573		-	management of the nonprofit corporation are conducted by a board of
574		-	directors, executive committee or similar body at least forty per cent of
575		-	the members of which are chosen by the members of the nonprofit
576		-	corporation at their annual meeting and the balance of the members of
577		-	the board of directors are professionals chosen for their knowledge of
578		-	the business of the nonprofit corporation, and all moneys earned by the
579		-	golf country club shall be used to defray its expenses of operation or for
580		-	charitable purposes, and any balance shall be directly or indirectly
581		-	remitted to the nonprofit corporation.
582		-	[(h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" shall include
583		-	the sale and public consumption of alcoholic liquor by passengers with
584		-	or without meals upon any one designated boat engaged in the
585		-	transportation of passengers for hire to or from any port in this state.]
586		-	[(i)] (h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall
587		-	include] includes any corporation that operates a railway in this state or
588		-	that operates club, parlor, dining, buffet or lounge cars upon the lines of
589		-	any such railway in this state. It shall allow the sale and public
590		-	consumption of alcoholic liquor in any club, parlor, dining, buffet or
591		-	lounge car of a passenger train operated in this state. It shall be subject
592		-	to all the privileges, obligations and penalties provided for in this
593		-	chapter except that it shall be issued to a corporation instead of to a
594		-	person and, if it is revoked, another application may be made by the
595		-	corporation for the issuance of another railroad permit at any time after
596		-	the expiration of one year after such revocation.
597		-	[(j)] (i) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall
598		-	include] includes a facility designed, constructed and used for corporate Substitute House Bill No. 5330
599		-
600		-	Public Act No. 22-104 19 of 91
601		-
602		-	and private parties, sporting events, concerts, exhibitions, trade shows,
603		-	entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances,
604		-	fund-raising events and similar functions, located on a tract of land of
605		-	not less than twenty acres containing an enclosed roofed pavilion
606		-	constructed to seat not less than two hundred fifty people, where hot
607		-	meals are regularly served in an adequate and sanitary dining area, such
608		-	meals having been prepared in an adequate and sanitary kitchen on the
609		-	premises, and employing an adequate number of employees who shall
610		-	serve only persons who are at such outing facility to attend an event,
611		-	function, private party or banquet.
612		-	[(k)] (j) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" includes:
613		-	(1) A room or building that is subject to the care, custody and control of
614		-	The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees; (2) land and buildings
615		-	which are subject to the care, custody and control of an institution
616		-	offering a program of higher learning, as defined in section 10a-34,
617		-	which has been accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education
618		-	or Office of Higher Education or otherwise is authorized to award a
619		-	degree pursuant to section 10a-34; or (3) on land or in a building situated
620		-	on or abutting a golf course which is subject to the care, custody and
621		-	control of an institution offering a program of higher learning, as
622		-	defined in section 10a-34, which has been accredited by the Board of
623		-	Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or
624		-	otherwise is authorized to award a degree pursuant to section 10a-34.
625		-	Sec. 9. Section 30-12 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is
626		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
627		-	passage):
628		-	When any town has so voted upon the question of liquor permits, any
629		-	liquor permit granted in such town which is not in accordance with such
630		-	vote shall be void except manufacturer permits and cafe permits issued
631		-	[pursuant to] under subsections (g) and [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as
632		-	amended by this act. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
633		-
634		-	Public Act No. 22-104 20 of 91
635		-
636		-	Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 30-14 of the 2022 supplement to the
637		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
638		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
639		-	(a) [A] Each permit shall be a purely personal privilege that [expires
640		-	annually, except a permit issued under sections 30-25, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-
641		-	37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, and] is revocable in the discretion of the
642		-	Department of Consumer Protection, and subject to appeal, as provided
643		-	in section 30-55. [A] Except as otherwise provided in the general
644		-	statutes, including, but not limited to, sections 30-25, as amended by this
645		-	act, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, each permit shall expire
646		-	annually. No permit shall [not] constitute property, [nor shall it] be
647		-	subject to attachment and execution [, nor shall it] or be alienable, except
648		-	[that it] a permit shall descend to the estate of a deceased permittee by
649		-	the laws of testate or intestate succession. An airline permit issued under
650		-	section 30-28a or a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection
651		-	[(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be granted to the
652		-	airline corporation or railway corporation and not to any person, and
653		-	the corporation shall be the permittee.
654		-	Sec. 11. Section 30-16b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
655		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
656		-	passage):
657		-	(a) [From June 4, 2021, until three years after June 4, 2021] During the
658		-	period beginning June 4, 2021, and ending June 5, 2024, the holder of a
659		-	permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22, as
660		-	amended by this act, [or] subsection [(a), (g), (h) or (i)] (c) or (g) of section
661		-	30-22a, as amended by this act, or section 30-22aa may sell for off-
662		-	premises consumption sealed containers of all [such] alcoholic liquor
663		-	such permit holder is allowed to sell for on-premises consumption,
664		-	subject to the requirements of this section and consistent with all local
665		-	ordinances for the town in which the permit premises are located. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
666		-
667		-	Public Act No. 22-104 21 of 91
668		-
669		-	(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant
670		-	to] under this section shall be accompanied by food prepared on the
671		-	permit premises for off-premises consumption.
672		-	(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant to]
673		-	under this section may be sold in a container other than the
674		-	manufacturer's original sealed container, unless sold by a permittee
675		-	under section 30-16. All such alcoholic liquor [sold for off-premises
676		-	consumption] shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed
677		-	container that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-
678		-	evident lid, cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a
679		-	container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each
680		-	securely sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's
681		-	agent or employee prior to removal from the permit premises.
682		-	(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such
683		-	delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and
684		-	not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or
685		-	entity holds an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f,
686		-	as amended by this act.
687		-	(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption
688		-	[pursuant to] under this section shall: (1) [be] Be conducted only during
689		-	the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the
690		-	provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act; and
691		-	(2) if such alcoholic liquor is sold by a permittee under section 30-21 or
692		-	30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, as
693		-	amended by this act, or section 30-22aa, comply with all applicable
694		-	requirements of said sections and the limits imposed under subsection
695		-	(g) of this section.
696		-	(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold [pursuant to] under this
697		-	section shall not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed
698		-	container is unopened, the seal has not been tampered with [,] and the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
699		-
700		-	Public Act No. 22-104 22 of 91
701		-
702		-	contents of the sealed container have not been partially removed.
703		-	(g) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption
704		-	[pursuant to] under this section by a permittee under section 30-21 or
705		-	30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, as
706		-	amended by this act, or section 30-22aa shall comply with the following
707		-	limits for any one order, per customer: (1) One hundred ninety-six
708		-	ounces [,] for beer; [,] (2) one liter [,] for spirits; [,] and (3) one and one-
709		-	half liters [,] for wine.
710		-	(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the retail sale of
711		-	any alcoholic liquor manufactured by a manufacturer permittee under
712		-	section 30-16 on [its] the manufacturer's permit premises for off-
713		-	premises consumption, which shall be subject to the requirements of
714		-	[said] section 30-16, including, but not limited to, the volume limits and
715		-	hours of sale set forth in [said] section 30-16.
716		-	Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 30-22c of the 2022 supplement to the
717		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
718		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
719		-	(b) The holder of a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection
720		-	[(a)] (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, may operate a juice bar
721		-	or similar facility at a permit premises if the juice bar or similar facility
722		-	is limited to a room or rooms or separate area within the permit
723		-	premises wherein there is no sale, consumption, dispensing or presence
724		-	of alcoholic liquor.
725		-	Sec. 13. Section 30-23a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
726		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
727		-	passage):
728		-	No person shall be construed to be a guest of a member of a club
729		-	[within the intent] for the purposes of section 30-22aa or of a golf
730		-	country club [within the intent of section 30-24a] for the purposes of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
731		-
732		-	Public Act No. 22-104 23 of 91
733		-
734		-	subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, until such
735		-	person's name and address has been entered in the guest book
736		-	maintained for such purposes on the club or golf country club premises,
737		-	together with the signature of the member and the date of introduction,
738		-	provided neither the permittee nor any person employed to dispense
739		-	alcoholic beverages on such premises, during his working hours on such
740		-	premises, shall enter such person's name in such book. The
741		-	[requirement] provisions of this section: (1) [shall] Shall not apply to a
742		-	member of any nationally chartered veterans' service organization when
743		-	such member enters a club run by such organization that is not such
744		-	member's home club, but is affiliated with the same organization,
745		-	provided such member shall show a membership, travel card or similar
746		-	identification as a member of such organization upon entry to such club;
747		-	[,] and (2) may be waived by the Department of Consumer Protection
748		-	on special occasions upon written application.
749		-	Sec. 14. Section 30-24 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
750		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
751		-	passage):
752		-	Spouses of members of any club or golf country club which holds a
753		-	permit under subsection (g) [or (h)] of section 30-22a, as amended by
754		-	this act, or section 30-22aa may be allowed to participate in all of the
755		-	privileges of such club or golf country club, by vote of such club's
756		-	members, and shall not be considered guests for the purposes of the
757		-	general statutes or provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state
758		-	agencies adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection.
759		-	Sec. 15. Section 30-24b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
760		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
761		-	passage):
762		-	Auxiliary members who are spouses of members or surviving
763		-	spouses of former deceased members of any club specified in Substitute House Bill No. 5330
764		-
765		-	Public Act No. 22-104 24 of 91
766		-
767		-	[subsections (g) to (i), inclusive,] subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as
768		-	amended by this act, or section 30-22aa which holds a permit under the
769		-	provisions of this chapter may be allowed to participate in all the
770		-	privileges of such club, by vote of such [club] club's members, and shall
771		-	not be considered guests for purposes of the general statutes or
772		-	provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted by
773		-	the Department of Consumer Protection.
774		-	Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 30-25 of the 2022 supplement to the
775		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
776		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
777		-	(a) A special club permit shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the
778		-	drink, at retail, to be consumed at the grounds of an outdoor picnic
779		-	conducted by a club or golf country club. Such permits shall be issued
780		-	only to holders of cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (g) to (i),
781		-	inclusive,] under subsection (g) of section 30-22a, [and] as amended by
782		-	this act, and club permits issued under section 30-22aa, shall be issued
783		-	on a daily basis subject to the hours of sale in section 30-91, as amended
784		-	by this act, and shall be the same as provided therein for clubs and golf
785		-	country clubs. The exception established in subsection (a) of section 30-
786		-	48, as amended by this act, that applies to boats operating under an in-
787		-	state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by
788		-	this act, and cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (j) and (k)]
789		-	under subsection (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [that is
790		-	set forth in section 30-48] shall apply to such a special club permit. No
791		-	such club or golf country club shall be granted more than four such
792		-	special club permits during any one calendar year.
793		-	Sec. 17. Subsection (b) of section 30-39 of the 2022 supplement to the
794		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
795		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
796		-	(b) (1) Any person desiring a liquor permit or a renewal of such a Substitute House Bill No. 5330
797		-
798		-	Public Act No. 22-104 25 of 91
799		-
800		-	permit shall make an affirmed application therefor to the Department of
801		-	Consumer Protection, upon forms to be furnished by the department,
802		-	showing the name and address of the applicant and of the applicant's
803		-	backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to be
804		-	operated under such permit and a financial statement setting forth all
805		-	elements and details of any business transactions connected with the
806		-	application. Such application shall include a detailed description of the
807		-	type of live entertainment that is to be provided. A club or place of
808		-	business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if the
809		-	club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October
810		-	1, 1993, and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The
811		-	application shall also indicate any crimes of which the applicant or the
812		-	applicant's backer may have been convicted. Applicants shall submit
813		-	documents sufficient to establish that state and local building, fire and
814		-	zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days
815		-	of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements
816		-	and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply
817		-	to a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) or (h) of
818		-	section 30-22a, as amended by this act. The State Fire Marshal or the
819		-	marshal's certified designee shall be responsible for approving
820		-	compliance with the State Fire Code at Bradley International Airport.
821		-	Any person desiring a permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a
822		-	copy of such person's license with such application if such license was
823		-	issued by the Department of Consumer Protection. The department
824		-	may, at its discretion, conduct an investigation to determine whether a
825		-	permit shall be issued to an applicant.
826		-	(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable
827		-	application fee, which fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in
828		-	this chapter for the permit sought. An application fee shall not be
829		-	charged for an application to renew a permit. The application fee shall
830		-	be in the amount of ten dollars for the filing of each application for a
831		-	permit by a charitable organization under section 30-37b, including a Substitute House Bill No. 5330
832		-
833		-	Public Act No. 22-104 26 of 91
834		-
835		-	nonprofit public television corporation under section 30-37d, a
836		-	nonprofit golf tournament permit under section 30-37g, a temporary
837		-	permit under section 30-35 or a special club permit [; and for all other
838		-	permits] under section 30-25, as amended by this act; and in the amount
839		-	of one hundred dollars for the filing of an initial application for all other
840		-	permits. Any permit issued shall be valid only for the purposes and
841		-	activities described in the application.
842		-	(3) The applicant, immediately after filing an application, shall give
843		-	notice thereof, with the name and residence of the permittee, the type of
844		-	permit applied for and the location of the place of business for which
845		-	such permit is to be issued and the type of live entertainment to be
846		-	provided, all in a form prescribed by the department, by publishing the
847		-	same in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the place
848		-	of business to be operated under such permit is to be located, at least
849		-	once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication to be not
850		-	more than seven days after the filing date of the application and the last
851		-	publication not more than fourteen days after the filing date of the
852		-	application. The applicant shall affix, and maintain in a legible condition
853		-	upon the outer door of the building wherein such place of business is to
854		-	be located and clearly visible from the public highway, the placard
855		-	provided by the department, not later than the day following the receipt
856		-	of the placard by the applicant. If such outer door of such premises is so
857		-	far from the public highway that such placard is not clearly visible as
858		-	provided, the department shall direct a suitable method to notify the
859		-	public of such application. When an application is filed for any type of
860		-	permit for a building that has not been constructed, such applicant shall
861		-	erect and maintain in a legible condition a sign not less than six feet by
862		-	four feet upon the site where such place of business is to be located,
863		-	instead of such placard upon the outer door of the building. The sign
864		-	shall set forth the type of permit applied for and the name of the
865		-	proposed permittee, shall be clearly visible from the public highway and
866		-	shall be so erected not later than the day following the receipt of the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
867		-
868		-	Public Act No. 22-104 27 of 91
869		-
870		-	placard. Such applicant shall make a return to the department, under
871		-	oath, of compliance with the foregoing requirements, in such form as
872		-	the department may determine, but the department may require any
873		-	additional proof of such compliance. Upon receipt of evidence of such
874		-	compliance, the department may hold a hearing as to the suitability of
875		-	the proposed location. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply
876		-	to applications for (A) airline permits issued under section 30-28a, (B)
877		-	charitable organization permits issued under section 30-37b, (C)
878		-	temporary permits issued under section 30-35, (D) special club permits
879		-	issued under section 30-25, as amended by this act, (E) concession
880		-	permits issued under section 30-33, (F) military permits issued under
881		-	section 30-34, (G) cafe permits issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(j)
882		-	or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, (H) warehouse
883		-	permits issued under section 30-32, (I) [brokers'] broker's permits issued
884		-	under section 30-30, (J) out-of-state [shippers'] shipper's permits for
885		-	alcoholic liquor [and] issued under section 30-18, (K) out-of-state
886		-	[shippers'] shipper's permits for beer [, (K)] issued under section 30-19,
887		-	(L) coliseum permits [, (L)] issued under section 30-33a, (M) nonprofit
888		-	golf tournament permits [, (M)] issued under section 30-37g, (N)
889		-	nonprofit public television corporation permits [, (N)] issued under
890		-	section 30-37d, (O) Connecticut craft cafe permits [by] issued under
891		-	section 30-22d, as amended by this act, to permittees who held a
892		-	manufacturer permit for a brew pub or a manufacturer permit for a beer
893		-	and brew pub [prior to] before July 1, 2020, [and (O)] (P) off-site farm
894		-	winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permits issued under
895		-	section 30-16a, (Q) out-of-state retailer shipper's permits for wine issued
896		-	under section 30-18a, (R) out-of-state winery shipper's permits for wine
897		-	issued under section 30-18a, (S) in-state transporter's permits for
898		-	alcoholic liquor issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act,
899		-	including, but not limited to, boats operating under such permits, (T)
900		-	seasonal outdoor open-air permits issued under section 30-22e, as
901		-	amended by this act, and (U) renewals of any [such permits] permit
902		-	described in subparagraphs (A) to (T), inclusive, of this subdivision, if Substitute House Bill No. 5330
903		-
904		-	Public Act No. 22-104 28 of 91
905		-
906		-	applicable. The provisions of this subdivision regarding publication and
907		-	placard display shall also be required of any applicant who seeks to
908		-	amend the type of entertainment either upon filing of a renewal
909		-	application or upon requesting permission of the department in a form
910		-	that requires the approval of the municipal zoning official.
911		-	(4) In any case in which a permit has been issued to a partnership, if
912		-	one or more of the partners dies or retires, the remaining partner or
913		-	partners need not file a new application for the unexpired portion of the
914		-	current permit, and no additional fee for such unexpired portion shall
915		-	be required. Notice of any such change shall be given to the department
916		-	and the permit shall be endorsed to show correct ownership. When any
917		-	partnership changes by reason of the addition of one or more persons, a
918		-	new application with new fees shall be required.
919		-	Sec. 18. Section 30-45 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
920		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
921		-	passage):
922		-	The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the
923		-	sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal,
924		-	judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of
925		-	any police force; [, (2) a minor, and] (2) any minor; (3) any constable who
926		-	(A) performs criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace
927		-	officer by town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a)
928		-	of section 54-1f, [any constable who] or (B) is certified under the
929		-	provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, [who] and performs
930		-	criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to the provisions of
931		-	subsection (c) of section 54-1f; [, or] and (4) any special constable
932		-	appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not apply to any
933		-	out-of-state [shippers' permits, cafe permits issued pursuant to
934		-	subsection (j) of section 30-22a and airline permits] shipper's permit
935		-	issued under section 30-18, 30-18a or 30-19, any cafe permit issued under
936		-	section 30-22a, as amended by this act, any boat operating under any in- Substitute House Bill No. 5330
937		-
938		-	Public Act No. 22-104 29 of 91
939		-
940		-	state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by
941		-	this act, or any airline permit issued under section 30-28a. As used in
942		-	this section, "minor" means a minor, as defined in section 1-1d or as
943		-	defined in section 30-1, as amended by this act, whichever age is older.
944		-	Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 30-48 of the 2022 supplement to the
945		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
946		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
947		-	(a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or
948		-	permittee of any other permit class except in the case of airline permits
949		-	issued under section 30-28a, boats operating under in-state transporter's
950		-	permits issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, and cafe
951		-	permits issued [pursuant to subsection (d), (j) or (k)] under subsections
952		-	(d) and (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [and] except that:
953		-	(1) A backer of a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 or a restaurant
954		-	permit issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, may be a
955		-	backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit
956		-	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or a cafe permit
957		-	issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-22a, as amended
958		-	by this act, may be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes;
959		-	(3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22,
960		-	as amended by this act, may be a holder or backer of a cafe permit issued
961		-	[pursuant to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this
962		-	act; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, as
963		-	amended by this act, may be a backer of a coliseum permit issued under
964		-	section 30-33a when such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of
965		-	a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 may be a backer of a coliseum
966		-	permit issued under section 30-33a; (6) a backer of a grocery store beer
967		-	permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this
968		-	act, may be (A) a backer of a package store permit issued under
969		-	subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended by this act, if such was the
970		-	case on or before May 1, 1996, and (B) a backer of a restaurant permit Substitute House Bill No. 5330
971		-
972		-	Public Act No. 22-104 30 of 91
973		-
974		-	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, provided the
975		-	restaurant permit premises do not abut or share the same space as the
976		-	grocery store beer permit premises; (7) a backer of a cafe permit issued
977		-	[pursuant to] under subsection [(m)] (j) of section 30-22a, as amended
978		-	by this act, may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under
979		-	section 30-35a; (8) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under
980		-	section 30-35a may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit issued under
981		-	section 30-21 or a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (9) a
982		-	backer of a concession permit issued under section 30-33 may be a
983		-	backer of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (10) a holder of
984		-	an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section
985		-	30-18a may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under
986		-	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, or an out-of-state entity wine
987		-	festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37m, or of both
988		-	such permits; (11) a holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit for
989		-	alcoholic liquor [other than beer] issued under section 30-18 or an out-
990		-	of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section 30-18a
991		-	may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under section
992		-	30-19f, as amended by this act; (12) a holder of a manufacturer permit
993		-	for a farm winery [or the holder of] issued under subsection (c) of section
994		-	30-16 or a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead issued under
995		-	subsection (d) of section 30-16 may be a holder of an in-state
996		-	transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act,
997		-	a wine festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37l, a
998		-	farmers' market sales permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a)
999		-	of section 30-37o, an off-site farm winery sales and tasting permit issued
1000		-	[pursuant to] under section 30-16a or [of] any combination of such
1001		-	permits; (13) a holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued under
1002		-	subsection (b) of section 30-16 may be a holder of a farmers' market sales
1003		-	permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-37o; (14)
1004		-	the holder of a manufacturer permit for spirits, [a manufacturer permit
1005		-	for beer, a manufacturer permit for] beer, a farm winery or [a
1006		-	manufacturer permit for] wine, cider and mead, issued under Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1007		-
1008		-	Public Act No. 22-104 31 of 91
1009		-
1010		-	subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of section 30-16, may be a
1011		-	holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as
1012		-	amended by this act, a restaurant permit or a restaurant permit for wine
1013		-	and beer issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act; and (15)
1014		-	the holder of a restaurant permit [or] issued under section 30-22, as
1015		-	amended by this act, a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as
1016		-	amended by this act, or an in-state transporter's permit issued under
1017		-	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, may be the holder of a seasonal
1018		-	outdoor open-air permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-22e, as
1019		-	amended by this act. Any person may be a permittee of more than one
1020		-	permit. No holder of a manufacturer permit for [a brew pub] beer issued
1021		-	under subsection (b) of section 30-16 and no spouse or child of such
1022		-	holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits
1023		-	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or cafe permits
1024		-	issued under section 30-22a, as amended by this act.
1025		-	Sec. 20. Subsection (c) of section 30-48a of the 2022 supplement to the
1026		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
1027		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
1028		-	(c) Membership in any organization which is or may become the
1029		-	holder of a [cafe] club or nonprofit club permit issued [pursuant to
1030		-	subsection (h) of section 30-22a] under section 30-22aa shall not
1031		-	constitute acquisition of an interest in a retail permit.
1032		-	Sec. 21. Section 30-53 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
1033		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1034		-	passage):
1035		-	Each permit granted or renewed by the Department of Consumer
1036		-	Protection shall be of no effect until a duplicate thereof has been filed by
1037		-	the permittee with the town clerk of the town within which the club or
1038		-	place of business described in such permit is situated; provided the
1039		-	place of filing [of] for (1) a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1040		-
1041		-	Public Act No. 22-104 32 of 91
1042		-
1043		-	subsection [(j) or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or a
1044		-	boat operating under an in-state transporter's permit issued under
1045		-	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, shall be the office of the town
1046		-	clerk of the town of New Haven, and (2) an airline [permits,] permit
1047		-	issued under section 30-28a shall be the office of the town clerk of the
1048		-	town of Hartford. The fee for such filing shall be twenty dollars.
1049		-	Sec. 22. Section 30-54 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
1050		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1051		-	passage):
1052		-	Every permittee, other than a corporation holding a cafe permit
1053		-	issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as
1054		-	amended by this act, or an airline permit issued under section 30-28a,
1055		-	shall cause [his or her] such permittee's permit or a duplicate thereof to
1056		-	be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place in any room
1057		-	where the sales so permitted are to be carried on.
1058		-	Sec. 23. Subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 30-91 of the 2022
1059		-	supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is
1060		-	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1061		-	(a) The sale, [or the] dispensing, [or] consumption or [the] presence
1062		-	in glasses or other receptacles suitable to [permit] allow for the
1063		-	consumption of alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating
1064		-	under hotel permits issued under section 30-21, restaurant permits
1065		-	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, cafe permits issued
1066		-	under section 30-22a, as amended by this act, Connecticut craft cafe
1067		-	permits issued under section 30-22d, as amended by this act, club
1068		-	permits issued under section 30-22aa, restaurant permits for catering
1069		-	establishments issued under section 30-22b, coliseum permits issued
1070		-	under section 30-33a, nonprofit public museum permits issued under
1071		-	section 30-37a, manufacturer permits for beer, a farm winery or wine,
1072		-	cider and mead issued under subsection (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1073		-
1074		-	Public Act No. 22-104 33 of 91
1075		-
1076		-	section 30-16, casino permits issued under section 30-37k, caterer liquor
1077		-	permits issued under section 30-37j and charitable organization permits
1078		-	issued under section 30-37b shall be unlawful on: (1) Monday, Tuesday,
1079		-	Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of one o'clock a.m.
1080		-	and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the hours of two o'clock a.m.
1081		-	and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the hours of two o'clock a.m.
1082		-	and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except (A) for alcoholic liquor that is
1083		-	served where food is also available during the hours otherwise
1084		-	permitted by this section for the day on which Christmas falls, and (B)
1085		-	by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-37k; and (5)
1086		-	January first between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock
1087		-	a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January first the prohibitions of
1088		-	this section shall be between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and ten
1089		-	o'clock a.m.
1090		-	(b) Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce
1091		-	the number of hours during which sales under subsection (a) of this
1092		-	section, except sales [pursuant to] under a cafe permit issued [pursuant
1093		-	to] under subsection (d) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall
1094		-	be permissible. In all cases when a town, either by vote of a town
1095		-	meeting or by ordinance, has acted on the sale of alcoholic liquor or the
1096		-	reduction of the number of hours when such sale is permissible, such
1097		-	action shall become effective on the first day of the month succeeding
1098		-	such action and no further action shall be taken until at least one year
1099		-	has elapsed since the previous action was taken.
1100		-	(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this
1101		-	section, such sale, [or] dispensing, [or] consumption or presence in
1102		-	glasses in places operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant to]
1103		-	under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be
1104		-	unlawful before eleven a.m. on any day, except in that portion of the
1105		-	permit premises which is located in a separate room or rooms entry to
1106		-	which, from the bowling lane area of the establishment, is by means of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1107		-
1108		-	Public Act No. 22-104 34 of 91
1109		-
1110		-	a door or doors which shall remain closed at all times except to permit
1111		-	entrance and egress to and from the lane area. Any alcoholic liquor sold
1112		-	or dispensed in a place operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant
1113		-	to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall
1114		-	be served in containers such as, but not limited to, plastic or glass. Any
1115		-	town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the
1116		-	number of hours during which sales under this subsection shall be
1117		-	permissible.
1118		-	(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises
1119		-	consumption in places operating under package store permits [, drug
1120		-	store permits] issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended
1121		-	by this act, druggist permits issued under section 30-36, manufacturer
1122		-	permits [for beer or] issued under section 30-16, grocery store beer
1123		-	permits issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this
1124		-	act, or religious wine retailer permits issued under section 2 of this act
1125		-	shall be unlawful on Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day and Christmas;
1126		-	and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises
1127		-	consumption in places operating under package store permits, [drug
1128		-	store] druggist permits, manufacturer permits for beer, [and] grocery
1129		-	store beer permits and religious wine retailer permits shall be unlawful
1130		-	on Sunday before ten o'clock a.m. and after six o'clock p.m. and on any
1131		-	other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after ten o'clock p.m. Any town
1132		-	may, by a vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number
1133		-	of hours during which such sale shall be permissible.
1134		-	(e) (1) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit [,]
1135		-	issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or
1136		-	a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as amended
1137		-	by this act, and wherein, under the provisions of this section, the sale of
1138		-	alcoholic liquor is forbidden on certain days or hours of the day, or
1139		-	during the period when [a cafe] such permit is suspended, it shall
1140		-	likewise be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit [it] such Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1141		-
1142		-	Public Act No. 22-104 35 of 91
1143		-
1144		-	premises to be occupied by, the public on such days or hours.
1145		-	(2) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall
1146		-	be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit such premises to
1147		-	be occupied by, the public between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and six
1148		-	o'clock a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
1149		-	and between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on
1150		-	Saturday and Sunday or during any period of time when such permit is
1151		-	suspended, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of
1152		-	alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be
1153		-	prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or] dispensing or
1154		-	consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section.
1155		-	(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, in the case of any
1156		-	premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall be lawful for such
1157		-	premises to be open to, or be occupied by, the public when such
1158		-	premises is being used as a site for film, television, video or digital
1159		-	production eligible for a film production tax credit pursuant to section
1160		-	12-217jj, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of
1161		-	alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be
1162		-	prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or the] dispensing
1163		-	or consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section.
1164		-	Sec. 24. Subsection (e) of section 30-22 of the general statutes is
1165		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1166		-	passage):
1167		-	(e) "Restaurant" means space [,] that (1) is located in a suitable and
1168		-	permanent building, (2) is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held
1169		-	out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served, [but
1170		-	which] (3) has no sleeping accommodations for the public, [and which
1171		-	shall be provided with] (4) has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and
1172		-	dining room, [and] (5) employs at all times an adequate number of
1173		-	employees, and (6) if such space has no effective separation between a Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1174		-
1175		-	Public Act No. 22-104 36 of 91
1176		-
1177		-	barroom and a dining room, includes at least four hundred square feet
1178		-	of dining space, and seating for at least twenty persons, in the dining
1179		-	room.
1180		-	Sec. 25. Section 30-22d of the general statutes is repealed and the
1181		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1182		-	(a) For the purposes of this section, "craft cafe" means a space that (1)
1183		-	is located in a suitable and permanent building, (2) is kept, used,
1184		-	maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where
1185		-	alcoholic liquor and food are served at retail for consumption on the
1186		-	premises, (3) at all times has employed therein an adequate number of
1187		-	employees, (4) does not include public sleeping accommodations, and
1188		-	(5) need not necessarily have a dining room or kitchen.
1189		-	[(a)] (b) A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of
1190		-	alcoholic liquor manufactured in this state to be consumed on the
1191		-	premises of such craft cafe. The holder of such permit shall also hold a
1192		-	manufacturer permit issued under section 30-16, and shall keep food
1193		-	available during [a] the majority of the hours such permit premises are
1194		-	open [pursuant to] under this subsection for sale to, and consumption
1195		-	by, customers on [the] such permit premises. The availability of food
1196		-	from outside vendors located on or near the permit premises, [shall be
1197		-	deemed compliance with] delivered either directly by such outside
1198		-	vendors or indirectly through a third party, is sufficient to satisfy such
1199		-	requirement. The permit premises shall at all times comply with all
1200		-	regulations of the local department of health. Nothing [herein] in this
1201		-	section shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased
1202		-	with any alcoholic liquor, [nor shall any] and no rule, regulation or
1203		-	standard shall be promulgated or enforced [requiring] to require that
1204		-	[the sale] sales of food be substantial or that the business's receipts [of
1205		-	the business other than from the sale] from sales of alcoholic liquor
1206		-	equal any set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein]
1207		-	on the permit premises. A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow, with Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1208		-
1209		-	Public Act No. 22-104 37 of 91
1210		-
1211		-	[the prior approval of] the Department of Consumer [Protection]
1212		-	Protection's prior approval and if allowed under fire, zoning and health
1213		-	regulations, alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas that
1214		-	are screened or not screened from public view. [where permitted by fire,
1215		-	zoning and health regulations. If not required by] If fire, zoning or
1216		-	health regulations [,] do not require that such areas be enclosed by a
1217		-	fence or wall, [enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the
1218		-	Department of Consumer Protection] the department shall not require
1219		-	that such areas be so enclosed. No such fence or wall [used to enclose
1220		-	such outside areas] shall be less than thirty inches high. [Such] A
1221		-	Connecticut craft cafe permit shall also authorize the sale, at retail from
1222		-	the permit premises [of] for consumption off the permit premises, of
1223		-	sealed containers supplied by the permittee of draught beer. [for
1224		-	consumption off the premises.] Such sales shall be conducted only
1225		-	during the hours that the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer
1226		-	issued under subsection (b) of section 30-16 is permitted to sell alcoholic
1227		-	liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as
1228		-	amended by this act. Not more than nine gallons of such beer shall be
1229		-	sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is
1230		-	authorized under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 30-91, as
1231		-	amended by this act. The annual fee for [a] each Connecticut craft cafe
1232		-	permit shall be three hundred dollars.
1233		-	[(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "craft cafe" means space
1234		-	in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained,
1235		-	advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor
1236		-	and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but
1237		-	that does not necessarily serve hot meals, as specified in subsection (a)
1238		-	of this section, but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate
1239		-	number of employees. "Cafe" does not include sleeping
1240		-	accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen
1241		-	or dining room.] Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1242		-
1243		-	Public Act No. 22-104 38 of 91
1244		-
1245		-	(c) The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit may purchase, for
1246		-	resale on such permit holder's premises, alcoholic liquor [for resale on
1247		-	such permit holder's premises] from the holder of a manufacturer
1248		-	permit for: (1) [Manufacturer permit for spirits issued pursuant to]
1249		-	Spirits issued under subsection (a) of section 30-16; [, (2) manufacturer
1250		-	permit for] (2) beer issued [pursuant to] under subsection (b) of section
1251		-	30-16; [, (3) manufacturer permit for] (3) a farm winery issued [pursuant
1252		-	to] under subsection (c) of section 30-16; [,] or (4) [manufacturer permit
1253		-	for] wine, cider and mead issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) of
1254		-	section 30-16. The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit shall not
1255		-	purchase the same type of alcoholic liquor such permit holder
1256		-	manufactures from any holder of a manufacturer permit specified in
1257		-	subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection. The sale of such alcoholic
1258		-	liquor shall not [be] comprise more than twenty per cent of the
1259		-	Connecticut craft cafe permit holder's gross annual sales of all alcoholic
1260		-	liquor sold for [on-premise] on-premises consumption.
1261		-	Sec. 26. Subsection (c) of section 30-22e of the 2022 supplement to the
1262		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
1263		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
1264		-	(c) The seasonal outdoor open-air permit shall be effective either
1265		-	April first to September thirtieth, inclusive, or May first to October
1266		-	thirty-first, inclusive, of the same year. Such permit shall be issued by
1267		-	the Department of Consumer Protection subject to the limitations on
1268		-	hours of operation for a restaurant permittee, as specified in section 30-
1269		-	91, as amended by this act. [Any] No such permit shall [not] be
1270		-	renewable, and the [issuance of] department shall not issue a
1271		-	provisional seasonal outdoor open-air permit. [is prohibited.] Any
1272		-	backer of the permittee may [only] apply for only one [such] seasonal
1273		-	outdoor open-air permit per calendar year. The provisions of
1274		-	subdivision (3) of subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 30-39, as
1275		-	amended by this act, do not apply to [such permit] seasonal outdoor Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1276		-
1277		-	Public Act No. 22-104 39 of 91
1278		-
1279		-	open-air permits. The annual fee for [a] each seasonal outdoor open-air
1280		-	permit shall be two thousand dollars.
1281		-	Sec. 27. Section 30-35b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
1282		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1283		-	passage):
1284		-	[A ninety-day provisional permit shall allow the retail sale or
1285		-	manufacture of alcoholic liquor by any] The Department of Consumer
1286		-	Protection or Liquor Control Commission may, in the department's or
1287		-	commission's discretion, issue to any applicant, who makes a sworn
1288		-	application for a liquor permit under section 30-39, as amended by this
1289		-	act, and such applicant's backer, if any, a ninety-day provisional permit
1290		-	allowing such applicant and [his or her backer, if any, who has made
1291		-	application for a liquor permit pursuant to section 30-39 and may be
1292		-	issued at the discretion of the Liquor Control Commission or the
1293		-	Department of Consumer Protection] backer to manufacture or sell, at
1294		-	retail, alcoholic liquor. If such applicant or [such applicant's backer, if
1295		-	any,] backer causes any delay in the investigation conducted by the
1296		-	[Department of Consumer Protection] department pursuant to [said]
1297		-	section 30-39, as amended by this act, [the] such ninety-day provisional
1298		-	permit shall immediately cease [immediately. Only] to be effective. The
1299		-	department or commission shall issue only one [such] ninety-day
1300		-	provisional permit [shall be issued] to any such applicant and [his or
1301		-	her] applicant's backer [, if any,] for each location of the club or place of
1302		-	business which is to be operated under such permit. [and such] Such
1303		-	ninety-day provisional permit shall be nonrenewable, but may be
1304		-	extended due to delays not caused by the applicant. [Such] The
1305		-	department or commission shall not extend such permit [shall not be
1306		-	extended] beyond one year from the filing date, as defined in section 30-
1307		-	39, as amended by this act. The nonrefundable fee for such ninety-day
1308		-	provisional permit shall be five hundred dollars.
1309		-	Sec. 28. Section 30-81 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1310		-
1311		-	Public Act No. 22-104 40 of 91
1312		-
1313		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1314		-	passage):
1315		-	No person who is [, by statute or regulation,] declared, under any
1316		-	provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state
1317		-	agencies, to be an unsuitable person to hold a permit to sell alcoholic
1318		-	liquor shall be allowed to have a financial interest in any [such permit]
1319		-	business that is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under any provision of
1320		-	the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.
1321		-	Except as provided in section 30-90a, no minor shall be employed [in
1322		-	any premises operating under a cafe permit in any capacity or] in
1323		-	handling any alcoholic liquor upon, [in] delivering any alcoholic liquor
1324		-	to [,] or [in] carrying or conveying any alcoholic liquor from [,] any
1325		-	permit premises.
1326		-	Sec. 29. Section 30-90 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
1327		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
1328		-	passage):
1329		-	Any permittee who, [by himself, his] either personally or through
1330		-	such permittee's servant or agent, [permits] allows any minor or any
1331		-	person to whom the sale or gift of alcoholic liquor has been [forbidden
1332		-	according to] prohibited by law to loiter on [his] the permit premises
1333		-	where [such] alcoholic liquor is kept for sale, or who allows any minor,
1334		-	other than a person [over age eighteen who is] who is at least eighteen
1335		-	years of age and an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a or
1336		-	a minor accompanied by [his] the minor's parent or guardian, to be in
1337		-	any room where alcoholic liquor is served at any bar, shall be subject to
1338		-	the penalties [of] described in section 30-113. For barrooms consisting of
1339		-	only one room and for permit premises without effective separation
1340		-	between a barroom and a dining room, [no] an unaccompanied minor
1341		-	may remain on the permit premises while waiting for and consuming
1342		-	food prepared on such permit premises. No minor may sit or stand at a
1343		-	consumer bar without being accompanied by a parent, guardian or Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1344		-
1345		-	Public Act No. 22-104 41 of 91
1346		-
1347		-	spouse.
1348		-	Sec. 30. Section 20-578 of the general statutes is repealed and the
1349		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1350		-	(a) Information received by the department, the commission or the
1351		-	Department of Public Health, through filed reports or inspection or as
1352		-	otherwise authorized under chapters 418, [and] 420b, 420c and 420f and
1353		-	sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall not be disclosed publicly in
1354		-	such a manner as to identify individuals or institutions, except: (1) In a
1355		-	proceeding involving the question of licensure or the right to practice;
1356		-	[,] and (2) in a proceeding where the commission has voted in favor of
1357		-	formal disciplinary action against a pharmacist or pharmacy licensed
1358		-	pursuant to this chapter, when such disciplinary action is related to an
1359		-	error in the dispensing of medication. Nothing in this section shall be
1360		-	construed to prohibit the commissioner from disclosing information
1361		-	gained through the inspection of pharmacies and outlets holding
1362		-	permits for the sale of nonlegend drugs if the commissioner considers
1363		-	such disclosure to be in the interest of public health.
1364		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
1365		-	section 21a-265 and chapter 55, the Commissioners of Consumer
1366		-	Protection and Public Health and the authorized agents of said
1367		-	commissioners, in carrying out their duties under subsection (a) of this
1368		-	section, may: (1) Exchange information relating to a license or
1369		-	registration issued by their respective agencies; [,] or (2) exchange
1370		-	investigative information relating to violations of this chapter with each
1371		-	other, [with] the Chief State's Attorney and [with] any agencies charged
1372		-	with [the enforcement of] enforcing the pharmacy or drug laws of the
1373		-	United States, this state [and all] or other jurisdictions.
1374		-	Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 20-621a of the 2022 supplement to
1375		-	the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
1376		-	thereof (Effective from passage): Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1377		-
1378		-	Public Act No. 22-104 42 of 91
1379		-
1380		-	(a) As used in this section: [,] (1) ["long-term care pharmacy"] "Long-
1381		-	term care pharmacy" (A) means a pharmacy licensed under section 20-
1382		-	594, or registered as a nonresident pharmacy under section 20-627, that
1383		-	stores and dispenses legend drugs and legend devices to patients or
1384		-	residents of licensed nursing homes, rest homes, residential care homes
1385		-	or other supervised residential facilities and from which related
1386		-	pharmaceutical care services are provided, and (B) includes pharmacies
1387		-	located both inside and outside of such facilities but does not include
1388		-	those that are part of a licensed hospital; [,] (2) "nursing home" has the
1389		-	same meaning as provided in section 19a-490; [,] and (3) "automated
1390		-	prescription dispensing machine" has the same meaning as provided in
1391		-	section 20-571. A long-term care pharmacy may operate an automated
1392		-	prescription dispensing machine in a nursing home in accordance with
1393		-	a protocol approved in writing by the Department of Consumer
1394		-	Protection, until such time as regulations are adopted pursuant to
1395		-	subsection (b) of this section. The annual fee to operate an automated
1396		-	prescription dispensing machine shall be one hundred dollars per
1397		-	machine.
1398		-	Sec. 32. Section 21a-248 of the general statutes is repealed and the
1399		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1400		-	(a) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense
1401		-	controlled drugs to any of the following-named persons, but in the case
1402		-	of schedule II drugs only on an official written order or electronically
1403		-	through the Drug Enforcement Agency's Controlled Substance
1404		-	Ordering System: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler or pharmacist; (2)
1405		-	to a physician, dentist or veterinarian; (3) to a person in charge of a
1406		-	hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, but only for use
1407		-	by or in that hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution for
1408		-	medical or scientific purposes; (4) to a person in charge of a laboratory,
1409		-	but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes;
1410		-	and (5) to any registrant as defined in subdivision (47) of section 21a- Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1411		-
1412		-	Public Act No. 22-104 43 of 91
1413		-
1414		-	240.
1415		-	(b) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell controlled drugs
1416		-	only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and
1417		-	regulations.
1418		-	(c) An official [written] order for any schedule I or II drug shall be
1419		-	signed [in triplicate] by the person giving such order or by [his] such
1420		-	person's authorized agent and [the original] such order shall be
1421		-	presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug or drugs named
1422		-	therein as provided by federal [laws] law. If such order is accepted by
1423		-	such person, each party to the transaction shall preserve [his] such
1424		-	party's copy of such order for a period of three years in such a way so
1425		-	as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or
1426		-	employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter.
1427		-	(d) The manufacturer or wholesaler shall keep records of all sales and
1428		-	dispensing of controlled drugs and shall comply fully with applicable
1429		-	provisions of the federal controlled drug laws and the federal food and
1430		-	drug laws, and the state food, drug and cosmetic laws in such sale or
1431		-	dispensing of controlled drugs.
1432		-	(e) Possession or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized
1433		-	by this section shall be lawful only if obtained in the regular course of
1434		-	the business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the
1435		-	possessor.
1436		-	(f) A person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific
1437		-	institution, or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any
1438		-	other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other
1439		-	proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains controlled drugs under
1440		-	the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, or
1441		-	dispense, or otherwise use such drugs within this state, except within
1442		-	the scope of [his] such person's, master's or officer's employment or Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1443		-
1444		-	Public Act No. 22-104 44 of 91
1445		-
1446		-	official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes or for
1447		-	the purposes of research or analysis and subject to the provisions of this
1448		-	chapter.
1449		-	Sec. 33. Section 28-32 of the general statutes is repealed and the
1450		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1451		-	(a) For purposes of this section and section 28-32a:
1452		-	(1) (A) "Drugs" means [(A)] (i) substances recognized as drugs in the
1453		-	official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic
1454		-	Pharmacopoeia of the United States [,] or official National Formulary,
1455		-	or any supplement to any of said publications, [; (B)] (ii) substances
1456		-	intended for use in [the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or
1457		-	prevention of] curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or treating
1458		-	disease in [man] humans or other animals, [; (C)] (iii) substances, other
1459		-	than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of
1460		-	[man] humans or other animals, [;] and [(D)] (iv) substances intended
1461		-	for use as a component of any article specified in [subparagraph (A), (B)
1462		-	or (C)] subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(ii) or (A)(iii) of this subdivision.
1463		-	(B) "Drugs" does not include devices or their components, parts or
1464		-	accessories. [;]
1465		-	(2) (A) "Controlled drugs" means those drugs which contain any
1466		-	quantity of a substance which has been designated as subject to the
1467		-	federal Controlled Substances Act, or which has been designated as a
1468		-	depressant or stimulant drug pursuant to federal food and drug laws,
1469		-	or which has been designated by the Commissioner of Consumer
1470		-	Protection pursuant to section 21a-243 as having a stimulant, depressant
1471		-	or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous
1472		-	system and as having a tendency to promote abuse or psychological or
1473		-	physiological dependence, or both. Such controlled drugs are
1474		-	classifiable as amphetamine-type, barbiturate-type, cannabis-type, Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1475		-
1476		-	Public Act No. 22-104 45 of 91
1477		-
1478		-	cocaine-type, hallucinogenic, morphine-type and other stimulant and
1479		-	depressant drugs.
1480		-	(B) "Controlled drugs" does not include alcohol, nicotine or caffeine.
1481		-	[;]
1482		-	(3) (A) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate
1483		-	precursor in schedules I to V, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled
1484		-	substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-243.
1485		-	(B) "Controlled substance" does not include alcohol, nicotine or
1486		-	caffeine.
1487		-	(4) "Medical devices" means apparatuses, contrivances and
1488		-	instruments, including their accessories, components and parts,
1489		-	intended (A) for use in curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or
1490		-	treating disease in humans or other animals, or (B) to affect the structure
1491		-	or any function of the body of humans or other animals.
1492		-	(b) Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor or the
1493		-	Governor's authorized representative having authority to declare
1494		-	emergencies, a hospital pharmacy, pharmacy or registrant authorized
1495		-	by state or federal law to be in possession of controlled substances may,
1496		-	in accordance with applicable federal regulations, policies and
1497		-	guidelines and with prior approval of the Commissioner of Consumer
1498		-	Protection, transfer or distribute drugs, [or] controlled drugs or medical
1499		-	devices to a licensed pharmacy, a registrant authorized by state or
1500		-	federal law to be in possession of controlled substances, or a location
1501		-	authorized by the commissioner. Such registrant shall record the
1502		-	transfer accurately and in compliance with all state and federal statutes
1503		-	and regulations and shall report the transfer, in writing, to the
1504		-	commissioner.
1505		-	Sec. 34. Section 21a-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the
1506		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1507		-
1508		-	Public Act No. 22-104 46 of 91
1509		-
1510		-	(a) For the purposes of this section: [(1) "consumer commodity" and
1511		-	"unit of a consumer commodity" have]
1512		-	(1) "Alcoholic liquor" has the same meaning as provided in section
1513		-	30-1, as amended by this act;
1514		-	(2) "Carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate
1515		-	sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, carton or jar containing a
1516		-	carbonated liquid soft drink that is sold separately or in packages of not
1517		-	more than twenty-four individual containers;
1518		-	(3) "Consumer commodity" has the same meaning as provided in
1519		-	section 21a-73, except that [consumer commodity] "consumer
1520		-	commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor [, as defined in
1521		-	subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] or a carbonated soft drink container; [(2)
1522		-	"carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate, sealed
1523		-	glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or carton containing a carbonated
1524		-	liquid soft drink sold separately or in packages of not more than twenty-
1525		-	four individual containers; (3) "universal product coding"]
1526		-	(4) "Electronic pricing system" means a system that utilizes, by means
1527		-	of a scanner, universal product coding bar codes in combination with a
1528		-	cash register to record and total a consumer's purchases;
1529		-	(5) "Electronic shelf labeling system" means an electronic system that
1530		-	utilizes an electronic device which (A) is attached to a shelf, or at any
1531		-	other point of sale, immediately above or below an item, (B) clearly and
1532		-	conspicuously displays to consumers the price and unit price of a
1533		-	consumer commodity, and (C) reads the same data as an electronic cash
1534		-	register scanning system;
1535		-	(6) "End cap display" means a location in a retail sales area that is at
1536		-	the immediate end of an aisle;
1537		-	(7) "Unit of a consumer commodity" has the same meaning as Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1538		-
1539		-	Public Act No. 22-104 47 of 91
1540		-
1541		-	provided in section 21a-73; and
1542		-	(8) "Universal product coding" means any system of coding that
1543		-	entails electronic pricing. [; (4) an electronic shelf labeling system is an
1544		-	electronic system that utilizes an electronic device attached to the shelf
1545		-	or at any other point of sale, immediately below or above the item, that
1546		-	conspicuously and clearly displays to the consumer the unit price and
1547		-	the price of the consumer commodity. Such electronic shelf labeling
1548		-	system reads the exact same data as the electronic cash register scanning
1549		-	system; and (5) an electronic pricing system is a system that utilizes the
1550		-	universal product coding bar code by means of a scanner in combination
1551		-	with the cash register to record and total a customer's purchases.]
1552		-	(b) (1) (A) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or
1553		-	partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses universal
1554		-	product coding [in totaling] to total a retail [customer's] consumer's
1555		-	purchases shall mark, or cause to be marked, each consumer commodity
1556		-	that bears a [Universal Product Code] universal product code with [its]
1557		-	such consumer commodity's retail price.
1558		-	(B) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or
1559		-	partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses an
1560		-	electronic pricing system [in totaling] to total a retail consumer's
1561		-	purchases shall provide [each] to such consumer [with] an item-by-item
1562		-	digital display, plainly visible to [the] such consumer as each universal
1563		-	[pricing] product code is scanned, of the price of each carbonated soft
1564		-	drink container or consumer commodity, [or carbonated soft drink
1565		-	container,] or both, which such consumer has selected for purchase [by
1566		-	such consumer prior to accepting] before such person, association,
1567		-	corporation, firm or partnership accepts payment from such consumer
1568		-	for such carbonated soft drink container or consumer commodity, or
1569		-	[container] both. The provisions of this subparagraph [do] shall not be
1570		-	construed to apply to any person who, or association, corporation, firm
1571		-	[,] or partnership [, association or corporation] that, is operating in a Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1572		-
1573		-	Public Act No. 22-104 48 of 91
1574		-
1575		-	retail sales area of not more than ten thousand square feet.
1576		-	(2) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this
1577		-	subsection shall not apply if [:] (A) [The] the Commissioner of Consumer
1578		-	Protection, by regulation, allows for the [utilization] use of electronic
1579		-	shelf labeling systems, [;] (B) [a retailer is granted] the commissioner
1580		-	grants to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership
1581		-	approval to [utilize] use an electronic shelf labeling system, [by the
1582		-	commissioner;] (C) the [retailer has demonstrated] person, association,
1583		-	corporation, firm or partnership demonstrates, to the commissioner's
1584		-	satisfaction, [of the commissioner] that such electronic shelf labeling
1585		-	system is supported by an electronic pricing system that [utilizes] uses
1586		-	universal product coding [in totaling] to total a retail [customer's]
1587		-	consumer's purchases, [;] and (D) [the retailer] such person, association,
1588		-	corporation, firm or partnership has received the commissioner's
1589		-	approval for such an electronic pricing system. [by the commissioner.]
1590		-	(3) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this
1591		-	subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or
1592		-	partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer has met] the conditions [of] established
1593		-	in subdivision (2) of this subsection [;] have been satisfied, and (B) the
1594		-	[retailer] person, association, corporation, firm or partnership has
1595		-	received the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's permission [by the
1596		-	commissioner] to suspend implementation of the electronic pricing
1597		-	system for a period, not to exceed thirty days, [in order to allow the
1598		-	retailer] to enable such person, association, corporation, firm or
1599		-	partnership, or an agent acting on behalf of [the retailer] such person,
1600		-	association, corporation, firm or partnership, to [reset,] remodel, repair,
1601		-	reset or otherwise modify such electronic pricing system at the retail
1602		-	establishment.
1603		-	(4) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this
1604		-	subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or
1605		-	partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer] the person, association, corporation, Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1606		-
1607		-	Public Act No. 22-104 49 of 91
1608		-
1609		-	firm or partnership applies for, and [is approved for] the Commissioner
1610		-	of Consumer Protection approves, an exemption [by the Commissioner
1611		-	of Consumer Protection] for such person, association, corporation, firm
1612		-	or partnership, (B) [the retailer] such person, association, corporation,
1613		-	firm or partnership demonstrates, to the commissioner's satisfaction, [of
1614		-	the commissioner] that [the retailer] such person, association,
1615		-	corporation, firm or partnership has achieved price scanner accuracy of
1616		-	at least ninety-eight per cent, as determined by the latest version of the
1617		-	National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130,
1618		-	"Examination Procedures for Price Verification", as adopted by The
1619		-	National Conference on Weights and Measures, [",] (C) [the retailer]
1620		-	such person, association, corporation, firm or partnership pays an
1621		-	application fee, to be used to offset annual inspection costs, of three
1622		-	hundred fifteen dollars, if the premises consists of less than twenty
1623		-	thousand square feet of retail space, [and] or six hundred twenty-five
1624		-	dollars, if the premises consists of at least twenty thousand square feet
1625		-	[or more] of retail space, (D) [the retailer] such person, association,
1626		-	corporation, firm or partnership makes available a consumer price test
1627		-	scanner that is approved by the commissioner and located prominently
1628		-	in an easily accessible location for each twelve thousand square feet of
1629		-	retail floor space, or fraction thereof, and (E) price accuracy inspections
1630		-	resulting in less than ninety-eight per cent price scanner accuracy are
1631		-	reinspected, without penalty, and [the retailer] such person, association,
1632		-	corporation, firm or partnership pays a two-hundred-fifty-dollar
1633		-	reinspection fee.
1634		-	(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection, consumer
1635		-	commodities that are offered for sale and [that are] located on an end
1636		-	cap display within the retail sales area [are] shall not be subject to the
1637		-	requirements [specified under] established in this subsection, provided
1638		-	any information that would otherwise have been made available to a
1639		-	consumer pursuant to this section is clearly and conspicuously posted
1640		-	on or adjacent to such end cap. [For purposes of this subdivision, "end Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1641		-
1642		-	Public Act No. 22-104 50 of 91
1643		-
1644		-	cap display" means the location in the retail sales area that is at the
1645		-	immediate end of an aisle.]
1646		-	(6) Consumer commodities that are advertised in a publicly
1647		-	circulated printed form as being offered for sale at a reduced retail price
1648		-	for a minimum seven-day period need not be individually marked at
1649		-	such reduced retail price, provided such consumer commodities are
1650		-	individually marked with their regular retail price and a conspicuous
1651		-	sign [is] adjacent to such consumer commodities [, which sign] discloses
1652		-	[:] (A) [The] such reduced retail price and [its] the unit price [;] of such
1653		-	consumer commodities, and (B) a statement disclosing that [the item]
1654		-	the cashier will [be] electronically [priced] price such consumer
1655		-	commodities at [the] such reduced price. [by the cashier.]
1656		-	(7) [If] (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this
1657		-	subdivision, if a consumer commodity is offered for sale and [its] the
1658		-	consumer commodity's electronic price is higher than the posted price,
1659		-	then one item of such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty
1660		-	dollars, shall be given to the consumer at no cost to the consumer. A
1661		-	conspicuous sign shall adequately disclose to the consumer that in the
1662		-	event the electronic price is higher than the posted retail price, one item
1663		-	of such consumer commodity shall be given to the [customer] consumer
1664		-	at no cost to the consumer.
1665		-	(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall not
1666		-	apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership in cases
1667		-	where the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership (i)
1668		-	improperly fails to redeem a digital or paper coupon which, if properly
1669		-	redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity, or (ii) fails
1670		-	to remove a sign adjoining a consumer commodity and disclosing a
1671		-	time-limited reduced price for the consumer commodity after the time
1672		-	period specified for such reduced price has expired.
1673		-	(8) If a consumer presents a digital or paper coupon which, if Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1674		-
1675		-	Public Act No. 22-104 51 of 91
1676		-
1677		-	properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity
1678		-	and the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership fails to
1679		-	properly redeem such coupon, such person, association, corporation,
1680		-	firm or partnership shall provide to the consumer a refund in an amount
1681		-	that is equal to the value of such coupon. If a person, association,
1682		-	corporation, firm or partnership offers a consumer commodity for sale
1683		-	at a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such
1684		-	reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity following
1685		-	expiration of such time period, the person, association, corporation, firm
1686		-	or partnership shall only require a consumer to pay the reduced price
1687		-	disclosed in such sign for such consumer commodity.
1688		-	(c) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt
1689		-	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning
1690		-	the marking of prices, and use of universal product coding, on each unit
1691		-	of a consumer commodity.
1692		-	(2) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt
1693		-	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, designating
1694		-	not more than twelve consumer commodities that need not be marked
1695		-	in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of
1696		-	this section and specifying the method of providing adequate disclosure
1697		-	to consumers to [insure] ensure that the electronic pricing of the
1698		-	designated consumer commodities is accurate. The commissioner may
1699		-	also establish, by regulation, methods to protect consumers against
1700		-	electronic pricing errors of such designated consumer commodities and
1701		-	to [insure] ensure that the electronic prices of such designated consumer
1702		-	commodities are accurate. Among the methods that the commissioner
1703		-	may consider are conditions similar to those set forth in subdivision (5)
1704		-	of subsection (b) of this section.
1705		-	(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing
1706		-	notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of
1707		-	chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1708		-
1709		-	Public Act No. 22-104 52 of 91
1710		-
1711		-	not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more
1712		-	than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person [,]
1713		-	who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or
1714		-	corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section,
1715		-	or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Any
1716		-	person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [,
1717		-	association or corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b)
1718		-	of this section, or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of
1719		-	this section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the
1720		-	first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each
1721		-	subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a
1722		-	particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a
1723		-	single offense.
1724		-	Sec. 35. Section 21a-79b of the general statutes is repealed and the
1725		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1726		-	(a) For the purposes of this section, "consumer commodity" has the
1727		-	same meaning as provided in section [21a-73, except that "consumer
1728		-	commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision
1729		-	(3) of section 30-1, or a carbonated soft drink container] 21a-79, as
1730		-	amended by this act.
1731		-	(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79, as amended
1732		-	by this act, and except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,
1733		-	if a retailer offers to a consumer a consumer commodity, including, but
1734		-	not limited to, [fruits] any fruit or [vegetables] vegetable weighed at the
1735		-	point of sale, [is offered for sale by a retailer] and [its] the price of the
1736		-	consumer commodity to the consumer at the point of sale is [higher]
1737		-	greater than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price for such
1738		-	consumer commodity, [then] such retailer shall give such consumer
1739		-	commodity [, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given] to [the]
1740		-	such consumer, at no cost to such consumer, if the value of such
1741		-	consumer commodity is not more than twenty dollars. [A conspicuous] Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1742		-
1743		-	Public Act No. 22-104 53 of 91
1744		-
1745		-	Retailers shall post a sign, [shall] in a conspicuous location, which
1746		-	adequately [disclose] discloses to [the consumer] consumers that in the
1747		-	event [such] the retail price of a consumer commodity is [higher] greater
1748		-	than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price [,] for the consumer
1749		-	commodity, the retailer shall give such consumer commodity [shall be
1750		-	given] to the [customer] consumer at no cost to the consumer.
1751		-	(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply
1752		-	to a retailer if the retailer (A) improperly fails to redeem a digital or
1753		-	paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a
1754		-	consumer commodity, or (B) fails to remove a sign adjoining a consumer
1755		-	commodity and disclosing a time-limited reduced price for the
1756		-	consumer commodity after the time period specified for such reduced
1757		-	price has expired.
1758		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21-79 and except as
1759		-	provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a consumer presents a
1760		-	digital or paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the
1761		-	price of a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, any fruit
1762		-	or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, and the retailer fails to
1763		-	properly redeem such coupon, such retailer shall provide to the
1764		-	consumer a refund in an amount that is equal to the value of such
1765		-	coupon. If a retailer offers a consumer commodity, including, but not
1766		-	limited to, any fruit or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, for sale at
1767		-	a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such
1768		-	reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity after
1769		-	expiration of such time period, the retailer shall only require a consumer
1770		-	to pay the reduced price disclosed in such sign for such consumer
1771		-	commodity.
1772		-	[(c)] (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing
1773		-	notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of
1774		-	chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of
1775		-	not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1776		-
1777		-	Public Act No. 22-104 54 of 91
1778		-
1779		-	than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person
1780		-	who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or
1781		-	corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this
1782		-	section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer
1783		-	commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.
1784		-	[(d)] (e) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person,
1785		-	association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or
1786		-	corporation] operating in a retail sales area of not more than ten
1787		-	thousand square feet.
1788		-	Sec. 36. Section 42-133ff of the general statutes is repealed and the
1789		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1790		-	(a) For the purposes of this section:
1791		-	(1) (A) "Agent" (i) means any person who (I) arranges for the
1792		-	distribution of services by another person, or (II) leases, rents or sells
1793		-	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other
1794		-	article, commodity or thing of value, on behalf of another person, and
1795		-	(ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any person who is duly appointed
1796		-	as an agent by a common c arrier, (II) any person who sells
1797		-	transportation, travel or vacation arrangements on behalf of another
1798		-	person who is engaged in the business of furnishing transportation,
1799		-	travel or vacation services, and (III) any member of a cruise line
1800		-	association that operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines to sell
1801		-	cruise travel products or services.
1802		-	(B) "Agent" does not mean (i) a common carrier, (ii) an employee of a
1803		-	common carrier, or (iii) any person engaged in the business of
1804		-	furnishing transportation, travel or vacation services.
1805		-	(2) "Charge card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is
1806		-	issued, with or without a fee, to a holder and requires the holder to pay
1807		-	the full outstanding balance due on such card, device or instrument at Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1808		-
1809		-	Public Act No. 22-104 55 of 91
1810		-
1811		-	the end of each standard billing cycle established by the issuer of such
1812		-	card, device or instrument, and (ii) may be used by the holder in a
1813		-	transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent tangible or
1814		-	intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other article,
1815		-	commodity or thing of value, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any
1816		-	software application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card,
1817		-	device or instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive
1818		-	such services or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article,
1819		-	commodity or thing.
1820		-	(3) "Credit card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is
1821		-	issued, with or without a fee, to a holder, and (ii) may be used by the
1822		-	holder in a transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent
1823		-	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other
1824		-	article, commodity or thing of value on credit, regardless of whether
1825		-	such card, device or instrument is known as a credit card, credit plate or
1826		-	by any other name, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any software
1827		-	application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card, device or
1828		-	instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive such services
1829		-	or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article, commodity or thing
1830		-	on credit.
1831		-	(4) (A) "Debit card" (i) means any card, code, device or other means
1832		-	of access, or any combination thereof, that (I) is authorized or issued for
1833		-	use to debit an asset account held, directly or indirectly, by a financial
1834		-	institution, and (II) may be used in a transaction to receive services or
1835		-	lease, purchase or rent tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed
1836		-	property, or any other article, commodity or thing of value regardless of
1837		-	whether such card, code, device, means or combination is known as a
1838		-	debit card, and (ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any software
1839		-	application that is used to store a digital form of such card, code, device
1840		-	or other means of access, or any combination thereof, that may be used
1841		-	in a transaction to receive such services or lease, purchase or rent any Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1842		-
1843		-	Public Act No. 22-104 56 of 91
1844		-
1845		-	such property, article, commodity or thing, and (II) any cards, codes,
1846		-	devices or other means of access, or any combination thereof, commonly
1847		-	known as automated teller machine cards and payroll cards.
1848		-	(B) "Debit card" does not mean (i) a check, draft or similar paper
1849		-	instrument, or (ii) any electronic representation of such check, draft or
1850		-	instrument.
1851		-	(5) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, incorporated or
1852		-	unincorporated association, limited liability company, partnership,
1853		-	trust or other legal entity.
1854		-	(6) "Surcharge" means any additional charge or fee that increases the
1855		-	total amount of a transaction for the privilege of using a particular form
1856		-	of payment.
1857		-	(7) (A) "Transaction" means distribution by one person to another
1858		-	person of any service, or the lease, rental or sale by one person of any
1859		-	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other
1860		-	article, commodity or thing of value to another person, for a certain
1861		-	price.
1862		-	(B) "Transaction" does not mean payment of any (i) fees, costs, fines
1863		-	or other charges to a state agency authorized by the Secretary of the
1864		-	Office of Policy and Management under section 1-1j, (ii) taxes, penalties,
1865		-	interest and fees allowed by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in
1866		-	accordance with section 12-39r, (iii) taxes, penalties, interest and fees, or
1867		-	other charges, to a municipality in accordance with section 12-141a, (iv)
1868		-	fees, costs, fines or other charges to the Judicial Branch in accordance
1869		-	with section 51-193b, or (v) sum pursuant to any other provision of the
1870		-	general statutes or regulation of Connecticut state agencies.
1871		-	[(a)] (b) No [seller] person may impose a surcharge [on a buyer who
1872		-	elects to use any method of payment, including, but not limited to, cash,
1873		-	check, credit card or electronic means, in] on any [sales] transaction. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1874		-
1875		-	Public Act No. 22-104 57 of 91
1876		-
1877		-	[(b) Any seller who accepts or offers to accept a bank credit card
1878		-	bearing a trade name as a means of payment shall accept any bank credit
1879		-	card bearing such trade name presented by a cardholder,
1880		-	notwithstanding the identity of the card issuer. For the purposes of this
1881		-	subsection, "bank credit card" means any credit card issued by a bank,
1882		-	savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union.]
1883		-	(c) (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any [seller] person from
1884		-	offering a discount [to a buyer] on any transaction to induce [such buyer
1885		-	to pay] payment by cash, check, debit card [, check] or similar means
1886		-	rather than by charge card or credit card. No person may offer any such
1887		-	discount unless such person posts a notice disclosing such discount.
1888		-	Such person shall clearly and conspicuously (A) post such notice on
1889		-	such person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person,
1890		-	(B) display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment
1891		-	application before completing any online transaction or transaction that
1892		-	is processed by way of such digital payment application, and (C)
1893		-	verbally provide such notice before completing any oral transaction,
1894		-	including, but not limited to, any telephonic transaction.
1895		-	(2) In furtherance of the legislative findings contained in section 42-
1896		-	133j, no existing or future agreement or contract [or agreement] shall
1897		-	prohibit a gasoline distributor or retailer [or distributor] from offering a
1898		-	discount to a buyer based upon the method [of payment by] such buyer
1899		-	uses to pay for such gasoline. Any provision in such [contract or]
1900		-	agreement or contract prohibiting such [retailer or] distributor or
1901		-	retailer from offering such discount is void and without effect [as]
1902		-	because such provision is contrary to public policy.
1903		-	[(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any seller from conditioning
1904		-	acceptance of a credit card on a buyer's minimum purchase. Each seller
1905		-	shall disclose any such minimum purchase policy orally or in writing at
1906		-	the point of purchase. For the purposes of this subsection, "at the point
1907		-	of purchase" includes, but is not limited to, at or on a cash register and Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1908		-
1909		-	Public Act No. 22-104 58 of 91
1910		-
1911		-	in an advertisement or menu.
1912		-	(e) No provider of travel services may impose a surcharge on or
1913		-	reduce the commission paid to a travel agent who acts as an agent for
1914		-	such provider if the buyer uses a credit card to purchase such provider's
1915		-	travel services. A violation of any provision of this subsection shall be
1916		-	deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of
1917		-	section 42-110b. As used in this subsection, "provider of travel services"
1918		-	means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of
1919		-	furnishing travel, transportation or vacation services, but does not
1920		-	include a travel agent, and "travel agent" means a person, firm,
1921		-	corporation or other entity that (1) is (A) a duly appointed agent of a
1922		-	common carrier, or (B) a member of a cruise line association and
1923		-	operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines in the sale of cruise
1924		-	travel products or services, and (2) offers or sells travel, transportation
1925		-	or vacation arrangements as an agent for a provider of travel services,
1926		-	but does not include a common carrier or an employee of a common
1927		-	carrier.]
1928		-	(d) No person shall condition acceptance of a charge card or credit
1929		-	card for a transaction on a requirement that the transaction be in a
1930		-	minimum amount unless such person discloses such requirement. Such
1931		-	person shall clearly and conspicuously (1) post such notice on such
1932		-	person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person, (2)
1933		-	display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment
1934		-	application before completing any online transaction or transaction
1935		-	processed by way of such digital payment application, and (3) verbally
1936		-	provide such notice before completing any oral transaction, including,
1937		-	but not limited to, any telephonic transaction.
1938		-	(e) No person may reduce the amount of any commission paid to an
1939		-	agent for such person in a transaction because a charge card or credit
1940		-	card was used to provide payment as part of such transaction. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1941		-
1942		-	Public Act No. 22-104 59 of 91
1943		-
1944		-	(f) A violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed an
1945		-	unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-
1946		-	110b. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose an
1947		-	additional civil penalty for any violation of this section. The amount of
1948		-	such additional civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars per
1949		-	violation. Payments of such additional civil penalty shall be deposited
1950		-	in the consumer protection enforcement account established in section
1951		-	21a-8a.
1952		-	(g) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt
1953		-	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
1954		-	implement the provisions of this section.
1955		-	Sec. 37. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Any contractor who is licensed
1956		-	under chapter 393 of the general statutes and engaged to perform work
1957		-	on a private residence, and any person who owns or controls a business
1958		-	that is engaged to perform work on, or render services concerning, a
1959		-	private residence through persons licensed under chapter 393 of the
1960		-	general statutes to perform such work or render such services, shall
1961		-	include in the invoice or work order for such work or services, provided
1962		-	such invoice or work order is not signed by the consumer and therefore
1963		-	may constitute a contract, when complete: (1) The full legal name and
1964		-	license number of such licensed contractor or the licensed contractor of
1965		-	record for such business for such work or services, which licensed
1966		-	contractor or licensed contractor of record is liable for the work of any
1967		-	individual who performs work on such contractor's behalf related to the
1968		-	invoiced work or services; (2) such licensed contractor's address or, in
1969		-	the case of a business, the business's address and phone number; (3) a
1970		-	description of such work or services; (4) the labor and material costs of
1971		-	such work or services; (5) the date or dates on which such work was
1972		-	performed or services were rendered; and (6) the complete name of each
1973		-	licensee who performed such work or rendered such services. For the
1974		-	purposes of this section, "private residence" has the same meaning as Substitute House Bill No. 5330
1975		-
1976		-	Public Act No. 22-104 60 of 91
1977		-
1978		-	provided in section 20-419 of the general statutes.
1979		-	Sec. 38. Section 16a-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the
1980		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1981		-	(a) As used in this section and sections [16a-17] 16a-18 to 16a-20,
1982		-	inclusive:
1983		-	[(1) "Fuel" includes electricity, natural gas, petroleum products, coal
1984		-	and coal products, wood fuels, radioactive materials and any other
1985		-	resource yielding energy;]
1986		-	[(2)] (1) "Creating a fuel shortage" means the diminution by
1987		-	contrivance or artificial means of the supply of fuel to a point below that
1988		-	needed to meet consumer demands adequately; [.] and
1989		-	(2) "Fuel" includes coal and coal products, electricity, natural gas,
1990		-	petroleum products, radioactive materials, wood fuels and any other
1991		-	resource yielding energy.
1992		-	(b) As used in sections 16a-21, as amended by this act, 16a-22a and
1993		-	16a-22k:
1994		-	(1) "Associated equipment" means a gas line, gas regulator, [gas line,]
1995		-	sacrificial anode, interconnecting hardware and [such] any other
1996		-	equipment that is necessary [for the installation and operation of] to
1997		-	install and operate a propane tank;
1998		-	(2) "Automatic delivery" means the delivery of heating fuel to a
1999		-	consumer by a dealer [pursuant to] under a system determined by the
2000		-	dealer of calculating the consumer's heating fuel needs [of the
2001		-	consumer,] based on the consumer's [consumption of] heating fuel
2002		-	consumption;
2003		-	(3) "Cash" (A) means [legal tender,] a certified or cashier's check,
2004		-	commercial money order, legal tender or equivalent of such [legal Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2005		-
2006		-	Public Act No. 22-104 61 of 91
2007		-
2008		-	tender,] check, [or] money order [. Cash also] or legal tender, and (B)
2009		-	includes a guaranteed payment on behalf of a consumer by a
2010		-	government or community action agency, provided no discount is taken
2011		-	for the charge as billed;
2012		-	(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
2013		-	Protection;
2014		-	(5) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a
2015		-	heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heat for
2016		-	residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more dwelling
2017		-	units within a structure having not more than four dwelling units;
2018		-	(6) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two
2019		-	hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel,
2020		-	subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to
2021		-	section 43-42;
2022		-	(7) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any
2023		-	petroleum product regulated pursuant to chapter 250, used as the
2024		-	primary source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including
2025		-	petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;]
2026		-	(8) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group
2027		-	of individuals who, or a cooperative, corporation, firm, limited liability
2028		-	company or partnership [, corporation, cooperative or limited liability
2029		-	company] that, offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to a
2030		-	consumer;
2031		-	(9) "Lessee" means a natural person who rents or leases personal
2032		-	property under a consumer rental or lease agreement;
2033		-	(10) "Lessor" means a heating fuel dealer who regularly provides the
2034		-	use of personal property through consumer rental or lease agreements
2035		-	and to whom rent is paid at a fixed interval for the use of such property; Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2036		-
2037		-	Public Act No. 22-104 62 of 91
2038		-
2039		-	(11) "Notice of termination of automatic delivery" means a notice by
2040		-	a consumer to a dealer providing automatic delivery in which the
2041		-	consumer requests that the dealer [to] terminate such automatic
2042		-	delivery; and
2043		-	(12) "Purchase price" or "commercially reasonable price" means a
2044		-	price that does not exceed the fair market value of [the] a propane tank
2045		-	and associated equipment, as applicable.
2046		-	Sec. 39. Subsection (b) of section 16a-21 of the general statutes is
2047		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2048		-	passage):
2049		-	(b) If a consumer complaint is being mediated or investigated by the
2050		-	commissioner, the heating fuel dealer, if it owns the tank and has
2051		-	exclusive fill requirements, may not deny the consumer deliveries of
2052		-	heating fuel, [from October first to March thirty-first, inclusive] or fuel
2053		-	for cooking or power generation, because of the existence of the
2054		-	mediation or investigation, provided the heating fuel dealer remains the
2055		-	exclusive supplier of [heating] such fuel and the consumer pays cash for
2056		-	such fuel upon delivery.
2057		-	Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 16a-23m of the general statutes is
2058		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2059		-	passage):
2060		-	(a) As used in this section, sections 16a-23n to 16a-23s, inclusive, and
2061		-	section 16a-23v:
2062		-	(1) "Budget plan" means a type of contract offering heating fuel [,]
2063		-	that may be paid for in advance of, on or after delivery and is paid for
2064		-	in not less than three installment payments over a period of at least one
2065		-	hundred twenty days, [or more,] provided the amount required to be
2066		-	paid as the first payment under such contract is not greater than fifty
2067		-	per cent of the remaining amount due under [the plan] such contract; Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2068		-
2069		-	Public Act No. 22-104 63 of 91
2070		-
2071		-	(2) "Capped price plan" means [an agreement where] a contract
2072		-	which provides that the cost to the consumer [of] for heating fuel shall
2073		-	not increase above a specified price per gallon and the consumer shall
2074		-	pay less than [the] such specified price under circumstances specified in
2075		-	such contract;
2076		-	(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
2077		-	Protection;
2078		-	(4) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a
2079		-	heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heating
2080		-	fuel for residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more
2081		-	dwelling units within a structure having not more than four dwelling
2082		-	units;
2083		-	(5) "Forwards contract" means an agreement between two parties to
2084		-	buy or sell an asset at a certain future time for a certain price;
2085		-	(6) "Futures contract" means a standardized, transferable, exchange-
2086		-	traded agreement that requires delivery of heating fuel at a specified
2087		-	price on a specified future date;
2088		-	(7) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two
2089		-	hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel,
2090		-	subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to
2091		-	section 43-42;
2092		-	(8) "Guaranteed price plan", also known as "guaranteed plan", "fixed
2093		-	price", "full price", "lock in", "capped", "price cap", or other similar
2094		-	terminology, when used to describe a contract, means a type of contract
2095		-	that is not paid in advance of delivery, offering heating fuel at a
2096		-	guaranteed future price or at a maximum future price;
2097		-	(9) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any
2098		-	petroleum product regulated pursuant to chapter 250, used as a primary Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2099		-
2100		-	Public Act No. 22-104 64 of 91
2101		-
2102		-	source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including
2103		-	petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;]
2104		-	(10) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group
2105		-	of individuals who, or a [firm, partnership, corporation,] cooperative,
2106		-	[or] corporation, firm, limited liability company or partnership that,
2107		-	offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to consumers;
2108		-	(11) "Heating oil" means a [predominantly liquefied] petroleum
2109		-	product, including a petroleum product known as #1 oil (kerosene), #2
2110		-	oil (heating oil), #4 oil, bio fuel or any bio fuel blended with
2111		-	conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities, that (A) is
2112		-	predominantly liquid at ambient temperatures, [that is] (B) is sold as a
2113		-	commodity, [and] (C) is a primary source of residential heating or
2114		-	domestic hot water, [including products known as #2 oil (heating oil),
2115		-	#1 oil (kerosene), #4 oil, bio fuels, or any bio fuel blended with
2116		-	conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities] and [that] (D) meets the
2117		-	requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials
2118		-	Standard D396, as amended from time to time;
2119		-	(12) "Maintain" means retention of the balance, measured in gallons
2120		-	or other accepted units of measure, of heating fuel that remains to be
2121		-	delivered to consumers who are party to a guaranteed price plan
2122		-	contract;
2123		-	(13) "Physical supply contract" means an agreement for wet barrels
2124		-	or gallons of heating fuel that [has been] is secured by a heating fuel
2125		-	dealer;
2126		-	(14) "Prepaid guaranteed price plan", also known as "buy ahead",
2127		-	"prebuy", "prebought" or other similar terminology, when used to
2128		-	describe a contract, means a type of contract offering heating fuel at a
2129		-	guaranteed price, paid for in advance of delivery, but does not include
2130		-	a budget plan; Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2131		-
2132		-	Public Act No. 22-104 65 of 91
2133		-
2134		-	(15) "Propane" or "liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)" means a petroleum
2135		-	product that (A) meets [ASTM] American Society for Testing and
2136		-	Materials specification D1835, as amended from time to time, [and] (B)
2137		-	is composed predominantly of [any of the following hydrocarbons or
2138		-	mixtures thereof: Propane, propylene,] butanes (normal butane or
2139		-	isobutane), [and] butylenes, propane, propylene or any mixture thereof,
2140		-	and (C) is intended for use, among other things, as a fuel for residential
2141		-	heating; and
2142		-	(16) "Surety bond" means a bond, issued by a licensed insurance
2143		-	company or banking institution, as surety for a dealer and obligating
2144		-	[the] surety to the commissioner, in a sum certain, in guaranty of the
2145		-	dealer's full and faithful performance [by the dealer] of prepaid
2146		-	guaranteed price plan contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter.
2147		-	Sec. 41. Section 16a-23o of the general statutes is repealed and the
2148		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2149		-	Any person, firm or corporation required to register as a [home
2150		-	heating oil or propane gas] heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-
2151		-	23m, as amended by this act, that offers plumbing or heating work
2152		-	service shall submit evidence, deemed satisfactory by the Commissioner
2153		-	of Consumer Protection, when registering, that such person, firm or
2154		-	corporation subcontracts with or employs only persons licensed or
2155		-	registered pursuant to chapter 393 to perform such work. Such person,
2156		-	firm or corporation shall attest, when applying for registration as a
2157		-	heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-23m, as amended by this act,
2158		-	that all plumbing or heating work service shall be performed in
2159		-	accordance with the provisions of chapter 393. Anyone registered under
2160		-	this section who offers such plumbing or heating services shall display
2161		-	the state license number of the subcontractor or employee performing
2162		-	such work for the registrant on all commercial vehicles used in their
2163		-	business and shall display such number in a conspicuous manner on all
2164		-	printed advertisements, bid proposals, contracts, invoices and Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2165		-
2166		-	Public Act No. 22-104 66 of 91
2167		-
2168		-	stationery used in the business.
2169		-	Sec. 42. Section 20-334d of the general statutes is repealed and the
2170		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2171		-	(a) As used in this section:
2172		-	(1) "Accredited continuing professional education" means any
2173		-	education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain
2174		-	professional competence in the [pursuit,] practice, pursuit and
2175		-	standards of electrical work or plumbing and piping work, [and that is]
2176		-	(B) approved by the commissioner, and [is] (C) provided (i) by an
2177		-	agency, institution or organization [, institution or agency that is] that
2178		-	has been approved by the commissioner, and (ii) in-person or through
2179		-	an online technology platform that includes real-time video with audio,
2180		-	requires participants to periodically confirm their active engagement
2181		-	during the educational training session and enables participants to
2182		-	interact with instructors in real time during the entire educational
2183		-	training session;
2184		-	(2) "Certificate of continuing education" means a document [issued to
2185		-	an electrician or plumber by an organization, institution or agency] that
2186		-	(A) an agency, institution or organization that has been approved by the
2187		-	commissioner [that] and offers accredited continuing professional
2188		-	education [, which (A)] issues to an electrician or plumber, (B) certifies
2189		-	that an electrician or plumber has satisfactorily completed a specified
2190		-	number of continuing education hours, and [(B)] (C) bears the (i) name
2191		-	of such agency, institution or organization, [institution or agency, the]
2192		-	(ii) title of the program, [the] (iii) dates during which the program was
2193		-	conducted, [the] (iv) number of continuing education hours
2194		-	satisfactorily completed, and [the] (v) signature of the director of such
2195		-	[organization, institution or agency or the signature of the] agency,
2196		-	institution or organization or of such director's authorized agent; and Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2197		-
2198		-	Public Act No. 22-104 67 of 91
2199		-
2200		-	(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
2201		-	Protection.
2202		-	(b) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Electrical
2203		-	Work Board established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-331,
2204		-	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) [establish]
2205		-	Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing
2206		-	professional education for electricians licensed pursuant to sections 20-
2207		-	330 to 20-341, inclusive; (2) establish qualifying criteria for accredited
2208		-	continuing professional education programs and establish qualifying
2209		-	criteria for acceptable certificates of continuing education; and (3)
2210		-	provide for the waiver of required accredited continuing professional
2211		-	education for electricians for good cause. Such regulations shall require
2212		-	not less than four hours per year of accredited continuing professional
2213		-	education for such electricians, except upon request of the Electrical
2214		-	Work Board, the commissioner may increase such hours to a maximum
2215		-	of seven hours.
2216		-	(c) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Plumbing
2217		-	and Piping Work Board established pursuant to subsection (d) of section
2218		-	20-331, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1)
2219		-	[establish] Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing
2220		-	professional education for plumbers licensed pursuant to sections 20-
2221		-	330 to 20-341, inclusive, which regulations shall require not more than a
2222		-	total of seven hours of accredited continuing professional education
2223		-	every two years, except in the event of significant changes to the
2224		-	building code, as approved by the International Code Council, that
2225		-	relate to plumbing, the commissioner, at such commissioner's
2226		-	discretion, may require more than a total of seven hours of accredited
2227		-	continuing professional education every two years; (2) establish
2228		-	qualifying criteria for accredited continuing professional education
2229		-	programs and establish qualifying criteria for acceptable certificates of
2230		-	continuing education; and (3) provide for the waiver of required Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2231		-
2232		-	Public Act No. 22-104 68 of 91
2233		-
2234		-	accredited continuing professional education for plumbers for good
2235		-	cause.
2236		-	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section,
2237		-	any person who has been issued a P-6, P-7, W-8 or W-9 license pursuant
2238		-	to section 20-334a and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall
2239		-	not be required to meet the continuing education requirements
2240		-	established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
2241		-	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive,
2242		-	of this section, all accredited continuing professional education offered
2243		-	under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Limit class size to (A) fifty
2244		-	attendees if such accredited continuing professional education is offered
2245		-	in-person, or (B) twenty-five attendees if such accredited continuing
2246		-	professional education is offered through an online technology
2247		-	platform; (2) not be offered or held at the place of business of a licensed
2248		-	plumbing contractor if such accredited continuing professional
2249		-	education is for plumbers and offered in-person; and (3) not be offered
2250		-	or held at the place of business of a licensed electrical contractor if such
2251		-	accredited continuing professional education is for electricians and
2252		-	offered in-person. A provider of an accredited continuing professional
2253		-	education course shall retain an audio-visual recording of such course
2254		-	for a period of not less than thirty days after completion of such course.
2255		-	Recordings shall be made available to the department upon the
2256		-	department's request for such recordings.
2257		-	Sec. 43. Section 20-500 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
2258		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2259		-	passage):
2260		-	As used in this section and sections [20-500] 20-501 to 20-529e,
2261		-	inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
2262		-	(1) "Appraisal" means the practice of developing, in conformance Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2263		-
2264		-	Public Act No. 22-104 69 of 91
2265		-
2266		-	with the USPAP, an opinion of the value of real property. [, in
2267		-	conformance with the USPAP.]
2268		-	(2) "Appraisal Foundation" means the not-for-profit corporation
2269		-	referred to in Section 1121 of Title XI of FIRREA.
2270		-	(3) "Appraisal management company" means a ny person,
2271		-	[partnership,] association, corporation, limited liability company or
2272		-	[corporation] partnership that performs appraisal management
2273		-	services, [. "Appraisal management company"] but does not include:
2274		-	(A) An appraiser that enters into [a] an oral or written [or oral]
2275		-	agreement with another appraiser for the performance of an appraisal,
2276		-	which is signed by both appraisers upon completion;
2277		-	(B) An appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned
2278		-	and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial
2279		-	institution regulatory agency; [. For the purposes of this subdivision,
2280		-	"financial institution" means a bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an out-
2281		-	of-state bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an institutional lender, any
2282		-	subsidiary or affiliate of such bank, out-of-state bank or institutional
2283		-	lender, or other lender licensed by the Department of Banking;]
2284		-	(C) A department or [unit of a financial institution subject to
2285		-	regulation by an agency or department of the United States government
2286		-	or an agency of this state that only receives appraisal requests from an
2287		-	employee of such financial institution] division of an entity that
2288		-	provides appraisal management services exclusively to such entity; or
2289		-	(D) Any local, state or federal agency or department thereof.
2290		-	(4) "Appraisal management services" means: [any of the following:]
2291		-	(A) The administration of an appraiser panel;
2292		-	(B) The recruitment of certified appraisers to be part of an appraiser Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2293		-
2294		-	Public Act No. 22-104 70 of 91
2295		-
2296		-	panel, including, but not limited to, the negotiation of fees to be paid to,
2297		-	and services to be provided by, [such] the certified appraisers for their
2298		-	participation on [such] the appraiser panel; or
2299		-	(C) The receipt of an appraisal request or order, or an appraisal
2300		-	review request or order, and the delivery of such request or order to an
2301		-	appraiser panel.
2302		-	(5) "Appraiser panel" means a network of appraisers who are certified
2303		-	in accordance with the requirements established by the commission by
2304		-	regulation, [who] are independent contractors of an appraisal
2305		-	management company and [who] have:
2306		-	(A) Responded to an invitation, request or solicitation from an
2307		-	appraisal management company to perform appraisals (i) requested or
2308		-	ordered through [such] the appraisal management company, or (ii)
2309		-	directly for [such] the appraisal management company on a periodic
2310		-	basis as assigned by [the] such appraisal management company; and
2311		-	(B) Been selected and approved by [such] the appraisal management
2312		-	company.
2313		-	(6) "Bank" has the same meaning as provided in section 36a-2.
2314		-	[(6)] (7) "Certified appraiser" means a person who has satisfied the
2315		-	minimum requirements for a category of certification established by the
2316		-	commission by regulation. Such minimum requirements shall be
2317		-	consistent with guidelines established by the Appraisal Qualification
2318		-	Board of the Appraisal Foundation. The categories of certification shall
2319		-	include [, but may be modified by the commission thereafter,] one
2320		-	category denoted as "certified residential appraiser" and another
2321		-	denoted as "certified general appraiser". The commission may modify
2322		-	such categories of certification.
2323		-	[(7)] (8) "Commission" means the Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2324		-
2325		-	Public Act No. 22-104 71 of 91
2326		-
2327		-	Commission appointed under the provisions of section 20-502.
2328		-	[(8)] (9) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
2329		-	Protection.
2330		-	[(9)] (10) "Compliance manager" means a person who holds an
2331		-	appraiser certification in at least one state and [who] is responsible for
2332		-	overseeing the implementation of, and compliance with, procedures for
2333		-	an appraisal management company to:
2334		-	(A) Verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel of the
2335		-	appraisal management company holds a license in good standing in
2336		-	accordance with section 20-509;
2337		-	(B) Maintain detailed records of each appraisal request or order the
2338		-	appraisal management company receives and of the appraiser who
2339		-	performs such appraisal; and
2340		-	(C) Review on a periodic basis the work of all appraisers performing
2341		-	appraisals for the appraisal management company to ensure that such
2342		-	appraisals are being conducted in accordance with the USPAP.
2343		-	[(10)] (11) "Controlling person" means a person who has not had an
2344		-	appraiser license, [or a] similar license or appraiser certificate denied,
2345		-	refused [to be renewed] renewal, suspended or revoked in any state
2346		-	and: [who:]
2347		-	(A) Is [an owner, officer or director of a partnership,] a director,
2348		-	officer or owner of an association, corporation, limited liability company
2349		-	or [corporation] partnership offering or seeking to offer appraisal
2350		-	management services in this state;
2351		-	(B) Is employed by an appraisal management company and has the
2352		-	authority to enter into agreements or contracts [or agreements] for the
2353		-	performance of appraisal management services or appraisals, or is Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2354		-
2355		-	Public Act No. 22-104 72 of 91
2356		-
2357		-	appointed or authorized by such appraisal management company to
2358		-	enter into such agreements or contracts; [or agreements;] or
2359		-	(C) May exercise authority over, or direct the management or policies
2360		-	of, an appraisal management company.
2361		-	[(11)] (12) "Engaging in the real estate appraisal business" means the
2362		-	act or process of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other
2363		-	valuable consideration.
2364		-	(13) "Financial institution" means a bank, out-of-state bank or
2365		-	institutional lender, an affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, out-of-state bank
2366		-	or institutional lender or another lender licensed by the Department of
2367		-	Banking.
2368		-	[(12)] (14) "FIRREA" means the Financial Institutions, Reform,
2369		-	Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, P.L. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183.
2370		-	(15) "Out-of-state bank" has the same meaning as provided in section
2371		-	36a-2.
2372		-	[(13)] (16) "Person" means an individual.
2373		-	[(14)] (17) "Provisional appraiser" means a person engaged in the
2374		-	business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other valuable
2375		-	consideration under the supervision of a certified real estate appraiser
2376		-	and who meets the minimum requirements, if any, established by the
2377		-	commission by regulation for provisional appraiser status.
2378		-	[(15)] (18) "Provisional license" means a license issued to a provisional
2379		-	appraiser.
2380		-	[(16)] (19) "Real estate appraiser" or "appraiser" means a person
2381		-	engaged in the business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or
2382		-	other valuable consideration. Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2383		-
2384		-	Public Act No. 22-104 73 of 91
2385		-
2386		-	[(17)] (20) "USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional
2387		-	Appraisal Practice issued by the Appraisal Standards Board of the
2388		-	Appraisal Foundation pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA.
2389		-	Sec. 44. Section 20-670 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
2390		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2391		-	passage):
2392		-	As used in sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681, inclusive, as amended
2393		-	by this act, and section 45 of this act:
2394		-	(1) "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under
2395		-	section 20-672.
2396		-	(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
2397		-	Protection or any person designated by the commissioner to administer
2398		-	and enforce the provisions of sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681,
2399		-	inclusive, as amended by this act, and section 45 of this act.
2400		-	(3) "Companion services" means nonmedical, basic supervision
2401		-	services to ensure the safety and well-being [and safety] of a person in
2402		-	[such] the person's home.
2403		-	[(4) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into
2404		-	a contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency,
2405		-	including, but not limited to, temporary employees, pool employees
2406		-	and persons treated by such agency as independent contractors.]
2407		-	(4) "Covenant not to compete" means any agreement or contract that
2408		-	restricts the right of an individual to provide companion services, home
2409		-	health services or homemaker services (A) in any geographic area of the
2410		-	state for any period of time, or (B) to a specific individual.
2411		-	(5) "Comprehensive background check" means a background
2412		-	investigation of a prospective employee performed by a homemaker- Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2413		-
2414		-	Public Act No. 22-104 74 of 91
2415		-
2416		-	companion agency, that includes [:] (A) [A] a review of any application
2417		-	materials prepared or requested by the homemaker-companion agency
2418		-	and completed by the prospective employee, [;] (B) an in-person or
2419		-	video-conference interview of the prospective employee, [;] (C)
2420		-	verification of the prospective employee's Social Security number, [;] (D)
2421		-	if the [position] prospective employee has applied for a position within
2422		-	the homemaker-companion agency that requires licensure on the part
2423		-	of [the] such prospective employee, verification that the required license
2424		-	is in good standing, [;] (E) a check of the registry established and
2425		-	maintained pursuant to section 54-257, [;] (F) a local and national
2426		-	criminal background check of criminal matters of public record based
2427		-	on the prospective employee's name and date of birth that includes a
2428		-	search of a multistate and multijurisdiction criminal record locator or
2429		-	other similar commercial nationwide database with validation, and a
2430		-	search of the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender
2431		-	Public Website, conducted by a third-party consumer reporting agency
2432		-	or background screening company that is accredited by the Professional
2433		-	Background Screening Association and in compliance with the federal
2434		-	Fair Credit Reporting Act, [;] (G) if the prospective employee has resided
2435		-	in this state for less than three years prior to the date of [the] such
2436		-	prospective employee's application with the homemaker-companion
2437		-	agency, a review of criminal conviction information from the state or
2438		-	states where such prospective employee resided during such three-year
2439		-	period, [;] and (H) a review of any other information that the
2440		-	homemaker-companion agency deems necessary in order to evaluate
2441		-	the suitability of the prospective employee for the position.
2442		-	[(6) "Homemaker services" means nonmedical, supportive services
2443		-	that ensure a safe and healthy environment for a person in such person's
2444		-	home, such services to include assistance with personal hygiene,
2445		-	cooking, household cleaning, laundry and other household chores.]
2446		-	(6) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into a Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2447		-
2448		-	Public Act No. 22-104 75 of 91
2449		-
2450		-	contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency,
2451		-	including, but not limited to, pool employees, temporary employees
2452		-	and persons the homemaker-companion agency treats as independent
2453		-	contractors.
2454		-	(7) (A) "Homemaker-companion agency" means [(A)] any (i) public
2455		-	or private organization that employs one or more persons and is
2456		-	engaged in the business of providing companion services or
2457		-	homemaker services, or [(B) any] (ii) registry.
2458		-	(B) "Homemaker-companion agency" [shall] does not include (i) a
2459		-	home health care agency, as defined in subsection (d) of section 19a-490,
2460		-	or (ii) a home health aide agency, as defined in subsection (e) of section
2461		-	19a-490.
2462		-	(8) "Homemaker services" means nonmedical and supportive
2463		-	services, including assistance with cooking, household cleaning,
2464		-	laundry, personal hygiene and other household chores, that ensure a
2465		-	healthy and safe environment for a person in the person's home.
2466		-	(9) "Immediate family member" means a child by adoption, blood or
2467		-	marriage or a grandchild, grandparent, parent, sibling or spouse.
2468		-	[(8)] (10) "Registry" means any person or entity engaged in the
2469		-	business of supplying or referring an individual to, or placing an
2470		-	individual with, a consumer for the purpose of enabling the individual
2471		-	to provide to the consumer companion services or homemaker [or
2472		-	companion services provided by such individual, when the] services,
2473		-	provided such individual [providing such services is either] is (A)
2474		-	directly compensated, in whole or in part, by the consumer, or (B)
2475		-	[treated, referred to or] considered, referred to or treated by such person
2476		-	or entity as an independent contractor.
2477		-	[(9)] (11) "Service plan" means a written document, provided by a
2478		-	homemaker-companion agency to a person utilizing companion Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2479		-
2480		-	Public Act No. 22-104 76 of 91
2481		-
2482		-	services or homemaker services provided by such agency, that specifies
2483		-	the anticipated [scope, type, frequency and duration of homemaker or]
2484		-	duration, frequency, scope and type of the companion services or
2485		-	homemaker services that are to be provided by such agency for the
2486		-	benefit of [the] such person.
2487		-	Sec. 45. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person, other than an
2488		-	immediate family member, who is an agent, corporate officer or
2489		-	employee of a homemaker-companion agency, or has an ownership
2490		-	interest in a homemaker-companion agency, shall act as an agent under
2491		-	a power of attorney for any person who has contracted with the
2492		-	homemaker-companion agency to receive companion services or
2493		-	homemaker services.
2494		-	(b) A person receiving companion services or homemaker services
2495		-	may petition the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for an
2496		-	exemption from subsection (a) of this section, and the commissioner
2497		-	may grant such exemption for good cause shown.
2498		-	Sec. 46. Section 20-338d of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
2499		-	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2500		-	passage):
2501		-	(a) For the purposes of this section, "owner" and "private residence"
2502		-	have the same meanings as provided in section 20-419.
2503		-	[(a)] (b) No written contract to perform work on a private residence
2504		-	[, as defined in section 20-419,] by a contractor licensed pursuant to this
2505		-	chapter or any person who owns or controls a business engaged to
2506		-	provide the work or services licensed under the provisions of this
2507		-	chapter by persons licensed for such work, shall be valid or enforceable
2508		-	against an owner [, as defined in section 20-419,] unless [it: (1) Is in
2509		-	writing; (2) is] such contract: (1) Is signed by the owner and the
2510		-	contractor or business; [(3)] (2) contains the entire agreement between Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2511		-
2512		-	Public Act No. 22-104 77 of 91
2513		-
2514		-	the owner and the contractor or business; [(4)] (3) contains the date of
2515		-	the transaction; [(5)] (4) contains the name and address of the contractor
2516		-	and the contractor's license number or, in the case of a business, the
2517		-	name of the business owner, partner or limited liability member and the
2518		-	phone number and address of the business, partnership or limited
2519		-	liability company; [(6)] (5) contains the name and license number of any
2520		-	licensees performing the work, provided the name and the license
2521		-	number of a licensee may be amended in writing during the term of the
2522		-	contract; [(7)] (6) contains a notice [of] disclosing the owner's
2523		-	cancellation rights in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740 and
2524		-	subject to the exception set forth in subsection (c) of this section; and
2525		-	[(8)] (7) contains a starting date and completion date.
2526		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 740, no owner shall
2527		-	cancel a written contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection
2528		-	(b) of this section if: (1) Such contract was executed for the purpose of
2529		-	making emergency or immediate repairs that were necessary to protect
2530		-	persons, personal property or real property; and (2) prior to executing
2531		-	such contract, the owner provided to the contractor or business owner a
2532		-	written statement, dated and signed by the owner, describing the
2533		-	situation requiring such emergency or immediate repairs and expressly
2534		-	acknowledging that the owner waives the right to cancel such contract
2535		-	in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740.
2536		-	(d) Each contractor or business owner that enters into a written
2537		-	contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section
2538		-	shall deliver and provide to each owner who is a party to such contract,
2539		-	free of charge, a copy of such contract at the time such contract is
2540		-	executed. If such contract is amended, such contractor or business
2541		-	owner shall provide to each owner who is a party to such contract, free
2542		-	of charge, a copy of such amendment at the time such contract is
2543		-	amended.
2544		-	[(b)] (e) Each change in the terms and conditions of a written contract Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2545		-
2546		-	Public Act No. 22-104 78 of 91
2547		-
2548		-	[specified in] that is subject to the provisions of subsection [(a)] (b) of
2549		-	this section shall be in writing and shall be signed by the owner and
2550		-	contractor or business, except that the commissioner may, by
2551		-	regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, dispense with the necessity
2552		-	for complying with such requirement.
2553		-	Sec. 47. Section 20-681 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2554		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2555		-	[For purposes of this section "covenant not to compete" means any
2556		-	contract or agreement that restricts the right of an individual to provide
2557		-	homemaker, companion or home health services (1) in any geographic
2558		-	area of the state for any period of time, or (2) to a specific individual.]
2559		-	Any covenant not to compete is against public policy and shall be void
2560		-	and unenforceable.
2561		-	Sec. 48. Subsection (c) of section 21a-10 of the 2022 supplement to the
2562		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
2563		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
2564		-	(c) For any Department of Consumer Protection license, certificate,
2565		-	registration or permit that requires the holder to complete continuing
2566		-	education requirements, the continuing education requirements shall be
2567		-	completed within the annual or biannual period that begins and ends
2568		-	three months prior to the renewal date for the applicable license,
2569		-	certificate, registration or permit, except for licenses issued pursuant to
2570		-	[chapter] chapters 389 and 400j.
2571		-	Sec. 49. Section 21a-151 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2572		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2573		-	For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-152 to [21a-160] 21a-
2574		-	159, inclusive, as amended by this act:
2575		-	(1) "Bakery" means a building or part of a building, including, but not Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2576		-
2577		-	Public Act No. 22-104 79 of 91
2578		-
2579		-	limited to, a hotel, private institution, restaurant, establishment
2580		-	operating doughnut-frying equipment or other similar place, where
2581		-	bread, cakes, cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers] macaroni,
2582		-	pies, [cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products,
2583		-	including, but not limited to, canned or frozen baked goods, are made,
2584		-	either wholly or in part of flour or meal, [including frozen or canned
2585		-	baked goods. "Bakery" includes, but is not limited to, any restaurant,
2586		-	hotel, private institution, establishment operating doughnut-frying
2587		-	equipment or other similar place that offers such food products] or
2588		-	offered for sale.
2589		-	(2) "Food manufacturing establishment" means a building or part of
2590		-	a building where food is [prepared] canned, cooked, cut, dehydrated,
2591		-	frozen, milled or repacked for sale to other establishments for human
2592		-	consumption. [For purposes of this subdivision, "prepared" means a
2593		-	process of canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, milling, repacking
2594		-	or cutting.] Premises that are used solely for the retail sale or storage of
2595		-	prepackaged food, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and
2596		-	22-6r and chapters 417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be
2597		-	considered food manufacturing establishments.
2598		-	(3) "Food warehouse" means a building or part of a building where
2599		-	food is stored for wholesale distribution, provided such building or part
2600		-	of such building is used primarily for the importation, storage or
2601		-	distribution of packaged food and not for other activities for which a
2602		-	license is required pursuant to section 21a-152, as amended by this act.
2603		-	Premises licensed pursuant to [said] section 21a-152, as amended by this
2604		-	act, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and 22-6r and chapters
2605		-	417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be considered food
2606		-	warehouses.
2607		-	(4) "Packaged food" means standard or random weight or volume
2608		-	packages of food commodities that are enclosed in a container or
2609		-	wrapped in any manner, in advance of wholesale or retail sale, such that Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2610		-
2611		-	Public Act No. 22-104 80 of 91
2612		-
2613		-	the food commodities cannot be added to or subtracted from the
2614		-	package or wrapping without breaking or tearing the wrapping,
2615		-	container or seals on the wrapping or container.
2616		-	Sec. 50. Section 21a-152 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2617		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2618		-	(a) Each bakery, [food warehouse and] food manufacturing
2619		-	establishment and food warehouse shall be designed, constructed and
2620		-	operated as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection directs pursuant
2621		-	to sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this
2622		-	act, and chapter 418. [The provisions of this subsection requiring the
2623		-	commissioner to direct the design and construction of a food warehouse
2624		-	shall not be required for a food warehouse that was registered in good
2625		-	standing pursuant to section 21a-160 prior to October 1, 2019, provided
2626		-	the warehouse is in good repair so that stored food is properly protected
2627		-	and the premises is free of pests.] Each bakery, food manufacturing
2628		-	establishment and food warehouse [and food manufacturing
2629		-	establishment] remains subject to the provisions of chapter 418.
2630		-	(b) No [person, firm or] corporation, firm or person shall operate a
2631		-	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food
2632		-	manufacturing establishment] with the intent of producing or storing
2633		-	products for human consumption without having first obtained from
2634		-	[said commissioner] the Commissioner of Consumer Protection a
2635		-	license. [Application] Applications for such license shall be made on
2636		-	forms, furnished by the commissioner, showing the name and address
2637		-	of such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse.
2638		-	[or food manufacturing establishment.] Bakeries shall show the number
2639		-	of persons engaged in the production of bread and pastry products,
2640		-	excluding [porters,] dishwashers, drivers, porters, sales personnel and
2641		-	other employees not directly engaged in such production. The
2642		-	commissioner shall cause an inspection to be [made] conducted of the
2643		-	premises described in the application and, if conditions are found Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2644		-
2645		-	Public Act No. 22-104 81 of 91
2646		-
2647		-	satisfactory, issue such license. [shall be issued.] No corporation, firm or
2648		-	person [, firm or corporation] operating a bakery, food manufacturing
2649		-	establishment or food warehouse, or any agent, employee or servant [or
2650		-	employee] thereof, shall refuse, hinder or otherwise interfere with the
2651		-	commissioner's, or the commissioner's authorized representative's,
2652		-	access [by the commissioner or his authorized representative] to the
2653		-	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse for the
2654		-	purpose of conducting an inspection. No corporation, firm or person [,
2655		-	firm or corporation] shall: (1) [sell] Sell or distribute bread, cakes,
2656		-	cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers] macaroni, pies,
2657		-	[cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products,
2658		-	including frozen or canned baked goods, made in whole or in part of
2659		-	flour or meal, produced in any bakery located within or beyond the
2660		-	boundaries of this state; [,] (2) sell or distribute food produced in a food
2661		-	manufacturing establishment located within the boundaries of this
2662		-	state; [,] or (3) store any food for wholesale distribution in a food
2663		-	warehouse, unless such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or
2664		-	food warehouse [or food manufacturing establishment] has obtained a
2665		-	license from [said] the commissioner. Facilities licensed pursuant to
2666		-	chapter 417 as food vendors and frozen dessert vendors, and all facilities
2667		-	licensed pursuant to chapters 419a and 430, shall be exempt from such
2668		-	licensing requirement. The commissioner may promulgate regulations
2669		-	excepting out-of-state manufacturers of products [,] commonly known
2670		-	as brown bread, cookies, crackers [, brown bread] or plum puddings in
2671		-	hermetically sealed containers and other similar products [,] from the
2672		-	license provisions of this section. Such license shall be valid for one year
2673		-	and a fee [therefor] for such license shall be collected as follows: From a
2674		-	[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person owning or conducting a
2675		-	bakery in which there are not more than four persons [or fewer] engaged
2676		-	in the production of bread and pastry products, twenty dollars; in which
2677		-	there are [not fewer than] at least five [nor] but not more than nine
2678		-	persons so engaged, forty dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at
2679		-	least ten [nor] but not more than twenty-four persons so engaged, one Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2680		-
2681		-	Public Act No. 22-104 82 of 91
2682		-
2683		-	hundred dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at least twenty-five
2684		-	[nor] but not more than ninety-nine persons so engaged, two hundred
2685		-	dollars; in which there are [more than] at least one hundred persons so
2686		-	engaged, two hundred fifty dollars. The fee for a food [manufacturer]
2687		-	manufacturing establishment or food warehouse license shall be twenty
2688		-	dollars annually. [No prior inspection by the commissioner shall be
2689		-	necessary for a food warehouse registered under section 21a-160 prior
2690		-	to October 1, 2019, which is required to transfer its registration to a new
2691		-	license under the provisions of this subsection.]
2692		-	(c) [A] The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may revoke a
2693		-	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food
2694		-	manufacturer license may be revoked by said commissioner] license for
2695		-	any violation of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as
2696		-	amended by this act, after a hearing conducted in accordance with
2697		-	chapter 54. In addition, the commissioner may summarily suspend a
2698		-	bakery, [or food manufacturer] food manufacturing establishment or
2699		-	food warehouse license [may be summarily suspended] pending a
2700		-	hearing if [said] the commissioner has reason to believe that the public
2701		-	health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action.
2702		-	[Within] Not later than ten days following the suspension order, [said]
2703		-	the commissioner shall cause to be held a hearing which shall be
2704		-	conducted in accordance with the provisions of [said] chapter 54.
2705		-	Following [said] such hearing, [said] the commissioner shall dissolve
2706		-	such suspension or order revocation of the bakery, food manufacturing
2707		-	establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturer] license. Any
2708		-	[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person whose license has been
2709		-	revoked may [make application] apply for a new license and [said] the
2710		-	commissioner shall act on such application [within] not later than thirty
2711		-	days [of receipt] after the commissioner receives such application. The
2712		-	costs of any inspections necessary to determine whether or not an
2713		-	applicant, whose license has been revoked, is entitled to have a new
2714		-	license granted shall be borne by the applicant at such rates as the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2715		-
2716		-	Public Act No. 22-104 83 of 91
2717		-
2718		-	commissioner may determine. [Said] The commissioner may refuse to
2719		-	grant any bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse
2720		-	[or food manufacturer] a license if [he or she] the commissioner finds
2721		-	that the applicant has evidenced a pattern of noncompliance with the
2722		-	provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as
2723		-	amended by this act. Prima facie evidence of a pattern of noncompliance
2724		-	shall be established if [said] the commissioner shows that the applicant
2725		-	has had two or more bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food
2726		-	warehouse [or food manufacturer] licenses revoked.
2727		-	(d) All vehicles used in the transportation of bakery, food
2728		-	manufacturing establishment or food warehouse products shall be kept
2729		-	in a sanitary condition and shall have the name and address of the
2730		-	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse owner,
2731		-	operator or distributor legibly printed on both sides. Each compartment
2732		-	in which unwrapped bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food
2733		-	warehouse products are transported shall be enclosed in a manner
2734		-	approved by the commissioner.
2735		-	(e) The provisions of this section shall not prevent local health
2736		-	authorities from enforcing orders or regulations concerning the sanitary
2737		-	condition of retail bakeries.
2738		-	(f) Any person who desires to obtain a license under the provisions
2739		-	of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this
2740		-	act, shall first obtain and present to the [commissioner] Commissioner
2741		-	of Consumer Protection a certificate of approval of the location for
2742		-	which such license is desired. The certificate of approval shall be
2743		-	obtained from the zoning commission, planning and zoning
2744		-	commission or local authority of the town, city or borough in which the
2745		-	facility is located or is proposed to be located. [A] No certificate of
2746		-	approval shall [not] be required [in the case of the transfer of the last
2747		-	issued license from one person to another or in the case of a renewal of
2748		-	a license by the holder of the license] for a new license if the proposed Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2749		-
2750		-	Public Act No. 22-104 84 of 91
2751		-
2752		-	use conforms to existing zoning requirements, for a license renewal by
2753		-	the license holder or for a transfer by the license holder to another
2754		-	person of the license most recently issued to such license holder. The
2755		-	commissioner shall not issue any license under the provisions of
2756		-	sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act,
2757		-	for which a certificate of approval is required until such certificate of
2758		-	approval is obtained by the license applicant. [The provisions of this
2759		-	subsection requiring a certificate of approval from the zoning
2760		-	commission or other local authority shall not apply to any food
2761		-	warehouse that was registered in good standing pursuant to section 21a-
2762		-	160 prior to October 1, 2019.]
2763		-	Sec. 51. Section 21a-156 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2764		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2765		-	The commissioner shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public
2766		-	hearing, adopt and promulgate regulations to supplement and give full
2767		-	effect to the provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159,
2768		-	inclusive, as amended by this act. Such regulations, among other things,
2769		-	may establish sanitary requirements pertaining to the manufacture and
2770		-	distribution of bread and pastry products. Such regulations may also
2771		-	cover provisions restricting the sale of dangerous, harmful and
2772		-	unwholesome bread and pastry products, the labeling of bread and
2773		-	pastry products, the inspection of bakeries, food manufacturing
2774		-	establishments and food warehouses and the establishment of costs for
2775		-	special inspections. The commissioner shall annually review the
2776		-	amounts of bakery, food manufacturing establishment and food
2777		-	warehouse license fees referred to in subsection (b) of section 21a-152,
2778		-	as amended by this act, and shall increase such fees in order to reflect
2779		-	the costs to the department of carrying out the provisions of sections
2780		-	21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act.
2781		-	Sec. 52. Section 21a-159 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2782		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2783		-
2784		-	Public Act No. 22-104 85 of 91
2785		-
2786		-	(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-
2787		-	160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, or any regulation made
2788		-	thereunder, or fails to comply with an order of the Commissioner of
2789		-	Consumer Protection, shall: (1) [for] For a first offense, be fined not more
2790		-	than two hundred fifty dollars; [,] and (2) for [any] each subsequent
2791		-	offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
2792		-	(b) The [commissioner] Commissioner of Consumer Protection may
2793		-	apply to the Superior Court for, and such court may [,] upon hearing
2794		-	and for cause shown [,] grant, a temporary or permanent injunction
2795		-	enjoining any person from operating a bakery, food manufacturing
2796		-	establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturing
2797		-	establishment] without a license issued in accordance with sections 21a-
2798		-	151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, irrespective
2799		-	of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. The
2800		-	commissioner also may apply to the Superior Court for, and such court
2801		-	shall have jurisdiction to grant, a temporary restraining order pending
2802		-	a hearing. Such application for injunctive or other appropriate relief
2803		-	shall be brought by the Attorney General.
2804		-	(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice
2805		-	and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter
2806		-	54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of not more
2807		-	than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five
2808		-	hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person who
2809		-	violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive,
2810		-	as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section
2811		-	21a-156, as amended by this act.
2812		-	Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 22-54u of the general statutes is
2813		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
2814		-	passage):
2815		-	(a) The preparation, packaging, labeling and sale of honey and maple Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2816		-
2817		-	Public Act No. 22-104 86 of 91
2818		-
2819		-	syrup produced in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of
2820		-	sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and sections 21a-151 to [21a-160]
2821		-	21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, and shall be under the
2822		-	licensing, inspection and enforcement authority of the Commissioner of
2823		-	Agriculture and the commissioner's authorized agents.
2824		-	Sec. 54. Section 21a-421bb of the 2022 supplement to the general
2825		-	statutes, as amended by section 9 of public act 22-103, is repealed and
2826		-	the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
2827		-	(a) No person other than the holder of a cannabis establishment
2828		-	license issued by this state shall advertise any cannabis or services
2829		-	related to cannabis in this state.
2830		-	(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, cannabis
2831		-	establishments shall not:
2832		-	(1) Advertise, including, but not limited to, through a business name
2833		-	or logo, cannabis, cannabis paraphernalia or goods or services related to
2834		-	cannabis:
2835		-	(A) In ways that target or are designed to appeal to individuals under
2836		-	twenty-one years of age, including, but not limited to, spokespersons or
2837		-	celebrities who appeal to individuals under the legal age to purchase
2838		-	cannabis or cannabis products, depictions of a person under twenty-five
2839		-	years of age consuming cannabis, or, the inclusion of objects, such as
2840		-	toys, characters or cartoon characters, suggesting the presence of a
2841		-	person under twenty-one years of age, or any other depiction designed
2842		-	in any manner to be appealing to a person under twenty-one years of
2843		-	age; or
2844		-	(B) By using any image, or any other visual representation, of the
2845		-	cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant, including, but not
2846		-	limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant; Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2847		-
2848		-	Public Act No. 22-104 87 of 91
2849		-
2850		-	(2) Engage in any advertising by means of any form of billboard
2851		-	within one thousand five hundred feet of an elementary or secondary
2852		-	school ground or a house of worship, recreation center or facility, child
2853		-	care center, playground, public park or library, or engage in any
2854		-	advertising by means of an electronic or illuminated billboard between
2855		-	the hours of six o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m.;
2856		-	(3) Engage in advertising by means of any television, radio, Internet,
2857		-	mobile application, social media or other electronic communication,
2858		-	billboard or other outdoor signage, or print publication unless the
2859		-	cannabis establishment has reliable evidence that at least ninety per cent
2860		-	of the audience for the advertisement is reasonably expected to be
2861		-	twenty-one years of age or older;
2862		-	(4) Engage in advertising or marketing directed toward location-
2863		-	based devices, including, but not limited to, cellular phones, unless the
2864		-	marketing is a mobile device application installed on the device by the
2865		-	owner of the device who is twenty-one years of age or older and
2866		-	includes a permanent and easy opt-out feature and warnings that the
2867		-	use of cannabis is restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older;
2868		-	(5) Advertise cannabis or cannabis products in a manner claiming or
2869		-	implying, or permit any employee of the cannabis establishment to
2870		-	claim or imply, that such products have curative or therapeutic effects,
2871		-	or that any other medical claim is true, or allow any employee to
2872		-	promote cannabis for a wellness purpose unless such claims are
2873		-	substantiated as set forth in regulations adopted under chapter 420f or
2874		-	verbally conveyed by a licensed pharmacist or other licensed medical
2875		-	practitioner in the course of business in, or while representing, a hybrid
2876		-	retail or dispensary facility;
2877		-	(6) Sponsor charitable, sports, musical, artistic, cultural, social or
2878		-	other similar events or advertising at, or in connection with, such an
2879		-	event unless the cannabis establishment has reliable evidence that (A) Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2880		-
2881		-	Public Act No. 22-104 88 of 91
2882		-
2883		-	not more than ten per cent of the in-person audience at the event is
2884		-	reasonably expected to be under the legal age to purchase cannabis or
2885		-	cannabis products, and (B) not more than ten per cent of the audience
2886		-	that will watch, listen or participate in the event is expected to be under
2887		-	the legal age to purchase cannabis products;
2888		-	(7) Advertise cannabis, cannabis products or cannabis paraphernalia
2889		-	in any physical form visible to the public within [one thousand] five
2890		-	hundred feet of an elementary or secondary school ground or a [house
2891		-	of worship,] recreation center or facility, child care center, playground,
2892		-	public park or library;
2893		-	(8) Cultivate cannabis or manufacture cannabis products for
2894		-	distribution outside of this state in violation of federal law, advertise in
2895		-	any way that encourages the transportation of cannabis across state lines
2896		-	or otherwise encourages illegal activity;
2897		-	(9) Except for dispensary facilities and hybrid retailers, exhibit within
2898		-	or upon the outside of the facility used in the operation of a cannabis
2899		-	establishment, or include in any advertisement, the word "dispensary"
2900		-	or any variation of such term or any other words, displays or symbols
2901		-	indicating that such store, shop or place of business is a dispensary;
2902		-	(10) Exhibit within or upon the outside of the premises subject to the
2903		-	cannabis establishment license, or include in any advertisement the
2904		-	words "drug store", "pharmacy", "apothecary", "drug", "drugs" or
2905		-	"medicine shop" or any combination of such terms or any other words,
2906		-	displays or symbols indicating that such store, shop or place of business
2907		-	is a pharmacy;
2908		-	(11) Advertise on or in public or private vehicles or at bus stops, taxi
2909		-	stands, transportation waiting areas, train stations, airports or other
2910		-	similar transportation venues including, but not limited to, vinyl-
2911		-	wrapped vehicles or signs or logos on transportation vehicles not Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2912		-
2913		-	Public Act No. 22-104 89 of 91
2914		-
2915		-	owned by a cannabis establishment;
2916		-	(12) Display cannabis, cannabis products or any image, or any other
2917		-	visual representation, of the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis
2918		-	plant, including, but not limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant, so as
2919		-	to be clearly visible to a person from the exterior of the facility used in
2920		-	the operation of a cannabis establishment, or display signs or other
2921		-	printed material advertising any brand or any kind of cannabis or
2922		-	cannabis product, or including any image, or any other visual
2923		-	representation, of the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant,
2924		-	including, but not limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant, on the
2925		-	exterior of any facility used in the operation of a cannabis establishment;
2926		-	(13) Utilize radio or loudspeaker, in a vehicle or in or outside of a
2927		-	facility used in the operation of a cannabis establishment, for the
2928		-	purposes of advertising the sale of cannabis or cannabis products; or
2929		-	(14) Operate any web site advertising or depicting cannabis, cannabis
2930		-	products or cannabis paraphernalia unless such web site verifies that
2931		-	the entrants or users are twenty-one years of age or older.
2932		-	(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any
2933		-	advertisements from a cannabis establishment shall contain the
2934		-	following warning: "Do not use cannabis if you are under twenty-one
2935		-	years of age. Keep cannabis out of the reach of children." In a print or
2936		-	visual medium, such warning shall be conspicuous, easily legible and
2937		-	shall take up not less than ten per cent of the advertisement space. In an
2938		-	audio medium, such warning shall be at the same speed as the rest of
2939		-	the advertisement and be easily intelligible.
2940		-	(d) Any outdoor signage, including, but not limited to, any
2941		-	monument sign, pylon sign or wayfinding sign, shall be deemed to
2942		-	satisfy the audience requirement established in subdivision (3) of
2943		-	subsection (b) of this section, and shall not be required to contain the Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2944		-
2945		-	Public Act No. 22-104 90 of 91
2946		-
2947		-	warning required under subsection (c) of this section, if such outdoor
2948		-	signage:
2949		-	(1) Contains only the name and logo of the cannabis establishment;
2950		-	(2) Does not include any image, or any other visual representation, of
2951		-	the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant, including, but not
2952		-	limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant;
2953		-	(3) Is comprised of not more than three colors; and
2954		-	(4) Is located:
2955		-	(A) On the cannabis establishment's premises, regardless of whether
2956		-	such cannabis establishment leases or owns such premises; or
2957		-	(B) On any commercial property occupied by multiple tenants
2958		-	including such cannabis establishment.
2959		-	(e) The department shall not register, and may require revision of,
2960		-	any submitted or registered cannabis brand name that:
2961		-	(1) Is identical to, or confusingly similar to, the name of an existing
2962		-	non-cannabis product;
2963		-	(2) Is identical to, or confusingly similar to, the name of an unlawful
2964		-	product or substance;
2965		-	(3) Is confusingly similar to the name of a previously approved
2966		-	cannabis brand name;
2967		-	(4) Is obscene or indecent; and
2968		-	(5) Is customarily associated with persons under the age of twenty-
2969		-	one.
2970		-	(f) A violation of the provisions of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of Substitute House Bill No. 5330
2971		-
2972		-	Public Act No. 22-104 91 of 91
2973		-
2974		-	this section shall be deemed to be an unfair or deceptive trade practice
2975		-	under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
2976		-	Sec. 55. Section 21a-160 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective
2977		-	from passage)
	20	+	Section 1. Section 30-1 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1
	21	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
	22	+	passage): 3
	23	+	For the [interpretation] purposes of this chapter and section 2 of this 4
	24	+	act, unless the context indicates a different meaning: 5
	25	+	(1) "Airline" means any (A) United States airline carrier [,] holding a 6
	26	+	certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil 7
	27	+	Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 8
	28	+	1958, as amended from time to time, or [any] (B) foreign flag carrier [,] 9
	29	+	holding a permit under Section 402 of [such] said act. 10
	30	+	(2) "Alcohol" (A) means the product of distillation of any fermented 11
	31	+	liquid [,] that is rectified [either] at least once [or more often, whatever 12
	32	+	may be the] and regardless of such liquid's origin, [thereof,] and (B) 13
	33	+	includes synthetic ethyl alcohol which is considered nonpotable. 14
	34	+	(3) ["Alcoholic liquor" or "alcoholic beverage" includes] "Alcoholic 15 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	41	+	beverage" and "alcoholic liquor" include the four varieties of liquor 16
	42	+	defined in subdivisions (2), (5), [(18)] (21) and [(19)] (22) of this section 17
	43	+	(alcohol, beer, spirits and wine) and every liquid or solid, patented or 18
	44	+	[not] unpatented, containing alcohol, [spirits, wine or] beer, spirits or 19
	45	+	wine and at least one-half of one per cent alcohol by volume, and 20
	46	+	capable of being consumed by a human being [for] as a beverage. 21
	47	+	[purposes.] Any liquid or solid containing more than one of the four 22
	48	+	varieties so defined [is considered as belonging to that] belongs to the 23
	49	+	variety which has the [higher] highest percentage of alcohol [,] 24
	50	+	according to the following order: Alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, except 25
	51	+	as provided in subdivision [(19)] (22) of this section. [The provisions of 26
	52	+	this chapter shall not apply to any liquid or solid containing less than 27
	53	+	one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.] 28
	54	+	(4) "Backer" means, except in cases where the permittee is [himself] 29
	55	+	the proprietor, the proprietor of any business or club, incorporated or 30
	56	+	unincorporated, that is engaged in [the manufacture or sale of] 31
	57	+	manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor [,] and in which business a 32
	58	+	permittee is associated, whether as an agent, employee [, agent] or part 33
	59	+	owner. 34
	60	+	(5) "Beer" means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation 35
	61	+	of [an infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops] a decoction or 36
	62	+	infusion of barley, hops and malt in drinking water. 37
	63	+	(6) "Boat" means any vessel that is (A) operating on any waterway of 38
	64	+	this state, and (B) engaged in transporting passengers for hire to or from 39
	65	+	any port of this state. 40
	66	+	[(6) (A)] (7) "Case price" means the price of a container made of 41
	67	+	cardboard, wood or any other material [,] and containing units of the 42
	68	+	same [size and] class and size of alcoholic liquor. [, and (B) a] A case of 43
	69	+	alcoholic liquor, other than beer, cocktails, cordials, [cocktails, wines 44
	70	+	and prepared mixed drinks] prepared mixed drinks and wines, shall be 45
	71	+	in the [number and] quantity and number, or fewer, with the permission 46
	72	+	of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, of bottles or units [or 47 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	79	+	bottles] as follows: [(i) Six] (A) Six one thousand seven hundred fifty 48
	80	+	milliliter bottles, [; (ii)] (B) six one thousand eight hundred milliliter 49
	81	+	bottles, (C) twelve seven hundred milliliter bottles, (D) twelve seven 50
	82	+	hundred twenty milliliter bottles, (E) twelve seven hundred fifty 51
	83	+	milliliter bottles, (F) twelve nine hundred milliliter bottles, (G) twelve 52
	84	+	one liter bottles, [; (iii) twelve seven hundred fifty milliliter bottles; (iv)] 53
	85	+	(H) twenty-four three hundred seventy-five milliliter bottles, [; (v)] (I) 54
	86	+	forty-eight two hundred milliliter bottles, [; (vi)] (J) sixty one hundred 55
	87	+	milliliter bottles, [; or (vii)] or (K) one hundred twenty fifty milliliter 56
	88	+	bottles, except a case of fifty milliliter bottles may be in a [number and] 57
	89	+	quantity and number as originally configured, packaged and sold by the 58
	90	+	manufacturer or out-of-state shipper prior to shipment [, provided such] 59
	91	+	if the number of such bottles [does not exceed] in such case is not greater 60
	92	+	than two hundred. The commissioner shall not authorize fewer 61
	93	+	quantities or numbers [or quantities of units or] of bottles or units as 62
	94	+	specified in this subdivision for any one person or entity more than eight 63
	95	+	times in any calendar year. For the purposes of this subdivision, "class" 64
	96	+	has the same meaning as [defined in] provided in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, 65
	97	+	27 CFR 5.22 for spirits [, as defined in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, and as 66
	98	+	defined in] and 27 CFR 7.24 for beer. 67
	99	+	[(7)] (8) "Charitable organization" means any nonprofit organization 68
	100	+	that (A) is organized for charitable purposes, [to which has been issued 69
	101	+	a ruling by] and (B) has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue 70
	102	+	Service classifying [it] such nonprofit organization as an exempt 71
	103	+	organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 72
	104	+	1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the 73
	105	+	United States, as amended from time to time. 74
	106	+	[(8)] (9) "Club" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-22aa. 75
	107	+	[(9)] (10) "Coliseum" [means a coliseum, as defined] has the same 76
	108	+	meaning as provided in section 30-33a. 77
	109	+	[(10)] (11) "Commission" means the Liquor Control Commission 78
	110	+	established under this chapter. 79 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	117	+	[(11)] (12) "Department" means the Department of Con sumer 80
	118	+	Protection. 81
	119	+	(13) "Dining room" means any room or rooms (A) located in premises 82
	120	+	operating under (i) a hotel permit issued under section 30-21, (ii) a 83
	121	+	restaurant permit issued under subsection (a) of section 30-22, as 84
	122	+	amended by this act, (iii) a restaurant permit for wine and beer issued 85
	123	+	under subsection (b) of section 30-22, as amended by this act, or (iv) a 86
	124	+	cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as amended by this act, and (B) 87
	125	+	where meals are customarily served to any member of the public who 88
	126	+	has means of payment and a proper demeanor. 89
	127	+	[(12)] (14) "Mead" means fermented honey [,] (A) with or without 90
	128	+	additions or adjunct ingredients, [or additions,] and (B) regardless of (i) 91
	129	+	alcohol content, [regardless of process, and regardless of being 92
	130	+	sparkling, carbonated] (ii) process, and (iii) whether such honey is 93
	131	+	carbonated, sparkling or still. 94
	132	+	[(13)] (15) "Minor" means any person [under] who is younger than 95
	133	+	twenty-one years of age. 96
	134	+	(16) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section 97
	135	+	30-22aa. 98
	136	+	(17) "Nonprofit public television corporation" has the same meaning 99
	137	+	as provided in section 30-37d. 100
	138	+	[(14)] (18) (A) "Person" means [natural person, including partners but 101
	139	+	shall not include corporations, limited liability companies, joint stock 102
	140	+	companies or other associations of natural persons] an individual, 103
	141	+	including, but not limited to, a partner. 104
	142	+	(B) "Person" does not include a corporation, joint stock company, 105
	143	+	limited liability company or other association of individuals. 106
	144	+	[(15)] (19) (A) "Proprietor" includes all owners of [businesses or clubs, 107
	145	+	included in subdivision (4) of this section] a business or club, 108 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	152	+	incorporated or unincorporated, that is engaged in manufacturing or 109
	153	+	selling alcoholic liquor, whether such owners are [individuals, partners, 110
	154	+	joint stock companies, fiduciaries] persons, fiduciaries, joint stock 111
	155	+	companies, stockholders of corporations or otherwise. [, but] 112
	156	+	(B) "Proprietor" does not include [persons or corporations who are 113
	157	+	merely creditors of such businesses or clubs, whether as note holders, 114
	158	+	bond holders, landlords or franchisors] any person who, or corporation 115
	159	+	that, is merely a creditor, whether as a bond holder, franchisor, landlord 116
	160	+	or note holder, of a business or club, incorporated or unincorporated, 117
	161	+	that is engaged in manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor. 118
	162	+	[(16) "Dining room" means a room or rooms in premises operating 119
	163	+	under a hotel permit, hotel beer permit, restaurant permit, restaurant 120
	164	+	permit for beer or wine or cafe permit, where meals are customarily 121
	165	+	served, within the room or rooms, to any member of the public who has 122
	166	+	means of payment and proper demeanor.] 123
	167	+	[(17)] (20) "Restaurant" [means a restaurant, as defined] has the same 124
	168	+	meaning as provided in section 30-22, as amended by this act. 125
	169	+	[(18)] (21) "Spirits" means any beverage that contains alcohol 126
	170	+	obtained by distillation mixed with drinkable water and other 127
	171	+	substances in solution, including brandy, rum, whiskey and gin. 128
	172	+	[(19)] (22) "Wine" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by [the 129
	173	+	fermentation of] fermenting the natural sugar content of fruits, such as 130
	174	+	apples, grapes [or apples] or other agricultural products, containing 131
	175	+	such sugar, including fortified wines such as port, sherry and 132
	176	+	champagne. 133
	177	+	[(20) "Nonprofit public television corporation" means a nonprofit 134
	178	+	public television corporation, as defined in section 30-37d. 135
	179	+	(21) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section 136
	180	+	30-22aa.] 137 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	187	+	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this 138
	188	+	section: 139
	189	+	(1) "Religious organization" means (A) any religious corporation, 140
	190	+	society or organization that is formed or recognized under chapter 598 141
	191	+	of the general statutes, or (B) any religious organization that is eligible 142
	192	+	for an exemption under section 12-412 of the general statutes; and 143
	193	+	(2) "Sacramental wine" means any wine that is (A) exclusively used 144
	194	+	for religious or sacramental purposes, and (B) exempt from taxation 145
	195	+	under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Revenue Services 146
	196	+	pursuant to section 12-449 of the general statutes. 147
	197	+	(b) A religious wine retailer permit shall allow the holder of such 148
	198	+	permit to import and sell, at retail, sacramental wine to religious 149
	199	+	organizations. Such sacramental wine shall not be consumed on the 150
	200	+	permit premises and any sale of such sacramental wine shall only take 151
	201	+	place during the hours a religious wine retailer may sell alcoholic liquor 152
	202	+	under subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes, as amended 153
	203	+	by this act. The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under 154
	204	+	this section shall operate at least one retail location in this state, be 155
	205	+	primarily engaged in the business of selling religious supplies that do 156
	206	+	not contain alcohol and not hold any other permit issued under chapter 157
	207	+	545 of the general statutes. The annual fee for a religious wine retailer 158
	208	+	permit issued under this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars. 159
	209	+	(c) The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this 160
	210	+	section may purchase sacramental wine directly from a manufacturer, 161
	211	+	out-of-state shipper or wholesaler. All shipments of sacramental wine 162
	212	+	to the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section 163
	213	+	shall be conspicuously labeled "for sacramental or religious purposes 164
	214	+	only". If the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this 165
	215	+	section imports into this state a supply of any brand of sacramental wine 166
	216	+	directly from a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, such brand need 167
	217	+	not comply with the provisions of sections 30-63 and 30-64 of the general 168
	218	+	statutes for such directly imported supply. 169 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	225	+	Sec. 3. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 30-19f of the 2022 170
	226	+	supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 171
	227	+	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 172
	228	+	(a) An in-state transporter's permit for alcoholic liquor shall allow the 173
	229	+	commercial transportation of any alcoholic liquor and, with the 174
	230	+	approval of the [department, the sale or provision] Department of 175
	231	+	Consumer Protection, the provision or sale of alcoholic liquor for 176
	232	+	consumption in a boat engaged in the transportation of passengers for 177
	233	+	hire [and in] or a motor vehicle in livery service, as permitted by law. 178
	234	+	One permit shall cover all such boats [and] or vehicles that are under 179
	235	+	common control, direction, management or ownership. When applying 180
	236	+	for such approval, the owner of any such boat [and] or vehicle in which 181
	237	+	the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor will be available shall 182
	238	+	specifically identify to the department each such boat [and] or vehicle. 183
	239	+	[to the department.] The annual fee for an in-state transporter's liquor 184
	240	+	permit shall be one thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the first boat 185
	241	+	or vehicle and [there shall be] an additional annual fee of two hundred 186
	242	+	dollars for each additional boat or vehicle. 187
	243	+	(b) No person, corporation, [trust, partnership, incorporated or 188
	244	+	unincorporated association, and any] incorporated or unincorporated 189
	245	+	association, partnership, trust or other legal entity except [: (1) The] the 190
	246	+	holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit issued [pursuant to] under 191
	247	+	section 30-18 or 30-19, [; (2) the holder of] a manufacturer's permit issued 192
	248	+	[pursuant to] under section 30-16, other than [the holder of] a 193
	249	+	manufacturer permit for a farm winery or a manufacturer permit for 194
	250	+	wine, cider and mead, [; and (3) the holder of] or a wholesaler's permit 195
	251	+	issued [pursuant to] under section 30-17, shall transport any alcoholic 196
	252	+	beverages imported into this state unless such person: [holds] (1) Holds 197
	253	+	an in-state transporter's permit; [and] (2) the tax imposed on such 198
	254	+	alcoholic liquor [by] under section 12-435 has been paid; and [,] (3) if 199
	255	+	applicable, the tax imposed on the sale of such alcoholic liquor 200
	256	+	[pursuant to] under chapter 219 has been paid. 201
	257	+	(c) An in-state transporter, when [shipping or] delivering or shipping 202 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	264	+	directly to a consumer in this state wine, cider or mead, [directly to a 203
	265	+	consumer in this state,] shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all 204
	266	+	containers of such products shipped directly to a consumer in this state 205
	267	+	conspicuously state the following: "CONTAINS ALCOHOL —206
	268	+	SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR 207
	269	+	DELIVERY"; (2) obtain the signature of a person [age twenty-one or 208
	270	+	older] who is at least twenty-one years of age at the address prior to 209
	271	+	delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that [he or she is age 210
	272	+	twenty-one or older] the signer is at least twenty-one years of age by 211
	273	+	providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity 212
	274	+	card described in section 1-1h; and (3) not ship to any address in the 213
	275	+	state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option 214
	276	+	pursuant to section 30-9. 215
	277	+	Sec. 4. Section 30-20 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 216
	278	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 217
	279	+	passage): 218
	280	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "grocery store" (1) means any 219
	281	+	store that (A) is commonly known as a delicatessen, food store, grocery 220
	282	+	store or supermarket, and (B) is primarily engaged in the retail sale of 221
	283	+	various canned goods and dry goods such as coffee, flour, spices, sugar 222
	284	+	and tea, whether packaged or in bulk, regardless of whether such store 223
	285	+	sells fresh fruits and vegetables or fresh, prepared or smoked fish, meat 224
	286	+	and poultry, and (2) does not include any store that is primarily engaged 225
	287	+	in the retail sale of bakery products, candy, nuts and confectioneries, 226
	288	+	dairy products, eggs and poultry, fruits and vegetables or seafood. 227
	289	+	[(a)] (b) (1) A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of 228
	290	+	alcoholic liquor in sealed bottles or containers not to be consumed on 229
	291	+	the permit premises. [, such sales to be made only in sealed bottles or 230
	292	+	other containers.] The holder of a package store permit may, in 231
	293	+	accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer 232
	294	+	Protection pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, (A) offer free 233
	295	+	samples of alcoholic liquor for tasting on the permit premises, (B) 234
	296	+	conduct fee-based wine education and tasting classes and 235 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	303	+	demonstrations, and (C) conduct tastings or demonstrations provided 236
	304	+	by a permittee or backer of [a] the package store for a nominal charge to 237
	305	+	charitable nonprofit organizations. Any offering, tasting, wine 238
	306	+	education and tasting class or demonstration held on permit premises 239
	307	+	shall be conducted only during the hours [a] the package store [is 240
	308	+	permitted to] may sell alcoholic liquor under section 30-91, as amended 241
	309	+	by this act. No tasting of wine on the permit premises shall be offered 242
	310	+	from more than ten uncorked bottles at any one time. 243
	311	+	(2) No store operating under a package store permit shall sell any 244
	312	+	commodity other than alcoholic liquor except, [that,] notwithstanding 245
	313	+	any other provision of law, such store may sell [(1)] (A) cigarettes and 246
	314	+	cigars, [(2)] (B) publications, [(3)] (C) bar utensils, [which shall include, 247
	315	+	but need not be] including, but not limited to, corkscrews, beverage 248
	316	+	strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume, or related to 249
	317	+	the consumption of, alcoholic liquor, [(4)] (D) gift packages of alcoholic 250
	318	+	liquor shipped into the state by a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, 251
	319	+	which gift packages may include [a] nonalcoholic [item in the gift 252
	320	+	package that may be any item, except food or tobacco products, 253
	321	+	provided the] items, other than food or tobacco products, if the dollar 254
	322	+	value of the nonalcoholic items in such gift package does not exceed the 255
	323	+	dollar value of the alcoholic items [of the] in such gift package, [(5)] (E) 256
	324	+	complementary fresh fruits used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic 257
	325	+	beverages, [(6)] (F) cheese, [or] crackers [,] or both, [(7)] (G) olives, [(8)] 258
	326	+	(H) nonalcoholic beverages, [(9)] (I) concentrates used in the preparation 259
	327	+	of mixed alcoholic beverages, [(10)] (J) beer and wine-making kits and 260
	328	+	products related to [beer and wine-making] such kits, [(11)] (K) ice in 261
	329	+	any form, [(12)] (L) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising 262
	330	+	related to the alcoholic liquor industry, [(13)] (M) gift baskets or other 263
	331	+	containers of alcoholic liquor, [(14)] (N) multiple packages of alcoholic 264
	332	+	liquors, [as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] provided in all 265
	333	+	such cases the minimum retail selling price for such alcoholic liquor 266
	334	+	shall apply, [(15)] (O) lottery tickets authorized by the Department of 267
	335	+	Consumer Protection, if licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by [said] 268
	336	+	the department, [(16)] (P) devices and related accessories designed 269 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	343	+	primarily for accessing and extracting a beverage containing alcohol 270
	344	+	from prepackaged containers, including, but not limited to, pods, 271
	345	+	pouches or similar containers, but excluding devices, including, but not 272
	346	+	limited to, household blenders, that are not designed primarily for such 273
	347	+	purposes, [including, but not limited to, household blenders, (17)] (Q) 274
	348	+	alcohol-infused confections containing not more than one-half of one 275
	349	+	per cent of alcohol by weight and which the commissioner has approved 276
	350	+	for sale [by the commissioner] under section 21a-101, and [(18)] (R) gift 277
	351	+	baskets containing only containers of alcoholic liquor and commodities 278
	352	+	authorized for sale under [subdivisions (1) to (17), inclusive, of this 279
	353	+	subsection] subparagraphs (A) to (Q), inclusive, of this subdivision. A 280
	354	+	package store permit shall also allow the taking and transmitting of 281
	355	+	orders for delivery of such merchandise in other states. 282
	356	+	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a package store permit 283
	357	+	shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion or giveaway 284
	358	+	sponsored by the [Department of Consumer Protection] department. 285
	359	+	The annual fee for a package store permit shall be five hundred thirty-286
	360	+	five dollars. 287
	361	+	[(b)] (c) A grocery store beer permit may be granted to any grocery 288
	362	+	store and shall allow the retail sale of beer in standard size containers 289
	363	+	not to be consumed on the permit premises. [A] The holder of a grocery 290
	364	+	store beer permit shall post, in a prominent location adjacent to the beer 291
	365	+	display, the retail price for each brand of beer and [said] such retail price 292
	366	+	shall include all applicable federal and state taxes, including, but not 293
	367	+	limited to, the applicable state sales taxes. The annual fee for a grocery 294
	368	+	store beer permit shall be one hundred seventy dollars, [. For a] or, for a 295
	369	+	grocery store that has annual sales of food and grocery items of [not less 296
	370	+	than] at least two million dollars, [the annual fee for a grocery store beer 297
	371	+	permit shall be] one thousand five hundred dollars. 298
	372	+	[(c) "Grocery store" means any store commonly known as a 299
	373	+	supermarket, food store, grocery store or delicatessen, primarily 300
	374	+	engaged in the retail sale of all sorts of canned goods and dry goods 301
	375	+	such as tea, coffee, spices, sugar and flour, either packaged or in bulk, 302 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	382	+	with or without fresh fruits and vegetables, and with or without fresh, 303
	383	+	smoked and prepared meats, fish and poultry, except that no store 304
	384	+	primarily engaged in the retail sale of seafood, fruits and vegetables, 305
	385	+	candy, nuts and confectioneries, dairy products, bakery products or 306
	386	+	eggs and poultry shall be included in the definition of "grocery store".] 307
	387	+	(d) The holder of a package store permit or a grocery store beer 308
	388	+	permit issued under this section may allow curbside pick-up of 309
	389	+	previously purchased alcoholic liquor by (1) the consumer who 310
	390	+	purchased such alcoholic liquor, or (2) the holder of an in-state 311
	391	+	transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 312
	392	+	or such holder's agent. Such curbside pick-up shall be limited to the 313
	393	+	space immediately adjacent to, or in a parking lot abutting, the permit 314
	394	+	premises. The holder of such package store permit or grocery store beer 315
	395	+	permit may allow such curbside pick-up only during the hours the 316
	396	+	package store or grocery store is allowed to sell alcoholic liquor under 317
	397	+	subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act, unless a more 318
	398	+	restrictive municipal ordinance limits such curbside pick-up hours. 319
	399	+	Sec. 5. Section 30-46 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 320
	400	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 321
	401	+	passage): 322
	402	+	(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, except as to a store 323
	403	+	engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, in its discretion, suspend, revoke 324
	404	+	or refuse to grant or renew a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor if [it] 325
	405	+	the department has reasonable cause to believe [:] that (1) [That] the 326
	406	+	proximity of the permit premises [will have a detrimental effect upon 327
	407	+	any church] to any charitable institution supported by private or public 328
	408	+	funds, church, convent, hospital, public or parochial school, [convent, 329
	409	+	charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds, 330
	410	+	hospital] or veterans' home, or any [camp,] barracks, camp or flying 331
	411	+	field of the armed forces, [; (2) that such location] will detrimentally 332
	412	+	impact such institution, church, convent, hospital, school, home, 333
	413	+	barracks, camp or field, (2) the permit premises is in such proximity to 334
	414	+	a no-permit town so that it is apparent that the applicant is seeking to 335 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	421	+	obtain the patronage of [such] persons in such town, [;] (3) [that] the 336
	422	+	number of permit premises in the locality is such that [the] granting [of] 337
	423	+	a permit is detrimental to the public interest, and, in reaching a 338
	424	+	conclusion in this respect, the department may consider the character 339
	425	+	and [of, the] population of, and the number of like permits and [number 340
	426	+	of] all permits existent in, the particular town and the immediate 341
	427	+	neighborhood concerned [,] and the effect which a new permit may have 342
	428	+	on such town or neighborhood or on like permits existent in such town 343
	429	+	or neighborhood, [;] (4) [that] the place has been conducted as a lewd or 344
	430	+	disorderly establishment, [;] (5) [that] the backer does not have a right 345
	431	+	to occupy the permit premises, [;] (6) [that] drive-up sales of alcoholic 346
	432	+	liquor, other than curbside pick-up allowed under subsection (d) of 347
	433	+	section 30-20, as amended by this act, are being made at the permit 348
	434	+	premises, [;] or (7) [that] there is any other reason as provided by state 349
	435	+	or federal law or regulation which warrants such refusal. 350
	436	+	(b) (1) The existence of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a 351
	437	+	shall not be a factor to be taken into consideration under subdivision (3) 352
	438	+	of subsection (a) of this section. 353
	439	+	(2) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of 354
	440	+	this section shall not apply to [the granting] issuance of a coliseum 355
	441	+	permit under section 30-33a. 356
	442	+	Sec. 6. Section 30-51a of the general statutes is repealed and the 357
	443	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 358
	444	+	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 30-47 359
	445	+	and section 30-51, a permittee of premises operating under a grocery 360
	446	+	store beer permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as 361
	447	+	amended by this act, may lease up to fifty per cent of the total square 362
	448	+	footage of the premises to any person for lawful purposes. The 363
	449	+	Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue a permit allowing 364
	450	+	the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor on any such leased premises, 365
	451	+	and the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor [, as defined in 366
	452	+	subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] shall be unlawful on any such leased 367 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	459	+	premises. 368
	460	+	Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 30-74 of the general statutes is 369
	461	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 370
	462	+	passage): 371
	463	+	(c) No permittee or backer who is authorized under this chapter to 372
	464	+	sell alcoholic liquor at retail for consumption off the permit premises, 373
	465	+	and no agent or employee of such permittee or backer, may sell or 374
	466	+	deliver such alcoholic liquor from a drive-up window or similar exterior 375
	467	+	wall opening except as part of a curbside pick-up authorized under 376
	468	+	subsection (d) of section 30-20, as amended by this act. 377
	469	+	Sec. 8. Section 30-22a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 378
	470	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 379
	471	+	passage): 380
	472	+	(a) A cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be 381
	473	+	consumed on the premises of a cafe. The holder of a cafe permit shall 382
	474	+	keep food available for sale to its customers for consumption on the 383
	475	+	premises during [a] the majority of the hours such premises are open. 384
	476	+	The availability of food from outside vendors located on or near the 385
	477	+	premises, who may directly deliver such food or indirectly deliver such 386
	478	+	food through a third party, shall be deemed compliance with such 387
	479	+	requirement. The licensed premises shall at all times comply with all the 388
	480	+	regulations of the local department of health. Nothing herein shall be 389
	481	+	construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with any 390
	482	+	alcoholic liquor, nor shall any rule, regulation or standard be 391
	483	+	promulgated or enforced [requiring that the sale] to require that sales of 392
	484	+	food be substantial or that the [receipts of the business other than from 393
	485	+	the sale of] business's receipts from sales of alcoholic liquor equal any 394
	486	+	set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein] on the 395
	487	+	licensed premises. A cafe permit shall allow, with the prior approval of 396
	488	+	the Department of Consumer Protection, alcoholic liquor to be served at 397
	489	+	tables in outside areas that are screened or not screened from public 398
	490	+	view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not 399 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	497	+	required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing 400
	498	+	such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer 401
	499	+	Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be 402
	500	+	less than thirty inches high. Such permit shall also authorize the sale at 403
	501	+	retail from the premises of sealed containers, supplied by the permittee, 404
	502	+	of draught beer for consumption off the premises. Such sales shall be 405
	503	+	conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell 406
	504	+	alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, 407
	505	+	as amended by this act. Not more than four liters of such beer shall be 408
	506	+	sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is 409
	507	+	authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as 410
	508	+	amended by this act. The annual fee for a cafe permit shall be two 411
	509	+	thousand dollars, except the annual fee for a cafe permit for a prior 412
	510	+	holder of a tavern permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-26 shall 413
	511	+	be eight hundred dollars for the first year, twelve hundred dollars for 414
	512	+	the second year, one thousand six hundred dollars for the third year and 415
	513	+	two thousand dollars for each year thereafter. 416
	514	+	(b) (1) A cafe patron may remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-417
	515	+	premises consumption, provided the patron has purchased a full course 418
	516	+	meal and consumed a portion of the wine with such meal on the cafe 419
	517	+	premises. For purposes of this section, "full course meal" means a 420
	518	+	diversified selection of food which (A) ordinarily cannot be consumed 421
	519	+	without the use of tableware, and [which] (B) cannot be conveniently 422
	520	+	consumed while standing or walking. 423
	521	+	(2) A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from 424
	522	+	the premises [pursuant to] under this subsection shall be securely sealed 425
	523	+	and placed in a bag by the permittee or the permittee's agent or 426
	524	+	employee prior to removal from the premises. 427
	525	+	(c) As used in this section, "cafe" means space in a suitable and 428
	526	+	permanent building, vessel or structure, kept, used, maintained, 429
	527	+	advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor 430
	528	+	and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but 431
	529	+	which does not necessarily serve hot meals; it shall have no sleeping 432 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	536	+	accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen 433
	537	+	or dining room but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate 434
	538	+	number of employees. 435
	539	+	(d) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 436
	540	+	includes any location in [the Bradley International Airport] a passenger 437
	541	+	terminal complex of any airport, as defined in section 15-34, or any 438
	542	+	location adjacent to and attached by common partition to [said] such 439
	543	+	complex, which is open to the public [and] or to airline club members or 440
	544	+	their guests, with or without the sale of food, for consumption on the 441
	545	+	premises. 442
	546	+	(e) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 443
	547	+	includes all of the land and buildings in which the principal business 444
	548	+	conducted is racing or jai alai exhibitions, with pari-mutuel betting 445
	549	+	licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection. 446
	550	+	(f) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 447
	551	+	includes any commercial bowling establishment containing ten or more 448
	552	+	lanes, or any commercial racquetball or tennis facility containing five or 449
	553	+	more courts, with or without food, for consumption on the premises. 450
	554	+	(g) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 451
	555	+	includes the premises and grounds of a golf country club, defined as: (1) 452
	556	+	[an] An association of persons, whether incorporated or 453
	557	+	unincorporated, that has been in existence as a bona fide organization 454
	558	+	for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by 455
	559	+	this chapter, or that at the time of applying for the permit is in existence 456
	560	+	as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty members who 457
	561	+	have paid annual membership fees or dues and have signed affidavits 458
	562	+	of their intention to remain members of the association for not less than 459
	563	+	one year after that time, not including associations organized for any 460
	564	+	commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit, 461
	565	+	which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a 462
	566	+	course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with 463
	567	+	facilities that include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; 464 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	574	+	provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within 465
	575	+	ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences 466
	576	+	of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the election of 467
	577	+	any additional member, his name and address, and provided its 468
	578	+	aggregate annual membership fees or dues and other income, exclusive 469
	579	+	of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be sufficient to 470
	580	+	defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises, or, if the 471
	581	+	premises are owned by the club, shall be sufficient to meet the taxes, 472
	582	+	insurance and repairs and the interest on any mortgage thereof; and 473
	583	+	provided, further, its affairs and management shall be conducted by a 474
	584	+	board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the 475
	585	+	members at their annual meeting, and no member or any officer, agent 476
	586	+	or employee of the club shall be paid or, directly or indirectly, shall 477
	587	+	receive in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the 478
	588	+	disposition or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members of 479
	589	+	the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of 480
	590	+	such salary as may be fixed and voted at annual meetings by the 481
	591	+	members or by its directors or other governing body and as reported by 482
	592	+	the club to the department, within three months after the annual 483
	593	+	meeting, and as is, in the judgment of the department, reasonable and 484
	594	+	proper compensation for the services of such member, officer, agent or 485
	595	+	employee; or (2) an association of persons, whether incorporated or 486
	596	+	unincorporated, which has been in existence as a bona fide organization 487
	597	+	for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by 488
	598	+	this chapter, or which at the time of applying for the permit is in 489
	599	+	existence as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty 490
	600	+	members who have paid annual membership fees or dues and is directly 491
	601	+	or indirectly wholly owned by a corporation which is and continues to 492
	602	+	be nonprofit and to which the Internal Revenue Service has issued a 493
	603	+	ruling classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of 494
	604	+	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 495
	605	+	internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to 496
	606	+	time, which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and 497
	607	+	a course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with 498
	608	+	facilities which include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; 499 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	615	+	provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within 500
	616	+	ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences 501
	617	+	of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the admission 502
	618	+	of any additional member, his name and address. The nonprofit 503
	619	+	corporation shall demonstrate to the commission an ability to pay any 504
	620	+	operating deficit of the golf country club, exclusive of any proceeds of 505
	621	+	the sale of alcoholic liquor; and provided, further, the affairs and the 506
	622	+	management of the nonprofit corporation are conducted by a board of 507
	623	+	directors, executive committee or similar body at least forty per cent of 508
	624	+	the members of which are chosen by the members of the nonprofit 509
	625	+	corporation at their annual meeting and the balance of the members of 510
	626	+	the board of directors are professionals chosen for their knowledge of 511
	627	+	the business of the nonprofit corporation, and all moneys earned by the 512
	628	+	golf country club shall be used to defray its expenses of operation or for 513
	629	+	charitable purposes, and any balance shall be directly or indirectly 514
	630	+	remitted to the nonprofit corporation. 515
	631	+	[(h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" shall include 516
	632	+	the sale and public consumption of alcoholic liquor by passengers with 517
	633	+	or without meals upon any one designated boat engaged in the 518
	634	+	transportation of passengers for hire to or from any port in this state.] 519
	635	+	[(i)] (h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall 520
	636	+	include] includes any corporation that operates a railway in this state or 521
	637	+	that operates club, parlor, dining, buffet or lounge cars upon the lines of 522
	638	+	any such railway in this state. It shall allow the sale and public 523
	639	+	consumption of alcoholic liquor in any club, parlor, dining, buffet or 524
	640	+	lounge car of a passenger train operated in this state. It shall be subject 525
	641	+	to all the privileges, obligations and penalties provided for in this 526
	642	+	chapter except that it shall be issued to a corporation instead of to a 527
	643	+	person and, if it is revoked, another application may be made by the 528
	644	+	corporation for the issuance of another railroad permit at any time after 529
	645	+	the expiration of one year after such revocation. 530
	646	+	[(j)] (i) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall 531
	647	+	include] includes a facility designed, constructed and used for corporate 532 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	654	+	and private parties, sporting events, concerts, exhibitions, trade shows, 533
	655	+	entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances, 534
	656	+	fund-raising events and similar functions, located on a tract of land of 535
	657	+	not less than twenty acres containing an enclosed roofed pavilion 536
	658	+	constructed to seat not less than two hundred fifty people, where hot 537
	659	+	meals are regularly served in an adequate and sanitary dining area, such 538
	660	+	meals having been prepared in an adequate and sanitary kitchen on the 539
	661	+	premises, and employing an adequate number of employees who shall 540
	662	+	serve only persons who are at such outing facility to attend an event, 541
	663	+	function, private party or banquet. 542
	664	+	[(k)] (j) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" includes: 543
	665	+	(1) A room or building that is subject to the care, custody and control of 544
	666	+	The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees; (2) land and buildings 545
	667	+	which are subject to the care, custody and control of an institution 546
	668	+	offering a program of higher learning, as defined in section 10a-34, 547
	669	+	which has been accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education 548
	670	+	or Office of Higher Education or otherwise is authorized to award a 549
	671	+	degree pursuant to section 10a-34; or (3) on land or in a building situated 550
	672	+	on or abutting a golf course which is subject to the care, custody and 551
	673	+	control of an institution offering a program of higher learning, as 552
	674	+	defined in section 10a-34, which has been accredited by the Board of 553
	675	+	Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or 554
	676	+	otherwise is authorized to award a degree pursuant to section 10a-34. 555
	677	+	Sec. 9. Section 30-12 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 556
	678	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 557
	679	+	passage): 558
	680	+	When any town has so voted upon the question of liquor permits, any 559
	681	+	liquor permit granted in such town which is not in accordance with such 560
	682	+	vote shall be void except manufacturer permits and cafe permits issued 561
	683	+	[pursuant to] under subsections (g) and [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as 562
	684	+	amended by this act. 563
	685	+	Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 30-14 of the 2022 supplement to the 564 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	692	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 565
	693	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 566
	694	+	(a) [A] Each permit shall be a purely personal privilege that [expires 567
	695	+	annually, except a permit issued under sections 30-25, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-568
	696	+	37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, and] is revocable in the discretion of the 569
	697	+	Department of Consumer Protection, and subject to appeal, as provided 570
	698	+	in section 30-55. [A] Except as otherwise provided in the general 571
	699	+	statutes, including, but not limited to, sections 30-25, as amended by this 572
	700	+	act, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, each permit shall expire 573
	701	+	annually. No permit shall [not] constitute property, [nor shall it] be 574
	702	+	subject to attachment and execution [, nor shall it] or be alienable, except 575
	703	+	[that it] a permit shall descend to the estate of a deceased permittee by 576
	704	+	the laws of testate or intestate succession. An airline permit issued under 577
	705	+	section 30-28a or a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection 578
	706	+	[(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be granted to the 579
	707	+	airline corporation or railway corporation and not to any person, and 580
	708	+	the corporation shall be the permittee. 581
	709	+	Sec. 11. Section 30-16b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 582
	710	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 583
	711	+	passage): 584
	712	+	(a) [From June 4, 2021, until three years after June 4, 2021] During the 585
	713	+	period beginning June 4, 2021, and ending June 5, 2024, the holder of a 586
	714	+	permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22, as 587
	715	+	amended by this act, [or] subsection [(a), (g), (h) or (i)] (c) or (g) of section 588
	716	+	30-22a, as amended by this act, or section 30-22aa may sell for off-589
	717	+	premises consumption sealed containers of all [such] alcoholic liquor 590
	718	+	such permit holder is allowed to sell for on-premises consumption, 591
	719	+	subject to the requirements of this section and consistent with all local 592
	720	+	ordinances for the town in which the permit premises are located. 593
	721	+	(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant 594
	722	+	to] under this section shall be accompanied by food prepared on the 595
	723	+	permit premises for off-premises consumption. 596 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	730	+	(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant to] 597
	731	+	under this section may be sold in a container other than the 598
	732	+	manufacturer's original sealed container, unless sold by a permittee 599
	733	+	under section 30-16. All such alcoholic liquor [sold for off-premises 600
	734	+	consumption] shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed 601
	735	+	container that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-602
	736	+	evident lid, cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a 603
	737	+	container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each 604
	738	+	securely sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's 605
	739	+	agent or employee prior to removal from the permit premises. 606
	740	+	(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such 607
	741	+	delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and 608
	742	+	not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or 609
	743	+	entity holds an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, 610
	744	+	as amended by this act. 611
	745	+	(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 612
	746	+	[pursuant to] under this section shall: (1) [be] Be conducted only during 613
	747	+	the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the 614
	748	+	provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act; [,] 615
	749	+	and (2) if such alcoholic liquor is sold by a permittee under section 30-616
	750	+	21 or 30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-617
	751	+	22a, as amended by this act, or section 30-22aa, comply with all 618
	752	+	applicable requirements of said sections and the limits imposed under 619
	753	+	subsection (g) of this section. 620
	754	+	(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold [pursuant to] under this 621
	755	+	section shall not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed 622
	756	+	container is unopened, the seal has not been tampered with [,] and the 623
	757	+	contents of the sealed container have not been partially removed. 624
	758	+	(g) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 625
	759	+	[pursuant to] under this section by a permittee under section 30-21 or 626
	760	+	30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, as 627
	761	+	amended by this act, or section 30-22aa shall comply with the following 628 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	768	+	limits for any one order, per customer: (1) One hundred ninety-six 629
	769	+	ounces [,] for beer; [,] (2) one liter [,] for spirits; [,] and (3) one and one-630
	770	+	half liters [,] for wine. 631
	771	+	(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the retail sale of 632
	772	+	any alcoholic liquor manufactured by a manufacturer permittee under 633
	773	+	section 30-16 on [its] the manufacturer's permit premises for off-634
	774	+	premises consumption, which shall be subject to the requirements of 635
	775	+	[said] section 30-16, including, but not limited to, the volume limits and 636
	776	+	hours of sale set forth in [said] section 30-16. 637
	777	+	Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 30-22c of the 2022 supplement to the 638
	778	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 639
	779	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 640
	780	+	(b) The holder of a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection 641
	781	+	[(a)] (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, may operate a juice bar 642
	782	+	or similar facility at a permit premises if the juice bar or similar facility 643
	783	+	is limited to a room or rooms or separate area within the permit 644
	784	+	premises wherein there is no sale, consumption, dispensing or presence 645
	785	+	of alcoholic liquor. 646
	786	+	Sec. 13. Section 30-23a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 647
	787	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 648
	788	+	passage): 649
	789	+	No person shall be construed to be a guest of a member of a club 650
	790	+	[within the intent] for the purposes of section 30-22aa or of a golf 651
	791	+	country club [within the intent of section 30-24a] for the purposes of 652
	792	+	subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, until such 653
	793	+	person's name and address has been entered in the guest book 654
	794	+	maintained for such purposes on the club or golf country club premises, 655
	795	+	together with the signature of the member and the date of introduction, 656
	796	+	provided neither the permittee nor any person employed to dispense 657
	797	+	alcoholic beverages on such premises, during his working hours on such 658
	798	+	premises, shall enter such person's name in such book. The 659 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	805	+	[requirement] provisions of this section: (1) [shall] Shall not apply to a 660
	806	+	member of any nationally chartered veterans' service organization when 661
	807	+	such member enters a club run by such organization that is not such 662
	808	+	member's home club, but is affiliated with the same organization, 663
	809	+	provided such member shall show a membership, travel card or similar 664
	810	+	identification as a member of such organization upon entry to such club; 665
	811	+	[,] and (2) may be waived by the Department of Consumer Protection 666
	812	+	on special occasions upon written application. 667
	813	+	Sec. 14. Section 30-24 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 668
	814	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 669
	815	+	passage): 670
	816	+	Spouses of members of any club or golf country club which holds a 671
	817	+	permit under subsection (g) [or (h)] of section 30-22a, as amended by 672
	818	+	this act, or section 30-22aa may be allowed to participate in all of the 673
	819	+	privileges of such club or golf country club, by vote of such club's 674
	820	+	members, and shall not be considered guests for the purposes of the 675
	821	+	general statutes or provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state 676
	822	+	agencies adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection. 677
	823	+	Sec. 15. Section 30-24b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 678
	824	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 679
	825	+	passage): 680
	826	+	Auxiliary members who are spouses of members or surviving 681
	827	+	spouses of former deceased members of any club specified in 682
	828	+	[subsections (g) to (i), inclusive,] subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as 683
	829	+	amended by this act, or section 30-22aa which holds a permit under the 684
	830	+	provisions of this chapter may be allowed to participate in all the 685
	831	+	privileges of such club, by vote of such [club] club's members, and shall 686
	832	+	not be considered guests for purposes of the general statutes or 687
	833	+	provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted by 688
	834	+	the Department of Consumer Protection. 689
	835	+	Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 30-25 of the 2022 supplement to the 690 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	842	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 691
	843	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 692
	844	+	(a) A special club permit shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the 693
	845	+	drink, at retail, to be consumed at the grounds of an outdoor picnic 694
	846	+	conducted by a club or golf country club. Such permits shall be issued 695
	847	+	only to holders of cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (g) to (i), 696
	848	+	inclusive,] under subsection (g) of section 30-22a, [and] as amended by 697
	849	+	this act, and club permits issued under section 30-22aa, shall be issued 698
	850	+	on a daily basis subject to the hours of sale in section 30-91, as amended 699
	851	+	by this act, and shall be the same as provided therein for clubs and golf 700
	852	+	country clubs. The exception established in subsection (a) of section 30-701
	853	+	48, as amended by this act, that applies to boats operating under an in-702
	854	+	state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by 703
	855	+	this act, and cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (j) and (k)] 704
	856	+	under subsection (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [that is 705
	857	+	set forth in section 30-48] shall apply to such a special club permit. No 706
	858	+	such club or golf country club shall be granted more than four such 707
	859	+	special club permits during any one calendar year. 708
	860	+	Sec. 17. Subsection (b) of section 30-39 of the 2022 supplement to the 709
	861	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 710
	862	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 711
	863	+	(b) (1) Any person desiring a liquor permit or a renewal of such a 712
	864	+	permit shall make an affirmed application therefor to the Department of 713
	865	+	Consumer Protection, upon forms to be furnished by the department, 714
	866	+	showing the name and address of the applicant and of the applicant's 715
	867	+	backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to be 716
	868	+	operated under such permit and a financial statement setting forth all 717
	869	+	elements and details of any business transactions connected with the 718
	870	+	application. Such application shall include a detailed description of the 719
	871	+	type of live entertainment that is to be provided. A club or place of 720
	872	+	business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if the 721
	873	+	club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October 722
	874	+	1, 1993, and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The 723 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	880	+
	881	+	application shall also indicate any crimes of which the applicant or the 724
	882	+	applicant's backer may have been convicted. Applicants shall submit 725
	883	+	documents sufficient to establish that state and local building, fire and 726
	884	+	zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days 727
	885	+	of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements 728
	886	+	and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply 729
	887	+	to a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) or (h) of 730
	888	+	section 30-22a, as amended by this act. The State Fire Marshal or the 731
	889	+	marshal's certified designee shall be responsible for approving 732
	890	+	compliance with the State Fire Code at Bradley International Airport. 733
	891	+	Any person desiring a permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a 734
	892	+	copy of such person's license with such application if such license was 735
	893	+	issued by the Department of Consumer Protection. The department 736
	894	+	may, at its discretion, conduct an investigation to determine whether a 737
	895	+	permit shall be issued to an applicant. 738
	896	+	(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable 739
	897	+	application fee, which fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in 740
	898	+	this chapter for the permit sought. An application fee shall not be 741
	899	+	charged for an application to renew a permit. The application fee shall 742
	900	+	be in the amount of ten dollars for the filing of each application for a 743
	901	+	permit by a charitable organization under section 30-37b, including a 744
	902	+	nonprofit public television corporation under section 30-37d, a 745
	903	+	nonprofit golf tournament permit under section 30-37g, a temporary 746
	904	+	permit under section 30-35 or a special club permit [; and for all other 747
	905	+	permits] under section 30-25, as amended by this act; and in the amount 748
	906	+	of one hundred dollars for the filing of an initial application for all other 749
	907	+	permits. Any permit issued shall be valid only for the purposes and 750
	908	+	activities described in the application. 751
	909	+	(3) The applicant, immediately after filing an application, shall give 752
	910	+	notice thereof, with the name and residence of the permittee, the type of 753
	911	+	permit applied for and the location of the place of business for which 754
	912	+	such permit is to be issued and the type of live entertainment to be 755
	913	+	provided, all in a form prescribed by the department, by publishing the 756 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	919	+
	920	+	same in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the place 757
	921	+	of business to be operated under such permit is to be located, at least 758
	922	+	once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication to be not 759
	923	+	more than seven days after the filing date of the application and the last 760
	924	+	publication not more than fourteen days after the filing date of the 761
	925	+	application. The applicant shall affix, and maintain in a legible condition 762
	926	+	upon the outer door of the building wherein such place of business is to 763
	927	+	be located and clearly visible from the public highway, the placard 764
	928	+	provided by the department, not later than the day following the receipt 765
	929	+	of the placard by the applicant. If such outer door of such premises is so 766
	930	+	far from the public highway that such placard is not clearly visible as 767
	931	+	provided, the department shall direct a suitable method to notify the 768
	932	+	public of such application. When an application is filed for any type of 769
	933	+	permit for a building that has not been constructed, such applicant shall 770
	934	+	erect and maintain in a legible condition a sign not less than six feet by 771
	935	+	four feet upon the site where such place of business is to be located, 772
	936	+	instead of such placard upon the outer door of the building. The sign 773
	937	+	shall set forth the type of permit applied for and the name of the 774
	938	+	proposed permittee, shall be clearly visible from the public highway and 775
	939	+	shall be so erected not later than the day following the receipt of the 776
	940	+	placard. Such applicant shall make a return to the department, under 777
	941	+	oath, of compliance with the foregoing requirements, in such form as 778
	942	+	the department may determine, but the department may require any 779
	943	+	additional proof of such compliance. Upon receipt of evidence of such 780
	944	+	compliance, the department may hold a hearing as to the suitability of 781
	945	+	the proposed location. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply 782
	946	+	to applications for (A) airline permits issued under section 30-28a, (B) 783
	947	+	charitable organization permits issued under section 30-37b, (C) 784
	948	+	temporary permits issued under section 30-35, (D) special club permits 785
	949	+	issued under section 30-25, as amended by this act, (E) concession 786
	950	+	permits issued under section 30-33, (F) military permits issued under 787
	951	+	section 30-34, (G) cafe permits issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(j) 788
	952	+	or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, (H) warehouse 789
	953	+	permits issued under section 30-32, (I) [brokers'] broker's permits issued 790
	954	+	under section 30-30, (J) out-of-state [shippers'] shipper's permits for 791 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	960	+
	961	+	alcoholic liquor [and] issued under section 30-18, (K) out-of-state 792
	962	+	[shippers'] shipper's permits for beer [, (K)] issued under section 30-19, 793
	963	+	(L) coliseum permits [, (L)] issued under section 30-33a, (M) nonprofit 794
	964	+	golf tournament permits [, (M)] issued under section 30-37g, (N) 795
	965	+	nonprofit public television corporation permits [, (N)] issued under 796
	966	+	section 30-37d, (O) Connecticut craft cafe permits [by] issued under 797
	967	+	section 30-22d, as amended by this act, to permittees who held a 798
	968	+	manufacturer permit for a brew pub or a manufacturer permit for a beer 799
	969	+	and brew pub [prior to] before July 1, 2020, [and (O)] (P) off-site farm 800
	970	+	winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permits issued under 801
	971	+	section 30-16a, (Q) out-of-state retailer shipper's permits for wine issued 802
	972	+	under section 30-18a, (R) out-of-state winery shipper's permits for wine 803
	973	+	issued under section 30-18a, (S) in-state transporter's permits for 804
	974	+	alcoholic liquor issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 805
	975	+	including, but not limited to, boats operating under such permits, (T) 806
	976	+	seasonal outdoor open-air permits issued under section 30-22e, as 807
	977	+	amended by this act, and (U) renewals of any [such permits] permit 808
	978	+	described in subparagraphs (A) to (T), inclusive, of this subdivision, if 809
	979	+	applicable. The provisions of this subdivision regarding publication and 810
	980	+	placard display shall also be required of any applicant who seeks to 811
	981	+	amend the type of entertainment either upon filing of a renewal 812
	982	+	application or upon requesting permission of the department in a form 813
	983	+	that requires the approval of the municipal zoning official. 814
	984	+	(4) In any case in which a permit has been issued to a partnership, if 815
	985	+	one or more of the partners dies or retires, the remaining partner or 816
	986	+	partners need not file a new application for the unexpired portion of the 817
	987	+	current permit, and no additional fee for such unexpired portion shall 818
	988	+	be required. Notice of any such change shall be given to the department 819
	989	+	and the permit shall be endorsed to show correct ownership. When any 820
	990	+	partnership changes by reason of the addition of one or more persons, a 821
	991	+	new application with new fees shall be required. 822
	992	+	Sec. 18. Section 30-45 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 823
	993	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 824 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	999	+
	1000	+	passage): 825
	1001	+	The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the 826
	1002	+	sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal, 827
	1003	+	judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of 828
	1004	+	any police force; [, (2) a minor, and] (2) any minor; (3) any constable who 829
	1005	+	(A) performs criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace 830
	1006	+	officer by town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) 831
	1007	+	of section 54-1f, [any constable who] or (B) is certified under the 832
	1008	+	provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, [who] and performs 833
	1009	+	criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to the provisions of 834
	1010	+	subsection (c) of section 54-1f; [, or] and (4) any special constable 835
	1011	+	appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not apply to any 836
	1012	+	out-of-state [shippers' permits, cafe permits issued pursuant to 837
	1013	+	subsection (j) of section 30-22a and airline permits] shipper's permit 838
	1014	+	issued under section 30-18, 30-18a or 30-19, any cafe permit issued under 839
	1015	+	section 30-22a, as amended by this act, any boat operating under any in-840
	1016	+	state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by 841
	1017	+	this act, or any airline permit issued under section 30-28a. As used in 842
	1018	+	this section, "minor" means a minor, as defined in section 1-1d or as 843
	1019	+	defined in section 30-1, as amended by this act, whichever age is older. 844
	1020	+	Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 30-48 of the 2022 supplement to the 845
	1021	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 846
	1022	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 847
	1023	+	(a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or 848
	1024	+	permittee of any other permit class except in the case of airline permits 849
	1025	+	issued under section 30-28a, boats operating under in-state transporter's 850
	1026	+	permits issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, and cafe 851
	1027	+	permits issued [pursuant to subsection (d), (j) or (k)] under subsections 852
	1028	+	(d) and (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [and] except that: 853
	1029	+	(1) A backer of a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 or a restaurant 854
	1030	+	permit issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, may be a 855
	1031	+	backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit 856
	1032	+	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or a cafe permit 857 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1038	+
	1039	+	issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-22a, as amended 858
	1040	+	by this act, may be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes; 859
	1041	+	(3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, 860
	1042	+	as amended by this act, may be a holder or backer of a cafe permit issued 861
	1043	+	[pursuant to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this 862
	1044	+	act; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, as 863
	1045	+	amended by this act, may be a backer of a coliseum permit issued under 864
	1046	+	section 30-33a when such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of 865
	1047	+	a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 may be a backer of a coliseum 866
	1048	+	permit issued under section 30-33a; (6) a backer of a grocery store beer 867
	1049	+	permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this 868
	1050	+	act, may be (A) a backer of a package store permit issued under 869
	1051	+	subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended by this act, if such was the 870
	1052	+	case on or before May 1, 1996, and (B) a backer of a restaurant permit 871
	1053	+	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, provided the 872
	1054	+	restaurant permit premises do not abut or share the same space as the 873
	1055	+	grocery store beer permit premises; (7) a backer of a cafe permit issued 874
	1056	+	[pursuant to] under subsection [(m)] (j) of section 30-22a, as amended 875
	1057	+	by this act, may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under 876
	1058	+	section 30-35a; (8) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under 877
	1059	+	section 30-35a may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit issued under 878
	1060	+	section 30-21 or a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (9) a 879
	1061	+	backer of a concession permit issued under section 30-33 may be a 880
	1062	+	backer of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (10) a holder of 881
	1063	+	an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section 882
	1064	+	30-18a may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under 883
	1065	+	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, or an out-of-state entity wine 884
	1066	+	festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37m, or of both 885
	1067	+	such permits; (11) a holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit for 886
	1068	+	alcoholic liquor [other than beer] issued under section 30-18 or an out-887
	1069	+	of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section 30-18a 888
	1070	+	may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 889
	1071	+	30-19f, as amended by this act; (12) a holder of a manufacturer permit 890
	1072	+	for a farm winery [or the holder of] issued under subsection (c) of section 891
	1073	+	30-16 or a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead issued under 892 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1079	+
	1080	+	subsection (d) of section 30-16 may be a holder of an in-state 893
	1081	+	transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 894
	1082	+	a wine festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37l, a 895
	1083	+	farmers' market sales permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) 896
	1084	+	of section 30-37o, an off-site farm winery sales and tasting permit issued 897
	1085	+	[pursuant to] under section 30-16a or [of] any combination of such 898
	1086	+	permits; (13) a holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued under 899
	1087	+	subsection (b) of section 30-16 may be a holder of a farmers' market sales 900
	1088	+	permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-37o; (14) 901
	1089	+	the holder of a manufacturer permit for spirits, [a manufacturer permit 902
	1090	+	for beer, a manufacturer permit for] beer, a farm winery or [a 903
	1091	+	manufacturer permit for] wine, cider and mead, issued under 904
	1092	+	subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of section 30-16, may be a 905
	1093	+	holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as 906
	1094	+	amended by this act, a restaurant permit or a restaurant permit for wine 907
	1095	+	and beer issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act; and (15) 908
	1096	+	the holder of a restaurant permit [or] issued under section 30-22, as 909
	1097	+	amended by this act, a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as 910
	1098	+	amended by this act, or an in-state transporter's permit issued under 911
	1099	+	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, may be the holder of a seasonal 912
	1100	+	outdoor open-air permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-22e, as 913
	1101	+	amended by this act. Any person may be a permittee of more than one 914
	1102	+	permit. No holder of a manufacturer permit for [a brew pub] beer issued 915
	1103	+	under subsection (b) of section 30-16 and no spouse or child of such 916
	1104	+	holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits 917
	1105	+	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or cafe permits 918
	1106	+	issued under section 30-22a, as amended by this act. 919
	1107	+	Sec. 20. Subsection (c) of section 30-48a of the 2022 supplement to the 920
	1108	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 921
	1109	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 922
	1110	+	(c) Membership in any organization which is or may become the 923
	1111	+	holder of a [cafe] club or nonprofit club permit issued [pursuant to 924
	1112	+	subsection (h) of section 30-22a] under section 30-22aa shall not 925 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1117	+	30 of 84
	1118	+
	1119	+	constitute acquisition of an interest in a retail permit. 926
	1120	+	Sec. 21. Section 30-53 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 927
	1121	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 928
	1122	+	passage): 929
	1123	+	Each permit granted or renewed by the Department of Consumer 930
	1124	+	Protection shall be of no effect until a duplicate thereof has been filed by 931
	1125	+	the permittee with the town clerk of the town within which the club or 932
	1126	+	place of business described in such permit is situated; provided the 933
	1127	+	place of filing [of] for (1) a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under 934
	1128	+	subsection [(j) or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or a 935
	1129	+	boat operating under an in-state transporter's permit issued under 936
	1130	+	section 30-19f, as amended by this act, shall be the office of the town 937
	1131	+	clerk of the town of New Haven, and (2) an airline [permits,] permit 938
	1132	+	issued under section 30-28a shall be the office of the town clerk of the 939
	1133	+	town of Hartford. The fee for such filing shall be twenty dollars. 940
	1134	+	Sec. 22. Section 30-54 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 941
	1135	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 942
	1136	+	passage): 943
	1137	+	Every permittee, other than a corporation holding a cafe permit 944
	1138	+	issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as 945
	1139	+	amended by this act, or an airline permit issued under section 30-28a, 946
	1140	+	shall cause [his or her] such permittee's permit or a duplicate thereof to 947
	1141	+	be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place in any room 948
	1142	+	where the sales so permitted are to be carried on. 949
	1143	+	Sec. 23. Subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 30-91 of the 2022 950
	1144	+	supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 951
	1145	+	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 952
	1146	+	(a) The sale, [or the] dispensing, [or] consumption or [the] presence 953
	1147	+	in glasses or other receptacles suitable to [permit] allow for the 954
	1148	+	consumption of alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating 955
	1149	+	under hotel permits issued under section 30-21, restaurant permits 956 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1154	+	31 of 84
	1155	+
	1156	+	issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, cafe permits issued 957
	1157	+	under section 30-22a, as amended by this act, Connecticut craft cafe 958
	1158	+	permits issued under section 30-22d, as amended by this act, club 959
	1159	+	permits issued under section 30-22aa, restaurant permits for catering 960
	1160	+	establishments issued under section 30-22b, coliseum permits issued 961
	1161	+	under section 30-33a, nonprofit public museum permits issued under 962
	1162	+	section 30-37a, manufacturer permits for beer, a farm winery or wine, 963
	1163	+	cider and mead issued under subsection (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of 964
	1164	+	section 30-16, casino permits issued under section 30-37k, caterer liquor 965
	1165	+	permits issued under section 30-37j and charitable organization permits 966
	1166	+	issued under section 30-37b shall be unlawful on: (1) Monday, Tuesday, 967
	1167	+	Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of one o'clock a.m. 968
	1168	+	and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the hours of two o'clock a.m. 969
	1169	+	and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the hours of two o'clock a.m. 970
	1170	+	and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except (A) for alcoholic liquor that is 971
	1171	+	served where food is also available during the hours otherwise 972
	1172	+	permitted by this section for the day on which Christmas falls, and (B) 973
	1173	+	by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-37k; and (5) 974
	1174	+	January first between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock 975
	1175	+	a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January first the prohibitions of 976
	1176	+	this section shall be between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and ten 977
	1177	+	o'clock a.m. 978
	1178	+	(b) Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce 979
	1179	+	the number of hours during which sales under subsection (a) of this 980
	1180	+	section, except sales [pursuant to] under a cafe permit issued [pursuant 981
	1181	+	to] under subsection (d) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall 982
	1182	+	be permissible. In all cases when a town, either by vote of a town 983
	1183	+	meeting or by ordinance, has acted on the sale of alcoholic liquor or the 984
	1184	+	reduction of the number of hours when such sale is permissible, such 985
	1185	+	action shall become effective on the first day of the month succeeding 986
	1186	+	such action and no further action shall be taken until at least one year 987
	1187	+	has elapsed since the previous action was taken. 988
	1188	+	(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this 989 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1195	+	section, such sale, [or] dispensing, [or] consumption or presence in 990
	1196	+	glasses in places operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] 991
	1197	+	under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be 992
	1198	+	unlawful before eleven a.m. on any day, except in that portion of the 993
	1199	+	permit premises which is located in a separate room or rooms entry to 994
	1200	+	which, from the bowling lane area of the establishment, is by means of 995
	1201	+	a door or doors which shall remain closed at all times except to permit 996
	1202	+	entrance and egress to and from the lane area. Any alcoholic liquor sold 997
	1203	+	or dispensed in a place operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant 998
	1204	+	to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall 999
	1205	+	be served in containers such as, but not limited to, plastic or glass. Any 1000
	1206	+	town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the 1001
	1207	+	number of hours during which sales under this subsection shall be 1002
	1208	+	permissible. 1003
	1209	+	(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises 1004
	1210	+	consumption in places operating under package store permits [, drug 1005
	1211	+	store permits] issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended 1006
	1212	+	by this act, druggist permits issued under section 30-36, manufacturer 1007
	1213	+	permits [for beer or] issued under section 30-16, grocery store beer 1008
	1214	+	permits issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this 1009
	1215	+	act, or religious wine retailer permits issued under section 2 of this act 1010
	1216	+	shall be unlawful on Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day and Christmas; 1011
	1217	+	and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises 1012
	1218	+	consumption in places operating under package store permits, [drug 1013
	1219	+	store] druggist permits, manufacturer permits for beer, [and] grocery 1014
	1220	+	store beer permits and religious wine retailer permits shall be unlawful 1015
	1221	+	on Sunday before ten o'clock a.m. and after six o'clock p.m. and on any 1016
	1222	+	other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after ten o'clock p.m. Any town 1017
	1223	+	may, by a vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number 1018
	1224	+	of hours during which such sale shall be permissible. 1019
	1225	+	(e) (1) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit [,] 1020
	1226	+	issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or 1021
	1227	+	a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as amended 1022 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1234	+	by this act, and wherein, under the provisions of this section, the sale of 1023
	1235	+	alcoholic liquor is forbidden on certain days or hours of the day, or 1024
	1236	+	during the period when [a cafe] such permit is suspended, it shall 1025
	1237	+	likewise be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit [it] such 1026
	1238	+	premises to be occupied by, the public on such days or hours. 1027
	1239	+	(2) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall 1028
	1240	+	be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit such premises to 1029
	1241	+	be occupied by, the public between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and six 1030
	1242	+	o'clock a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 1031
	1243	+	and between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on 1032
	1244	+	Saturday and Sunday or during any period of time when such permit is 1033
	1245	+	suspended, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of 1034
	1246	+	alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be 1035
	1247	+	prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or] dispensing or 1036
	1248	+	consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section. 1037
	1249	+	(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, in the case of any 1038
	1250	+	premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall be lawful for such 1039
	1251	+	premises to be open to, or be occupied by, the public when such 1040
	1252	+	premises is being used as a site for film, television, video or digital 1041
	1253	+	production eligible for a film production tax credit pursuant to section 1042
	1254	+	12-217jj, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of 1043
	1255	+	alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be 1044
	1256	+	prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or the] dispensing 1045
	1257	+	or consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section. 1046
	1258	+	Sec. 24. Subsection (e) of section 30-22 of the general statutes is 1047
	1259	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1048
	1260	+	passage): 1049
	1261	+	(e) "Restaurant" means space [,] that (1) is located in a suitable and 1050
	1262	+	permanent building, (2) is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held 1051
	1263	+	out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served, [but 1052
	1264	+	which] (3) has no sleeping accommodations for the public, [and which 1053
	1265	+	shall be provided with] (4) has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and 1054 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1271	+
	1272	+	dining room, [and] (5) employs at all times an adequate number of 1055
	1273	+	employees, and (6) if such space has no effective separation between a 1056
	1274	+	barroom and a dining room, includes at least four hundred square feet 1057
	1275	+	of dining space, and seating for at least twenty persons, in the dining 1058
	1276	+	room. 1059
	1277	+	Sec. 25. Section 30-22d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1060
	1278	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1061
	1279	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "craft cafe" means a space that (1) 1062
	1280	+	is located in a suitable and permanent building, (2) is kept, used, 1063
	1281	+	maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where 1064
	1282	+	alcoholic liquor and food are served at retail for consumption on the 1065
	1283	+	premises, (3) at all times has employed therein an adequate number of 1066
	1284	+	employees, (4) does not include public sleeping accommodations, and 1067
	1285	+	(5) need not necessarily have a dining room or kitchen. 1068
	1286	+	[(a)] (b) A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of 1069
	1287	+	alcoholic liquor manufactured in this state to be consumed on the 1070
	1288	+	premises of such craft cafe. The holder of such permit shall also hold a 1071
	1289	+	manufacturer permit issued under section 30-16, and shall keep food 1072
	1290	+	available during [a] the majority of the hours such permit premises are 1073
	1291	+	open [pursuant to] under this subsection for sale to, and consumption 1074
	1292	+	by, customers on [the] such permit premises. The availability of food 1075
	1293	+	from outside vendors located on or near the permit premises, [shall be 1076
	1294	+	deemed compliance with] delivered either directly by such outside 1077
	1295	+	vendors or indirectly through a third party, is sufficient to satisfy such 1078
	1296	+	requirement. The permit premises shall at all times comply with all 1079
	1297	+	regulations of the local department of health. Nothing [herein] in this 1080
	1298	+	section shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased 1081
	1299	+	with any alcoholic liquor, [nor shall any] and no rule, regulation or 1082
	1300	+	standard shall be promulgated or enforced [requiring] to require that 1083
	1301	+	[the sale] sales of food be substantial or that the business's receipts [of 1084
	1302	+	the business other than from the sale] from sales of alcoholic liquor 1085
	1303	+	equal any set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein] 1086
	1304	+	on the permit premises. A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow, with 1087 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1311	+	[the prior approval of] the Department of Consumer [Protection] 1088
	1312	+	Protection's prior approval and if allowed under fire, zoning and health 1089
	1313	+	regulations, alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas that 1090
	1314	+	are screened or not screened from public view. [where permitted by fire, 1091
	1315	+	zoning and health regulations. If not required by] If fire, zoning or 1092
	1316	+	health regulations [,] do not require that such areas be enclosed by a 1093
	1317	+	fence or wall, [enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the 1094
	1318	+	Department of Consumer Protection] the department shall not require 1095
	1319	+	that such areas be so enclosed. No such fence or wall [used to enclose 1096
	1320	+	such outside areas] shall be less than thirty inches high. [Such] A 1097
	1321	+	Connecticut craft cafe permit shall also authorize the sale, at retail from 1098
	1322	+	the permit premises [of] for consumption off the permit premises, of 1099
	1323	+	sealed containers supplied by the permittee of draught beer. [for 1100
	1324	+	consumption off the premises.] Such sales shall be conducted only 1101
	1325	+	during the hours that the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer 1102
	1326	+	issued under subsection (b) of section 30-16 is permitted to sell alcoholic 1103
	1327	+	liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as 1104
	1328	+	amended by this act. Not more than nine gallons of such beer shall be 1105
	1329	+	sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is 1106
	1330	+	authorized under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 30-91, as 1107
	1331	+	amended by this act. The annual fee for [a] each Connecticut craft cafe 1108
	1332	+	permit shall be three hundred dollars. 1109
	1333	+	[(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "craft cafe" means space 1110
	1334	+	in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained, 1111
	1335	+	advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor 1112
	1336	+	and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but 1113
	1337	+	that does not necessarily serve hot meals, as specified in subsection (a) 1114
	1338	+	of this section, but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate 1115
	1339	+	number of employees. "Cafe" does not include sleeping 1116
	1340	+	accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen 1117
	1341	+	or dining room.] 1118
	1342	+	(c) The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit may purchase, for 1119
	1343	+	resale on such permit holder's premises, alcoholic liquor [for resale on 1120 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1350	+	such permit holder's premises] from the holder of a manufacturer 1121
	1351	+	permit for: (1) [Manufacturer permit for spirits issued pursuant to] 1122
	1352	+	Spirits issued under subsection (a) of section 30-16; [, (2) manufacturer 1123
	1353	+	permit for] (2) beer issued [pursuant to] under subsection (b) of section 1124
	1354	+	30-16; [, (3) manufacturer permit for] (3) a farm winery issued [pursuant 1125
	1355	+	to] under subsection (c) of section 30-16; [,] or (4) [manufacturer permit 1126
	1356	+	for] wine, cider and mead issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) of 1127
	1357	+	section 30-16. The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit shall not 1128
	1358	+	purchase the same type of alcoholic liquor such permit holder 1129
	1359	+	manufactures from any holder of a manufacturer permit specified in 1130
	1360	+	subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection. The sale of such alcoholic 1131
	1361	+	liquor shall not [be] comprise more than twenty per cent of the 1132
	1362	+	Connecticut craft cafe permit holder's gross annual sales of all alcoholic 1133
	1363	+	liquor sold for [on-premise] on-premises consumption. 1134
	1364	+	Sec. 26. Subsection (c) of section 30-22e of the 2022 supplement to the 1135
	1365	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1136
	1366	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 1137
	1367	+	(c) The seasonal outdoor open-air permit shall be effective either 1138
	1368	+	April first to September thirtieth, inclusive, or May first to October 1139
	1369	+	thirty-first, inclusive, of the same year. Such permit shall be issued by 1140
	1370	+	the Department of Consumer Protection subject to the limitations on 1141
	1371	+	hours of operation for a restaurant permittee, as specified in section 30-1142
	1372	+	91, as amended by this act. [Any] No such permit shall [not] be 1143
	1373	+	renewable, and the [issuance of] department shall not issue a 1144
	1374	+	provisional seasonal outdoor open-air permit. [is prohibited.] Any 1145
	1375	+	backer of the permittee may [only] apply for only one [such] seasonal 1146
	1376	+	outdoor open-air permit per calendar year. The provisions of 1147
	1377	+	subdivision (3) of subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 30-39, as 1148
	1378	+	amended by this act, do not apply to [such permit] seasonal outdoor 1149
	1379	+	open-air permits. The annual fee for [a] each seasonal outdoor open-air 1150
	1380	+	permit shall be two thousand dollars. 1151
	1381	+	Sec. 27. Section 30-35b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1152
	1382	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1153 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1389	+	passage): 1154
	1390	+	[A ninety-day provisional permit shall allow the retail sale or 1155
	1391	+	manufacture of alcoholic liquor by any] The Department of Consumer 1156
	1392	+	Protection or Liquor Control Commission may, in the department's or 1157
	1393	+	commission's discretion, issue to any applicant, who makes a sworn 1158
	1394	+	application for a liquor permit under section 30-39, as amended by this 1159
	1395	+	act, and such applicant's backer, if any, a ninety-day provisional permit 1160
	1396	+	allowing such applicant and [his or her backer, if any, who has made 1161
	1397	+	application for a liquor permit pursuant to section 30-39 and may be 1162
	1398	+	issued at the discretion of the Liquor Control Commission or the 1163
	1399	+	Department of Consumer Protection] backer to manufacture or sell, at 1164
	1400	+	retail, alcoholic liquor. If such applicant or [such applicant's backer, if 1165
	1401	+	any,] backer causes any delay in the investigation conducted by the 1166
	1402	+	[Department of Consumer Protection] department pursuant to [said] 1167
	1403	+	section 30-39, as amended by this act, [the] such ninety-day provisional 1168
	1404	+	permit shall immediately cease [immediately. Only] to be effective. The 1169
	1405	+	department or commission shall issue only one [such] ninety-day 1170
	1406	+	provisional permit [shall be issued] to any such applicant and [his or 1171
	1407	+	her] applicant's backer [, if any,] for each location of the club or place of 1172
	1408	+	business which is to be operated under such permit. [and such] Such 1173
	1409	+	ninety-day provisional permit shall be nonrenewable, but may be 1174
	1410	+	extended due to delays not caused by the applicant. [Such] The 1175
	1411	+	department or commission shall not extend such permit [shall not be 1176
	1412	+	extended] beyond one year from the filing date, as defined in section 30-1177
	1413	+	39, as amended by this act. The nonrefundable fee for such ninety-day 1178
	1414	+	provisional permit shall be five hundred dollars. 1179
	1415	+	Sec. 28. Section 30-81 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1180
	1416	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1181
	1417	+	passage): 1182
	1418	+	No person who is [, by statute or regulation,] declared, under any 1183
	1419	+	provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state 1184
	1420	+	agencies, to be an unsuitable person to hold a permit to sell alcoholic 1185
	1421	+	liquor shall be allowed to have a financial interest in any [such permit] 1186 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1428	+	business that is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under any provision of 1187
	1429	+	the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. 1188
	1430	+	Except as provided in section 30-90a, no minor shall be employed [in 1189
	1431	+	any premises operating under a cafe permit in any capacity or] in 1190
	1432	+	handling any alcoholic liquor upon, [in] delivering any alcoholic liquor 1191
	1433	+	to [,] or [in] carrying or conveying any alcoholic liquor from [,] any 1192
	1434	+	permit premises. 1193
	1435	+	Sec. 29. Section 30-90 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1194
	1436	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1195
	1437	+	passage): 1196
	1438	+	Any permittee who, [by himself, his] either personally or through 1197
	1439	+	such permittee's servant or agent, [permits] allows any minor or any 1198
	1440	+	person to whom the sale or gift of alcoholic liquor has been [forbidden 1199
	1441	+	according to] prohibited by law to loiter on [his] the permit premises 1200
	1442	+	where [such] alcoholic liquor is kept for sale, or who allows any minor, 1201
	1443	+	other than a person [over age eighteen who is] who is at least eighteen 1202
	1444	+	years of age and an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a or 1203
	1445	+	a minor accompanied by [his] the minor's parent or guardian, to be in 1204
	1446	+	any room where alcoholic liquor is served at any bar, shall be subject to 1205
	1447	+	the penalties [of] described in section 30-113. For barrooms consisting of 1206
	1448	+	only one room and for permit premises without effective separation 1207
	1449	+	between a barroom and a dining room, [no] an unaccompanied minor 1208
	1450	+	may remain on the permit premises while waiting for and consuming 1209
	1451	+	food prepared on such permit premises. No minor may sit or stand at a 1210
	1452	+	consumer bar without being accompanied by a parent, guardian or 1211
	1453	+	spouse. 1212
	1454	+	Sec. 30. Section 20-578 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1213
	1455	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1214
	1456	+	(a) Information received by the department, the commission or the 1215
	1457	+	Department of Public Health, through filed reports or inspection or as 1216
	1458	+	otherwise authorized under chapters 418, [and] 420b, 420c and 420f and 1217
	1459	+	sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall not be disclosed publicly in 1218 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1466	+	such a manner as to identify individuals or institutions, except: (1) In a 1219
	1467	+	proceeding involving the question of licensure or the right to practice; 1220
	1468	+	[,] and (2) in a proceeding where the commission has voted in favor of 1221
	1469	+	formal disciplinary action against a pharmacist or pharmacy licensed 1222
	1470	+	pursuant to this chapter, when such disciplinary action is related to an 1223
	1471	+	error in the dispensing of medication. Nothing in this section shall be 1224
	1472	+	construed to prohibit the commissioner from disclosing information 1225
	1473	+	gained through the inspection of pharmacies and outlets holding 1226
	1474	+	permits for the sale of nonlegend drugs if the commissioner considers 1227
	1475	+	such disclosure to be in the interest of public health. 1228
	1476	+	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 1229
	1477	+	section 21a-265 and chapter 55, the Commissioners of Consumer 1230
	1478	+	Protection and Public Health and the authorized agents of said 1231
	1479	+	commissioners, in carrying out their duties under subsection (a) of this 1232
	1480	+	section, may: (1) Exchange information relating to a license or 1233
	1481	+	registration issued by their respective agencies; [,] or (2) exchange 1234
	1482	+	investigative information relating to violations of this chapter with each 1235
	1483	+	other, [with] the Chief State's Attorney and [with] any agencies charged 1236
	1484	+	with [the enforcement of] enforcing the pharmacy or drug laws of the 1237
	1485	+	United States, this state [and all] or other jurisdictions. 1238
	1486	+	Sec. 31. Section 20-617a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1239
	1487	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1240
	1488	+	(a) For purposes of this section, "flavoring agent" means an additive 1241
	1489	+	used in food or drugs when such additive: (1) Is used in accordance with 1242
	1490	+	good manufacturing practice principles and in the minimum quantity 1243
	1491	+	required to produce its intended effect; [,] (2) consists of one or more 1244
	1492	+	ingredients generally recognized as safe in food and drugs, has been 1245
	1493	+	previously sanctioned for use in food and drugs by the state or the 1246
	1494	+	federal government [, meets United States Pharmacopeia standards] or 1247
	1495	+	is an additive permitted for direct addition to food for human 1248
	1496	+	consumption pursuant to 21 CFR 172; [,] (3) is inert and produces no 1249
	1497	+	effect other than the instillation or modification of flavor; [,] and (4) is 1250
	1498	+	not greater than five per cent of the total weight of the product. 1251 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1505	+	(b) A flavoring agent may be added to a prescription product by: (1) 1252
	1506	+	A pharmacist upon the request of the prescribing practitioner, patient 1253
	1507	+	for whom the prescription is ordered or such patient's agent; [,] or (2) a 1254
	1508	+	pharmacist acting on behalf of a hospital, as defined in section 19a-490. 1255
	1509	+	Sec. 32. Subsection (a) of section 20-621a of the 2022 supplement to 1256
	1510	+	the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1257
	1511	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 1258
	1512	+	(a) As used in this section: [,] (1) ["long-term care pharmacy"] "Long-1259
	1513	+	term care pharmacy" (A) means a pharmacy licensed under section 20-1260
	1514	+	594, or registered as a nonresident pharmacy under section 20-627, that 1261
	1515	+	stores and dispenses legend drugs and legend devices to patients or 1262
	1516	+	residents of licensed nursing homes, rest homes, residential care homes 1263
	1517	+	or other supervised residential facilities and from which related 1264
	1518	+	pharmaceutical care services are provided, and (B) includes pharmacies 1265
	1519	+	located both inside and outside of such facilities but does not include 1266
	1520	+	those that are part of a licensed hospital; [,] (2) "nursing home" has the 1267
	1521	+	same meaning as provided in section 19a-490; [,] and (3) "automated 1268
	1522	+	prescription dispensing machine" has the same meaning as provided in 1269
	1523	+	section 20-571. A long-term care pharmacy may operate an automated 1270
	1524	+	prescription dispensing machine in a nursing home in accordance with 1271
	1525	+	a protocol approved in writing by the Department of Consumer 1272
	1526	+	Protection, until such time as regulations are adopted pursuant to 1273
	1527	+	subsection (b) of this section. The annual fee to operate an automated 1274
	1528	+	prescription dispensing machine shall be one hundred dollars per 1275
	1529	+	machine. 1276
	1530	+	Sec. 33. Section 21a-248 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1277
	1531	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1278
	1532	+	(a) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense 1279
	1533	+	controlled drugs to any of the following-named persons, but in the case 1280
	1534	+	of schedule II drugs only on an official written order or electronically 1281
	1535	+	through the Drug Enforcement Agency's Controlled Substance 1282
	1536	+	Ordering System: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler or pharmacist; (2) 1283 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1543	+	to a physician, dentist or veterinarian; (3) to a person in charge of a 1284
	1544	+	hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, but only for use 1285
	1545	+	by or in that hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution for 1286
	1546	+	medical or scientific purposes; (4) to a person in charge of a laboratory, 1287
	1547	+	but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes; 1288
	1548	+	and (5) to any registrant as defined in subdivision (47) of section 21a-1289
	1549	+	240. 1290
	1550	+	(b) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell controlled drugs 1291
	1551	+	only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and 1292
	1552	+	regulations. 1293
	1553	+	(c) An official [written] order for any schedule I or II drug shall be 1294
	1554	+	signed [in triplicate] by the person giving such order or by [his] such 1295
	1555	+	person's authorized agent and [the original] such order shall be 1296
	1556	+	presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug or drugs named 1297
	1557	+	therein as provided by federal [laws] law. If such order is accepted by 1298
	1558	+	such person, each party to the transaction shall preserve [his] such 1299
	1559	+	party's copy of such order for a period of three years in such a way so 1300
	1560	+	as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or 1301
	1561	+	employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. 1302
	1562	+	(d) The manufacturer or wholesaler shall keep records of all sales and 1303
	1563	+	dispensing of controlled drugs and shall comply fully with applicable 1304
	1564	+	provisions of the federal controlled drug laws and the federal food and 1305
	1565	+	drug laws, and the state food, drug and cosmetic laws in such sale or 1306
	1566	+	dispensing of controlled drugs. 1307
	1567	+	(e) Possession or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized 1308
	1568	+	by this section shall be lawful only if obtained in the regular course of 1309
	1569	+	the business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the 1310
	1570	+	possessor. 1311
	1571	+	(f) A person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific 1312
	1572	+	institution, or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any 1313
	1573	+	other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other 1314 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1579	+
	1580	+	proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains controlled drugs under 1315
	1581	+	the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, or 1316
	1582	+	dispense, or otherwise use such drugs within this state, except within 1317
	1583	+	the scope of [his] such person's, master's or officer's employment or 1318
	1584	+	official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes or for 1319
	1585	+	the purposes of research or analysis and subject to the provisions of this 1320
	1586	+	chapter. 1321
	1587	+	Sec. 34. Section 28-32 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1322
	1588	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1323
	1589	+	(a) For purposes of this section and section 28-32a: 1324
	1590	+	(1) (A) "Drugs" means [(A)] (i) substances recognized as drugs in the 1325
	1591	+	official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic 1326
	1592	+	Pharmacopoeia of the United States [,] or official National Formulary, 1327
	1593	+	or any supplement to any of said publications, [; (B)] (ii) substances 1328
	1594	+	intended for use in [the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or 1329
	1595	+	prevention of] curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or treating 1330
	1596	+	disease in [man] humans or other animals, [; (C)] (iii) substances, other 1331
	1597	+	than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of 1332
	1598	+	[man] humans or other animals, [;] and [(D)] (iv) substances intended 1333
	1599	+	for use as a component of any article specified in [subparagraph (A), (B) 1334
	1600	+	or (C)] subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(ii) or (A)(iii) of this subdivision. 1335
	1601	+	(B) "Drugs" does not include devices or their components, parts or 1336
	1602	+	accessories. [;] 1337
	1603	+	(2) (A) "Controlled drugs" means those drugs which contain any 1338
	1604	+	quantity of a substance which has been designated as subject to the 1339
	1605	+	federal Controlled Substances Act, or which has been designated as a 1340
	1606	+	depressant or stimulant drug pursuant to federal food and drug laws, 1341
	1607	+	or which has been designated by the Commissioner of Consumer 1342
	1608	+	Protection pursuant to section 21a-243 as having a stimulant, depressant 1343
	1609	+	or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous 1344
	1610	+	system and as having a tendency to promote abuse or psychological or 1345 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1617	+	physiological dependence, or both. Such controlled drugs are 1346
	1618	+	classifiable as amphetamine-type, barbiturate-type, cannabis-type, 1347
	1619	+	cocaine-type, hallucinogenic, morphine-type and other stimulant and 1348
	1620	+	depressant drugs. 1349
	1621	+	(B) "Controlled drugs" does not include alcohol, nicotine or caffeine. 1350
	1622	+	[;] 1351
	1623	+	(3) (A) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate 1352
	1624	+	precursor in schedules I to V, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled 1353
	1625	+	substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-243. 1354
	1626	+	(B) "Controlled substance" does not include alcohol, nicotine or 1355
	1627	+	caffeine. 1356
	1628	+	(4) "Medical devices" means apparatuses, contrivances and 1357
	1629	+	instruments, including their accessories, components and parts, 1358
	1630	+	intended (A) for use in curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or 1359
	1631	+	treating disease in humans or other animals, or (B) to affect the structure 1360
	1632	+	or any function of the body of humans or other animals. 1361
	1633	+	(b) Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor or the 1362
	1634	+	Governor's authorized representative having authority to declare 1363
	1635	+	emergencies, a hospital pharmacy, pharmacy or registrant authorized 1364
	1636	+	by state or federal law to be in possession of controlled substances may, 1365
	1637	+	in accordance with applicable federal regulations, policies and 1366
	1638	+	guidelines and with prior approval of the Commissioner of Consumer 1367
	1639	+	Protection, transfer or distribute drugs, [or] controlled drugs or medical 1368
	1640	+	devices to a licensed pharmacy, a registrant authorized by state or 1369
	1641	+	federal law to be in possession of controlled substances, or a location 1370
	1642	+	authorized by the commissioner. Such registrant shall record the 1371
	1643	+	transfer accurately and in compliance with all state and federal statutes 1372
	1644	+	and regulations and shall report the transfer, in writing, to the 1373
	1645	+	commissioner. 1374
	1646	+	Sec. 35. Section 21a-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1375
	1647	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1376 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1654	+	(a) For the purposes of this section: [(1) "consumer commodity" and 1377
	1655	+	"unit of a consumer commodity" have] 1378
	1656	+	(1) "Alcoholic liquor" has the same meaning as provided in section 1379
	1657	+	30-1, as amended by this act; 1380
	1658	+	(2) "Carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate 1381
	1659	+	sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, carton or jar containing a 1382
	1660	+	carbonated liquid soft drink that is sold separately or in packages of not 1383
	1661	+	more than twenty-four individual containers; 1384
	1662	+	(3) "Consumer commodity" has the same meaning as provided in 1385
	1663	+	section 21a-73, except that [consumer commodity] "consumer 1386
	1664	+	commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor [, as defined in 1387
	1665	+	subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] or a carbonated soft drink container; [(2) 1388
	1666	+	"carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate, sealed 1389
	1667	+	glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or carton containing a carbonated 1390
	1668	+	liquid soft drink sold separately or in packages of not more than twenty-1391
	1669	+	four individual containers; (3) "universal product coding"] 1392
	1670	+	(4) "Electronic pricing system" means a system that utilizes, by means 1393
	1671	+	of a scanner, universal product coding bar codes in combination with a 1394
	1672	+	cash register to record and total a consumer's purchases; 1395
	1673	+	(5) "Electronic shelf labeling system" means an electronic system that 1396
	1674	+	utilizes an electronic device which (A) is attached to a shelf, or at any 1397
	1675	+	other point of sale, immediately above or below an item, (B) clearly and 1398
	1676	+	conspicuously displays to consumers the price and unit price of a 1399
	1677	+	consumer commodity, and (C) reads the same data as an electronic cash 1400
	1678	+	register scanning system; 1401
	1679	+	(6) "End cap display" means a location in a retail sales area that is at 1402
	1680	+	the immediate end of an aisle; 1403
	1681	+	(7) "Unit of a consumer commodity" has the same meaning as 1404
	1682	+	provided in section 21a-73; and 1405 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1689	+	(8) "Universal product coding" means any system of coding that 1406
	1690	+	entails electronic pricing. [; (4) an electronic shelf labeling system is an 1407
	1691	+	electronic system that utilizes an electronic device attached to the shelf 1408
	1692	+	or at any other point of sale, immediately below or above the item, that 1409
	1693	+	conspicuously and clearly displays to the consumer the unit price and 1410
	1694	+	the price of the consumer commodity. Such electronic shelf labeling 1411
	1695	+	system reads the exact same data as the electronic cash register scanning 1412
	1696	+	system; and (5) an electronic pricing system is a system that utilizes the 1413
	1697	+	universal product coding bar code by means of a scanner in combination 1414
	1698	+	with the cash register to record and total a customer's purchases.] 1415
	1699	+	(b) (1) (A) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or 1416
	1700	+	partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses universal 1417
	1701	+	product coding [in totaling] to total a retail [customer's] consumer's 1418
	1702	+	purchases shall mark, or cause to be marked, each consumer commodity 1419
	1703	+	that bears a [Universal Product Code] universal product code with [its] 1420
	1704	+	such consumer commodity's retail price. 1421
	1705	+	(B) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or 1422
	1706	+	partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses an 1423
	1707	+	electronic pricing system [in totaling] to total a retail consumer's 1424
	1708	+	purchases shall provide [each] to such consumer [with] an item-by-item 1425
	1709	+	digital display, plainly visible to [the] such consumer as each universal 1426
	1710	+	[pricing] product code is scanned, of the price of each carbonated soft 1427
	1711	+	drink container or consumer commodity, [or carbonated soft drink 1428
	1712	+	container,] or both, which such consumer has selected for purchase [by 1429
	1713	+	such consumer prior to accepting] before such person, association, 1430
	1714	+	corporation, firm or partnership accepts payment from such consumer 1431
	1715	+	for such carbonated soft drink container or consumer commodity, or 1432
	1716	+	[container] both. The provisions of this subparagraph [do] shall not be 1433
	1717	+	construed to apply to any person who, or association, corporation, firm 1434
	1718	+	[,] or partnership [, association or corporation] that, is operating in a 1435
	1719	+	retail sales area of not more than ten thousand square feet. 1436
	1720	+	(2) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 1437
	1721	+	subsection shall not apply if [:] (A) [The] the Commissioner of Consumer 1438 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1727	+
	1728	+	Protection, by regulation, allows for the [utilization] use of electronic 1439
	1729	+	shelf labeling systems, [;] (B) [a retailer is granted] the commissioner 1440
	1730	+	grants to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership 1441
	1731	+	approval to [utilize] use an electronic shelf labeling system, [by the 1442
	1732	+	commissioner;] (C) [the retailer has demonstrated] the person, 1443
	1733	+	association, corporation, firm or partnership demonstrates, to the 1444
	1734	+	commissioner's satisfaction, [of the commissioner] that such electronic 1445
	1735	+	shelf labeling system is supported by an electronic pricing system that 1446
	1736	+	[utilizes] uses universal product coding [in totaling] to total a retail 1447
	1737	+	[customer's] consumer's purchases, [;] and (D) [the retailer] such person, 1448
	1738	+	association, corporation, firm or partnership has received the 1449
	1739	+	commissioner's approval for such an electronic pricing system. [by the 1450
	1740	+	commissioner.] 1451
	1741	+	(3) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 1452
	1742	+	subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or 1453
	1743	+	partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer has met] the conditions [of] established 1454
	1744	+	in subdivision (2) of this subsection have been satisfied, [;] and (B) the 1455
	1745	+	[retailer] person, association, corporation, firm or partnership has 1456
	1746	+	received the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's permission [by the 1457
	1747	+	commissioner] to suspend implementation of the electronic pricing 1458
	1748	+	system for a period, not to exceed thirty days, [in order to allow the 1459
	1749	+	retailer] to enable such person, association, corporation, firm or 1460
	1750	+	partnership, or an agent acting on behalf of [the retailer] such person, 1461
	1751	+	association, corporation, firm or partnership, to [reset,] remodel, repair, 1462
	1752	+	reset or otherwise modify such electronic pricing system at the retail 1463
	1753	+	establishment. 1464
	1754	+	(4) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 1465
	1755	+	subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or 1466
	1756	+	partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer] the person, association, corporation, 1467
	1757	+	firm or partnership applies for, and [is approved for] the Commissioner 1468
	1758	+	of Consumer Protection approves, an exemption [by the Commissioner 1469
	1759	+	of Consumer Protection] for such person, association, corporation, firm 1470
	1760	+	or partnership, (B) [the retailer] such person, association, corporation, 1471 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1767	+	firm or partnership demonstrates, to the commissioner's satisfaction, [of 1472
	1768	+	the commissioner] that [the retailer] such person, association, 1473
	1769	+	corporation, firm or partnership has achieved price scanner accuracy of 1474
	1770	+	at least ninety-eight per cent, as determined by the latest version of the 1475
	1771	+	National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, 1476
	1772	+	"Examination Procedures for Price Verification", as adopted by The 1477
	1773	+	National Conference on Weights and Measures, [",] (C) [the retailer] 1478
	1774	+	such person, association, corporation, firm or partnership pays an 1479
	1775	+	application fee, to be used to offset annual inspection costs, of three 1480
	1776	+	hundred fifteen dollars, if the premises consists of less than twenty 1481
	1777	+	thousand square feet of retail space, [and] or six hundred twenty-five 1482
	1778	+	dollars, if the premises consists of at least twenty thousand square feet 1483
	1779	+	[or more] of retail space, (D) [the retailer] such person, association, 1484
	1780	+	corporation, firm or partnership makes available a consumer price test 1485
	1781	+	scanner that is approved by the commissioner and located prominently 1486
	1782	+	in an easily accessible location for each twelve thousand square feet of 1487
	1783	+	retail floor space, or fraction thereof, and (E) price accuracy inspections 1488
	1784	+	resulting in less than ninety-eight per cent price scanner accuracy are 1489
	1785	+	reinspected, without penalty, and [the retailer] such person, association, 1490
	1786	+	corporation, firm or partnership pays a two-hundred-fifty-dollar 1491
	1787	+	reinspection fee. 1492
	1788	+	(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection, consumer 1493
	1789	+	commodities that are offered for sale and [that are] located on an end 1494
	1790	+	cap display within the retail sales area [are] shall not be subject to the 1495
	1791	+	requirements [specified under] established in this subsection, provided 1496
	1792	+	any information that would otherwise have been made available to a 1497
	1793	+	consumer pursuant to this section is clearly and conspicuously posted 1498
	1794	+	on or adjacent to such end cap. [For purposes of this subdivision, "end 1499
	1795	+	cap display" means the location in the retail sales area that is at the 1500
	1796	+	immediate end of an aisle.] 1501
	1797	+	(6) Consumer commodities that are advertised in a publicly 1502
	1798	+	circulated printed form as being offered for sale at a reduced retail price 1503
	1799	+	for a minimum seven-day period need not be individually marked at 1504 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1805	+
	1806	+	such reduced retail price, provided such consumer commodities are 1505
	1807	+	individually marked with their regular retail price and a conspicuous 1506
	1808	+	sign [is] adjacent to such consumer commodities [, which sign] discloses 1507
	1809	+	[:] (A) [The] such reduced retail price and [its] the unit price [;] of such 1508
	1810	+	consumer commodities, and (B) a statement disclosing that [the item] 1509
	1811	+	the cashier will [be] electronically [priced] price such consumer 1510
	1812	+	commodities at [the] such reduced price. [by the cashier.] 1511
	1813	+	(7) (A) [If] Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 1512
	1814	+	subdivision, if a consumer commodity is offered for sale and [its] the 1513
	1815	+	consumer commodity's electronic price is higher than the posted price, 1514
	1816	+	then one item of such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty 1515
	1817	+	dollars, shall be given to the consumer at no cost to the consumer. A 1516
	1818	+	conspicuous sign shall adequately disclose to the consumer that in the 1517
	1819	+	event the electronic price is higher than the posted retail price, one item 1518
	1820	+	of such consumer commodity shall be given to the [customer] consumer 1519
	1821	+	at no cost to the consumer. 1520
	1822	+	(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall not 1521
	1823	+	apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership in cases 1522
	1824	+	where the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership (i) 1523
	1825	+	improperly fails to redeem a digital or paper coupon which, if properly 1524
	1826	+	redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity, or (ii) fails 1525
	1827	+	to remove a sign adjoining a consumer commodity and disclosing a 1526
	1828	+	time-limited reduced price for the consumer commodity after the time 1527
	1829	+	period specified for such reduced price has expired. 1528
	1830	+	(8) If a consumer presents a digital or paper coupon which, if 1529
	1831	+	properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity 1530
	1832	+	and the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership fails to 1531
	1833	+	properly redeem such coupon, such person, association, corporation, 1532
	1834	+	firm or partnership shall provide to the consumer a refund in an amount 1533
	1835	+	that is equal to the value of such coupon. If a person, association, 1534
	1836	+	corporation, firm or partnership offers a consumer commodity for sale 1535
	1837	+	at a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such 1536
	1838	+	reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity following 1537 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1845	+	expiration of such time period, the person, association, corporation, firm 1538
	1846	+	or partnership shall only require a consumer to pay the reduced price 1539
	1847	+	disclosed in such sign for such consumer commodity. 1540
	1848	+	(c) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 1541
	1849	+	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning 1542
	1850	+	the marking of prices, and use of universal product coding, on each unit 1543
	1851	+	of a consumer commodity. 1544
	1852	+	(2) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 1545
	1853	+	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, designating 1546
	1854	+	not more than twelve consumer commodities that need not be marked 1547
	1855	+	in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of 1548
	1856	+	this section and specifying the method of providing adequate disclosure 1549
	1857	+	to consumers to [insure] ensure that the electronic pricing of the 1550
	1858	+	designated consumer commodities is accurate. The commissioner may 1551
	1859	+	also establish, by regulation, methods to protect consumers against 1552
	1860	+	electronic pricing errors of such designated consumer commodities and 1553
	1861	+	to [insure] ensure that the electronic prices of such designated consumer 1554
	1862	+	commodities are accurate. Among the methods that the commissioner 1555
	1863	+	may consider are conditions similar to those set forth in subdivision (5) 1556
	1864	+	of subsection (b) of this section. 1557
	1865	+	(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing 1558
	1866	+	notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of 1559
	1867	+	chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of 1560
	1868	+	not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more 1561
	1869	+	than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person [,] 1562
	1870	+	who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 1563
	1871	+	corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section, 1564
	1872	+	or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Any 1565
	1873	+	person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, 1566
	1874	+	association or corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) 1567
	1875	+	of this section, or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of 1568
	1876	+	this section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the 1569
	1877	+	first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each 1570 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1883	+
	1884	+	subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a 1571
	1885	+	particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a 1572
	1886	+	single offense. 1573
	1887	+	Sec. 36. Section 21a-79b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1574
	1888	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1575
	1889	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "consumer commodity" has the 1576
	1890	+	same meaning as provided in section [21a-73, except that "consumer 1577
	1891	+	commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision 1578
	1892	+	(3) of section 30-1, or a carbonated soft drink container] 21a-79, as 1579
	1893	+	amended by this act. 1580
	1894	+	(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79, as amended 1581
	1895	+	by this act, and except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, 1582
	1896	+	if a retailer offers to a consumer a consumer commodity, including, but 1583
	1897	+	not limited to, [fruits] any fruit or [vegetables] vegetable weighed at the 1584
	1898	+	point of sale, [is offered for sale by a retailer] and [its] the price of the 1585
	1899	+	consumer commodity to the consumer at the point of sale is [higher] 1586
	1900	+	greater than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price for such 1587
	1901	+	consumer commodity, [then] such retailer shall give such consumer 1588
	1902	+	commodity [, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given] to [the] 1589
	1903	+	such consumer, at no cost to such consumer, if the value of such 1590
	1904	+	consumer commodity is not more than twenty dollars. [A conspicuous] 1591
	1905	+	Retailers shall post a sign, [shall] in a conspicuous location, which 1592
	1906	+	adequately [disclose] discloses to [the consumer] consumers that in the 1593
	1907	+	event [such] the retail price of a consumer commodity is [higher] greater 1594
	1908	+	than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price [,] for the consumer 1595
	1909	+	commodity, the retailer shall give such consumer commodity [shall be 1596
	1910	+	given] to the [customer] consumer at no cost to the consumer. 1597
	1911	+	(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply 1598
	1912	+	to a retailer if the retailer (A) improperly fails to redeem a digital or 1599
	1913	+	paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a 1600
	1914	+	consumer commodity, or (B) fails to remove a sign adjoining a consumer 1601
	1915	+	commodity and disclosing a time-limited reduced price for the 1602 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1921	+
	1922	+	consumer commodity after the time period specified for such reduced 1603
	1923	+	price has expired. 1604
	1924	+	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21-79 and except as 1605
	1925	+	provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a consumer presents a 1606
	1926	+	digital or paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the 1607
	1927	+	price of a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, any fruit 1608
	1928	+	or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, and the retailer fails to 1609
	1929	+	properly redeem such coupon, such retailer shall provide to the 1610
	1930	+	consumer a refund in an amount that is equal to the value of such 1611
	1931	+	coupon. If a retailer offers a consumer commodity, including, but not 1612
	1932	+	limited to, any fruit or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, for sale at 1613
	1933	+	a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such 1614
	1934	+	reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity after 1615
	1935	+	expiration of such time period, the retailer shall only require a consumer 1616
	1936	+	to pay the reduced price disclosed in such sign for such consumer 1617
	1937	+	commodity. 1618
	1938	+	[(c)] (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing 1619
	1939	+	notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of 1620
	1940	+	chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of 1621
	1941	+	not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more 1622
	1942	+	than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person 1623
	1943	+	who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 1624
	1944	+	corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this 1625
	1945	+	section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer 1626
	1946	+	commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense. 1627
	1947	+	[(d)] (e) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person, 1628
	1948	+	association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 1629
	1949	+	corporation] operating in a retail sales area of not more than ten 1630
	1950	+	thousand square feet. 1631
	1951	+	Sec. 37. Section 42-133ff of the general statutes is repealed and the 1632
	1952	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1633 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1958	+
	1959	+	(a) For the purposes of this section: 1634
	1960	+	(1) (A) "Agent" (i) means any person who (I) arranges for the 1635
	1961	+	distribution of services by another person, or (II) leases, rents or sells 1636
	1962	+	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 1637
	1963	+	article, commodity or thing of value, on behalf of another person, and 1638
	1964	+	(ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any person who is duly appointed 1639
	1965	+	as an agent by a common carrier, (II) any person who sells 1640
	1966	+	transportation, travel or vacation arrangements on behalf of another 1641
	1967	+	person who is engaged in the business of furnishing transportation, 1642
	1968	+	travel or vacation services, and (III) any member of a cruise line 1643
	1969	+	association that operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines to sell 1644
	1970	+	cruise travel products or services. 1645
	1971	+	(B) "Agent" does not mean (i) a common carrier, (ii) an employee of a 1646
	1972	+	common carrier, or (iii) any person engaged in the business of 1647
	1973	+	furnishing transportation, travel or vacation services. 1648
	1974	+	(2) "Charge card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is 1649
	1975	+	issued, with or without a fee, to a holder and requires the holder to pay 1650
	1976	+	the full outstanding balance due on such card, device or instrument at 1651
	1977	+	the end of each standard billing cycle established by the issuer of such 1652
	1978	+	card, device or instrument, and (ii) may be used by the holder in a 1653
	1979	+	transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent tangible or 1654
	1980	+	intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other article, 1655
	1981	+	commodity or thing of value, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any 1656
	1982	+	software application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card, 1657
	1983	+	device or instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive 1658
	1984	+	such services or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article, 1659
	1985	+	commodity or thing. 1660
	1986	+	(3) "Credit card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is 1661
	1987	+	issued, with or without a fee, to a holder, and (ii) may be used by the 1662
	1988	+	holder in a transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent 1663
	1989	+	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 1664
	1990	+	article, commodity or thing of value on credit, regardless of whether 1665 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	1996	+
	1997	+	such card, device or instrument is known as a credit card, credit plate or 1666
	1998	+	by any other name, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any software 1667
	1999	+	application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card, device or 1668
	2000	+	instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive such services 1669
	2001	+	or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article, commodity or thing 1670
	2002	+	on credit. 1671
	2003	+	(4) (A) "Debit card" (i) means any card, code, device or other means 1672
	2004	+	of access, or any combination thereof, that (I) is authorized or issued for 1673
	2005	+	use to debit an asset account held, directly or indirectly, by a financial 1674
	2006	+	institution, and (II) may be used in a transaction to receive services or 1675
	2007	+	lease, purchase or rent tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed 1676
	2008	+	property, or any other article, commodity or thing of value regardless of 1677
	2009	+	whether such card, code, device, means or combination is known as a 1678
	2010	+	debit card, and (ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any software 1679
	2011	+	application that is used to store a digital form of such card, code, device 1680
	2012	+	or other means of access, or any combination thereof, that may be used 1681
	2013	+	in a transaction to receive such services or lease, purchase or rent any 1682
	2014	+	such property, article, commodity or thing, and (II) any cards, codes, 1683
	2015	+	devices or other means of access, or any combination thereof, commonly 1684
	2016	+	known as automated teller machine cards and payroll cards. 1685
	2017	+	(B) "Debit card" does not mean (i) a check, draft or similar paper 1686
	2018	+	instrument, or (ii) any electronic representation of such check, draft or 1687
	2019	+	instrument. 1688
	2020	+	(5) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, incorporated or 1689
	2021	+	unincorporated association, limited liability company, partnership, 1690
	2022	+	trust or other legal entity. 1691
	2023	+	(6) "Surcharge" means any additional charge or fee that increases the 1692
	2024	+	total amount of a transaction for the privilege of using a particular form 1693
	2025	+	of payment. 1694
	2026	+	(7) (A) "Transaction" means distribution by one person to another 1695
	2027	+	person of any service, or the lease, rental or sale by one person of any 1696 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2033	+
	2034	+	tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 1697
	2035	+	article, commodity or thing of value to another person, for a certain 1698
	2036	+	price. 1699
	2037	+	(B) "Transaction" does not mean payment of any (i) fees, costs, fines 1700
	2038	+	or other charges to a state agency authorized by the Secretary of the 1701
	2039	+	Office of Policy and Management under section 1-1j, (ii) taxes, penalties, 1702
	2040	+	interest and fees allowed by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in 1703
	2041	+	accordance with section 12-39r, (iii) taxes, penalties, interest and fees, or 1704
	2042	+	other charges, to a municipality in accordance with section 12-141a, (iv) 1705
	2043	+	fees, costs, fines or other charges to the Judicial Branch in accordance 1706
	2044	+	with section 51-193b, or (v) sum pursuant to any other provision of the 1707
	2045	+	general statutes or regulation of Connecticut state agencies. 1708
	2046	+	[(a)] (b) No [seller] person may impose a surcharge [on a buyer who 1709
	2047	+	elects to use any method of payment, including, but not limited to, cash, 1710
	2048	+	check, credit card or electronic means, in] on any [sales] transaction. 1711
	2049	+	[(b) Any seller who accepts or offers to accept a bank credit card 1712
	2050	+	bearing a trade name as a means of payment shall accept any bank credit 1713
	2051	+	card bearing such trade name presented by a cardholder, 1714
	2052	+	notwithstanding the identity of the card issuer. For the purposes of this 1715
	2053	+	subsection, "bank credit card" means any credit card issued by a bank, 1716
	2054	+	savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union.] 1717
	2055	+	(c) (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any [seller] person from 1718
	2056	+	offering a discount [to a buyer] on any transaction to induce [such buyer 1719
	2057	+	to pay] payment by cash, check, debit card [, check] or similar means 1720
	2058	+	rather than by charge card or credit card. No person may offer any such 1721
	2059	+	discount unless such person posts a notice disclosing such discount. 1722
	2060	+	Such person shall clearly and conspicuously (A) post such notice on 1723
	2061	+	such person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person, 1724
	2062	+	(B) display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment 1725
	2063	+	application before completing any online transaction or transaction that 1726
	2064	+	is processed by way of such digital payment application, and (C) 1727
	2065	+	verbally provide such notice before completing any oral transaction, 1728 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2071	+
	2072	+	including, but not limited to, any telephonic transaction. 1729
	2073	+	(2) In furtherance of the legislative findings contained in section 42-1730
	2074	+	133j, no existing or future agreement or contract [or agreement] shall 1731
	2075	+	prohibit a gasoline distributor or retailer [or distributor] from offering a 1732
	2076	+	discount to a buyer based upon the method [of payment by] such buyer 1733
	2077	+	uses to pay for such gasoline. Any provision in such [contract or] 1734
	2078	+	agreement or contract prohibiting such [retailer or] distributor or 1735
	2079	+	retailer from offering such discount is void and without effect [as] 1736
	2080	+	because such provision is contrary to public policy. 1737
	2081	+	[(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any seller from conditioning 1738
	2082	+	acceptance of a credit card on a buyer's minimum purchase. Each seller 1739
	2083	+	shall disclose any such minimum purchase policy orally or in writing at 1740
	2084	+	the point of purchase. For the purposes of this subsection, "at the point 1741
	2085	+	of purchase" includes, but is not limited to, at or on a cash register and 1742
	2086	+	in an advertisement or menu. 1743
	2087	+	(e) No provider of travel services may impose a surcharge on or 1744
	2088	+	reduce the commission paid to a travel agent who acts as an agent for 1745
	2089	+	such provider if the buyer uses a credit card to purchase such provider's 1746
	2090	+	travel services. A violation of any provision of this subsection shall be 1747
	2091	+	deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of 1748
	2092	+	section 42-110b. As used in this subsection, "provider of travel services" 1749
	2093	+	means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of 1750
	2094	+	furnishing travel, transportation or vacation services, but does not 1751
	2095	+	include a travel agent, and "travel agent" means a person, firm, 1752
	2096	+	corporation or other entity that (1) is (A) a duly appointed agent of a 1753
	2097	+	common carrier, or (B) a member of a cruise line association and 1754
	2098	+	operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines in the sale of cruise 1755
	2099	+	travel products or services, and (2) offers or sells travel, transportation 1756
	2100	+	or vacation arrangements as an agent for a provider of travel services, 1757
	2101	+	but does not include a common carrier or an employee of a common 1758
	2102	+	carrier.] 1759
	2103	+	(d) No person shall condition acceptance of a charge card or credit 1760 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2109	+
	2110	+	card for a transaction on a requirement that the transaction be in a 1761
	2111	+	minimum amount unless such person discloses such requirement. Such 1762
	2112	+	person shall clearly and conspicuously (1) post such notice on such 1763
	2113	+	person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person, (2) 1764
	2114	+	display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment 1765
	2115	+	application before completing any online transaction or transaction 1766
	2116	+	processed by way of such digital payment application, and (3) verbally 1767
	2117	+	provide such notice before completing any oral transaction, including, 1768
	2118	+	but not limited to, any telephonic transaction. 1769
	2119	+	(e) No person may reduce the amount of any commission paid to an 1770
	2120	+	agent for such person in a transaction because a charge card or credit 1771
	2121	+	card was used to provide payment as part of such transaction. 1772
	2122	+	(f) A violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed an 1773
	2123	+	unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-1774
	2124	+	110b. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose an 1775
	2125	+	additional civil penalty for any violation of this section. The amount of 1776
	2126	+	such additional civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars per 1777
	2127	+	violation. Payments of such additional civil penalty shall be deposited 1778
	2128	+	in the consumer protection enforcement account established in section 1779
	2129	+	21a-8a. 1780
	2130	+	(g) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 1781
	2131	+	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to 1782
	2132	+	implement the provisions of this section. 1783
	2133	+	Sec. 38. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Any contractor who is licensed 1784
	2134	+	under chapter 393 of the general statutes and engaged to perform work 1785
	2135	+	on a private residence, and any person who owns or controls a business 1786
	2136	+	that is engaged to perform work on, or render services concerning, a 1787
	2137	+	private residence through persons licensed under chapter 393 of the 1788
	2138	+	general statutes to perform such work or render such services, shall 1789
	2139	+	include in the invoice or work order for such work or services, provided 1790
	2140	+	such invoice or work order is not signed by the consumer and therefore 1791
	2141	+	may constitute a contract, when complete: (1) The full legal name and 1792 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2147	+
	2148	+	license number of such licensed contractor or the licensed contractor of 1793
	2149	+	record for such business for such work or services, which licensed 1794
	2150	+	contractor or licensed contractor of record is liable for the work of any 1795
	2151	+	individual who performs work on such contractor's behalf related to the 1796
	2152	+	invoiced work or services; (2) such licensed contractor's address or, in 1797
	2153	+	the case of a business, the business's address and phone number; (3) a 1798
	2154	+	description of such work or services; (4) the labor and material costs of 1799
	2155	+	such work or services; (5) the date or dates on which such work was 1800
	2156	+	performed or services were rendered; and (6) the complete name of each 1801
	2157	+	licensee who performed such work or rendered such services. For the 1802
	2158	+	purposes of this section, "private residence" has the same meaning as 1803
	2159	+	provided in section 20-419 of the general statutes. 1804
	2160	+	Sec. 39. Section 16a-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1805
	2161	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1806
	2162	+	(a) As used in this section and sections [16a-17] 16a-18 to 16a-20, 1807
	2163	+	inclusive: 1808
	2164	+	[(1) "Fuel" includes electricity, natural gas, petroleum products, coal 1809
	2165	+	and coal products, wood fuels, radioactive materials and any other 1810
	2166	+	resource yielding energy;] 1811
	2167	+	[(2)] (1) "Creating a fuel shortage" means the diminution by 1812
	2168	+	contrivance or artificial means of the supply of fuel to a point below that 1813
	2169	+	needed to meet consumer demands adequately; [.] and 1814
	2170	+	(2) "Fuel" includes coal and coal products, electricity, natural gas, 1815
	2171	+	petroleum products, radioactive materials, wood fuels and any other 1816
	2172	+	resource yielding energy. 1817
	2173	+	(b) As used in sections 16a-21, as amended by this act, 16a-22a and 1818
	2174	+	16a-22k: 1819
	2175	+	(1) "Associated equipment" means a gas line, gas regulator, [gas line,] 1820
	2176	+	sacrificial anode, interconnecting hardware and [such] any other 1821
	2177	+	equipment that is necessary [for the installation and operation of] to 1822 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2183	+
	2184	+	install and operate a propane tank; 1823
	2185	+	(2) "Automatic delivery" means the delivery of heating fuel to a 1824
	2186	+	consumer by a dealer [pursuant to] under a system determined by the 1825
	2187	+	dealer of calculating the consumer's heating fuel needs [of the 1826
	2188	+	consumer,] based on the consumer's [consumption of] heating fuel 1827
	2189	+	consumption; 1828
	2190	+	(3) "Cash" (A) means [legal tender,] a certified or cashier's check, 1829
	2191	+	commercial money order, legal tender or equivalent of such [legal 1830
	2192	+	tender,] check, [or] money order [. Cash also] or legal tender, and (B) 1831
	2193	+	includes a guaranteed payment on behalf of a consumer by a 1832
	2194	+	government or community action agency, provided no discount is taken 1833
	2195	+	for the charge as billed; 1834
	2196	+	(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 1835
	2197	+	Protection; 1836
	2198	+	(5) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a 1837
	2199	+	heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heat for 1838
	2200	+	residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more dwelling 1839
	2201	+	units within a structure having not more than four dwelling units; 1840
	2202	+	(6) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two 1841
	2203	+	hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel, 1842
	2204	+	subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to 1843
	2205	+	section 43-42; 1844
	2206	+	(7) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any 1845
	2207	+	petroleum product regulated pursuant to chapter 250, used as the 1846
	2208	+	primary source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including 1847
	2209	+	petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;] 1848
	2210	+	(8) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group 1849
	2211	+	of individuals who, or a cooperative, corporation, firm, limited liability 1850
	2212	+	company or partnership [, corporation, cooperative or limited liability 1851
	2213	+	company] that, offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to a 1852 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2219	+
	2220	+	consumer; 1853
	2221	+	(9) "Lessee" means a natural person who rents or leases personal 1854
	2222	+	property under a consumer rental or lease agreement; 1855
	2223	+	(10) "Lessor" means a heating fuel dealer who regularly provides the 1856
	2224	+	use of personal property through consumer rental or lease agreements 1857
	2225	+	and to whom rent is paid at a fixed interval for the use of such property; 1858
	2226	+	(11) "Notice of termination of automatic delivery" means a notice by 1859
	2227	+	a consumer to a dealer providing automatic delivery in which the 1860
	2228	+	consumer requests that the dealer [to] terminate such automatic 1861
	2229	+	delivery; and 1862
	2230	+	(12) "Purchase price" or "commercially reasonable price" means a 1863
	2231	+	price that does not exceed the fair market value of [the] a propane tank 1864
	2232	+	and associated equipment, as applicable. 1865
	2233	+	Sec. 40. Subsection (b) of section 16a-21 of the general statutes is 1866
	2234	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1867
	2235	+	passage): 1868
	2236	+	(b) If a consumer complaint is being mediated or investigated by the 1869
	2237	+	commissioner, the heating fuel dealer, if it owns the tank and has 1870
	2238	+	exclusive fill requirements, may not deny the consumer deliveries of 1871
	2239	+	heating fuel, [from October first to March thirty-first, inclusive,] or fuel 1872
	2240	+	for cooking or power generation, because of the existence of the 1873
	2241	+	mediation or investigation, provided the heating fuel dealer remains the 1874
	2242	+	exclusive supplier of [heating] such fuel and the consumer pays cash for 1875
	2243	+	such fuel upon delivery. 1876
	2244	+	Sec. 41. Subsection (a) of section 16a-23m of the general statutes is 1877
	2245	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1878
	2246	+	passage): 1879
	2247	+	(a) As used in this section, sections 16a-23n to 16a-23s, inclusive, and 1880
	2248	+	section 16a-23v: 1881 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2254	+
	2255	+	(1) "Budget plan" means a type of contract offering heating fuel [,] 1882
	2256	+	that may be paid for in advance of, on or after delivery and is paid for 1883
	2257	+	in not less than three installment payments over a period of at least one 1884
	2258	+	hundred twenty days, [or more,] provided the amount required to be 1885
	2259	+	paid as the first payment under such contract is not greater than fifty 1886
	2260	+	per cent of the remaining amount due under [the plan] such contract; 1887
	2261	+	(2) "Capped price plan" means [an agreement where] a contract 1888
	2262	+	which provides that the cost to the consumer [of] for heating fuel shall 1889
	2263	+	not increase above a specified price per gallon and the consumer shall 1890
	2264	+	pay less than [the] such specified price under circumstances specified in 1891
	2265	+	such contract; 1892
	2266	+	(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 1893
	2267	+	Protection; 1894
	2268	+	(4) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a 1895
	2269	+	heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heating 1896
	2270	+	fuel for residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more 1897
	2271	+	dwelling units within a structure having not more than four dwelling 1898
	2272	+	units; 1899
	2273	+	(5) "Forwards contract" means an agreement between two parties to 1900
	2274	+	buy or sell an asset at a certain future time for a certain price; 1901
	2275	+	(6) "Futures contract" means a standardized, transferable, exchange-1902
	2276	+	traded agreement that requires delivery of heating fuel at a specified 1903
	2277	+	price on a specified future date; 1904
	2278	+	(7) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two 1905
	2279	+	hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel, 1906
	2280	+	subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to 1907
	2281	+	section 43-42; 1908
	2282	+	(8) "Guaranteed price plan", also known as "guaranteed plan", "fixed 1909
	2283	+	price", "full price", "lock in", "capped", "price cap", or other similar 1910
	2284	+	terminology, when used to describe a contract, means a type of contract 1911 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2290	+
	2291	+	that is not paid in advance of delivery, offering heating fuel at a 1912
	2292	+	guaranteed future price or at a maximum future price; 1913
	2293	+	(9) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any 1914
	2294	+	petroleum product regulated pursuant to chapter 250, used as a primary 1915
	2295	+	source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including 1916
	2296	+	petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;] 1917
	2297	+	(10) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group 1918
	2298	+	of individuals who, or a [firm, partnership, corporation,] cooperative, 1919
	2299	+	[or] corporation, firm, limited liability company or partnership that, 1920
	2300	+	offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to consumers; 1921
	2301	+	(11) "Heating oil" means a [predominantly liquefied] petroleum 1922
	2302	+	product, including a petroleum product known as #1 oil (kerosene), #2 1923
	2303	+	oil (heating oil), #4 oil, bio fuel or any bio fuel blended with 1924
	2304	+	conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities, that (A) is 1925
	2305	+	predominantly liquid at ambient temperatures, [that is] (B) is sold as a 1926
	2306	+	commodity, [and] (C) is a primary source of residential heating or 1927
	2307	+	domestic hot water, [including products known as #2 oil (heating oil), 1928
	2308	+	#1 oil (kerosene), #4 oil, bio fuels, or any bio fuel blended with 1929
	2309	+	conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities] and [that] (D) meets the 1930
	2310	+	requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials 1931
	2311	+	Standard D396, as amended from time to time; 1932
	2312	+	(12) "Maintain" means retention of the balance, measured in gallons 1933
	2313	+	or other accepted units of measure, of heating fuel that remains to be 1934
	2314	+	delivered to consumers who are party to a guaranteed price plan 1935
	2315	+	contract; 1936
	2316	+	(13) "Physical supply contract" means an agreement for wet barrels 1937
	2317	+	or gallons of heating fuel that [has been] is secured by a heating fuel 1938
	2318	+	dealer; 1939
	2319	+	(14) "Prepaid guaranteed price plan", also known as "buy ahead", 1940
	2320	+	"prebuy", "prebought" or other similar terminology, when used to 1941
	2321	+	describe a contract, means a type of contract offering heating fuel at a 1942 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2328	+	guaranteed price, paid for in advance of delivery, but does not include 1943
	2329	+	a budget plan; 1944
	2330	+	(15) "Propane" or "liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)" means a petroleum 1945
	2331	+	product that (A) meets [ASTM] American Society for Testing and 1946
	2332	+	Materials specification D1835, as amended from time to time, [and] (B) 1947
	2333	+	is composed predominantly of [any of the following hydrocarbons or 1948
	2334	+	mixtures thereof: Propane, propylene,] butanes (normal butane or 1949
	2335	+	isobutane), [and] butylenes, propane, propylene or any mixture thereof, 1950
	2336	+	and (C) is intended for use, among other things, as a fuel for residential 1951
	2337	+	heating; and 1952
	2338	+	(16) "Surety bond" means a bond, issued by a licensed insurance 1953
	2339	+	company or banking institution, as surety for a dealer and obligating 1954
	2340	+	[the] surety to the commissioner, in a sum certain, in guaranty of the 1955
	2341	+	dealer's full and faithful performance [by the dealer] of prepaid 1956
	2342	+	guaranteed price plan contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter. 1957
	2343	+	Sec. 42. Section 16a-23o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1958
	2344	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1959
	2345	+	Any person, firm or corporation required to register as a [home 1960
	2346	+	heating oil or propane gas] heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-1961
	2347	+	23m, as amended by this act, that offers plumbing or heating work 1962
	2348	+	service shall submit evidence, deemed satisfactory by the Commissioner 1963
	2349	+	of Consumer Protection, when registering, that such person, firm or 1964
	2350	+	corporation subcontracts with or employs only persons licensed or 1965
	2351	+	registered pursuant to chapter 393 to perform such work. Such person, 1966
	2352	+	firm or corporation shall attest, when applying for registration as a 1967
	2353	+	heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-23m, as amended by this act, 1968
	2354	+	that all plumbing or heating work service shall be performed in 1969
	2355	+	accordance with the provisions of chapter 393. Anyone registered under 1970
	2356	+	this section who offers such plumbing or heating services shall display 1971
	2357	+	the state license number of the subcontractor or employee performing 1972
	2358	+	such work for the registrant on all commercial vehicles used in their 1973
	2359	+	business and shall display such number in a conspicuous manner on all 1974 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2365	+
	2366	+	printed advertisements, bid proposals, contracts, invoices and 1975
	2367	+	stationery used in the business. 1976
	2368	+	Sec. 43. Section 20-334d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1977
	2369	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1978
	2370	+	(a) As used in this section: 1979
	2371	+	(1) "Accredited continuing professional education" means any 1980
	2372	+	education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain 1981
	2373	+	professional competence in the [pursuit,] practice, pursuit and 1982
	2374	+	standards of electrical work or plumbing and piping work, [and that is] 1983
	2375	+	(B) approved by the commissioner, and [is] (C) provided (i) by an 1984
	2376	+	agency, institution or organization [, institution or agency that is] that 1985
	2377	+	has been approved by the commissioner, and (ii) in-person or through 1986
	2378	+	an online technology platform that includes real-time video with audio, 1987
	2379	+	requires participants to periodically confirm their active engagement 1988
	2380	+	during the educational training session and enables participants to 1989
	2381	+	interact with instructors in real time during the entire educational 1990
	2382	+	training session; 1991
	2383	+	(2) "Certificate of continuing education" means a document [issued to 1992
	2384	+	an electrician or plumber by an organization, institution or agency] that 1993
	2385	+	(A) an agency, institution or organization that has been approved by the 1994
	2386	+	commissioner [that] and offers accredited continuing professional 1995
	2387	+	education [, which (A)] issues to an electrician or plumber, (B) certifies 1996
	2388	+	that an electrician or plumber has satisfactorily completed a specified 1997
	2389	+	number of continuing education hours, and [(B)] (C) bears the (i) name 1998
	2390	+	of such agency, institution or organization, [institution or agency, the] 1999
	2391	+	(ii) title of the program, [the] (iii) dates during which the program was 2000
	2392	+	conducted, [the] (iv) number of continuing education hours 2001
	2393	+	satisfactorily completed, and [the] (v) signature of the director of such 2002
	2394	+	[organization, institution or agency or the signature of the] agency, 2003
	2395	+	institution or organization or of such director's authorized agent; and 2004
	2396	+	(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 2005 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2403	+	Protection. 2006
	2404	+	(b) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Electrical 2007
	2405	+	Work Board established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-331, 2008
	2406	+	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) [establish] 2009
	2407	+	Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing 2010
	2408	+	professional education for electricians licensed pursuant to sections 20-2011
	2409	+	330 to 20-341, inclusive; (2) establish qualifying criteria for accredited 2012
	2410	+	continuing professional education programs and establish qualifying 2013
	2411	+	criteria for acceptable certificates of continuing education; and (3) 2014
	2412	+	provide for the waiver of required accredited continuing professional 2015
	2413	+	education for electricians for good cause. Such regulations shall require 2016
	2414	+	not less than four hours per year of accredited continuing professional 2017
	2415	+	education for such electricians, except upon request of the Electrical 2018
	2416	+	Work Board, the commissioner may increase such hours to a maximum 2019
	2417	+	of seven hours. 2020
	2418	+	(c) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Plumbing 2021
	2419	+	and Piping Work Board established pursuant to subsection (d) of section 2022
	2420	+	20-331, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) 2023
	2421	+	[establish] Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing 2024
	2422	+	professional education for plumbers licensed pursuant to sections 20-2025
	2423	+	330 to 20-341, inclusive, which regulations shall require not more than a 2026
	2424	+	total of seven hours of accredited continuing professional education 2027
	2425	+	every two years, except in the event of significant changes to the 2028
	2426	+	building code, as approved by the International Code Council, that 2029
	2427	+	relate to plumbing, the commissioner, at such commissioner's 2030
	2428	+	discretion, may require more than a total of seven hours of accredited 2031
	2429	+	continuing professional education every two years; (2) establish 2032
	2430	+	qualifying criteria for accredited continuing professional education 2033
	2431	+	programs and establish qualifying criteria for acceptable certificates of 2034
	2432	+	continuing education; and (3) provide for the waiver of required 2035
	2433	+	accredited continuing professional education for plumbers for good 2036
	2434	+	cause. 2037
	2435	+	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, 2038 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2441	+
	2442	+	any person who has been issued a P-6, P-7, W-8 or W-9 license pursuant 2039
	2443	+	to section 20-334a and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall 2040
	2444	+	not be required to meet the continuing education requirements 2041
	2445	+	established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 2042
	2446	+	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, 2043
	2447	+	of this section, all accredited continuing professional education offered 2044
	2448	+	under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Limit class size to (A) fifty 2045
	2449	+	attendees if such accredited continuing professional education is offered 2046
	2450	+	in-person, or (B) twenty-five attendees if such accredited continuing 2047
	2451	+	professional education is offered through an online technology 2048
	2452	+	platform; (2) not be offered or held at the place of business of a licensed 2049
	2453	+	plumbing contractor if such accredited continuing professional 2050
	2454	+	education is for plumbers and offered in-person; and (3) not be offered 2051
	2455	+	or held at the place of business of a licensed electrical contractor if such 2052
	2456	+	accredited continuing professional education is for electricians and 2053
	2457	+	offered in-person. A provider of an accredited continuing professional 2054
	2458	+	education course shall retain an audio-visual recording of such course 2055
	2459	+	for a period of not less than thirty days after completion of such course. 2056
	2460	+	Recordings shall be made available to the department upon the 2057
	2461	+	department's request for such recordings. 2058
	2462	+	Sec. 44. Section 20-500 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 2059
	2463	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2060
	2464	+	passage): 2061
	2465	+	As used in this section and sections [20-500] 20-501 to 20-529e, 2062
	2466	+	inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 2063
	2467	+	(1) "Appraisal" means the practice of developing, in conformance 2064
	2468	+	with the USPAP, an opinion of the value of real property. [, in 2065
	2469	+	conformance with the USPAP.] 2066
	2470	+	(2) "Appraisal Foundation" means the not-for-profit corporation 2067
	2471	+	referred to in Section 1121 of Title XI of FIRREA. 2068
	2472	+	(3) "Appraisal management company" means any person, 2069 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2479	+	[partnership,] association, corporation, limited liability company or 2070
	2480	+	[corporation] partnership that performs appraisal management 2071
	2481	+	services, [. "Appraisal management company"] but does not include: 2072
	2482	+	(A) An appraiser that enters into [a] an oral or written [or oral] 2073
	2483	+	agreement with another appraiser for the performance of an appraisal, 2074
	2484	+	which is signed by both appraisers upon completion; 2075
	2485	+	(B) An appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned 2076
	2486	+	and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial 2077
	2487	+	institution regulatory agency; [. For the purposes of this subdivision, 2078
	2488	+	"financial institution" means a bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an out-2079
	2489	+	of-state bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an institutional lender, any 2080
	2490	+	subsidiary or affiliate of such bank, out-of-state bank or institutional 2081
	2491	+	lender, or other lender licensed by the Department of Banking;] 2082
	2492	+	(C) A department or [unit of a financial institution subject to 2083
	2493	+	regulation by an agency or department of the United States government 2084
	2494	+	or an agency of this state that only receives appraisal requests from an 2085
	2495	+	employee of such financial institution] division of an entity that 2086
	2496	+	provides appraisal management services exclusively to such entity; or 2087
	2497	+	(D) Any local, state or federal agency or department thereof. 2088
	2498	+	(4) "Appraisal management services" means: [any of the following:] 2089
	2499	+	(A) The administration of an appraiser panel; 2090
	2500	+	(B) The recruitment of certified appraisers to be part of an appraiser 2091
	2501	+	panel, including, but not limited to, the negotiation of fees to be paid to, 2092
	2502	+	and services to be provided by, [such] the certified appraisers for their 2093
	2503	+	participation on [such] the appraiser panel; or 2094
	2504	+	(C) The receipt of an appraisal request or order, or an appraisal 2095
	2505	+	review request or order, and the delivery of such request or order to an 2096
	2506	+	appraiser panel. 2097 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2513	+	(5) "Appraiser panel" means a network of appraisers who are certified 2098
	2514	+	in accordance with the requirements established by the commission by 2099
	2515	+	regulation, [who] are independent contractors of an appraisal 2100
	2516	+	management company and [who] have: 2101
	2517	+	(A) Responded to an invitation, request or solicitation from an 2102
	2518	+	appraisal management company to perform appraisals (i) requested or 2103
	2519	+	ordered through [such] the appraisal management company, or (ii) 2104
	2520	+	directly for [such] the appraisal management company on a periodic 2105
	2521	+	basis as assigned by [the] such appraisal management company; and 2106
	2522	+	(B) Been selected and approved by [such] the appraisal management 2107
	2523	+	company. 2108
	2524	+	(6) "Bank" has the same meaning as provided in section 36a-2. 2109
	2525	+	[(6)] (7) "Certified appraiser" means a person who has satisfied the 2110
	2526	+	minimum requirements for a category of certification established by the 2111
	2527	+	commission by regulation. Such minimum requirements shall be 2112
	2528	+	consistent with guidelines established by the Appraisal Qualification 2113
	2529	+	Board of the Appraisal Foundation. The categories of certification shall 2114
	2530	+	include [, but may be modified by the commission thereafter,] one 2115
	2531	+	category denoted as "certified residential appraiser" and another 2116
	2532	+	denoted as "certified general appraiser". The commission may modify 2117
	2533	+	such categories of certification. 2118
	2534	+	[(7)] (8) "Commission" means the Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal 2119
	2535	+	Commission appointed under the provisions of section 20-502. 2120
	2536	+	[(8)] (9) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 2121
	2537	+	Protection. 2122
	2538	+	[(9)] (10) "Compliance manager" means a person who holds an 2123
	2539	+	appraiser certification in at least one state and [who] is responsible for 2124
	2540	+	overseeing the implementation of, and compliance with, procedures for 2125
	2541	+	an appraisal management company to: 2126 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2548	+	(A) Verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel of the 2127
	2549	+	appraisal management company holds a license in good standing in 2128
	2550	+	accordance with section 20-509; 2129
	2551	+	(B) Maintain detailed records of each appraisal request or order the 2130
	2552	+	appraisal management company receives and of the appraiser who 2131
	2553	+	performs such appraisal; and 2132
	2554	+	(C) Review on a periodic basis the work of all appraisers performing 2133
	2555	+	appraisals for the appraisal management company to ensure that such 2134
	2556	+	appraisals are being conducted in accordance with the USPAP. 2135
	2557	+	[(10)] (11) "Controlling person" means a person who has not had an 2136
	2558	+	appraiser license, [or a] similar license or appraiser certificate denied, 2137
	2559	+	refused [to be renewed] renewal, suspended or revoked in any state 2138
	2560	+	and: [who:] 2139
	2561	+	(A) Is [an owner, officer or director of a partnership,] a director, 2140
	2562	+	officer or owner of an association, corporation, limited liability company 2141
	2563	+	or [corporation] partnership offering or seeking to offer appraisal 2142
	2564	+	management services in this state; 2143
	2565	+	(B) Is employed by an appraisal management company and has the 2144
	2566	+	authority to enter into agreements or contracts [or agreements] for the 2145
	2567	+	performance of appraisal management services or appraisals, or is 2146
	2568	+	appointed or authorized by such appraisal management company to 2147
	2569	+	enter into such agreements or contracts; [or agreements;] or 2148
	2570	+	(C) May exercise authority over, or direct the management or policies 2149
	2571	+	of, an appraisal management company. 2150
	2572	+	[(11)] (12) "Engaging in the real estate appraisal business" means the 2151
	2573	+	act or process of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other 2152
	2574	+	valuable consideration. 2153
	2575	+	(13) "Financial institution" means a bank, out-of-state bank or 2154
	2576	+	institutional lender, an affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, out-of-state bank 2155 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2583	+	or institutional lender or another lender licensed by the Department of 2156
	2584	+	Banking. 2157
	2585	+	[(12)] (14) "FIRREA" means the Financial Institutions, Reform, 2158
	2586	+	Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, P.L. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183. 2159
	2587	+	(15) "Out-of-state bank" has the same meaning as provided in section 2160
	2588	+	36a-2. 2161
	2589	+	[(13)] (16) "Person" means an individual. 2162
	2590	+	[(14)] (17) "Provisional appraiser" means a person engaged in the 2163
	2591	+	business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other valuable 2164
	2592	+	consideration under the supervision of a certified real estate appraiser 2165
	2593	+	and who meets the minimum requirements, if any, established by the 2166
	2594	+	commission by regulation for provisional appraiser status. 2167
	2595	+	[(15)] (18) "Provisional license" means a license issued to a provisional 2168
	2596	+	appraiser. 2169
	2597	+	[(16)] (19) "Real estate appraiser" or "appraiser" means a person 2170
	2598	+	engaged in the business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or 2171
	2599	+	other valuable consideration. 2172
	2600	+	[(17)] (20) "USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional 2173
	2601	+	Appraisal Practice issued by the Appraisal Standards Board of the 2174
	2602	+	Appraisal Foundation pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA. 2175
	2603	+	Sec. 45. Section 20-670 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 2176
	2604	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2177
	2605	+	passage): 2178
	2606	+	As used in sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681, inclusive, as amended 2179
	2607	+	by this act, and section 46 of this act: 2180
	2608	+	(1) "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under 2181
	2609	+	section 20-672. 2182 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2616	+	(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 2183
	2617	+	Protection or any person designated by the commissioner to administer 2184
	2618	+	and enforce the provisions of sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681, 2185
	2619	+	inclusive, as amended by this act, and section 46 of this act. 2186
	2620	+	(3) "Companion services" means nonmedical, basic supervision 2187
	2621	+	services to ensure the safety and well-being [and safety] of a person in 2188
	2622	+	[such] the person's home. 2189
	2623	+	[(4) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into 2190
	2624	+	a contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency, 2191
	2625	+	including, but not limited to, temporary employees, pool employees 2192
	2626	+	and persons treated by such agency as independent contractors.] 2193
	2627	+	(4) "Covenant not to compete" means any agreement or contract that 2194
	2628	+	restricts the right of an individual to provide companion services, home 2195
	2629	+	health services or homemaker services (A) in any geographic area of the 2196
	2630	+	state for any period of time, or (B) to a specific individual. 2197
	2631	+	(5) "Comprehensive background check" means a background 2198
	2632	+	investigation of a prospective employee performed by a homemaker-2199
	2633	+	companion agency, that includes [:] (A) [A] a review of any application 2200
	2634	+	materials prepared or requested by the homemaker-companion agency 2201
	2635	+	and completed by the prospective employee, [;] (B) an in-person or 2202
	2636	+	video-conference interview of the prospective employee, [;] (C) 2203
	2637	+	verification of the prospective employee's Social Security number, [;] (D) 2204
	2638	+	if the [position] prospective employee has applied for a position within 2205
	2639	+	the homemaker-companion agency that requires licensure on the part 2206
	2640	+	of [the] such prospective employee, verification that the required license 2207
	2641	+	is in good standing, [;] (E) a check of the registry established and 2208
	2642	+	maintained pursuant to section 54-257, [;] (F) a local and national 2209
	2643	+	criminal background check of criminal matters of public record based 2210
	2644	+	on the prospective employee's name and date of birth that includes a 2211
	2645	+	search of a multistate and multijurisdiction criminal record locator or 2212
	2646	+	other similar commercial nationwide database with validation, and a 2213
	2647	+	search of the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender 2214 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2653	+
	2654	+	Public Website, conducted by a third-party consumer reporting agency 2215
	2655	+	or background screening company that is accredited by the Professional 2216
	2656	+	Background Screening Association and in compliance with the federal 2217
	2657	+	Fair Credit Reporting Act, [;] (G) if the prospective employee has resided 2218
	2658	+	in this state for less than three years prior to the date of [the] such 2219
	2659	+	prospective employee's application with the homemaker-companion 2220
	2660	+	agency, a review of criminal conviction information from the state or 2221
	2661	+	states where such prospective employee resided during such three-year 2222
	2662	+	period, [;] and (H) a review of any other information that the 2223
	2663	+	homemaker-companion agency deems necessary in order to evaluate 2224
	2664	+	the suitability of the prospective employee for the position. 2225
	2665	+	[(6) "Homemaker services" means nonmedical, supportive services 2226
	2666	+	that ensure a safe and healthy environment for a person in such person's 2227
	2667	+	home, such services to include assistance with personal hygiene, 2228
	2668	+	cooking, household cleaning, laundry and other household chores.] 2229
	2669	+	(6) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into a 2230
	2670	+	contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency, 2231
	2671	+	including, but not limited to, pool employees, temporary employees 2232
	2672	+	and persons the homemaker-companion agency treats as independent 2233
	2673	+	contractors. 2234
	2674	+	(7) (A) "Homemaker-companion agency" means [(A)] any (i) public 2235
	2675	+	or private organization that employs one or more persons and is 2236
	2676	+	engaged in the business of providing companion services or 2237
	2677	+	homemaker services, or [(B) any] (ii) registry. 2238
	2678	+	(B) "Homemaker-companion agency" [shall] does not include (i) a 2239
	2679	+	home health care agency, as defined in subsection (d) of section 19a-490, 2240
	2680	+	or (ii) a home health aide agency, as defined in subsection (e) of section 2241
	2681	+	19a-490. 2242
	2682	+	(8) "Homemaker services" means nonmed ical and supportive 2243
	2683	+	services, including assistance with cooking, household cleaning, 2244
	2684	+	laundry, personal hygiene and other household chores, that ensure a 2245 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2690	+
	2691	+	healthy and safe environment for a person in the person's home. 2246
	2692	+	(9) "Immediate family member" means a child by adoption, blood or 2247
	2693	+	marriage or a grandchild, grandparent, parent, sibling or spouse. 2248
	2694	+	[(8)] (10) "Registry" means any person or entity engaged in the 2249
	2695	+	business of supplying or referring an individual to, or placing an 2250
	2696	+	individual with, a consumer for the purpose of enabling the individual 2251
	2697	+	to provide to the consumer companion services or homemaker [or 2252
	2698	+	companion services provided by such individual, when the] services, 2253
	2699	+	provided such individual [providing such services is either] is (A) 2254
	2700	+	directly compensated, in whole or in part, by the consumer, or (B) 2255
	2701	+	[treated, referred to or considered] considered, referred to or treated by 2256
	2702	+	such person or entity as an independent contractor. 2257
	2703	+	[(9)] (11) "Service plan" means a written document, provided by a 2258
	2704	+	homemaker-companion agency to a person utilizing companion 2259
	2705	+	services or homemaker services provided by such agency, that specifies 2260
	2706	+	the anticipated [scope, type, frequency and duration of homemaker or] 2261
	2707	+	duration, frequency, scope and type of the companion services or 2262
	2708	+	homemaker services that are to be provided by such agency for the 2263
	2709	+	benefit of [the] such person. 2264
	2710	+	Sec. 46. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person, other than an 2265
	2711	+	immediate family member, who is an agent, corporate officer or 2266
	2712	+	employee of a homemaker-companion agency, or has an ownership 2267
	2713	+	interest in a homemaker-companion agency, shall act as an agent under 2268
	2714	+	a power of attorney for any person who has contracted with the 2269
	2715	+	homemaker-companion agency to receive companion services or 2270
	2716	+	homemaker services. 2271
	2717	+	(b) A person receiving companion services or homemaker services 2272
	2718	+	may petition the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for an 2273
	2719	+	exemption from subsection (a) of this section, and the commissioner 2274
	2720	+	may grant such exemption for good cause shown. 2275
	2721	+	Sec. 47. Section 20-338d of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 2276 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2727	+
	2728	+	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2277
	2729	+	passage): 2278
	2730	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "owner" and "private residence" 2279
	2731	+	have the same meanings as provided in section 20-419. 2280
	2732	+	[(a)] (b) No written contract to perform work on a private residence 2281
	2733	+	[, as defined in section 20-419,] by a contractor licensed pursuant to this 2282
	2734	+	chapter or any person who owns or controls a business engaged to 2283
	2735	+	provide the work or services licensed under the provisions of this 2284
	2736	+	chapter by persons licensed for such work, shall be valid or enforceable 2285
	2737	+	against an owner [, as defined in section 20-419,] unless [it: (1) Is in 2286
	2738	+	writing; (2) is] such contract: (1) Is signed by the owner and the 2287
	2739	+	contractor or business; [(3)] (2) contains the entire agreement between 2288
	2740	+	the owner and the contractor or business; [(4)] (3) contains the date of 2289
	2741	+	the transaction; [(5)] (4) contains the name and address of the contractor 2290
	2742	+	and the contractor's license number or, in the case of a business, the 2291
	2743	+	name of the business owner, partner or limited liability member and the 2292
	2744	+	phone number and address of the business, partnership or limited 2293
	2745	+	liability company; [(6)] (5) contains the name and license number of any 2294
	2746	+	licensees performing the work, provided the name and the license 2295
	2747	+	number of a licensee may be amended in writing during the term of the 2296
	2748	+	contract; [(7)] (6) contains a notice [of] disclosing the owner's 2297
	2749	+	cancellation rights in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740 and 2298
	2750	+	subject to the exception set forth in subsection (c) of this section; and 2299
	2751	+	[(8)] (7) contains a starting date and completion date. 2300
	2752	+	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 740, no owner shall 2301
	2753	+	cancel a written contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection 2302
	2754	+	(b) of this section if: (1) Such contract was executed for the purpose of 2303
	2755	+	making emergency or immediate repairs that were necessary to protect 2304
	2756	+	persons, personal property or real property; and (2) prior to executing 2305
	2757	+	such contract, the owner provided to the contractor or business owner a 2306
	2758	+	written statement, dated and signed by the owner, describing the 2307
	2759	+	situation requiring such emergency or immediate repairs and expressly 2308
	2760	+	acknowledging that the owner waives the right to cancel such contract 2309 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2766	+
	2767	+	in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740. 2310
	2768	+	(d) Each contractor or business owner that enters into a written 2311
	2769	+	contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section 2312
	2770	+	shall deliver and provide to each owner who is a party to such contract, 2313
	2771	+	free of charge, a copy of such contract at the time such contract is 2314
	2772	+	executed. If such contract is amended, such contractor or business 2315
	2773	+	owner shall provide to each owner who is a party to such contract, free 2316
	2774	+	of charge, a copy of such amendment at the time such contract is 2317
	2775	+	amended. 2318
	2776	+	[(b)] (e) Each change in the terms and conditions of a written contract 2319
	2777	+	[specified in] that is subject to the provisions of subsection [(a)] (b) of 2320
	2778	+	this section shall be in writing and shall be signed by the owner and 2321
	2779	+	contractor or business, except that the commissioner may, by 2322
	2780	+	regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, dispense with the necessity 2323
	2781	+	for complying with such requirement. 2324
	2782	+	Sec. 48. Section 20-681 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2325
	2783	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2326
	2784	+	[For purposes of this section "covenant not to compete" means any 2327
	2785	+	contract or agreement that restricts the right of an individual to provide 2328
	2786	+	homemaker, companion or home health services (1) in any geographic 2329
	2787	+	area of the state for any period of time, or (2) to a specific individual.] 2330
	2788	+	Any covenant not to compete is against public policy and shall be void 2331
	2789	+	and unenforceable. 2332
	2790	+	Sec. 49. Subsection (c) of section 21a-10 of the 2022 supplement to the 2333
	2791	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2334
	2792	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 2335
	2793	+	(c) For any Department of Consumer Protection license, certificate, 2336
	2794	+	registration or permit that requires the holder to complete continuing 2337
	2795	+	education requirements, the continuing education requirements shall be 2338
	2796	+	completed within the annual or biannual period that begins and ends 2339
	2797	+	three months prior to the renewal date for the applicable license, 2340 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2803	+
	2804	+	certificate, registration or permit, except for licenses issued pursuant to 2341
	2805	+	[chapter] chapters 389 and 400j. 2342
	2806	+	Sec. 50. Section 21a-151 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2343
	2807	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2344
	2808	+	For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-152 to [21a-160] 21a-2345
	2809	+	159, inclusive, as amended by this act: 2346
	2810	+	(1) "Bakery" means a building or part of a building, including, but not 2347
	2811	+	limited to, a hotel, private institution, restaurant, establishment 2348
	2812	+	operating doughnut-frying equipment or other similar place, where 2349
	2813	+	bread, cakes, cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers,] macaroni, 2350
	2814	+	pies, [cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products, 2351
	2815	+	including, but not limited to, canned or frozen baked goods, are made, 2352
	2816	+	either wholly or in part of flour or meal, or offered for sale. [including 2353
	2817	+	frozen or canned baked goods. "Bakery" includes, but is not limited to, 2354
	2818	+	any restaurant, hotel, private institution, establishment operating 2355
	2819	+	doughnut-frying equipment or other similar place that offers such food 2356
	2820	+	products for sale.] 2357
	2821	+	(2) "Food manufacturing establishment" means a building or part of 2358
	2822	+	a building where food is [prepared] canned, cooked, cut, dehydrated, 2359
	2823	+	frozen, milled or repacked for sale to other establishments for human 2360
	2824	+	consumption. [For purposes of this subdivision, "prepared" means a 2361
	2825	+	process of canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, milling, repacking 2362
	2826	+	or cutting.] Premises that are used solely for the retail sale or storage of 2363
	2827	+	prepackaged food, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and 2364
	2828	+	22-6r and chapters 417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be 2365
	2829	+	considered food manufacturing establishments. 2366
	2830	+	(3) "Food warehouse" means a building or part of a building where 2367
	2831	+	food is stored for wholesale distribution, provided such building or part 2368
	2832	+	of such building is used primarily for the importation, storage or 2369
	2833	+	distribution of packaged food and not for other activities for which a 2370
	2834	+	license is required pursuant to section 21a-152, as amended by this act. 2371 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2840	+
	2841	+	Premises licensed pursuant to [said] section 21a-152, as amended by this 2372
	2842	+	act, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and 22-6r and chapters 2373
	2843	+	417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be considered food 2374
	2844	+	warehouses. 2375
	2845	+	(4) "Packaged food" means standard or random weight or volume 2376
	2846	+	packages of food commodities that are enclosed in a container or 2377
	2847	+	wrapped in any manner, in advance of wholesale or retail sale, such that 2378
	2848	+	the food commodities cannot be added to or subtracted from the 2379
	2849	+	package or wrapping without breaking or tearing the wrapping, 2380
	2850	+	container or seals on the wrapping or container. 2381
	2851	+	Sec. 51. Section 21a-152 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2382
	2852	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2383
	2853	+	(a) Each bakery, [food warehouse and] food manufacturing 2384
	2854	+	establishment and food warehouse shall be designed, constructed and 2385
	2855	+	operated as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection directs pursuant 2386
	2856	+	to sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this 2387
	2857	+	act, and chapter 418. [The provisions of this subsection requiring the 2388
	2858	+	commissioner to direct the design and construction of a food warehouse 2389
	2859	+	shall not be required for a food warehouse that was registered in good 2390
	2860	+	standing pursuant to section 21a-160 prior to October 1, 2019, provided 2391
	2861	+	the warehouse is in good repair so that stored food is properly protected 2392
	2862	+	and the premises is free of pests.] Each bakery, food manufacturing 2393
	2863	+	establishment and food warehouse [and food manufacturing 2394
	2864	+	establishment] remains subject to the provisions of chapter 418. 2395
	2865	+	(b) No [person, firm or] corporation, firm or person shall operate a 2396
	2866	+	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food 2397
	2867	+	manufacturing establishment] with the intent of producing or storing 2398
	2868	+	products for human consumption without having first obtained from 2399
	2869	+	[said commissioner] the Commissioner of Consumer Protection a 2400
	2870	+	license. [Application] Applications for such license shall be made on 2401
	2871	+	forms, furnished by the commissioner, showing the name and address 2402
	2872	+	of such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse. 2403 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2878	+
	2879	+	[or food manufacturing establishment.] Bakeries shall show the number 2404
	2880	+	of persons engaged in the production of bread and pastry products, 2405
	2881	+	excluding [porters,] dishwashers, drivers, porters, sales personnel and 2406
	2882	+	other employees not directly engaged in such production. The 2407
	2883	+	commissioner shall cause an inspection to be [made] conducted of the 2408
	2884	+	premises described in the application and, if conditions are found 2409
	2885	+	satisfactory, issue such license. [shall be issued.] No corporation, firm or 2410
	2886	+	person [, firm or corporation] operating a bakery, food manufacturing 2411
	2887	+	establishment or food warehouse, or any agent, employee or servant [or 2412
	2888	+	employee] thereof, shall refuse, hinder or otherwise interfere with the 2413
	2889	+	commissioner's, or the commissioner's authorized representative's, 2414
	2890	+	access [by the commissioner or his authorized representative] to the 2415
	2891	+	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse for the 2416
	2892	+	purpose of conducting an inspection. No corporation, firm or person [, 2417
	2893	+	firm or corporation] shall: (1) [sell] Sell or distribute bread, cakes, 2418
	2894	+	cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers,] macaroni, pies, 2419
	2895	+	[cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products, 2420
	2896	+	including frozen or canned baked goods, made in whole or in part of 2421
	2897	+	flour or meal, produced in any bakery located within or beyond the 2422
	2898	+	boundaries of this state; [,] (2) sell or distribute food produced in a food 2423
	2899	+	manufacturing establishment located within the boundaries of this 2424
	2900	+	state; [,] or (3) store any food for wholesale distribution in a food 2425
	2901	+	warehouse, unless such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or 2426
	2902	+	food warehouse [or food manufacturing establishment] has obtained a 2427
	2903	+	license from [said] the commissioner. Facilities licensed pursuant to 2428
	2904	+	chapter 417 as food vendors and frozen dessert vendors, and all facilities 2429
	2905	+	licensed pursuant to chapters 419a and 430, shall be exempt from such 2430
	2906	+	licensing requirement. The commissioner may promulgate regulations 2431
	2907	+	excepting out-of-state manufacturers of products [,] commonly known 2432
	2908	+	as brown bread, cookies, crackers [, brown bread] or plum puddings in 2433
	2909	+	hermetically sealed containers and other similar products [,] from the 2434
	2910	+	license provisions of this section. Such license shall be valid for one year 2435
	2911	+	and a fee [therefor] for such license shall be collected as follows: From a 2436
	2912	+	[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person owning or conducting a 2437
	2913	+	bakery in which there are not more than four persons [or fewer] engaged 2438 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2919	+
	2920	+	in the production of bread and pastry products, twenty dollars; in which 2439
	2921	+	there are [not fewer than] at least five [nor] but not more than nine 2440
	2922	+	persons so engaged, forty dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at 2441
	2923	+	least ten [nor] but not more than twenty-four persons so engaged, one 2442
	2924	+	hundred dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at least twenty-five 2443
	2925	+	[nor] but not more than ninety-nine persons so engaged, two hundred 2444
	2926	+	dollars; in which there are [more than] at least one hundred persons so 2445
	2927	+	engaged, two hundred fifty dollars. The fee for a food [manufacturer] 2446
	2928	+	manufacturing establishment or food warehouse license shall be twenty 2447
	2929	+	dollars annually. [No prior inspection by the commissioner shall be 2448
	2930	+	necessary for a food warehouse registered under section 21a-160 prior 2449
	2931	+	to October 1, 2019, which is required to transfer its registration to a new 2450
	2932	+	license under the provisions of this subsection.] 2451
	2933	+	(c) [A] The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may revoke a 2452
	2934	+	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food 2453
	2935	+	manufacturer license may be revoked by said commissioner] license for 2454
	2936	+	any violation of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as 2455
	2937	+	amended by this act, after a hearing conducted in accordance with 2456
	2938	+	chapter 54. In addition, [a] the commissioner may summarily suspend a 2457
	2939	+	bakery, [or food manufacturer] food manufacturing establishment or 2458
	2940	+	food warehouse license [may be summarily suspended] pending a 2459
	2941	+	hearing if [said] the commissioner has reason to believe that the public 2460
	2942	+	health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action. 2461
	2943	+	[Within] Not later than ten days following the suspension order, [said] 2462
	2944	+	the commissioner shall cause to be held a hearing which shall be 2463
	2945	+	conducted in accordance with the provisions of [said] chapter 54. 2464
	2946	+	Following [said] such hearing, [said] the commissioner shall dissolve 2465
	2947	+	such suspension or order revocation of the bakery, food manufacturing 2466
	2948	+	establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturer] license. Any 2467
	2949	+	[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person whose license has been 2468
	2950	+	revoked may [make application] apply for a new license and [said] the 2469
	2951	+	commissioner shall act on such application [within] not later than thirty 2470
	2952	+	days [of receipt] after the commissioner receives such application. The 2471
	2953	+	costs of any inspections necessary to determine whether or not an 2472 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2959	+
	2960	+	applicant, whose license has been revoked, is entitled to have a new 2473
	2961	+	license granted shall be borne by the applicant at such rates as the 2474
	2962	+	commissioner may determine. [Said] The commissioner may refuse to 2475
	2963	+	grant any bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse 2476
	2964	+	[or food manufacturer] a license if [he or she] the commissioner finds 2477
	2965	+	that the applicant has evidenced a pattern of noncompliance with the 2478
	2966	+	provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as 2479
	2967	+	amended by this act. Prima facie evidence of a pattern of noncompliance 2480
	2968	+	shall be established if [said] the commissioner shows that the applicant 2481
	2969	+	has had two or more bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food 2482
	2970	+	warehouse [or food manufacturer] licenses revoked. 2483
	2971	+	(d) All vehicles used in the transportation of bakery, food 2484
	2972	+	manufacturing establishment or food warehouse products shall be kept 2485
	2973	+	in a sanitary condition and shall have the name and address of the 2486
	2974	+	bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse owner, 2487
	2975	+	operator or distributor legibly printed on both sides. Each compartment 2488
	2976	+	in which unwrapped bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food 2489
	2977	+	warehouse products are transported shall be enclosed in a manner 2490
	2978	+	approved by the commissioner. 2491
	2979	+	(e) The provisions of this section shall not prevent local health 2492
	2980	+	authorities from enforcing orders or regulations concerning the sanitary 2493
	2981	+	condition of retail bakeries. 2494
	2982	+	(f) Any person who desires to obtain a license under the provisions 2495
	2983	+	of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this 2496
	2984	+	act, shall first obtain and present to the [commissioner] Commissioner 2497
	2985	+	of Consumer Protection a certificate of approval of the location for 2498
	2986	+	which such license is desired. The certificate of approval shall be 2499
	2987	+	obtained from the zoning commission, planning and zoning 2500
	2988	+	commission or local authority of the town, city or borough in which the 2501
	2989	+	facility is located or is proposed to be located. [A] No certificate of 2502
	2990	+	approval shall [not] be required [in the case of the transfer of the last 2503
	2991	+	issued license from one person to another or in the case of a renewal of 2504
	2992	+	a license by the holder of the license] for a new license if the proposed 2505 Substitute Bill No. 5330
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	2998	+
	2999	+	use conforms to existing zoning requirements, for a license renewal by 2506
	3000	+	the license holder or for a transfer by the license holder to another 2507
	3001	+	person of the license most recently issued to such license holder. The 2508
	3002	+	commissioner shall not issue any license under the provisions of 2509
	3003	+	sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, 2510
	3004	+	for which a certificate of approval is required until such certificate of 2511
	3005	+	approval is obtained by the license applicant. [The provisions of this 2512
	3006	+	subsection requiring a certificate of approval from the zoning 2513
	3007	+	commission or other local authority shall not apply to any food 2514
	3008	+	warehouse that was registered in good standing pursuant to section 21a-2515
	3009	+	160 prior to October 1, 2019.] 2516
	3010	+	Sec. 52. Section 21a-156 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2517
	3011	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2518
	3012	+	The commissioner shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public 2519
	3013	+	hearing, adopt and promulgate regulations to supplement and give full 2520
	3014	+	effect to the provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, 2521
	3015	+	inclusive, as amended by this act. Such regulations, among other things, 2522
	3016	+	may establish sanitary requirements pertaining to the manufacture and 2523
	3017	+	distribution of bread and pastry products. Such regulations may also 2524
	3018	+	cover provisions restricting the sale of dangerous, harmful and 2525
	3019	+	unwholesome bread and pastry products, the labeling of bread and 2526
	3020	+	pastry products, the inspection of bakeries, food manufacturing 2527
	3021	+	establishments and food warehouses and the establishment of costs for 2528
	3022	+	special inspections. The commissioner shall annually review the 2529
	3023	+	amounts of bakery, food manufacturing establishment and food 2530
	3024	+	warehouse license fees referred to in subsection (b) of section 21a-152, 2531
	3025	+	as amended by this act, and shall increase such fees in order to reflect 2532
	3026	+	the costs to the department of carrying out the provisions of sections 2533
	3027	+	21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act. 2534
	3028	+	Sec. 53. Section 21a-159 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2535
	3029	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2536
	3030	+	(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-2537 Substitute Bill No. 5330
	3031	+
	3032	+
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	3035	+	81 of 84
	3036	+
	3037	+	160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, or any regulation made 2538
	3038	+	thereunder, or fails to comply with an order of the Commissioner of 2539
	3039	+	Consumer Protection, shall: (1) [for] For a first offense, be fined not more 2540
	3040	+	than two hundred fifty dollars; [,] and (2) for [any] each subsequent 2541
	3041	+	offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. 2542
	3042	+	(b) The [commissioner] Commissioner of Consumer Protection may 2543
	3043	+	apply to the Superior Court for, and such court may [,] upon hearing 2544
	3044	+	and for cause shown [,] grant, a temporary or permanent injunction 2545
	3045	+	enjoining any person from operating a bakery, food manufacturing 2546
	3046	+	establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturing 2547
	3047	+	establishment] without a license issued in accordance with sections 21a-2548
	3048	+	151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, irrespective 2549
	3049	+	of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. The 2550
	3050	+	commissioner also may apply to the Superior Court for, and such court 2551
	3051	+	shall have jurisdiction to grant, a temporary restraining order pending 2552
	3052	+	a hearing. Such application for injunctive or other appropriate relief 2553
	3053	+	shall be brought by the Attorney General. 2554
	3054	+	(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice 2555
	3055	+	and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 2556
	3056	+	54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of not more 2557
	3057	+	than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five 2558
	3058	+	hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person who 2559
	3059	+	violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, 2560
	3060	+	as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 2561
	3061	+	21a-156, as amended by this act. 2562
	3062	+	Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 22-54u of the general statutes is 2563
	3063	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2564
	3064	+	passage): 2565
	3065	+	(a) The preparation, packaging, labeling and sale of honey and maple 2566
	3066	+	syrup produced in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of 2567
	3067	+	sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 2568
	3068	+	21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, and shall be under the 2569 Substitute Bill No. 5330
	3069	+
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	3073	+	82 of 84
	3074	+
	3075	+	licensing, inspection and enforcement authority of the Commissioner of 2570
	3076	+	Agriculture and the commissioner's authorized agents. 2571
	3077	+	Sec. 55. Section 21a-160 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 2572
	3078	+	from passage) 2573
	3079	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	3080	+	sections:
	3081	+
	3082	+	Section 1 from passage 30-1
	3083	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
	3084	+	Sec. 3 from passage 30-19f(a) to (c)
	3085	+	Sec. 4 from passage 30-20
	3086	+	Sec. 5 from passage 30-46
	3087	+	Sec. 6 from passage 30-51a
	3088	+	Sec. 7 from passage 30-74(c)
	3089	+	Sec. 8 from passage 30-22a
	3090	+	Sec. 9 from passage 30-12
	3091	+	Sec. 10 from passage 30-14(a)
	3092	+	Sec. 11 from passage 30-16b
	3093	+	Sec. 12 from passage 30-22c(b)
	3094	+	Sec. 13 from passage 30-23a
	3095	+	Sec. 14 from passage 30-24
	3096	+	Sec. 15 from passage 30-24b
	3097	+	Sec. 16 from passage 30-25(a)
	3098	+	Sec. 17 from passage 30-39(b)
	3099	+	Sec. 18 from passage 30-45
	3100	+	Sec. 19 from passage 30-48(a)
	3101	+	Sec. 20 from passage 30-48a(c)
	3102	+	Sec. 21 from passage 30-53
	3103	+	Sec. 22 from passage 30-54
	3104	+	Sec. 23 from passage 30-91(a) to (e)
	3105	+	Sec. 24 from passage 30-22(e)
	3106	+	Sec. 25 from passage 30-22d
	3107	+	Sec. 26 from passage 30-22e(c)
	3108	+	Sec. 27 from passage 30-35b
	3109	+	Sec. 28 from passage 30-81
	3110	+	Sec. 29 from passage 30-90
	3111	+	Sec. 30 from passage 20-578
	3112	+	Sec. 31 from passage 20-617a Substitute Bill No. 5330
	3113	+
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	3117	+	83 of 84
	3118	+
	3119	+	Sec. 32 from passage 20-621a(a)
	3120	+	Sec. 33 from passage 21a-248
	3121	+	Sec. 34 from passage 28-32
	3122	+	Sec. 35 from passage 21a-79
	3123	+	Sec. 36 from passage 21a-79b
	3124	+	Sec. 37 from passage 42-133ff
	3125	+	Sec. 38 July 1, 2022 New section
	3126	+	Sec. 39 from passage 16a-17
	3127	+	Sec. 40 from passage 16a-21(b)
	3128	+	Sec. 41 from passage 16a-23m(a)
	3129	+	Sec. 42 from passage 16a-23o
	3130	+	Sec. 43 from passage 20-334d
	3131	+	Sec. 44 from passage 20-500
	3132	+	Sec. 45 from passage 20-670
	3133	+	Sec. 46 from passage New section
	3134	+	Sec. 47 from passage 20-338d
	3135	+	Sec. 48 from passage 20-681
	3136	+	Sec. 49 from passage 21a-10(c)
	3137	+	Sec. 50 from passage 21a-151
	3138	+	Sec. 51 from passage 21a-152
	3139	+	Sec. 52 from passage 21a-156
	3140	+	Sec. 53 from passage 21a-159
	3141	+	Sec. 54 from passage 22-54u(a)
	3142	+	Sec. 55 from passage Repealer section
	3143	+
	3144	+	GL Joint Favorable Subst.
	3145	+	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
	3146	+	In Section 23(d), "[for beer]" was changed to "[for beer or]" and a comma
	3147	+	was inserted after "30-16", for consistency; in Section 25(b), "a" was
	3148	+	bracketed, and "the" was inserted after the closing bracket, for accuracy,
	3149	+	and "of" was inserted after "premises,", for clarity; in Section 28, "the"
	3150	+	was inserted before "regulations", for clarity; in Section 34(b), "[drugs
	3151	+	or] controlled drugs, drugs or" was changed to "drugs, [or] controlled
	3152	+	drugs or", for clarity; in Section 35(a)(3), "consumer commodity" was
	3153	+	bracketed, and ""consumer commodity"" was inserted after the closing
	3154	+	bracket, for consistency; in Section 39(b)(8), "who" was inserted after
	3155	+	"individuals", the opening bracket was struck before "corporation" and
	3156	+	the opening bracket was inserted before the comma after "partnership",
	3157	+	and a comma was inserted after "that", for consistency; in Section 43(e),
	3158	+	"the same" was changed to "such recordings", for clarity; in Section Substitute Bill No. 5330
	3159	+
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	3163	+	84 of 84
	3164	+
	3165	+	44(3)(C), "that" was changed to "such", for consistency; in Section 46(b),
	3166	+	a comma was inserted after "section", for clarity; in Section 50(1), "an"
	3167	+	was deleted, for clarity; and in Section 51(b)(1), a comma was inserted
	3168	+	after "meal", for consistency.
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