Sec. 20-494a. Fines. Civil penalites.
Sec. 20-494a. Fines. Civil penalites. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections
20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, any person who (1) conducts home inspection without
having first obtained the license or permit required by said sections, (2) employs or
supplies for employment a person who does not have a license or permit to conduct
home inspection, (3) falsely pretends to qualify to conduct home inspection, (4) engages
in or practices any of the work for which a license or permit is required by said sections
after the expiration of such license or permit, or (5) violates any other provision of said
sections, unless the penalty is otherwise specifically prescribed, shall be fined not more
than two hundred dollars for each such violation.
(b) The board may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty on any person
who (1) engages in or practices the work for which a license or permit is required by
sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, without having first obtained such a license or
permit, (2) employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have such a
license or permit, (3) falsely pretends to qualify to engage in or practice such work, (4)
engages in or practices any of the work for which a license or permit is required by said
sections after the expiration of such person's license or permit, or (5) violates any of
the provisions of said sections or the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections.
Such penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars for each violation, except that any
individual employed as a home inspector intern but improperly registered shall not be
penalized for a first offense.
(P.A. 99-254, S. 14, 18.)
History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.