Sec. 20-518. Suspension or revocation of license or certification. Fines.
Sec. 20-518. Suspension or revocation of license or certification. Fines. The
Department of Consumer Protection may, upon the request of the commission or upon
the verified complaint in writing of any person, provided such complaint, or such complaint together with evidence, documentary or otherwise, represented in connection with
such complaint, shall make out a prima facie case, investigate the actions of any real
estate appraiser or any person who assumes to act in any of such capacities within this
state. The commission shall have the power temporarily to suspend or permanently to
revoke any certification, license, limited license or provisional license, as the case may
be, issued under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, and in addition
to, or in lieu of, such suspension or revocation, may, in its discretion, impose a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars for the first offense at any time when, after proceedings as
provided in section 20-519, it finds that the certification holder, licensee, limited licensee
or provisional licensee has by false or fraudulent misrepresentation obtained a certification, license, limited license or provisional license, as the case may be, or that the certification holder, licensee, limited licensee or provisional licensee is guilty of any of the
following: (1) Making any material misrepresentation; (2) making any false promise of
a character likely to influence, persuade or induce; (3) acting for more than one party
in a transaction without the knowledge of all parties for whom he or she acts; (4) conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud,
or other like offense or offenses, provided suspension or revocation under this subdivision shall be subject to the provisions of section 46a-80; (5) any act or conduct which
constitutes dishonest, fraudulent or improper dealings; (6) a violation of any provision
of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, or any regulation adopted under said sections.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 43, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 79; P.A. 00-192, S. 69, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but
without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to "tenured license"
with references to "limited license" and made a technical change in Subdiv. (3) for the purpose of gender neutrality,
effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June
1, 2004.
See notes to Sec. 20-320.