Sec. 21a-4. (Formerly Sec. 19-171b). Refund of fees for unused permits. Fine for payment by check returned as uncollectible. Fine for late renewal of license, certificate or registration.
Sec. 21a-4. (Formerly Sec. 19-171b). Refund of fees for unused permits. Fine
for payment by check returned as uncollectible. Fine for late renewal of license,
certificate or registration. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may refund
to any permittee the fee paid by him for any permit issued by said commissioner and
returned to him prior to its use, provided application for such refund shall be made not
later than sixty days after the effective date of such permit.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose a fine of twenty dollars
on any applicant for a permit or license issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection who issues to the commissioner a check drawn on the account of such applicant in
payment of a permit or license fee and whose check is returned to the Department of
Consumer Protection as uncollectible.
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose a fine on any applicant
who fails to renew a license, permit, certificate or registration within thirty days of the
expiration date of such license, permit, certificate or registration. The amount of the
fine shall be equal to ten per cent of the renewal fee but shall not be less than ten dollars
or more than one hundred dollars.
(1959, P.A. 206; P.A. 84-340, S. 1; P.A. 94-36, S. 39, 42; P.A. 99-194, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c),
(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-171b transferred to Sec. 21a-4 in 1983; P.A. 84-340 added Subsec. (b), allowing the commissioner to
fine applicants who pay permit or license fees with a check which is returned as uncollectible; P.A. 94-36 added Subsec.
(c) re fine for late renewal, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 99-194 amended Subsec. (c) to make technical changes and
adjust parameters of fine from the greater of 10% of renewal fee or $10, to an amount equal to 10% of renewal fee but no
less than $10 and no greater than $100; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department
of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and 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2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.