Sec. 21a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19-422). Licenses; permits. Fees.
Sec. 21a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19-422). Licenses; permits. Fees. (a) No person
shall act as a manufacturer, supply dealer, importer, renovator or secondhand dealer
without first completing an application and obtaining a numbered license from the commissioner. Based on the information furnished in the application, the commissioner shall
determine and issue the appropriate license. The license shall be conspicuously posted
in the establishment of the person to whom the license is issued. A license shall be valid
for one year.
(b) Any method of sterilization or sanitation used in connection with this chapter
shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. Each person who wishes to sterilize
or sanitize bedding or filling material shall complete an application and obtain a numbered permit from the commissioner. The permit must be conspicuously posted in the
establishment of the person to whom the permit is issued. Each permit shall cost twenty-five dollars and shall be valid for one year.
(c) Manufacturers shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a manufacturers'
license, a fee of fifty dollars. The licensee may then operate as a manufacturer, supply
dealer, renovator or secondhand dealer. Supply dealers shall pay, prior to the issuance
or reissuance of a supply dealers' license, a fee of fifty dollars. The licensee may then
operate as a supply dealer, renovator or secondhand dealer. Renovators shall pay, prior
to the issuance or reissuance of a renovators' license, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The
licensee may then operate as a renovator and secondhand dealer. Secondhand dealers
shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of a secondhand dealers' license, a fee of
twenty-five dollars. The licensee may then operate as a secondhand dealer. Importers
shall pay, prior to the issuance or reissuance of an importer's license, a fee of one hundred
dollars.
(d) A person shall be entitled to a refund of a license or permit fee only in the case
of error on the part of the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4174; 1953, 1955, S. 2135d; P.A. 79-451; P.A. 82-326, S. 4, 7; P.A. 83-360, S. 6; P.A. 94-36, S. 32, 42;
P.A. 04-22, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-451 specified persons, firms or corporations required to obtain license; P.A. 82-326 replaced entire
text of existing section; Sec. 19-422 transferred to Sec. 21a-234 in 1983; P.A. 83-360 amended Subsec. (c) by reinstating
the renovator's license fee of $25 which was omitted in prior legislation; P.A. 94-36 substituted "shall be valid for one
year" for "expire one year from the date of issuance" and deleted Subsec. (d) which provided for a late license or permit
renewal fee, relettering Subsec. (e) accordingly, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 04-22 amended Subsec. (a) by adding
reference to "importer", amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to "sanitation" and "sanitize", and amended Subsec. (c)
to require importers to pay a fee of $100, prior to the issuance or reissuance of an importer's license.
See Sec. 21a-4(c) re fines for late license renewals.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.