Sec. 25-37e. Duties of commissioner re permit applications.
Sec. 25-37e. Duties of commissioner re permit applications. Within sixty days
after the receipt of a complete permit application the Commissioner of Public Health
shall issue a written decision granting or denying the permit and setting forth the reasons
for his decision, provided, if the commissioner has utilized the services of a consultant
or a professional review team as provided for by section 25-37d, such consultant or
review team shall submit to said commissioner, within ninety days of his receipt of
such application, a written report of its findings, and said commissioner shall issue his
decision within one hundred and twenty days of his receipt of such application or within
one hundred sixty-five days of the initial submission of the application. The commissioner shall forward a copy of his decision to the applicant, the Department of Public
Utility Control, the Department of Environmental Protection and the chief executive
officer of the town in which the land is located. If no decision is issued within one
hundred twenty days after receipt of a complete application or within one hundred sixty-five days of the initial submission of the application, the applicant may submit a written
request to the commissioner to issue the permit. If the commissioner does not issue a
decision within forty-five days after the submission of such a request, the permit shall
be deemed to have been granted.
(P.A. 77-606, S. 6, 10; 77-614, S. 162, 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 183, 348; P.A. 90-292,
S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-211, S. 3; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utilities control
within the department of business regulation, and replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted
reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 90-292 added references to a consultant; P.A. 93-381
replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1,
1993; P.A. 95-211 allowed the commissioner to issue a decision within 165 days of the initial submission of the application
and added that if no decision is issued the applicant may request a permit, which is deemed granted after 45 days if
there is no decision; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 3 CA 53.