Sec. 29-36g. Application for eligibility certificate. Criminal history records check. Deadline for approval or denial of application. Form of certificate. Change of address. Confidentiality of name an
Sec. 29-36g. Application for eligibility certificate. Criminal history records
check. Deadline for approval or denial of application. Form of certificate. Change
of address. Confidentiality of name and address of certificate holder. Scope of
certificate. (a) Requests for eligibility certificates under section 29-36f shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Public Safety on application forms prescribed by the commissioner. No eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of said section unless the applicant for such certificate gives to the Commissioner
of Public Safety, upon the commissioner's request, full information concerning the
applicant's criminal record and relevant information concerning the applicant's mental
health history. The commissioner shall require each applicant to submit to state and
national criminal history records checks. The commissioner shall take a full description
of such applicant. The commissioner shall take the fingerprints of such applicant or
conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau
of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The commissioner shall record
the date the fingerprints were taken in the applicant's file and shall conduct criminal
history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a. The commissioner shall,
within sixty days of receipt of the national criminal history records check from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, either approve the application and issue the eligibility
certificate or deny the application and notify the applicant of the reason for such denial
in writing.
(b) (1) With respect to any application for an eligibility certificate filed with the
Commissioner of Public Safety on or before July 1, 1995, the commissioner shall, not
later than October 1, 1995, (A) approve the application and issue the eligibility certificate, (B) issue a temporary eligibility certificate, or (C) deny the application and notify
the applicant of the reason for such denial in writing.
(2) With respect to any application for an eligibility certificate filed with the Commissioner of Public Safety after July 1, 1995, the commissioner shall, within ninety days,
(A) approve the application and issue the eligibility certificate, (B) issue a temporary
eligibility certificate, or (C) deny the application and notify the applicant of the reason
for such denial in writing.
(3) A temporary certificate issued under this subsection shall be valid until such
time as the commissioner either approves or denies the application.
(c) An eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be of such form and content
as the commissioner may prescribe, shall be signed by the certificate holder and shall
contain an identification number, the name, address, place and date of birth, height,
weight and eye color of the certificate holder and a full-face photograph of the certificate
holder.
(d) A person holding an eligibility certificate issued by the commissioner shall notify the commissioner within two business days of any change of his address. The notification shall include his old address and his new address.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the name and address of a person issued an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver under the provisions of section 29-36f shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such
information may be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance
of their duties, (2) the Commissioner of Public Safety may disclose such information
to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-33 for
verification that such certificate is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked,
and (3) such information may be disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and
Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500.
(f) An eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall not authorize the holder
thereof to carry a pistol or revolver upon his person in circumstances for which a permit
to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 is required
under section 29-35.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 8; P.A. 98-129, S. 7; P.A. 01-175, S. 23, 32; P.A. 07-217, S. 133.)
History: P.A. 98-129 added Subsec. (e)(3) authorizing the disclosure of such information to the Commissioner of Mental
Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of Sec. 17a-500(c); P.A. 01-175 amended Subsec. (a) by making
technical changes and adding provisions re fingerprinting and state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.