Sec. 29-317. (Formerly Sec. 29-60). Regulation of installation of oil burners. Variations or exemptions.
Sec. 29-317. (Formerly Sec. 29-60). Regulation of installation of oil burners.
Variations or exemptions. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall make regulations prescribing reasonable minimum requirements for the installation of oil burners
and equipment used in connection therewith, including tanks, piping, pumps, control
devices and accessories. In adopting such regulations, the commissioner may adopt by
reference standards concerning the installation of oil burners and equipment as set forth
by the National Fire Protection Association for the prevention of injury to life and damage to property, and protection from hazards incident to the installation and operation
of such oil burners and equipment.
(b) No regulation made in accordance with this section shall be inconsistent with
the provisions of section 29-316, nor apply to premises used for manufacturing nor to
public service companies as defined in section 16-1, nor impair the rights of municipalities to enact ordinances and make rules and regulations for the installation of oil burners
and equipment so far as such ordinances, rules and regulations specify requirements
equal to, additional to or more stringent than the regulations issued under the authority
of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Safety may grant variations or exemptions from, or
approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation
issued under the provisions of this section where strict compliance with such provisions
would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate
compliance shall, in the opinion of the commissioner, secure the public safety and shall
be made in writing.
(d) Any person aggrieved by any such regulation or by any act of said commissioner
in enforcing the same may apply for relief to the superior court for the judicial district
of Hartford or for the judicial district in which such oil burner or equipment is located
or, if said court is not in session, to any judge thereof, who may grant appropriate relief.
(e) Any person who, by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or
agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any regulation promulgated under this
section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than
six months or both.
(1955, S. 2005d; P.A. 73-12, S. 1, 3; P.A. 74-183, S. 256, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 219, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127;
P.A. 79-610, S. 34; P.A. 85-86; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-196, S. 1; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A.
95-220, S. 4-6.)
History: P.A. 73-12 transferred regulation power in Subsec. (a) from commissioner of state police to labor commissioner;
P.A. 74-183 added reference to judicial districts in Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior
court in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties and substituted "judicial district of
Hartford-New Britain" for "Hartford county" in Subsec. (c); P.A. 79-610 replaced labor commissioner with commissioner
of public safety in Subsec. (a); Sec. 29-60 transferred to Sec. 29-317 in 1983; P.A. 85-86 amended Subsec. (a), permitting
commissioner to adopt National Fire Protection Association standards re installation of oil burners and equipment; P.A.
88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1,
1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 91-196
inserted new Subsec. (c), permitting commissioner to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve alternate compliance
with, provisions of regulations issued under this section, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 93-142 changed
the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220
changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
See chapter 54 re uniform administrative procedures.
Annotations to former section 29-60:
Regulations cover broad field; jury should not be permitted to read at random; court should take judicial notice of
applicable portion only. 149 C. 193.