Sec. 43-51. Suspension or revocation of certificate. Penalty.
Sec. 43-51. Suspension or revocation of certificate. Penalty. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may suspend or revoke the certificate of any registered
dealer or repairman: (1) When he is satisfied after a hearing, upon ten days' notice to
the registrant, that the registrant has violated any provision of sections 43-46 to 43-51,
inclusive; or (2) as a result of a hearing and investigation, such registrant is found to be
an incompetent, inefficient, unscrupulous or unsuitable person to be engaged as a dealer
or repairman.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one
hundred dollars for the first offense and of not more than five hundred dollars for any
subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each violation with respect to each such
unit or device shall be considered a separate offense.
(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 6; P.A. 90-125, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (b) re administrative penalties; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner
of Consumer Protection with Commissioner 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repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.