Sec. 7-181. Suspension or revocation of registration or permit. Cease and desist order. Notice of violation. Hearing. Penalty. Appeals.
Sec. 7-181. Suspension or revocation of registration or permit. Cease and desist order. Notice of violation. Hearing. Penalty. Appeals. (a) Whenever it appears
to the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue after an investigation that
any person is violating or is about to violate any provision of sections 7-170 to 7-185,
inclusive, or administrative regulations issued pursuant thereto, the executive director
may in his discretion, to protect the public welfare, order that any registration or permit
issued pursuant to said sections be immediately suspended or revoked and that the person
cease and desist from the actions constituting such violation or which would constitute
such violation. After such an order is issued, the person named therein may, within
fourteen days after receipt of the order, file a written request for a hearing. Such hearing
shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) Whenever the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue finds as
the result of an investigation that any person has violated any provision of sections 7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, or administrative regulations issued pursuant thereto or made
any false statement in any application for a permit or in any report required by the
provisions of said sections, the executive director may send a notice to such person by
certified mail, return receipt requested. Any such notice shall include (1) a reference to
the section or regulation alleged to have been violated or the application or report in
which an alleged false statement was made, (2) a short and plain statement of the matter
asserted or charged, (3) the fact that any registration or permit issued pursuant to sections
7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, may be suspended or revoked for such violation or false
statement and the maximum penalty that may be imposed for such violation or false
statement, and (4) the time and place for the hearing. Such hearing shall be fixed for a
date not earlier than fourteen days after the notice is mailed.
(c) The executive director shall hold a hearing upon the charges made unless such
person fails to appear at the hearing. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54. If such person fails to appear at the hearing or if, after the
hearing, the executive director finds that such person committed such a violation or
made such a false statement, the executive director may, in his discretion, suspend or
revoke such registration or permit and order that a civil penalty of not more than two
hundred dollars be imposed upon such person for such violation or false statement. The
executive director shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to any person named in such order. Any person
aggrieved by a decision of the executive director under this subsection shall have a right
of appeal to the Gaming Policy Board for a hearing. Any person aggrieved by a decision
of the Gaming Policy Board shall have a right of appeal pursuant to section 4-183.
(d) Whenever the executive director revokes a permit issued pursuant to sections
7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, the issuing authority shall not issue any permit to such permittee for three years after the date of such violation.
(1955, S. 302d; P.A. 89-214, S. 10, 26; P.A. 04-256, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 89-214 entirely replaced previously existing provisions and inserted Subsecs. (a) to (d), inclusive, in lieu
thereof, authorizing executive director to immediately suspend or revoke any registration or permit and issue cease and
desist orders, authorizing executive director to send notice to any person violating any provision of Secs. 7-170 to 7-185,
inclusive, and specifying requirements for notice, requiring executive director to hold a hearing upon charges made and
authorizing him to suspend or revoke registration or permit and order imposition of a civil penalty and prohibiting issuing
authority from issuing any permit for three years after date of violation whenever executive director revokes permit; P.A.
04-256 amended Subsec. (c) to provide a right of appeal to the Gaming Policy Board for any person aggrieved by a decision
of the executive director and a right of appeal pursuant to Sec. 4-183 for any person aggrieved by a decision of the Gaming
Policy Board, effective July 1, 2004.