Sec.30-6-A42. Photographic equipment and format of photograph for a person whose age is in question

A permittee or agent or employee of a permittee may present a photograph of a person whose age is in question, along with a photocopy of such person's driver's license or identity card, as an affirmative defense to a prosecution for selling alcoholic liquor to a minor in violation of subsection (b) of section 30-86 of the Connecticut General Statutes, only when all the following requirements are met:

(1) The photograph shall:

(A) Be taken with a digital camera or film-camera that has a built-in date and time stamp in working condition;

(B) have a date and time stamp as part of the actual photograph and the date and time stamp shall be accurate and true;

(C) be in color;

(D) be taken with the person holding the driver's license or identity card provided to the permittee or the permittee's agent or employee as proof of age;

(E) be 5 by 7 inches in size;

(F) be a clear and actual depiction of the way the person presented themselves at the time the person provided proof of age; and

(G) be in a format, or be taken against a background, that accurately depicts the height of the person being photographed.

(2) The photocopy of the person's driver's license or identity card shall:

(A) Be placed on a piece of paper 8 ½ by 11 inches, depicting the license or card as 5 by 7 inches in size;

(B) depict the front and back of such driver's license or identity card;

(C) be clear and easily readable, including all identification letters and numbers;

(D) provide the actual dimensions of the length and width of the person's driver's license or identity card; and

(E) contain the printed name and signature of the permittee, agent or employee who took the photograph and photocopy, and an attestation that the same person examined the front and the back of such driver's license or identity card.

(Adopted effective March 6, 2006)