Sec.7-185-14b. Equipment, goods, wares and merchandise

(a) Equipment and goods, wares and merchandise used in bazaars or raffles or intended to be used in bazaars or raffles shall not be purchased or sold at prices in excess of the prevailing retail value thereof and, when purchased on conditional sale or on another installment purchase arrangement, shall be purchased only at the prevailing cash price with interest not to exceed the prevailing rates for retail purchases per annum on the unpaid balance.

(b) No bazaar or raffle shall be conducted with any equipment except such as is owned absolutely or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the permittee or as is rented at a fixed fee, and only from a dealer in such equipment who (1) has his principal place of business in this state, and (2) is registered with the executive director in such manner and on such form as he may prescribe, which form shall be accompanied by an annual fee of three hundred dollars payable to the treasurer of the state of Connecticut.

(c) No equipment may be rented or leased by a bazaar and raffle equipment dealer to any organization which has not obtained a permit to conduct a bazaar or raffle in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, of the general statutes.

(d) No supplier of goods, wares or merchandise used in the conduct of a bazaar or raffle delivered to the applicant on consignment shall charge for handling or depreciation an amount in excess of ten per cent of the value of such goods, wares or merchandise.

(e) Within ten days after renting bazaar or raffle equipment to a sponsoring organization holding a bazaar or raffle permit, the bazaar or raffle equipment dealer shall send to the executive director, on forms furnished by the executive director, certification as to the following: (1) the name and address of the applicant to whom the equipment was rented; (2) the address where the equipment was installed or used; (3) the exact description of the equipment rented and the individual amount paid for each piece of equipment; (4) the date upon which the equipment was used. In the case of a corporation, the certification shall be signed by an authorized officer of said corporation.

(f) Bazaar or raffle equipment dealer registration certificates issued in accordance with the provisions of the bazaar and raffle act shall be exhibited by a dealer to any policeman, first selectman, or any sponsoring organization authority renting or purchasing bazaar or raffle equipment, upon request.

(g) Equipment dealer activity must be conducted in conformance with the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, of the general statutes, and these administrative regulations governing the operation of bazaars and raffles.

(h) A bazaar or raffle equipment dealer shall not rent a game of chance to a sponsoring organization holding a bazaar or raffle permit unless such game has been specifically approved in connection with the sponsoring organization's application for a permit.

(Effective June 17, 1992; Amended April 5, 1999)