Sec.7-185-15b. Penalties

(a) Whenever it appears to the executive director after an investigation that any person is violating or is about to violate any provision of sections 7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, of the general statutes, or these administrative regulations governing the operation of bazaars and raffles, 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 of the general statutes.

(b) Whenever the executive director finds as the result of an investigation that any person has violated any provision of sections 7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, of the general statutes, or these administrative regulations governing the operation of bazaars and raffles 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, of the general statutes, 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 of the general statutes. 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.

(d) Whenever the executive director revokes a permit issued pursuant to sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, of the general statutes, the issuing authority shall not issue any permit to such permittee for three years after the date of such violation.

(Effective June 17, 1992)