2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 20-281e. Granting of initial permit to practice public accountancy to firms and permit renewal. Annual fee. Disclosure requirements.

      Sec. 20-281e. Granting of initial permit to practice public accountancy to firms and permit renewal. Annual fee. Disclosure requirements. (a) The board shall grant or renew permits to practice public accountancy to firms that make application and demonstrate their qualifications therefor in accordance with subsections (b) to (f), inclusive, of this section.

      (b) Permits shall be initially issued and renewed annually. Applications for permits shall be made in such form, and in the case of applications for renewal, between such dates as the board may by regulation specify.

      (c) An applicant for initial issuance or renewal of a permit to practice under this section shall be required to show that each proprietor, partner or shareholder of such firm who works in this state holds a valid license to practice issued under section 20-281b or 20-281d.

      (d) An applicant for initial issuance or renewal of a permit to practice under this section shall be required to register each office of the firm within this state with the board and to show that each such office is under the charge of a person holding a valid license issued under section 20-281b or 20-281d.

      (e) The board shall charge an annual fee for each application for initial issuance or renewal of a permit under this section in the amount of seventy-five dollars; provided, no such fee shall be charged to a firm having not more than one licensee.

      (f) Applicants for initial issuance or renewal of permits under this section shall list in their application all states in which they have applied for or hold licenses to practice public accountancy, and each holder of or applicant for a permit under this section shall notify the board in writing, within thirty days after its occurrence, of any change in the identities of any proprietors, partners, officers or shareholders of such firm who work regularly within this state, any change in the number or location of offices within this state, any change in the identity of the persons in charge of such offices, and any issuance, denials, revocation or suspension of a license by any other state.

      (P.A. 92-212, S. 5.)