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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 20-341. Penalties for violations.
Sec. 20-341. Penalties for violations. (a) Any person who engages in or practices
the work or occupation for which a license is required by this chapter without having
first obtained an apprentice permit or a certificate and license for such work, or who
wilfully employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have a certificate
and license for such work or who wilfully and falsely pretends to qualify to engage in
or practice such work or occupation, or who engages in or practices any of the work or
occupations for which a license is required by this chapter after the expiration of his
license, or who violates any other provision of this chapter, unless the penalty is otherwise specifically prescribed, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each
such violation.
(c) If an examining board imposes a fine or civil penalty under the provisions of this section as a result of a violation initially reported by a municipal official, the commissioner shall, not less than sixty days after collecting such fine or penalty, remit one-half of the amount collected to such municipality.
(February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 13; P.A. 80-420, S. 3; P.A. 83-487, S. 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-22, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-146; P.A. 89-309; P.A. 91-407, S. 24, 42; P.A. 97-263, S. 6; P.A. 99-73, S. 3.)
History: 1967 act deleted provision for forfeiture of right to be licensed by licensee failing to comply with regulations, substituted "certificate" for "certificate of registration" and updated statute to refer to holders of licenses as well as certificates; P.A. 80-420 distinguished between penalties for person working without license or employing unlicensed person and for person pretending to be qualified for work or performing work after his license has expired, imposing civil penalty for the former and retaining previous penalty provision for the latter; P.A. 83-487 amended section to include reference to apprentice permit; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-22 deleted civil penalty of five hundred dollars for first offense and one thousand dollars for subsequent offenses previously applicable to those who work without proper permit or certificate and license and to those who wilfully employ unlicensed workers; P.A. 86-146 added Subsec. (b) authorizing examining boards to impose civil penalties; P.A. 89-309 added persons who supply persons for employment and increased the penalty from thirty-five dollars to two hundred fifty dollars for a first violation, from fifty dollars to five hundred dollars for a second violation and from one hundred dollars to one thousand dollars for subsequent violations; P.A. 91-407 amended Subsec. (b) by applying provisions to those "who violate any of the provisions of chapter or the relevant regulations pursuant thereto" and increased penalties from two hundred fifty to not more than five hundred dollars for a first violation, from five hundred to not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for a second violation and from one thousand to not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation occurring less than three years after second or subsequent violation, and exempted improperly registered apprentice from penalty; P.A. 97-263 doubled the fines in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and added Subsec. (c) requiring the examining board to remit one-half the fine to reporting municipality; P.A. 99-73 amended Subsec. (b) to include references to "chapter 394 or chapter 482", and made a technical change.
Cited. 3 CA 707, 708, 710, 711.
Cited. 26 CS 329.
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