2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 30-89. Procuring liquor by person forbidden to purchase or by false statement, public possession of liquor by minors prohibited. Exceptions.

      Sec. 30-89. Procuring liquor by person forbidden to purchase or by false statement, public possession of liquor by minors prohibited. Exceptions. (a) Any person to whom the sale of alcoholic liquor is by law forbidden who purchases or attempts to purchase such liquor or who makes any false statement for the purpose of procuring such liquor shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

      (b) Any minor who possesses any alcoholic liquor on any street or highway or in any public place or place open to the public, including any club which is open to the public, shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to (1) a person over age eighteen who is an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a and who possesses alcoholic liquor in the course of his employment or business, (2) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor on the order of a practicing physician, or (3) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor while accompanied by a parent, guardian or spouse, who has attained the age of twenty-one.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4302; 1963, P.A. 358, S. 1; P.A. 82-68, S. 7, 11; P.A. 83-571, S. 3; P.A. 86-151, S. 4; P.A. 90-72, S. 2.)

      History: 1963 act raised maximum fine from fifty to one hundred dollars; P.A. 82-68 added an exception to the prohibition against minors entering a tavern for persons over eighteen who are employees or permit holders; P.A. 83-571 increased the fine from "not more than one hundred dollars" to "not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars"; P.A. 86-151 added Subsec. (b) prohibiting minors' possession of alcoholic beverages in public except as specified; P.A. 90-72 deleted provision in Subsec. (a) which had applied fine to minors who enter taverns other than those who are employees or permit holders.

      See Sec. 14-111a re revocation of operator's license for possession of alcoholic liquors in motor vehicles by underage persons.

      Cited. 207 C. 88, 93. Cited. 236 C. 670, 677.

      Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 224, 225; 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 172.