2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures
Section 29-345 - (Formerly Sec. 29-85). License and permit verification. Records of disposition of explosives.

Each person selling or giving away any explosive shall first ascertain that the purchaser or donee of such explosives has obtained a license and permit required by section 29-349 and shall keep a record in which shall be entered an accurate account of each disposition by such person in the course of business, or otherwise, of any explosive. Such record shall show, in legible writing to be entered therein at the time of disposition of the explosive, a history of such transaction, showing the name and quantity of the explosive, the name and place of residence and business of the purchaser or donee, and the name and address of the individual to whom delivered. Such record shall be kept by such person in his principal office or place of business in this state and shall be subject to examination by any military authority, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the commissioner’s deputies and the police officers of the municipality where situated. Any such authority may at any time require any such dealer to produce such record for the year previous. Nothing in this section shall apply to any transaction when such explosive is to be shipped by common carrier to a point outside this state and for use outside this state.

(1949 Rev., S. 4133; 1971, P.A. 391, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; 13-256, S. 2.)

History: 1971 act required that person selling or giving away explosives ascertain that purchaser or donee has obtained the required license and permit and replaced reference to “sales” with references to “dispositions” or “transactions”; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 29-85 transferred to Sec. 29-345 in 1983; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-256 replaced “Commissioner of Construction Services” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and made a technical change.