2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 7 - Municipalities
Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers
Section 7-174 - Investigation of applicant.

Such chief of police or chief executive officer, as the case may be, shall, on behalf of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, make or cause to be made an investigation of the qualifications of the applicant and the facts stated in the application and, if such chief of police or chief executive officer determines that the applicant is qualified to hold, operate and conduct a bazaar or raffle under the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, that the members of the applicant designated in the application to hold, operate or conduct such bazaar or raffle are electors of such municipality, bona fide active members of the applicant and persons of good moral character and have never been convicted of a felony and that such bazaar or raffle is to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of said sections, such chief of police or chief executive officer shall, with the approval of the commissioner, issue a permit to such applicant. Upon issuing such permit, such chief of police or chief executive officer shall forward to the commissioner the state’s share of the permit fee, if any. Any investigation required pursuant to this section of the qualifications of an applicant for a “Class No. 7” permit, authorized pursuant to section 7-175, shall be made by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

(1955, S. 298d; 1961, P.A. 115, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 86-419, S. 9, 25; P.A. 89-214, S. 5, 26; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 4, 59; P.A. 04-257, S. 91; P.A. 11-8, S. 4; 11-51, S. 182.)

History: 1961 act added words “if any” to end of last sentence; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-419 substituted executive director of division of special revenue for commissioner of public safety, effective October 1, 1987; P.A. 89-214 required police chief or first selectman to conduct investigation of applicant on behalf of executive director of division of special revenue, to issue permit to applicant with the approval of executive director, and to forward state’s share of permit fee to executive director rather than application fee, deleting requirement of forwarding duplicate of application; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 required that any investigation re qualifications of applicant for “Class No. 7” permit be made by executive director of division of special revenue; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-8 substituted “chief executive officer” for “first selectman”, effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “executive director” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.