2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-36 - (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). Vending machine operator’s license fees.

(a) The applicant for a vending machine operator’s license shall pay a license fee according to the following schedule: For machines vending products at one penny; a fee of twenty dollars for the first three machines; a fee of forty dollars for four but not more than fifty machines; a fee of eighty dollars for fifty-one but not more than one hundred machines; and for operators of more than one hundred machines, a fee of eighty dollars for each one hundred machines or fraction thereof. For machines vending products at five cents or more; a fee of forty dollars for the first three machines; a fee of one hundred dollars for four but not more than fifty machines; a fee of two hundred dollars for fifty-one but not more than one hundred machines; and for operators of more than one hundred machines, a fee of two hundred dollars for each one hundred machines or fraction thereof. An operator may place machines in operation in excess of the number permitted by the fee schedule for his license, during the period covered by such license, provided he shall pay the higher fee required by the fee schedule for the applicable number of machines, less the fee previously paid for such period.

(b) An applicant who operates machines in both vending price categories shall pay the sum of the fees in each appropriate category.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any religious association or society, any department or agency of the United States, the state or any political subdivision of this state, or to any person exempted under the provisions of section 10-303. The commissioner may exempt from the provisions of this section any amateur athletic group composed principally of minors, any association of youths sponsored by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a municipal police department or the members thereof, and any charitable or philanthropic organization registered with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection under the provisions of section 21a-190b or exempted from such registration under the provisions of section 21a-190d upon finding that the application of this section to any such group, association or organization would not materially aid in its administration and that such exception would not be inimical to public health and safety.

(1961, P.A. 579, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 27; 1969, P.A. 596, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 428; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 93-55, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 280; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)

History: 1965 act substituted references to Secs. 17-21g and 17-21h for obsolete reference to Sec. 53-345; 1969 act deleted former Subsecs. (a) to (c) re licensing procedure, inserted new Subsecs. (a) and (b) re licensing fees and redesignated former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c); 1971 act deleted the word “annual” with regard to license fees and allowed person to operate machines in excess of number permitted by fee schedule for his license upon payment of the difference between the applicable higher fee and the fee previously paid; P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-193c transferred to Sec. 21a-36 in 1983; P.A. 93-55 made technical changes, substituting references to Secs. 21a-190b and 21a-190d for references to Secs. 21a-177 and 21a-178, respectively; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase license fees; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011.