2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 419a - Nonalcoholic Beverages
Section 21a-137 - (Formerly Sec. 19-271). License fee; disposition.

A fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall accompany each application for the license provided for in section 21a-136. Each such license shall expire annually. Such license shall be in such form as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines and shall be kept exposed to view in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is conducted or carried on. All fees received for such licenses shall be paid by the commissioner to the State Treasurer. No person, firm, corporation or distributor shall sell, offer for sale or distribute within the state any beverages manufactured or bottled beyond the boundaries of the state unless such person, firm, corporation or distributor has made application for and secured a license from said commissioner upon the payment of one hundred fifty dollars, and no such license shall be issued by said commissioner until such establishment has been inspected by him or his agent or until such establishment has furnished said commissioner a certificate from the commission having the enforcement of the beverage law in the state where such establishment is located that such establishment complies in every respect with the requirements of the Connecticut beverage law. The provisions of this section shall not apply to out-of-state manufacturers, bottlers or distributors of malt and cereal drinks, grape juice, lime juice, fruit-flavored syrups, powders or mixtures, concentrated fruit juices or fruit and vegetable juices.

(1949 Rev., S. 3985; 1959, P.A. 389, S. 1; P.A. 76-183, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-36, S. 26, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 284; P.A. 11-242, S. 60.)

History: 1959 act raised fee from $20 to $50; P.A. 76-183 raised fee to $75; Sec. 19-271 transferred to Sec. 21a-137 in 1983; P.A. 94-36 eliminated the reference to the “thirtieth day of June” license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $75 to $150; P.A. 11-242 substituted “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” for “commissioner” and added distributor to list of entities requiring licensure.

See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.