2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices
Chapter 734b - Time Shares
Section 42-103kk - Regulations. Penalties. Hearings. Enforcement. Compliance with other statutes. Developer registration. Fees.
(a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, and prescribe and publish forms necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive. If, after notice and hearing, the commissioner determines that a developer or person subject to sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, has materially violated any provision of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, or chapter 735a, the commissioner may (1) suspend or revoke the registration of, place on probation or reprimand any person subject to sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, (2) impose a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, or (3) take any other disciplinary action authorized by sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive. Nothing in sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, shall be construed to limit or deny any rights or remedies provided by law.
(b) The commissioner may authorize specific employees to conduct hearings and issue proposed or final decisions in contested cases, and establish reasonable fees for forms and documents the department provides to the public and for the filing or registration of documents required by sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive.
(c) If the commissioner initiates a disciplinary proceeding under this section, a person is entitled to a hearing before the commissioner or a hearing officer appointed by the commissioner. Any party aggrieved by a decision made by a hearing officer may appeal to the commissioner in accordance with chapter 54.
(d) The commissioner may authorize the Attorney General to file a suit in the judicial district of New Britain to prevent a violation of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, or for any other appropriate relief.
(e) A developer's compliance with sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, exempts the parties' offer, disposition, exchange and management of time share interests subject to said sections from: (1) The registration provisions of chapter 672a, unless otherwise sold as a security; (2) compliance with the provisions of chapter 740; (3) compliance with the provisions of chapter 828; and (4) compliance with the provisions of sections 20-329a to 20-329n, inclusive.
(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the requirements for the issuance and renewal of a developer's registration under sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, including, but not limited to, (1) the form required for application for registration or a renewal of registration, and (2) any supporting documentation required for registration or renewal of registration.
(g) The commissioner shall issue or renew a registration under sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, for a period not to exceed twenty-four months.
(h) The commissioner shall assess and collect a fee of seven hundred dollars for the issuance or renewal of a registration under sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive.
(i) The commissioner may assess and collect a late fee if the commissioner has not received the registration fee or supporting documentation required before the sixty-first day after the date a registration is issued or renewed under this section.
(j) Failure to pay a renewal fee shall be a violation of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive.
(P.A. 09-156, S. 9; P.A. 10-5, S. 54.)
History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 10-5 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 5, 2010.
