Section 30-6 - Powers and duties of Department of Consumer Protection; report; records and certified copies(a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The department may, upon notification by the Governor that a state of emergency exists in the state or in any town, city or borough, order the suspension of sale of alcoholic liquors during the period of such emergency in the state or in any town, city or borough. It may generally do whatever is reasonably necessary for the carrying out of the intent of this chapter; and, without limiting its authority, it may call upon other administrative departments of the state government and of municipal governments, upon state and municipal police departments and upon prosecuting officers and state's attorneys for such information and assistance as it deems necessary to the performance of its duties.(b) The department shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, an annual report of its official acts. The department shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under its jurisdiction and of all permits granted, refused, suspended or revoked and of all reports sent to its office. It shall furnish, without charge, for official use only, certified copies of permits and documents relating thereto, to officials of the state or of any municipality in the state, to officials of any other state or to any court in this state. Any certified copy of any document or record of the department, attested as a true copy by the department, shall be competent evidence in any court of the state of facts therein contained. All records of the department pertaining to applicants and to permits shall be maintained pursuant to the provisions of title 11 and shall be open to public inspection at any reasonable time during office hours. All other records may be regarded as confidential by the department, except to the Governor and in response to judicial process.(1949 Rev., S. 4228; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 191, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 1, 13; P.A. 90-230, S. 53, 101; P.A. 93-139, S. 3; P.A. 95-195, S. 13, 83; P.A. 99-194, S. 22; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
Cited. 122 C. 446. Regulation of commission requiring presence of permittee complied with. 123 C. 38. Authority of commission is limited to making reasonable regulations within the scope of the power granted. Id., 37; 126 C. 454. Interpretation of regulation forbidding immoral activities. 128 C. 356. Whether or not reductions in price were an inducement to purchase within the meaning of the regulation was an issue of fact. Id., 436. Regulation concerning false labeling. 133 C. 348. Cited. 134 C. 293; 140 C. 185. Reasonableness of regulation. Id., 582. Enumeration in the Liquor Control Act of several grounds for revocation does not prevent commission from adding other grounds by regulation. 150 C. 422. Cited. 183 C. 552; 191 Conn. 528; 226 C. 418. Cited. 12 CA 455; 27 CA 614; judgment reversed, see 226 Conn. 418. Cited. 10 CS 489. Requiring permittee to remove a shuffleboard set is not tantamount to a regulation. 14 CS 491. Cited. 15 CS 200. History and purpose. Id., 410. Cited. 16 CS 61. Authority of commission to suspend permits discussed; constitutionality of regulations concerning live entertainment discussed. 36 Conn.Supp. 305. Cited. 38 CS 460.
See Sec. 12-450 re suspension of liquor permit for failure to pay taxes or to perform acts or duties imposed under statutes relating to taxation.