Section 54-234a - Display of notice re services for victims of human trafficking at certain public and private establishments and businesses. Penalty(a)(1) The operator of any (A) establishment that provides massage services for a fee; (B) publicly or privately operated highway service plaza; (C) hotel, motel, inn or similar lodging; (D) public airport, as defined in section 15-74a; (E) acute care hospital emergency room; (F) urgent care facility; (G) station offering passenger rail service or passenger bus service; (H) business that sells or offers for sale materials or promotes performances intended for an adult-only audience; (I) employment agency, as defined in section 31-129, that offers personnel services to any other operator described in this subdivision; (J) establishment that provides services performed by a nail technician, as defined in section 19a-231; or (K) establishment that provides services performed by an esthetician, as defined in section 20-265a, and (2) each person who holds an on-premises consumption permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to title 30, shall post the notice developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 54-222 in plain view in a conspicuous location where labor and services are provided or performed, tickets are sold and other transactions, including sales, are to be carried on.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any person who holds an on-premises consumption permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to title 30 that consists of only one or more of the following: (1) A caterer, boat, military, charitable organization, special club, temporary liquor or temporary beer permit, or(2) a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, a manufacturer permit for beer, manufacturer permits for beer and brew pubs, or any other manufacturer permit issued under title 30.(c) Any operator or person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall pay a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for a first violation and two hundred fifty dollars for any subsequent violation, imposed by the appropriate authority, in addition to any proceedings for suspension or revocation of a license, permit or certificate that the appropriate authority may initiate under any other provision of law.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-234a
( P.A. 13-166, S. 7; P.A. 16-71, S. 10; P.A. 17-32, S. 5.)
Amended by P.A. 19-0117,S. 200 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by P.A. 17-0032, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by P.A. 16-0071, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2016.