Every regulation made by the Department of Consumer Protection under the authority of this chapter shall be furnished to each permittee upon request. The department shall biennially, on or before July first in the odd-numbered years, either (1) publish in convenient pamphlet form all regulations then in force and shall furnish upon request copies of such pamphlets to every permittee authorized under the provisions of this chapter to manufacture or sell alcoholic liquor and to such other persons as desire such pamphlets, or (2) post such regulations on the department's Internet web site.

(1949 Rev., S. 4229; P.A. 73-31; P.A. 76-394, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 85-613, S. 69, 154; P.A. 91-167; P.A. 93-139, S. 5; P.A. 95-195, S. 3, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-196, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 73-31 required that regulations be printed in Connecticut Law Journal rather than in one issue of a newspaper in each county and required that licensees be furnished copies of regulations immediately; P.A. 76-394 required that licensees be sent copies biennially rather than annually and changed deadline date from December thirty-first to April first; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 clarified and qualified name change enacted in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 91-167 specified that department must furnish printed regulations to licensees only upon request and changed time for publication of regulations from April to July of odd-numbered years; P.A. 93-139 made technical change; P.A. 95-195 replaced Department of Liquor Control with Department of Consumer Protection and made technical change, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; P.A. 13-196 added “either”, designated provision re publication of regulations as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re posting regulations on department's Internet web site, effective June 21, 2013.

Cited. 123 C. 35; 126 C. 454; 128 C. 358; Id., 435; 140 C. 185.

Purpose of statute. 15 CS 410. Cited. 16 CS 61.