Connecticut § 30-14a Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises. Prohibition re placeholding.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 30-14a — Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises. Prohibition re placeholding.

Connecticut § 30-14a

Title 30Intoxicating Liquors

Ch. 545Liquor Control Act

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-14a (2026).

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(a)A package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20 may be renewed by the person to whom such permit was issued or by any person who (1) is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, and (2) meets the requirements of this chapter concerning eligibility for a liquor permit. Commencing June 8, 1986, the Department of Consumer Protection may issue one package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 for every twenty-five hundred residents of a town as determined by the most recently completed decennial census. The department may authorize the holder of such permit to remove such holder's permit premises to a location in another town provided such removal complies with the provisions o

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(a) A package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20 may be renewed by the person to whom such permit was issued or by any person who (1) is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, and (2) meets the requirements of this chapter concerning eligibility for a liquor permit. Commencing June 8, 1986, the Department of Consumer Protection may issue one package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 for every twenty-five hundred residents of a town as determined by the most recently completed decennial census. The department may authorize the holder of such permit to remove such holder's permit premises to a location in another town provided such removal complies with the provisions of this chapter. (b) (1) The Department of Consumer Protection may (A) refuse to accept any incomplete application for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 , or (B) establish a deadline by which an applicant for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 shall open to the public for continuous operation. (2) If an applicant for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 fails to open to the public for continuous operation on or before the deadline established by the Department of Consumer Protection under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the department may deem such applicant's application to have been withdrawn and expired for the purpose of preventing placeholding. For the purposes of this subdivision, “placeholding” means (A) applying for the last available package store permit in a town, and (B) failing to open to the public for continuous operation on or before the deadline established by the department under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

Legislative History

(P.A. 81-294, S. 5, 22; P.A. 85-361, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-139, S. 8; P.A. 95-195, S. 18, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 24-142, S. 57.) History: P.A. 85-361 added provisions re removal of permit premises; P.A. 93-139 deleted an obsolete moratorium provision applicable from 1981 to 1986; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, 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. 24-142 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by dividing existing provisions into Subdivs. (1) and (2), adding references to Sec. 30-20(b) and making technical and conforming changes, and added Subsec. (b) re incomplete applications, deadline to open to public for continuous operation and placeholding, effective June 6, 2024. Cited. 5 CA 432.