§ 30-58a — Offer in compromise in lieu of suspension.

The Department of Consumer Protection, in the department's discretion and subject to such regulations as the department may adopt, may accept from any applicant, applicant's backer, backer or permittee an offer in compromise in such an amount as may in the discretion of the department be proper under the circumstances in lieu of the suspension of any permit previously imposed by the department. Any sums of money so collected by the department shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the state.

Legislative History

(1972, P.A. 227; 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. 95-195, S. 59, 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. 68.) History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; 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. 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of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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 added provisions re applicant and applicant's backer, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 6, 2024. Cited. 27 CA 614; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 418.