Connecticut § 30-38 - Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities.

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§ 30-38. Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities.

Sec. 30-38. Storage of liquor. Approval of facilities. Each permit granted under the provisions of sections 30-16, 30-17, 30-20, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-22, 30-22a, 30-22g, 30-22aa, 30-28a, 30-33a, and 30-36, shall also, under the regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection, allow the storage, on the premises and at one other secure location registered with and approved by the department, of sufficient quantities of alcoholic liquor respectively allowed to be sold under such permits as may be necessary for the business conducted by the respective permittees or their backers; but no such permit shall be granted under the provisions of section 30-16 or 30-17 unless such storage facilities are provided and the place of storage receives the approval of the department as to suitability, and thereafter no place of storage shall be changed nor any new place of storage utilized without the approval of the department.

(1949 Rev., S. 4256; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 68, S. 3; P.A. 73-533, S. 5; 73-543, S. 6, 14; P.A. 74-307, S. 5; P.A. 76-347, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-82, S. 5; 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 82-332, S. 3, 13; P.A. 84-494, S. 4, 11; P.A. 95-195, S. 44, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-10, S. 8; 21-37, S. 64; P.A. 24-85, S. 9.)

History: 1965 act added reference to Sec. 30-24a; 1972 act added reference to Sec. 30-20a; P.A. 73-533 added reference to Sec. 30-33a; P.A. 73-543 added reference to Sec. 30-28a; P.A. 74-307 added reference to Sec. 30-33b; P.A. 76-347 added reference to Sec. 30-37c; 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. 78-82 added reference to Sec. 30-21b; P.A. 78-303 revised name change authorized by 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. 82-332 amended section to allow off-premises storage and extended applicability to permits issued under Sec. 30-22a; P.A. 84-494 added reference to a permit granted under the provisions of Sec. 30-37e; 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. 21-10 changed a reference from Sec. 30-23 to Sec. 30-22aa, effective May 13, 2021; P.A. 21-37 deleted references to Secs. 30-20a, 30-23, 30-24a, 30-26, 30-28, 30-29, 30-33b, 30-37c and 30-37e and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 24-85 added reference to Sec. 30-22g and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2024.

Cited. 184 C. 75.

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