Connecticut § 30-4 - Commissioners and employees prohibited from dealing in or manufacturing alcoholic liquor.

§ 30-4. Commissioners and employees prohibited from dealing in or manufacturing alcoholic liquor.

Sec. 30-4. Commissioners and employees prohibited from dealing in or manufacturing alcoholic liquor. No commissioner of the Liquor Control Commission and no employee of the Department of Consumer Protection who carries out the duties and responsibilities of sections 30-2 to 30-68m, inclusive, and the regulations enacted thereunder may, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member or owner of a business entity or as a shareholder of a corporation, have any interest whatsoever in dealing in or in the manufacture of alcoholic liquor, nor receive any commission or profit whatsoever from nor have any interest whatsoever in the purchases or sales made by the persons authorized by this chapter to purchase or sell alcoholic liquor. No provision of this section shall prevent any such commissioner or employee from purchasing and keeping in such commissioner's or employee's possession, for personal use by such commissioner or employee, members of such commissioner's or employee's family or guests, any alcoholic liquor which may be purchased or kept by any person by virtue of this chapter.

(1949 Rev., S. 4226; 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. 2, 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. 56.)

History: 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 allowed retention of mention of commissioners, i.e. members of liquor control commission; 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 replaced reference to employee of the Department of Liquor Control with employee of the Department of Consumer Protection who carries out the duties of Secs. 30-2 to 30-68m, inclusive, 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of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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 substituted “member or owner of a business entity” for “member of a partnership”, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 6, 2024.