Connecticut § 14-51a - Civil penalties.
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§ 14-51a. Civil penalties.
Sec. 14-51a. Civil penalties. The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars on any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of sections 14-54 to 14-67a, inclusive, or of not more than two thousand dollars on any person, firm or corporation who violates section 14-52.
(P.A. 73-674, S. 2; P.A. 81-206, S. 1; P.A. 82-303, S. 1; P.A. 02-70, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 81-206 converted the criminal fines into civil penalties imposed by the commissioner; P.A. 82-303 increased penalty for violations of Sec. 14-52 from $1,000 to $2,000 and substituted reference to Sec. 14-53 for reference to Sec. 14-51; P.A. 02-70 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 14-53, effective July 1, 2002.
Cited. 36 CS 321.
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