Connecticut § 16-7 - Right of entry. Penalty.
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§ 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty.
Sec. 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty. The utility commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or their designees, while engaged in the performance of their duties may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises, buildings, cars, plants or other places belonging to or controlled by any public service company, electric supplier or person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, and any person obstructing or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered any utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or employee of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in the performance of his or her duties shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 5397; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 44, 348; P.A. 98-28, S. 82, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 21; P.A. 13-298, S. 7; P.A. 22-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-80 replaced “commissioners and any employees of the Department of Public Utility Control” with “directors and any employees of the department assigned to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 replaced “directors and any employees of the department assigned to” with “utility commissioners of” and added “or their designees” re utility commissioners, replaced “member” with “utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 22-20 added references to plants and persons involved in the transportation of gas and replaced “two hundred” with “ten thousand”.
Cited. 162 C. 51.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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