Connecticut § 29-36h - Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate.

§ 29-36h. Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate.

Sec. 29-36h. Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate. (a) The fee for each eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver originally issued under the provisions of section 29-36f shall be thirty-five dollars and for each renewal thereof thirty-five dollars, which fees shall be paid to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, the fees shall be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of eligibility certificates under said section.

(b) An eligibility certificate originally issued under the provisions of section 29-36f shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal thereof shall expire five years after the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.

(c) The renewal fee shall apply for each renewal which is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the certificate being renewed.

(d) No fee or portion thereof paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of an eligibility certificate shall be refundable except if the eligibility certificate for which the fee or portion thereof was paid was not issued or renewed.

(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall send a notice of the expiration of an eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-36f to the holder of such certificate, by first class mail or electronic mail, at the address or electronic mail address of such person as shown by the records of the commissioner, not less than ninety days before such expiration, and shall include with such notice a form for the renewal of said certificate. The holder of such certificate may elect to receive such notice by first class mail or electronic mail. An eligibility certificate issued pursuant to said section shall be valid for a period of ninety days from the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any certificate which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-36i.

(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 9; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 23-73, S. 2.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 23-73 amended Subsec. (e) to allow certificate holder to elect to receive expiration notice by first class mail or electronic mail, and allow commissioner to provide such notice by electronic mail and include, instead of enclose, a renewal form, effective July 1, 2023.