Connecticut § 7-183 - Examination of reports.
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§ 7-183. Examination of reports.
Sec. 7-183. Examination of reports. Each such report may be examined by the municipal official, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7-181, and compared with the original application. The municipal official may refer any violation of sections 7-170 to 7-182, inclusive, to the office of the state's attorney having jurisdiction over the municipality in which the sponsoring organization is located and, if the bazaar or raffle was located in a different municipality than the municipality in which the sponsoring organization is located, to the office of the state's attorney having jurisdiction over the municipality in which the bazaar or raffle was located. Such state's attorney office shall investigate and take such action as the facts require.
(1955, S. 304d; 1959, P.A. 24; 1961, P.A. 115, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 13, 127; P.A. 86-419, S. 12, 25; P.A. 89-214, S. 12, 26; P.A. 11-8, S. 6; 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 14-24, S. 5; P.A. 16-138, S. 1; P.A. 17-231, S. 14.)
History: 1959 act required referral of violation of statutes or regulations to prosecutor in lieu of referral of “discrepancy”; 1961 act made technical change re prosecuting attorney; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to prosecuting attorney and made violations referable to office of state's attorney; P.A. 86-419 substituted executive director of division of special revenue for commissioner of public safety, effective October 1, 1987; P.A. 89-214 specifically permitted executive director to refer any violation of Secs. 7-170 to 7-185, inclusive, to state's attorney, deleting reference to “7-186”; P.A. 11-8 substituted “chief executive officer” for “first selectman”, effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “executive director” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-24 deleted provision re report to be examined by chief of police or chief executive officer, added provision re violations referable to office of state's attorney having jurisdiction over municipality where the bazaar or raffle was located and made technical changes; P.A. 16-138 changed “shall” to “may” in provision re examination of report by commissioner and made a conforming change; P.A. 17-231 substituted municipal official for Commissioner of Consumer Protection, substituted reference to Sec. 7-182 for reference to Sec. 7-185, and deleted provision re administrative regulations, effective January 1, 2018.
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