Sec. 20-454. Hearing on denial of certificate. Subsequent application.

(a) Upon refusal to issue or renew a certificate the department shall notify the applicant of the denial and of his right to request a hearing within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice of denial.

(b) In the event the applicant requests a hearing within such ten days, the commission shall give notice of the grounds for its refusal and shall conduct a hearing concerning such refusal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning contested cases.

(c) In the event the commission's denial of a certificate is sustained after such hearing, an applicant may make new application not less than one year after the date on which such denial was sustained.

(P.A. 90-306, S. 6, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 5, 19; P.A. 98-10, S. 65.)

History: P.A. 90-306, S. 6 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “commission” with “department”; P.A. 98-10 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).