Sec. 30-37d. Nonprofit public television corporation permit.

(a) A nonprofit public television corporation permit shall allow the retail sale of beer and wine at auction, provided the auction is held as part of a fund-raising event to benefit the tax-exempt activities of the nonprofit public television corporation. Each permit shall allow the sale of wine at a single auction only. A maximum of three such permits may be issued to one nonprofit public television corporation in any calendar year. The fee for a nonprofit public television corporation permit shall be fifty dollars for each permit.

(b) “Nonprofit public television corporation” means a television broadcasting corporation organized for nonprofit, literary and educational purposes to which has been issued a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(P.A. 83-152, S. 1; P.A. 93-139, S. 43; P.A. 96-7, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 360.)

History: P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added the fee for a nonprofit television corporation and added Subsec. (b) defining “nonprofit public television corporation”; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the sale of beer at auction and to increase the number of permits that may be issued to three, effective April 2, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee in Subsec. (a) from $25 to $50.