(P.A. 78-344, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 198, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 58; P.A. 95-195, S. 69, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 made technical change and deleted provision which had granted department regulatory power and had prohibited department from establishing minimum sales for permittees; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.