Sec. 43-51. Suspension or revocation of certificate. Penalty.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may suspend or revoke the certificate of any registered dealer or repairman: (1) When he is satisfied after a hearing, upon ten days' notice to the registrant, that the registrant has violated any provision of sections 43-46 to 43-51, inclusive; or (2) as a result of a hearing and investigation, such registrant is found to be an incompetent, inefficient, unscrupulous or unsuitable person to be engaged as a dealer or repairman.

(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and of not more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each violation with respect to each such unit or device shall be considered a separate offense.

(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 6; P.A. 90-125, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (b) re administrative penalties; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.