Sec. 54-234a. Display of notice re services for victims of human trafficking at certain public and private establishments and businesses. Penalty.

(a)(1) The operator of any (A) establishment that provides massage services for a fee; (B) publicly or privately operated highway service plaza; (C) hotel, motel, inn or similar lodging; (D) public airport, as defined in section 15-74a; (E) acute care hospital emergency room; (F) urgent care facility; (G) station offering passenger rail service or passenger bus service; (H) business that sells or offers for sale materials or promotes performances intended for an adult-only audience; (I) employment agency, as defined in section 31-129, that offers personnel services to any other operator described in this subdivision; or (J) establishment that provides services performed by a nail technician, as defined in section 19a-231, and (2) each person who holds an on-premises consumption permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to title 30, shall post the notice developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 54-222 in plain view in a conspicuous location where labor and services are provided or performed, tickets are sold and other transactions, including sales, are to be carried on.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any person who holds an on-premises consumption permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to title 30 that consists of only one or more of the following: (1) A caterer, boat, military, charitable organization, special club, temporary liquor or temporary beer permit, or (2) a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, a manufacturer permit for beer, manufacturer permits for beer and brew pubs, or any other manufacturer permit issued under title 30.

(c) Any operator or person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars for a first offense and two hundred fifty dollars for any subsequent offense, in addition to any proceedings for suspension or revocation of a license, permit or certificate that the appropriate authority may initiate under any other provision of law.

(P.A. 13-166, S. 7; P.A. 16-71, S. 10; P.A. 17-32, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 16-71 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provisions re truck stop with provisions re highway service plaza, hotel, motel, inn or similar lodging and business that sells materials or promotes performances intended for adult-only audiences, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re restaurant permits and by redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2), and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 17-32 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions re operator as Subdiv. (1) and amended same by adding Subpara. (A) re massage services, designating existing provision re highway service plaza as Subpara. (B), designating existing provision re hotel, motel, inn or similar lodging as Subpara. (C), adding Subpara. (D) re public airport, adding Subpara. (E) re acute care hospital emergency room, adding Subpara. (F) re urgent care facility, adding Subpara. (G) re passenger rail service or passenger bus service, designating existing provisions re performances intended for adult-only audience as Subpara. (H), adding Subpara. (I) re employment agency, adding Subpara. (J) re establishment that provides services performed by nail technician, designating existing provision re person who holds on-premises consumption permit for retail sale of alcoholic liquor as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by adding “labor and services are provided or performed, tickets are sold and other transactions, including sales”, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to railroad and airline, added Subsec. (c) re penalty for failure to comply, and made technical and conforming changes.