Bill Text: CT HB07076 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Consumer Protection And Lapsed Licenses, Permits, Certifications And Registrations.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/21 [HB07076 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB07076-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 7076
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3979
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION AND LAPSED LICENSES, PERMITS, CERTIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 21a-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may refund to any permittee the fee paid by him for any permit issued by said commissioner and returned to him prior to its use, provided application for such refund shall be made not later than sixty days after the effective date of such permit.

(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose a fine of twenty dollars on any applicant for a permit or license issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection who issues to the commissioner a check drawn on the account of such applicant in payment of a permit or license fee and whose check is returned to the Department of Consumer Protection as uncollectible. In addition, the commissioner may require the applicant to pay to the department any fees charged by a financial institution to the department as a result of such returned check.

(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose a fine on any applicant who fails to renew a license, permit, certificate or registration not later than the expiration date of such license, permit, certificate or registration. The amount of the fine shall be equal to ten per cent of the renewal fee but shall not be less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, each applicant whose license has lapsed for a period longer than the length of time allowing automatic reinstatement may apply for reinstatement to the appropriate board. Upon receipt of such application and payment of the fee, the [board] department may, at its discretion, reinstate a lapsed license without examination, provided such application for reinstatement is accompanied by a notarized letter and supporting documentation attesting to the applicant's related work experience in their occupation or profession from the time he or she had let such license lapse. Such applicant, upon approval by the [board] department, shall pay all back license and late fees in order for such license to be reinstated.

(e) When a license, permit, certification or registration has lapsed for a period longer than the length of time allowing for automatic reinstatement, or the general statutes are silent as to the period of time during which reinstatement of the license, permit, certification or registration is permissible, an applicant may apply for reinstatement to the department. Upon receipt of such application and payment of the corresponding application fee, the department may, if application was made not later than three years after the date allowing for automatic reinstatement, reinstate the lapsed license, permit, certification or registration without examination. The applicant, prior to reinstatement by the department, shall pay all back license and late fees, unless the applicant attests that he or she has not worked in the applicable occupation or profession in this state while the license, permit, certification or registration was lapsed, in which case the applicant shall pay the current year's renewal fee for reinstatement. If the license, permit, certification or registration lapse is three years or more, the applicant shall apply for a new license, permit, certification or registration.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2017	21a-4

Statement of Purpose:

To provide consistency regarding the processing of lapsed license, permit, certification and registration applications by the Department of Consumer Protection.

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