Sec. 26-36. Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks.
Sec. 26-36. Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks. Each town
clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued by such clerk under the provisions of this
chapter for a period of two years after issuance, which record shall be open to public
inspection, and such clerk shall, on the first Monday of each month, remit to the commissioner all money, except the recording fees, received by such clerk for such licenses
issued during the month preceding and shall also forward to the commissioner copies
of all licenses issued during the month preceding. Within fifteen days following the
close of each calendar year, the town clerk shall send to the commissioner (1) all license
forms, other than lifetime license forms, allotted to such clerk which were not issued,
(2) an annual report in such form as is required by the commissioner, accounting for all
license forms furnished such clerk by the commissioner, licenses sold by such clerk,
licenses voided by such clerk and licenses unused, and (3) an affidavit attesting to the
accuracy of the accounting in said annual report.
(1949 Rev., S. 4872; 1951, S. 2465d; 1967, P.A. 85; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 233; P.A. 77-480; P.A. 78-270, S. 2; P.A. 01-79, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act required that town clerk keep record of licenses issued "for a period of two years after issuance";
1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner;
P.A. 77-480 required that clerks remit collected moneys to commissioner rather than to state treasurer; P.A. 78-270 specified
that clerk need not return forms for lifetime licenses; P.A. 01-79 inserted Subdiv. designators, added Subdiv. (3), requiring
town clerk to send an affidavit to commissioner attesting to accuracy of accounting and made technical changes for purposes
of gender neutrality.