Sec. 30-17b. Wholesaler's salesman certificates.
Sec. 30-17b. Wholesaler's salesman certificates. (a) No person shall be employed by any wholesaler of alcoholic liquor to sell or offer for sale alcoholic liquor to
any retailer of alcoholic liquor unless such person holds a wholesaler's salesman certificate or files an application for such certificate not later than ten days after the date
of his initial employment. Any person desiring a wholesaler's salesman certificate or
renewal thereof, shall file a sworn application for such certificate upon forms to be
furnished by the Department of Consumer Protection, showing his name, address and
such other information as the department may require. An application for an initial
certificate shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of twenty-five
dollars. Upon approval of such application, the department shall issue a certificate which
shall be renewed only upon change of employment. If a certified wholesaler's salesman
changes employment, a renewal application shall be filed not later than ten days after
the date such new employment commences and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars.
(b) The department shall not issue a wholesaler's salesman certificate to any person
who is, by statute or regulation, declared to be an unsuitable person to hold a permit to
sell alcoholic liquor.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection may, in its discretion, refuse a certificate to a wholesaler's salesman if it has reasonable ground to believe: (1) That the
applicant appears to be financially irresponsible; (2) that the applicant is in the habit of
using alcoholic beverages to excess; (3) that the applicant has wilfully made any false
statement to the department in a material matter; or (4) that the applicant has been
convicted of violating any of the liquor laws of this or any other state or the liquor laws
of the United States or has been convicted of a felony as such term is defined in section
53a-25 or has such a criminal record that the department reasonably believes he is not
a suitable person to hold a certificate, provided no refusal shall be rendered under this
subdivision except in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-80 and 46a-81.
(d) The Department of Consumer Protection may, of its own motion, revoke or
suspend a wholesaler's salesman certificate upon cause found after hearing, provided
ten days' written notice of such hearing has been given to the holder of the certificate
setting forth, with the particulars required in civil pleadings, the charges upon which
such proposed revocation or suspension is predicated and provided no certificate shall
be suspended or revoked for any violation of this chapter of which the holder of the
certificate was finally found not guilty by, or received dismissal in, a court having jurisdiction thereof, and no disciplinary action shall be taken thereafter by said department
against the holder of the certificate, and provided the department shall not initiate hearing
proceedings pursuant to this section based upon any arrest which has not resulted in a
conviction. Any appeal from such order of revocation or suspension shall be taken in
accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(e) Any person who applies for a wholesaler's salesman certificate or for the renewal
of such certificate, whose application is refused or any person who holds a certificate
which is revoked or suspended by the Department of Consumer Protection may appeal
therefrom in the same manner as provided in section 30-60.
(P.A. 86-191; P.A. 95-195, S. 22, 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. 95-195 amended Subsecs. (a), (c), (d) and (e) by substituting 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.