Sec. 30-37f. Airport permit. Leasing and concessions. Access requirements. Excepted from local option, discretionary disapproval.
Sec. 30-37f. Airport permit. Leasing and concessions. Access requirements.
Excepted from local option, discretionary disapproval. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or regulation to the contrary, (1) the state of Connecticut,
as owner or lessor of premises at Bradley International Airport, shall be permitted to
enter into an arrangement with any concessionaire or lessee holding a permit or permits
at Bradley International Airport, and receive payments from such concessionaire or
lessee, without regard to the level or percentage of gross receipts from the gross sales
of alcoholic liquor by such concessionaire or lessee; (2) any person may be a permittee
for more than one airport permit or class of airport permit; and (3) any area subject to
a permit in Bradley International Airport that is contiguous to or within any concourse
area shall not be required to provide a single point of egress or ingress or to effectively
separate the bar area or any dining area from the concourse area by means of partitions,
fences, or doors, provided that a permittee of such area may be required by the Department of Consumer Protection to provide a barrier to separate the back bar area from the
concourse area to prevent public access to the portion of the back bar area from which
liquor is dispensed, if physically practicable.
(b) Sections 30-9 to 30-13a, inclusive, section 30-23, subdivision (2) of subsection
(b) of section 30-39, subsection (c) of section 30-39 and sections 30-44, 30-46, 30-48a
and 30-91a shall not apply to any class of airport permit.
(P.A. 84-494, S. 9, 11; P.A. 87-321, S. 3, 6; P.A. 93-83, S. 2; P.A. 95-195, S. 42, 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. 87-321 amended Subsec. (b) by providing that Sec. 30-23 shall not apply to any class of airport permit; P.A.
93-83 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) 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P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.