Section 30-14a - Renewal and issuance of package store permits. Removal of premises(a) A package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20 may be renewed by the person to whom such permit was issued or by any person who (1) is a transferee or purchaser of premises operating under a package store permit issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, and (2) meets the requirements of this chapter concerning eligibility for a liquor permit. Commencing June 8, 1986, the Department of Consumer Protection may issue one package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 for every twenty-five hundred residents of a town as determined by the most recently completed decennial census. The department may authorize the holder of such permit to remove such holder's permit premises to a location in another town provided such removal complies with the provisions of this chapter.(b)(1) The Department of Consumer Protection may (A) refuse to accept any incomplete application for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20, or (B) establish a deadline by which an applicant for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 shall open to the public for continuous operation.(2) If an applicant for a package store permit under subsection (b) of section 30-20 fails to open to the public for continuous operation on or before the deadline established by the Department of Consumer Protection under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the department may deem such applicant's application to have been withdrawn and expired for the purpose of preventing placeholding. For the purposes of this subdivision, "placeholding" means (A) applying for the last available package store permit in a town, and (B) failing to open to the public for continuous operation on or before the deadline established by the department under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-14a
(P.A. 81-294, S. 5, 22; P.A. 85-361, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-139 , S. 8 ; P.A. 95-195 , S. 18 , 83 ; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (d); P.A. 04-169 , S. 17 ; 04-189 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 24-0142,S. 57 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2024. Cited. 5 CA 432 .