Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-135. Application for license. Not less than ten days before exhibiting or providing any amusement in this state the owner shall make application to the commissioner for a license on a form provided by the commissioner, which application shall contain such information as t…

Sec. 29-136. Investigation and inspection. Reporting of serious injury or death. Signs required. Alternate compliance. Regulations. (a) Upon receipt of an application for an amusement license, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designee shall investigat…

Sec. 29-136a. Patron safety regulations. Detainment of patrons. Owner responsibility. (a) A patron of an amusement, as defined in section 29-133, or of a public amusement park, as described in section 29-129, shall obey the patron safety regulations adopted by the Commissioner of…

Sec. 29-137. When license issued. If the commissioner concludes that such amusement is reasonably safe, he shall issue a license permitting such exhibition to be held. (1949 Rev., S. 3724.)

Sec. 29-138. Secretary of the State to be attorney of nonresident owners of amusements. No license shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-137 to any owner not a resident of this state until such owner has appointed, in writing, the Secretary of the State and his succe…

Sec. 29-139. Financial responsibility. Before exhibiting or providing any amusement in this state or engaging in the conduct of any place of amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation to which an admission fee is charged and so located in any area which, with other places …

Sec. 29-140. Regulations. The commissioner shall make and enforce, and from time to time may amend, reasonable regulations for the prevention or abatement of fire and casualty hazards incident to the assembly of one hundred or more persons in tents, air-supported plastic or fabri…

Sec. 29-141. Appeal. If any person is aggrieved by the doings of the commissioner or Insurance Commissioner under the provisions of sections 29-133 to 29-140, inclusive, he may apply to the superior court for any judicial district, which may grant appropriate relief. (1949 Rev., …

Sec. 29-142. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 29-129 to 29-140, inclusive, 29-143a, or any order or regulation made pursuant to the provisions thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1949…

Sec. 29-143. Transferred to Chapter 246, Sec. 14-164a.

Sec. 29-143a. Fire protection at places of public amusement or exhibition. When fire protection is necessary or required at any place of public amusement, sport contest, or any other exhibition or contest, which is being held or is to be held in any municipality, the amount of su…

Sec. 29-143aa. Health insurance and death benefit for boxers and competitors. (a) Any person, firm or corporation that employs, or contracts with, a person to be a boxer in a boxing match or competitor in a mixed martial arts match conducted pursuant to this chapter shall provide…

Sec. 29-143b. Amusement rides and devices; hiring of ride or device operator under eighteen. Aquatic rides and devices; hiring of lifeguards under eighteen. (a) Nothing in section 29-133 or 29-136 shall be construed to preclude the hiring of a ride or device operator under the ag…

Secs. 29-143c to 29-143h. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-143i. (Formerly Sec. 21a-195a). Connecticut Boxing Commission. (a) There is established the Connecticut Boxing Commission which shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The commission shall consist of nine members, three to be appointed …

Sec. 29-143j. (Formerly Sec. 21a-196). Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Investigation and inspection. Licensing fees. Registration. Regulations. (a) As used in this chapter, “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and P…

Sec. 29-143k. (Formerly Sec. 21a-197). Amateur boxing matches regulated. As used in this section and sections 29-143j, 53-200 and 53-201 “amateur boxing match” means a boxing match which is no longer than five three-minute rounds in which no contestant has received or is to recei…

Sec. 29-143l. (Formerly Sec. 21a-198). Issuance or revocation of license. (a) The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, grant or deny an application for a license to conduct, hold or give any boxing or mixed martial arts match to any person, persons, club, corporati…

Secs. 29-143m and 29-143n. (Formerly Secs. 21a-199 and 21a-200). Reports of matches; payment of tax. Examination as to receipts and tax due; sanctions for delinquency. Sections 29-143m and 29-143n are repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (1949 Rev., S. 3510, 3511; 1959, P.A. 412,…

Sec. 29-143o. (Formerly Sec. 21a-201). Penalty for sale of more than seating capacity. Any person who, and the officers of any club, corporation or association which, sells or causes to be sold any ticket of admission for any boxing or mixed martial arts match in excess of the se…

Sec. 29-143p. (Formerly Sec. 21a-202). Price of admission to be published. The price of admission and of the seats to any boxing or mixed martial arts match conducted under the provisions of this chapter shall be published in a newspaper published and circulated in the town, city…

Sec. 29-143q. (Formerly Sec. 21a-203). Duration of matches. Attendance of approved referee. (a) No boxing match shall consist of more than twelve rounds and each round shall be no longer than three minutes nor less than two minutes in duration. In all matches, if a contestant who…

Sec. 29-143r. (Formerly Sec. 21a-203a). Selection and licensing of referees. The commissioner shall select the referees for any boxing or mixed martial arts match conducted, held or given within this state, except amateur boxing or mixed martial arts matches held under the superv…

Sec. 29-143s. (Formerly Sec. 21a-204). Boxing and mixed martial arts matches prohibited on certain days. No boxing or mixed martial arts match shall be held on Christmas Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day or Veterans' Day. (1949 Rev., S. 3515; February, 1965, P.A. 617, S. 5; 1972, P.…

Sec. 29-143t. (Formerly Sec. 21a-205). Boxers and competitors to be examined by physician. Costs. (a) No person shall engage in any boxing match as a boxer or in any mixed martial arts match as a competitor until such person has been examined and found to be physically fit by a c…

Sec. 29-143u. (Formerly Sec. 21a-206). Special privileges or discrimination. Any person acting as principal, manager, second, promoter or matchmaker receiving or accepting, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing from any boxer or mixed martial arts competitor f…

Sec. 29-143v. (Formerly Sec. 21a-207). Age limitation for boxers and competitors. No person under eighteen years of age shall engage in any professional boxing or mixed martial arts match, and no person under sixteen years of age shall engage in any amateur boxing or mixed martia…

Sec. 29-143w. (Formerly Sec. 21a-208). Betting prohibited. No person shall bet or wager upon the result of any boxing or mixed martial arts match. (1949 Rev., S. 3519; 1972, P.A. 55, S. 9; P.A. 99-194, S. 19; P.A. 13-259, S. 13.) History: 1972 act specified prohibition applies to…

Sec. 29-143x. (Formerly Sec. 21a-209). Admission of persons under eighteen to boxing or mixed martial arts match restricted. No person under eighteen years of age shall be admitted to any professional boxing or mixed martial arts match unless accompanied by such person's parent o…

Sec. 29-143y. (Formerly Sec. 21a-210). Effect of local ordinance prohibiting boxing or mixed martial arts matches. No license shall be issued under section 29-143l to conduct, hold or give any boxing or mixed martial arts match in any town, city or borough which has adopted any o…

Sec. 29-143z. (Formerly Sec. 21a-211). Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, for which a penalty is not expressly prescribed, or any of the regulations adopted under the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars. (…

Sec. 29-144. Definition. Any person who makes a business of furnishing bail in criminal cases or who furnishes bail in five or more criminal cases in any one year, whether for compensation or otherwise, shall be deemed a professional bondsman and shall be subject to the provision…

Sec. 29-145. Application for license. Requirements. Any person desiring to engage in the business of a professional bondsman shall apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a license. Such application shall set forth under oath the full name, age, …

Sec. 29-146. Investigation of applicant for license. Fee. Term of license. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon receipt of such application, cause an investigation to be made of the character and financial responsibility of the applicant and, i…

Sec. 29-147. Renewal, revocation or suspension of license. Each professional bondsman licensed under the provisions of this chapter may apply for a renewal of his license upon renewal application forms provided by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and r…

Sec. 29-147a. Suspension of license for failure to pay forfeited bond. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may suspend any license issued under the provisions of this chapter of any professional bondsman when he finds that such surety has failed to pay a …

Sec. 29-148. Notice. Statement of assets and liabilities. Each professional bondsman licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall: (1) Inform the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in writing, of (A) a change in such professional bondsman's name, res…

Sec. 29-149. Notice to courts and municipal departments of licensees. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall furnish to all courts and to all town, city and borough departments in the state, having authority to accept bail, the names, residence address…

Sec. 29-150. Oath of bondsmen. Form. Each professional bondsman shall, when furnishing surety for recognizances of any person charged with crime, take oath to the sufficiency of his security upon a uniform form furnished for such purpose by the clerk of the Superior Court and app…

Sec. 29-151. Maximum commission or fee. Reports to commissioner. Audits. (a) No such professional bondsman shall charge for his commission or fee more than fifty dollars for the amount of bail furnished by him up to five hundred dollars, nor more than ten per cent of the amount o…

Sec. 29-152. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of section 29-145, 29-148, 29-150 or 29-151 shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, and such person's right to engage in the business of a professi…

Sec. 29-152a. Inspection of books and records. Regulations. To carry out the provisions of sections 29-144 to 29-151, inclusive, 29-152b and 29-152c, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may: (1) Inspect the books and records of any professional bondsman a…

Sec. 29-152b. Prohibited acts. (a) No professional bondsman shall: (1) Suggest or advise, in exchange for a fee or other consideration, the employment of or name for employment of any particular attorney to represent the principal on a bail bond; (2) Solicit business in or on the…

Sec. 29-152c. Collateral security or other indemnity on a bail bond. Penalty. (a) A professional bondsman may accept collateral security or other indemnity on a bail bond. (b) If collateral security or other indemnity was received on a bail bond by a professional bondsman and suc…

Sec. 29-152d. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-152e. License required. No person shall, as a surety on a bond in a criminal proceeding or an agent of such surety, engage in the business of taking or attempting to take into custody the principal on the bond who has failed to appear in court and for whom a rearrest warr…

Sec. 29-152f. Application for license. Requirements. Any person desiring to engage in the business of a bail enforcement agent shall apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a license therefor. Such application shall set forth under oath the full …

Sec. 29-152g. Investigation of applicant. Issuance of license. Fee. Term. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, that the applicant is a suitable person to receive a license as a bail enforcement agent, and that the applicant meets the licensing requirements of section 29-152…

Sec. 29-152h. Renewal of license. Each person licensed as a bail enforcement agent under the provisions of sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, may apply for a renewal of such license upon renewal application forms provided by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public …

Sec. 29-152i. Suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of license. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of any bail enforcement agent, provided notice shall have been given to the licensee to appear before the…