Title 29, Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-179h. Municipal police officers. Powers, duties and immunities. A municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the state-wide cooperative crime control task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his …

Sec. 29-179i. State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board. (a) There shall be a State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board which shall be in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The poli…

Secs. 29-180 to 29-186. Connecticut Justice Commission: Definitions; establishment, powers and duties; composition of commission and chairperson; members not compensated; meetings; executive committee, committees, subcommittees, advisory panels and task forces; executive director…

Sec. 29-187. Transfer from commission to Office of Policy and Management. The books, records, reports, equipment, property, accounts and liabilities of the Connecticut Justice Commission and all funds subject to its control shall be transferred to the Office of Policy and Managem…

Sec. 29-188. Commission to cease if federal funding ceases. Section 29-188 is repealed. (P.A. 76-432, S. 9–11; P.A. 78-233; P.A. 82-346, S. 6, 7; 82-472, S. 169, 170, 183.)

Sec. 29-191. (Formerly Sec. 19-410). Definitions. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Administrative Services; “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Administrative Services; “elevator” means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or pla…

Sec. 29-192. (Formerly Sec. 19-411). General requirements. Variations or exemptions. Appeals. (a) Each elevator or escalator used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaft…

Sec. 29-193. (Formerly Sec. 19-412). Approval of plans; fee. No new elevator or escalator shall be erected or installed and no elevator or escalator shall be relocated or altered until detailed plans and specifications of the proposed construction or other work have been submitte…

Sec. 29-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-413). Registration of elevators and escalators. The owner or operator of each elevator or escalator covered by this chapter shall register with the department each elevator or escalator owned or operated by him, giving the type and capacity, a descr…

Sec. 29-195. (Formerly Sec. 19-414). Inspection by the department. Each elevator or escalator shall be thoroughly inspected by a department elevator inspector at least once each eighteen months, except elevators located in private residences shall be inspected upon the request of…

Sec. 29-196. (Formerly Sec. 19-415). Issuance of certificate of operation; fees; renewal. As soon as the department approves any new, relocated or altered elevator or escalator as being fit for operation, it shall issue to the owner a certificate of operation for a capacity and s…

Sec. 29-197. (Formerly Sec. 19-416). Discontinuance of operation. If any elevator or escalator is found which, in the judgment of the department, is dangerous to life and property or is being operated without the operating certificate required by section 29-196, the department ma…

Sec. 29-198. (Formerly Sec. 19-418). Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 29-191 to 29-197, inclusive, or the regulations of the department herein provided for shall (1) for the first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (…

Sec. 29-199. Reporting of elevator or escalator accidents. Investigation and inspection. The owner of an elevator or escalator or his agent shall immediately report to the Department of Administrative Services any accident or incident involving the elevator or escalator that resu…

Sec. 29-200. Standards concerning certain lifts and elevators. Variations or exemptions. Installation of lifts and elevators. Application. Appeal. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Servi…

Sec. 29-201. (Formerly Sec. 19-418a). Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Passenger tramway” means a device used to transport passengers in cars on tracks or suspended in the air, or uphill on skis, by the use of steel cables…

Sec. 29-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-418b). Requirements for passenger tramways in use. Each passenger tramway used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to transport passengers safely according to the provisions of this chapter…

Sec. 29-203. (Formerly Sec. 19-418c). Regulations, standards. The commissioner shall adopt reasonable regulations relating to public safety in the construction, operation, maintenance and inspection of passenger tramways. The regulations authorized hereunder shall conform as near…

Sec. 29-204. (Formerly Sec. 19-418d). Plans and specifications, submission, fee. Approval. Final inspection. No new passenger tramway shall be erected or installed and no passenger tramway shall be relocated or altered until detailed plans and specifications of the proposed const…

Sec. 29-205. (Formerly Sec. 19-418e). Registration of each passenger tramway required. The operator of each passenger tramway covered by this chapter shall register with the department each passenger tramway operated by him, giving such information concerning such tramway as the …

Sec. 29-206. (Formerly Sec. 19-418f). Operating certificate, inspections, fees. The department shall enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to section 29-203, and shall inspect the construction, operation and maintenance of passenger tramways to determine whether such regulatio…

Sec. 29-207. (Formerly Sec. 19-418g). Order to discontinue operation. Permission for resumption. If any passenger tramway is found to be, in the judgment of the department, dangerous to public safety or is being operated without the operating certificate required in section 29-20…

Sec. 29-208. (Formerly Sec. 19-418h). Complaints. Any person may make a written complaint to the commissioner setting forth any alleged violation of this chapter or of any regulation promulgated under the authority of this chapter, or setting forth any condition in a passenger tr…

Sec. 29-209. (Formerly Sec. 19-418i). Judicial review of commissioner's decisions. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commissioner or department under the provisions of this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except …

Sec. 29-210. (Formerly Sec. 19-418j). Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the regulations adopted hereunder shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars, and for each subse…

Sec. 29-211. (Formerly Sec. 19-418k). Duties of operator of passenger tramway or ski area. In the operation of a passenger tramway or ski area, each operator shall have the obligation to perform certain duties including, but not limited to: (1) Conspicuously marking all trail mai…

Sec. 29-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-418l). Assumption of risk of injury caused by hazards inherent in the sport of skiing. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Skier” includes any person who is using a ski area for the purpose of skiing or who is on the skiable terrain of a ski …

Sec. 29-213. (Formerly Sec. 19-418m). Prohibited conduct by skiers. No skier shall: (1) Intentionally drop, throw or expel any object from a passenger tramway; (2) do any act which shall interfere with the running or operation of a passenger tramway; (3) use a passenger tramway w…

Sec. 29-214. (Formerly Sec. 19-418n). Special defense to civil action against operator by skier. Section 29-214 is repealed, effective October 1, 2005. (P.A. 79-629, S. 5; P.A. 05-78, S. 3.)

Sec. 29-221. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Examining Board for Crane Operators established under section 29-222; (2) “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Administrative Services; (3) “crane” means power-operated equipment that can hoist, lower an…

Sec. 29-221a. Equipment excluded from scope of chapter. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (3) and (4) of section 29-221, the following items are excluded from the scope of this chapter: (1) Machinery included in subdivisions (3) and (4) of section 29-221 while it has been converte…

Sec. 29-222. Crane Operators Examining Board. There shall be in the Department of Administrative Services an Examining Board for Crane Operators consisting of five members who shall be residents of this state. Members shall be appointed by the Governor subject to the provisions o…

Sec. 29-223. Board powers and duties. Examinations. Regulations. (a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a roster of persons licensed or registered by it. The commissioner shall, with the advice and assistance of the board, adopt regulations, in accordance with c…

Sec. 29-223a. Hoisting equipment operator's license. Apprentice's certificate of registration. Exceptions. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of a hoisting equipment operator, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, who is not the h…

Sec. 29-224. Crane operator's license. Apprentice's certificate of registration. Crane owner's certificate of registration. Exceptions. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of a crane operator, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, …

Sec. 29-224a. Report of accidents. Investigation and inspection. Each crane or hoisting equipment owner or operator shall immediately report any accident involving a crane or hoisting equipment he or she owns or operates to the board. Upon receipt of any such report, the board ma…

Sec. 29-224b. Right-of-entry for investigation and inspection. The commissioner or any employee of the Department of Administrative Services, while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, may enter at all reasonable hours into and upon any premises in or on which a crane…

Sec. 29-224c. Operation of crane or hoisting equipment by apprentice. Monitoring of apprentice. (a) An apprentice shall be permitted to operate a crane or hoisting equipment only where the requirements of this section are met. (b) The employer shall provide each apprentice with s…

Sec. 29-225. Suspension or revocation of crane or hoisting equipment operator's license, apprentice's certificate or crane owner's registration. Penalty. (a) The board may suspend or revoke a crane operator's license, a hoisting equipment operator's license or an apprentice's cer…

Sec. 29-231. (Formerly Sec. 19-426). Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Boilers under federal control; (2) portable boilers used in pumping, heating, steaming and drilling in the open field; (3) portable boilers used solely for agricultural purpose…

Sec. 29-232. (Formerly Sec. 19-428). Regulations. Variations or exemptions. Appeals. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for the design, construction, installation, repair, use and operation of bo…

Sec. 29-233. (Formerly Sec. 19-430). Boiler inspectors. The Department of Administrative Services shall formulate the examination requirements and the examination questions for candidates for the positions of boiler inspectors within the Department of Administrative Services. The…

Sec. 29-234. (Formerly Sec. 19-431). Special inspectors. In addition to department boiler inspectors, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, upon the application of any company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers in this state, issue to any boi…

Sec. 29-235. (Formerly Sec. 19-432). Examination for special inspector's commission. Examinations for candidates for special inspectors' commissions shall be given at least once each year by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or by at least two examiners appointed by sai…

Sec. 29-236. (Formerly Sec. 19-433). Commission required. Suspension or revocation. Appeal. No person shall inspect boilers under this chapter unless he holds a commission issued to him by the Commissioner of Administrative Services as provided in this chapter. This provision sha…

Sec. 29-237. (Formerly Sec. 19-434). Inspection. All boilers included under this chapter shall be inspected by a state boiler inspector or by a special inspector employed by an insurance company licensed to insure boilers in this state as follows: (1) Power boilers, meaning boile…