Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

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 Section 29-214 is repealed, effective October 1, 2005.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.)

Secs. 29-215 to 29-220. Reserved for future use.

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…

Secs. 29-226 to 29-230. Reserved for future use.

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…

Sec. 29-238. (Formerly Sec. 19-435). Operating certificate. Fee. Period of validity. Inspection. The owner or user of a boiler required by this chapter to be inspected by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, state boiler inspectors or special inspectors shall pay to the c…

Sec. 29-239. (Formerly Sec. 19-436). Certificate required. Conformity to standards. No owner or user of a boiler shall operate such boiler under pressure in this state without an operating certificate as provided for in section 29-238. Any person who operates a boiler without suc…

Sec. 29-240. (Formerly Sec. 19-437). Report of violations. Orders to comply. Boiler and factory inspectors of the state, in their routine inspections, may examine the operating certificates and the operating conditions of all boilers and shall report any violations of this chapte…

Sec. 29-241. (Formerly Sec. 19-439). Registration of boilers. The installer of any newly installed or reinstalled boiler included in this chapter shall register, upon forms furnished by the department, every such boiler installed by him, stating the type, dimensions, description …

Sec. 29-242. (Formerly Sec. 19-440). Enforcement. The commissioner and his authorized agents shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and any regulations relating to boilers, and for this purpose shall have access to the location of any boiler at any reasonable time. (1953, S…

Sec. 29-243. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or of the code or other regulations relating to this chapter, or who obstructs the commissioner or his agents engaged in their duties under this chapter, for a first offense, shall be fined not more than …

Sec. 29-244. (Formerly Sec. 19-442). Failure to post valid operating certificate. In the examination and inspection of premises provided for in section 29-305, the officer making the inspection shall ascertain whether there is a valid operating certificate displayed as required i…

Secs. 29-245 to 29-249. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-250. Office of the State Fire Marshal. Office of the State Building Inspector. There shall be (1) an Office of the State Fire Marshal, and (2) an Office of the State Building Inspector, within the Department of Administrative Services. The head of each office shall report…

Sec. 29-251. (Formerly Sec. 19-395f). Codes and Standards Committee; duties; membership. There shall be within the Department of Administrative Services a Codes and Standards Committee whose duty it shall be to work with the State Building Inspector in the enforcement of this par…

Sec. 29-251a. Review of regulations. As used in this section, “program requirements” means any program or part of a program which is required by law. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Codes and Standards Committee, shall conduct a review of exi…

Sec. 29-251b. Building Code Training Council; membership; vacancies. There is established, within the Department of Administrative Services, a Building Code Training Council which shall advise the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee on all matters perta…

Sec. 29-251c. Development of training and educational programs. Code Training and Education Board of Control. Regulations. Reporting of funds received; expenditures. (a) As used in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section “prior approval of the Code Training and Educati…

Sec. 29-252. (Formerly Sec. 19-395). State Building Code: Adoption, revision and amendments. State Building Inspector: Appointment; interpretations of code. Appeal. (a)(1) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall, jointly, with the approval of the …

Sec. 29-252a. Code applicable to all state agencies, Connecticut Airport Authority and Connecticut Port Authority. Building permit, education fee and certificate of occupancy required for state, Connecticut Airport Authority and Connecticut Port Authority buildings. Appeal. Exemp…

Sec. 29-252b. Procedure for adoption and amendment of State Building Code. (a) For the purposes of this section, “proposed code” means a proposal by the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee for a new State Building Code or for a change in, addition to or…

Sec. 29-253. (Formerly Sec. 19-395e). Code applicable to all municipalities. Ordinance governing demolition of hazardous building. (a) The State Building Code, including any amendment to said code adopted by the State Building Inspector and Codes and Standards Committee, shall be…

Sec. 29-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-395g). Amendments to code. Variations and exemptions. (a) Any town, city or borough or any interested person may propose amendments to the State Building Code, which proposed amendments may be either applicable to all municipalities or, where it is …

Sec. 29-254a. Penalty for violation of State Building Code. Any person who violates any provision of the State Building Code shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (P.A. 88-359, S. 9, 12;…

Sec. 29-254b. List of variations or exemptions from, or equivalent or alternate compliance with, code. Not later than January 1, 2003, the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall create…

Sec. 29-255. (Formerly Sec. 19-395h). Authority of fire marshals unaffected. This part shall not be construed to limit or restrict the authority of the state or local fire marshals as provided in part II of this chapter. (1969, P.A. 443, S. 16.) History: Sec. 19-395h transferred …

Sec. 29-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-395q). Revision of Building and Fire Safety Codes. Rehabilitation subcode. Regulations. (a) In order to make the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code more responsive to present economic conditions, to promote reduction in the cost of constru…