Title 29, Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-362. (Formerly Sec. 29-102). Seizure and destruction of fireworks. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a local fire marshal shall seize, take, store, remove or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks or combust…

Sec. 29-363. (Formerly Sec. 29-103). Expense of transportation and storage of seized fireworks. In any proceeding under section 29-362, if the judgment is against one defendant only, he shall pay the expense of the transportation and storage incurred in the seizure and detention …

Sec. 29-364. (Formerly Sec. 29-104). Licenses. Denial, suspension or revocation. No person, firm or corporation may engage in the business of manufacturer, wholesaler, dealer or jobber of fireworks, under the provisions of section 29-361, until such manufacturer, wholesaler, deal…

Sec. 29-365. (Formerly Sec. 29-105). License fees. The fee to be paid to the licensing authority upon each application shall be as follows: For a fireworks manufacturing license, two hundred dollars; for a dealer, wholesaler and jobber, two hundred dollars. Fees collected by the …

Sec. 29-366. (Formerly Sec. 29-106). Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of sections 29-359 to 29-365, inclusive, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (1953, S. 2016d; P.A. 84-228, S. 2; P.A. 09-177, S. 24; P.A. 10-54, S. 6; P.A. 12-80, S. 180, …

Sec. 29-367. (Formerly Sec. 29-106q). Regulation of rockets. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt, and may amend, reasonable regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the safe design, construction, manufacture…

Sec. 29-368. (Formerly Sec. 29-106r). Variations and exemptions. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation issued under the prov…

Sec. 29-369. (Formerly Sec. 29-106s). Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any such regulation or any act of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in enforcing the same may apply for relief to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the j…

Sec. 29-370. (Formerly Sec. 29-106t). Penalty. Any person who, by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates or fails to comply with any regulation promulgated under section 29-367, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or impri…

Sec. 29-371. Counterfeit and unsafe lighters. Sales prohibited. Exceptions. Civil action. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Counterfeit lighter” means any lighter that infringes on the intellectual property rights of (A) any citizen of the United States, or (B) any entit…

Secs. 29-372 to 29-380. Reserved for future use. PART III SAFETY OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS

Sec. 29-381. (Formerly Sec. 19-376). Public safety in assembly halls, theaters and buildings used for public gatherings. Public announcement re emergency exits. Penalty. (a) No owner, proprietor, manager or agent of any theater, concert or music hall or assembly hall or of any bu…

Sec. 29-381a. Sufficiency of main entrances in places of public assembly. Variations or exemptions. Appeal. (a) Each place of public assembly, as defined in the Fire Safety Code, constructed under a building permit application filed on or after June 8, 2004, or renovated under a …

Secs. 29-382 to 29-388. (Formerly Secs. 19-377, 19-379, 19-381 to 19-383, 19-384a and 19-385a). Local authorities to require safe exits. Examination by local authorities. Order; appeal. Fastening of doors in school houses. Fire alarms in school houses. Penalties. Stairways and fi…

Sec. 29-389. (Formerly Sec. 19-386). Stairways and fire escapes on certain buildings. Section 29-389 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 4096; 1957, P.A. 516, S. 15; 1959, P.A. 506, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 4; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Secs. 29-390 and 29-391. (Formerly Secs. 19-387a and 19-389). Egress from workshops and manufactories. Liability of owner of building. Sections 29-390 and 29-391 are repealed, effective July 1, 2017. (1949 Rev., S. 4099; 1959, P.A. 506, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 441; P.A. 83-168, S. 2; P.…

Sec. 29-392. (Formerly Sec. 19-390). Fire Safety Code. New construction to conform. Section 29-392 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 516, S. 18; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)

Sec. 29-393. (Formerly Sec. 19-391). Building inspectors; duties, right of entry. On receipt of information from the local fire marshal or from any other authentic source that any building in his jurisdiction, due to lack of exit facilities, fire, deterioration, catastrophe or ot…

Sec. 29-394. (Formerly Sec. 19-392). Penalty. Any person who, by himself or his agent, fails to comply with the written order of a building inspector for the provision of additional exit facilities in a building, the repair or alteration of a building or the removal of a building…

Sec. 29-395. (Formerly Sec. 19-394f). Penalty. Section 29-395 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 386, S. 5; P.A. 85-305.)

Sec. 29-396. Required inspection of electric conductors and equipment prior to resumption of electric service in unoccupied buildings. If an owner of a building or portion of a building that has been unoccupied and disconnected from the electric distribution system for a period o…

Secs. 29-397 to 29-400. Reserved for future use. PART IV* STATE DEMOLITION CODE *Cited. 18 CA 40.

Sec. 29-401. (Formerly Sec. 19-403b). Regulations. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as may be necessary for the administration of this part, including but not necessarily limited to, working d…

Sec. 29-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-403c). License for demolition business: Application; fees; refusal or revocation. Exemptions. (a) As used in this part, the term “license” includes the whole or part of any permit which the Department of Administrative Services issues under authorit…

Sec. 29-403. (Formerly Sec. 19-403d). Appeal from decision of department. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Department of Administrative Services refusing to grant or renew or revoking any license as defined in section 29-402 may appeal therefrom in accordance with the pr…

Sec. 29-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-403e). Local building official to administer State Demolition Code. The local building official shall administer sections 29-406 to 29-413, inclusive. Each such official shall have experience in building demolition, construction or structural engine…

Sec. 29-405. (Formerly Sec. 19-403f). Appeal from decision of local building official. Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of a building official may, within ten days of such order or decision, appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district wherein suc…

Sec. 29-406. (Formerly Sec. 19-403g). Permit for demolition of particular structure. Exemption. Waiting period. (a) No person shall demolish any building, structure or part thereof without obtaining a permit for the particular demolition undertaking from the building official of …

Sec. 29-407. (Formerly Sec. 19-403h). Notice to adjoining property owners. No person shall commence any demolition operation unless he first notifies each adjoining property owner by registered or certified mail at such owner's last address according to the records of the assesso…

Sec. 29-408. (Formerly Sec. 19-403i). Safety measures to be provided. Fence. (a) No person shall remove or demolish any building or structure or part thereof without providing adequate safety measures for all workmen and suitable protections for the public. (b) No person shall de…

Sec. 29-409. (Formerly Sec. 19-403j). Sidewalk shed requirements. No person shall demolish any building or structure or part thereof, when such building, structure or part is within six feet of a street line, or is twelve feet or more in height, or is within six feet of an area w…

Sec. 29-410. (Formerly Sec. 19-403k). Excavation of sidewalk area. No person shall excavate the area occupied by a sidewalk or temporary walkway in use, unless such area is provided with a walkway capable of supporting not less than one hundred fifty pounds per square foot and un…

Sec. 29-411. (Formerly Sec. 19-403l). Restrictions on demolition procedures. No person shall use demolition procedures which involve hazard or risk to the general public or unnecessary danger to the workmen, and no person shall use demolition procedures not in accord with good pr…

Sec. 29-412. (Formerly Sec. 19-403m). Accumulated materials. No person shall demolish any structure or building without making suitable provision for the disposal of all accumulated materials. No person shall overload any part of the protective structures erected during the demol…

Sec. 29-413. (Formerly Sec. 19-403n). Basements and cellars. No person shall allow any basement, cellar, hole or the like to remain uncovered or opened as a result of the demolition of any building, structure or part thereof. Each person who, in a demolition operation, uncovers o…

Sec. 29-414. (Formerly Sec. 19-403o). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this part shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. (February, 1965, P.A. 551, S. 17.) History: Sec. 19-403o transferred to Sec. 29-414 in…

Sec. 29-415. (Formerly Sec. 19-403p). Public service company exceptions. The provisions of this part shall not apply to the structures, such as distribution and transmission poles, towers and fixtures, steam plant, gas plant, gas tank or holder, water tank or electric substation,…

Sec. 29-416. Definitions. As used in sections 29-416 to 29-423, inclusive, and sections 12-302 and 12-303: (1) “Cigarette manufacturer's license” means a cigarette manufacturer's license issued pursuant to section 12-285b; (2) “Cigarette” means any roll for smoking made wholly or…

Sec. 29-417. Sale of cigarettes; requirements. Revocation or suspension of license. Exceptions. (a) On and after July 1, 2008, no holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall sell cigarettes, or offer cigarettes for sale, to consumers within this state, whether directly or …

Sec. 29-418. Testing of cigarettes. Requirements. Alternative test methods. Retention of copies. Civil penalty. (a) All testing by or on behalf of a holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license or by or on behalf of the Office of the State Fire Marshal to determine a cigarette's …

Sec. 29-419. Certification. Fee. Retesting required for modified cigarettes. (a) Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall submit to the Office of the State Fire Marshal a written certification every three years attesting that: (1) Each cigarette listed in the certi…

Sec. 29-420. Connecticut Fire-Safe Cigarette Directory. Appeal. Civil action. (a) Not later than July 1, 2008, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop and make available for public inspection, on its web site and in such other forms as the State Fire Marshal deems appr…

Sec. 29-421. Fire standards compliant marking required for sale of cigarettes. No holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall sell cigarettes, or offer to sell cigarettes, to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermed…

Sec. 29-422. Implementation in accordance with New York law. Regulations. The State Fire Marshal shall implement sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive, in accordance with the New York fire safety standards, as amended, as said standards are embodied in New York Executive Law, Sect…

Sec. 29-423. Fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement account. There is established, within the General Fund, a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement account. The account shall contai…

Sec. 29-450. Paintball facilities: Instruction for minors required. No paintball facility shall allow any person under eighteen years of age to use a paintball gun at such facility without (1) instruction in procedures for the safe use of paintball equipment, or (2) presentation …