Bill Text: CT SB00185 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Advertising By Nonlicensed Tradespersons.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-01 - House Calendar Number 482 [SB00185 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00185-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 185
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 972
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Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
(GL )

AN ACT CONCERNING ADVERTISING BY NONLICENSED TRADESPERSONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 20-341 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) Any person who wilfully engages in or practices the work or occupation for which a license is required by this chapter without having first obtained an apprentice permit or a certificate and license for such work, or who wilfully employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have a certificate and license for such work, or who wilfully and falsely pretends to qualify to engage in or practice such work or occupation, including, but not limited to, offering to perform such work in any print, electronic, television or radio advertising or listing when such person does not hold a license for such work as required by this chapter, or who wilfully engages in or practices any of the work or occupations for which a license is required by this chapter after the expiration of such person's license, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, provided no criminal charges shall be instituted against such person pursuant to this subsection unless the work activity in question is reviewed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or the commissioner's authorized agent, and the commissioner or such agent specifically determines, in writing, that such work activity requires a license and is not the subject of a bona fide dispute between persons engaged in any trade or craft, whether licensed or unlicensed. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) or (e) of section 53a-29 and subsection (d) of section 54-56e, if the court determines that such person cannot fully repay any victims of such person within the period of probation established in subsection (d) or (e) of section 53a-29 or subsection (d) of section 54-56e, the court may impose probation for a period of not more than five years. The penalty provided in this subsection shall be in addition to any other penalties and remedies available under this chapter or chapter 416.

Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 20-334 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of any occupation subject to this chapter in this state or wilfully and falsely offer to perform such work in any print, electronic, television or radio advertising or listing when such person does not hold a license for such work as required by this chapter unless such person has first obtained a license as provided in section 20-333, or possesses a card of registration from the Labor Department or the board and is subject to all of the regulations adopted under this chapter for the purpose of governing apprenticeship training, or has been issued a license for such particular work under this chapter prior to July 6, 1967.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	20-341(a)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2010	20-334(a)

GL	Joint Favorable
JUD	Joint Favorable