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 provisions of section 29-367 where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of said commissioner, secure the public safety.

(1969, P.A. 781, S. 2; P.A. 73-13, S. 2, 3; P.A. 76-247, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 09-177, S. 25; P.A. 10-54, S. 6; P.A. 12-60, S. 1, 2; P.A. 13-256, S. 14, 19.)

History: P.A. 73-13 transferred powers of commissioner of state police to commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 76-247 restored transferred powers to commissioner of state police; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 29-106r transferred to Sec. 29-368 in 1983; P.A. 09-177 repealed section, effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 10-54 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 25, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2013, effective May 18, 2010; P.A. 12-60 repealed section, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 13-256 repealed P.A. 12-60, S. 2, effective July 11, 2013, and replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective October 1, 2013.