After receipt of an application pursuant to section 7-173, the municipal official, as defined in said section, shall, for any permit where the total aggregate prize would exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars, make or cause to be made an investigation of the qualifications of the applicant and the facts stated in the application and, if the municipal official determines that the applicant is qualified to hold, operate and conduct a bazaar or raffle under the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, that the members of the applicant designated in the application to hold, operate or conduct such bazaar or raffle are residents of this state, bona fide active members of the applicant and persons of good moral character and have never been convicted of a felony and that such bazaar or raffle is to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of said sections, the municipal official shall issue a permit to such applicant.

(1955, S. 298d; 1961, P.A. 115, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 86-419, S. 9, 25; P.A. 89-214, S. 5, 26; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 4, 59; P.A. 04-257, S. 91; P.A. 11-8, S. 4; 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 14-24, S. 2; P.A. 17-231,S. 8.)

History: 1961 act added words “if any” to end of last sentence; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-419 substituted executive director of division of special revenue for commissioner of public safety, effective October 1, 1987; P.A. 89-214 required police chief or first selectman to conduct investigation of applicant on behalf of executive director of division of special revenue, to issue permit to applicant with the approval of executive director, and to forward state’s share of permit fee to executive director rather than application fee, deleting requirement of forwarding duplicate of application; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 required that any investigation re qualifications of applicant for “Class No. 7” permit be made by executive director of division of special revenue; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-8 substituted “chief executive officer” for “first selectman”, effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “executive director” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-24 replaced provision re applicant members being electors of the municipality in which permit is sought with provision re applicant members being residents of this state, added provision re bazaar or raffle to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with administrative regulations, removed provision re chief of police or chief executive officer to forward the state’s share of permit fee, required any issuance of a “Class No. 7” permit to be made by commissioner and made technical changes; P.A. 17-231 replaced provision re chief of police or chief executive officer’s receipt of application from commissioner with provision re municipal official’s receipt of application for permit where total aggregate prize would exceed $7,500, deleted reference to administrative regulations, deleted provision re investigation by commissioner, and made conforming changes, effective January 1, 2018.