Connecticut General Statutes 22a-63 – Penalties: Fine, imprisonment
(a) Any registrant, commercial applicator, uncertified person who performs or advertises or solicits to perform commercial application, wholesaler, dealer, retailer or other distributor who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, § 10-231b, 10-231c or 10-231d, subsection (a) of § 23-61a or § 23-61b, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-63
- commissioner: means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his or her designated agent. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, nonstock corporation, limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or administrative subdivision of the state, or other legal entity of any kind. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-2
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Any private applicator or other person, not included in subsection (a) of this section, who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, § 10-231b, 10-231c or 10-231d, subsection (a) of § 23-61a or § 23-61b, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
(c) Any person who, with intent to defraud, uses or reveals information relative to formulas of products acquired under the authority of this chapter, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(d) When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, sections 10-231b, 10-231c and 10-231d, subsection (a) of § 23-61a and sections 23-61b and 23-61f, the action, omission or failure to act of any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any person shall in every case be also deemed to be the action, omission or failure to act of such person as well as that of the person employed.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, § 10-231b, 10-231c or 10-231d, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars per day for each day such violation continues. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in § 52-191.
(f) Any person who is not certified as a commercial applicator who performs or advertises or solicits to perform commercial application of a pesticide, or any person possessing an operational certificate for commercial application under § 22a-54 who performs or advertises or solicits to perform any activity requiring a supervisory certificate for commercial application shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand dollars for each day such violation continues. For any subsequent violation, such penalty shall be not more than five thousand dollars. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, may institute a civil action to recover such penalty in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.