Conn. Agencies Regs. § 7-169-33a - Violations of statutes, rules and regulations

(a) Liability. Any organization permitted to conduct bingo by the executive director, and any person registered and assigned a personal identification number by the executive director shall be liable to the penalties herein provided, unless otherwise provided. It is the duty of all such organizations or persons to know the provisions of Sections 7-169 and 7-169a of the general statutes and these administrative regulations governing the operation of bingo. Nothing in these administrative regulations governing bingo shall be deemed to lessen the primary responsibility of an organization permitted to conduct bingo, or a person registered and assigned a personal identification number to enforce these statutory provisions and administrative regulations governing the operation of bingo.

(b) Penalties. The penalties for violation of Section 7-169 or 7-169a of the general statutes or of these administrative regulations governing the operation of bingo shall be as follows:

(1) The executive director shall revoke a permit for a violation of any provision of section 7-169 of the general statutes and shall not issue any permit to such permittee within one year from the date of such revocation.

(2) For cause, the executive director, pursuant to the provisions of section 7-169a of the general statutes may revoke the registration and identification number of an organization permitted to conduct bingo.

(3) For cause, the executive director may revoke the personal identification number assigned a person operating or assisting in the operation of bingo games in accordance with section 7-169-3a of these administrative regulations governing bingo.

(4) The executive director shall fine any person who promotes or operates any bingo game without a permit, or who violates any provision of Section 7-169 or of Section 7-169a of the general statutes or administrative regulations issued pursuant thereto, or who makes any false statement in any application for a permit or in any report required by Sections 7-169 or 7-169a or by the executive director, not more than two hundred dollars.

(c) Payment of fines. Except where a stay is granted, all fines assessed shall be paid over to the state immediately upon official notification of such fine.

(d) Right to hearing. All parties cited for violations will be given opportunity for a hearing in accordance with these regulations and the division of special revenue rules of practice and hearing procedures.

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Conn. Agencies Regs. § 7-169-33a

Effective March 22, 1989