(Formerly Sec. 16-320). Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Service at Bradley International Airport.

(b) Any town, city or borough within which taxicab service is operated or any interested party may bring a written petition to the department with respect to fares, service, operation or equipment or the convenience, protection and safety of passengers and the public. Thereupon, the department may fix a time and place for a hearing upon such petition, and give written notice thereof to the parties in interest at least one week prior to such hearing. (c) No certificate shall be sold or transferred until the department, upon written application to it setting forth the purpose, terms and conditions thereof, and after investigation, finds that the purchaser or transferee is suitable to operate a taxicab service after consideration of the factors specified in subsection (a) of this section and approves the same. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one thousand dollars. The department may amend or, for sufficient cause shown, may suspend or revoke any such certificate. The department may impose a civil penalty on any person or any officer of any association, limited liability company or corporation or any driver who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under section 13b-96 with respect to fares, service, operation or equipment, in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per day for each violation. Any such certificate issued by the department shall remain valid unless suspended or revoked by the department. Any such certificate issued by the Division of Public Utility Control within the Department of Business Regulation prior to October 1, 1979, or by any transit district prior to March 1, 1997, shall remain valid unless suspended or revoked by the Department of Transportation. (d) Any person, association, limited liability company or corporation which has obtained a certificate under subsection (a) of this section, after providing proof that service has been active and in compliance with all relevant statutes and regulations, may solicit, receive and discharge taxicab passengers at Bradley International Airport, subject to formal agreement with the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority. Any such person, association, limited liability company or corporation may discharge taxicab passengers received at such airport within a territory other than the territory specified in its certificate. The executive director may charge and collect a reasonable fee from any such person, association, limited liability company or corporation for the privilege of solicitation of such passengers. Annotations to former section 16-320: Cited. 126 C. 551. Failure of permittee to exercise proper supervision over employees operating taxicab is sufficient ground for revocation. 127 C. 267. Cited. 235 C. 1. Annotation to present section: Cited. 235 C. 1.