Sec. 13b-389. (Formerly Sec. 16-283). Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Penalty. Amounts remitted to municipality.

(b) (1) Any person, other than a household goods carrier who has obtained such certificate, who holds himself or herself out as a household goods carrier with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (2) The state shall remit to a municipality fifty per cent of the fine amount received for a violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection with respect to each summons issued by such municipality. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Court Administrator, shall, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official. Annotations to former section 16-283: Cited. 122 C. 298; 145 C. 617. When an individual or a corporation carries on an activity which can be lawfully carried on only under a franchise granted by public authority, it is liable for bodily harm caused to others by the negligence of a contractor employed to do work in carrying on the activity. 148 C. 398. Cited. Id., 681. Proof required to obtain certificate of public convenience and necessity is greater and stronger than proof required under Sec. 16-294 to show proposed operation “is not inconsistent with the public interest”. Id., 682. Cited. 219 C. 168. Annotation to present section: Cited. 219 C. 168.