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      Sec. 14-67v. (Formerly Sec. 21-26). Penalty. Injunction to restrain violation. Any person, or any officer or agent of any firm or corporation, who establishes, operates or maintains a motor vehicle recycler's yard or motor vehicle recycler's business in any location within a restricted district created under the provisions of this subpart (H), or establishes, operates or maintains such yard or business without procuring such certificate of approval from the local authority or establishes, operates or maintains an intermediate processor in violation of any provision of this subpart (H), or transports or hauls any motor vehicle or used parts of a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of this subpart (H) or violates any provision of this subpart (H), shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days or both. Each day of such establishment, operation or maintenance in violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars on any person, firm or corporation who establishes, operates or maintains such yard or business without a license. In addition to the penalties herein prescribed, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or the local authority, upon a violation of any of the provisions of this subpart (H), may bring an application to the superior court for the judicial district where such yard or business is located to enjoin a further operation or maintenance of such yard or business and to abate the same as a public nuisance. Said court may, upon finding such yard or business has been established, operated or maintained in violation of the provisions of this subpart (H), issue such injunction as it deems equitable and make such order for the discontinuance or abatement of such yard or business as a nuisance as it finds to be necessary, including authorization to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to enter such yard or business to eliminate, at the expense of the defendant, the conditions which constitute the violation of any provision of this subpart (H).

      (1949 Rev., S. 4661; 1957, P.A. 438, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 854, S. 3; P.A. 76-436, S. 445, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 2, 127; P.A. 82-303, S. 2; P.A. 90-229, S. 3; P.A. 96-167, S. 26.)

      History: 1967 act added that court order may include authorization for commissioner to enter yard or business to eliminate conditions constituting violation at expense of defendant; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial district, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; Sec. 21-26 transferred to Sec. 14-67v in 1981; P.A. 82-303 imposed a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for operating a junk yard or business without a license; P.A. 90-229 applied penalties of section to any person who establishes, operates or maintains an intermediate processor, or transports or hauls any vehicle or parts, in violation of Subdiv. (H); P.A. 96-167 substituted "recycler's yard" and "recycler's business" for "junk yard" and "junk business" and made technical changes; (Revisor's note: In 2003 the references to "subdivision (H)" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "subpart (H)" for clarity of reference).

      Annotations to former section 21-26:

      Cited. 116 C. 461. The interpretation of this chapter by the commissioner who must enforce it is entitled to great weight. 145 C. 490.

      Cited. 24 CS 223.

      Annotations to present section:

      Cited. 233 C. 254; Id., 281.