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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-139: Financial responsibility.

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  1. TITLE 29. PUBLIC SAFETY AND STATE POLICE
  2. CHAPTER 532. AMUSEMENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

Before exhibiting or providing any amusement in this state or engaging in the conduct of any place of amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation to which an admission fee is charged and so located in any area which, with other places of amusement, entertainment, diversion or recreation, constitutes a public amusement park, the owner shall furnish proof of financial responsibility to satisfy claims for damages on account of any physical injuries or property damage arising out of the operation of such public amusement park suffered by any person by reason of any act or omission on the part of the owner, his agents or employees, any fair or exposition association, any sponsoring organization or committee, any owner or lessee of any premises used for such public amusement park or any public authority granting a permit to the owner', in the minimum amounts as determined from the following table:

Area of Largest Tent (sq. ft.) | Combined Liability Per Accident

No Tents | 1,000,000

1 - 1,500 | 1,000,000

1,501 - 3,000 | 1,500,000

3,001 - 6,000 | 2,000,000

6,001 - 12,000 | 3,000,000

12,001 - 20,000 | 4,000,000

20,001 - 30,000 | 5,000,000

30,001 and over | 6,000,000

For mechanical rides or devices capable of accommodating three or more persons, the following minimum amount shall apply: For bodily injury and property damage one million dollars per accident. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the minimum amount for owners of any waterslide ride or device shall be five hundred thousand dollars per accident. The character and form of the financial responsibility shall be as the Insurance Commissioner determines to be necessary for the protection of the public.

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