Agencies must get a police permit for obnoxious substances

(a) Application. Any agency desiring to purchase, possess, discharge, use, or transport obnoxious substances authorized herein shall first file an application on forms furnished by the chief of police for a permit. (b) Additional requirements. (1) The application shall include the name of the officer or employee who has been authorized to purchase the devices from vendors; and (2) Each agency is authorized to purchase only such devices emitting obnoxious substances as are listed on its permit. (c) The agency shall submit the names of its employees who are to possess, discharge, use, or transport such devices together with its application for permit so that the chief of police may issue separate permits to the named employees submitted by the agency. (d) To defray the cost of processing the permit and to administer this article, each agency authorized under this section, except for government agencies and except in the case of agencies desiring to use the obnoxious substances enumerated in § 41-12.3 (c), shall pay to the director of budget and fiscal services a sum of $50 for its permit and a sum of $5 for each permit issued to its employees. )