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CT Gen Stat § 42-115h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115h - Inspection of packaged commodities. Off-sale orders.

 The commissioner shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery to determine whether the same contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, in accordance with law. When such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be kept, offered or exposed for sale in violation of law, the commissioner may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the commissioner may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot. No person shall (1) sell, or keep, offer or expose for sale, in intrastate commerce, any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless and until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements, or (2) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements, in any manner except with the specific approval of the commissioner.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 2.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115i - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders.

 The commissioner may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders, and no person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order or removal order issued under the authority of this section.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 3.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115j - Sale of commodities to be by liquid measure, weight, length, area or count. Exceptions.

 Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area or by count; provided liquid commodities may be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold; and provided the provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, (2) to vegetables when sold by the head or bunch, (3) to commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law, (4) to commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner, (5) to concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone and the like, when sold by cubic measure, or (6) to unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure. The commissioner may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 4.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115k - Labeling of commodity package.

 Except as otherwise provided in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, any commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package such definite, plain and conspicuous declarations of (1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or containers, (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or count and (3), in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed, the name or a registered trademark of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor as may be prescribed by regulation by the commissioner; provided, in connection with the declaration required under subdivision (2) of this section, neither the qualifying term “when packed” or any words of similar import, nor such terms qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count as “jumbo”, “giant”, “full” and the like, that tend to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package, shall be used; and provided under said subdivision (2) the commissioner shall, by regulation, establish (A) reasonable variations to be allowed, which may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure, (B) exemptions as to small packages, and (C) exemptions as to commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 5.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115l - Label to show price per unit.

 In addition to the declarations required by section 42-115k, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure or count.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 6.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115n - Advertisement of price to show quantity.

 Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as is required by law or regulation to appear on the package; provided in connection with the declaration required under this section there shall be declared neither the qualifying term “when packed” nor any other words of similar import, nor such terms qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count as “jumbo”, “giant”, “full” and the like, that tend to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 8.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115o - Net weight to be used.

 Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 9.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115p - Price not to be misrepresented or misleading.

 Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted or labeled price per unit of weight, measure or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half the height and width of, the numerals representing the whole cents.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 10.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115q - Injunctions against violations.

 The commissioner may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of sections 42-115g to 42-115p, inclusive.(1967, P.A. 804, S. 11.)Cited. 158 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115r - Alteration of tire by addition of white or colored stripe.

 No person, firm, corporation or partnership shall sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent as a new tire, a tire which has been altered or reprocessed by the addition of a white or colored stripe to the outer sidewall of such tire, unless such tire bears a permanent label, which shall be not less than three-eighths inch in height and conspicuously displayed on the side of the tire altered or reprocessed, with the words “WHITEWALL ADDED” if the added stripe is white or “COLORWALL ADDED” if the stripe is colored. The labeling requirement of this section shall not be construed as authority or permission to impair or affect the structural integrity or safety of such tire. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed a deceptive trade practice as defined in section 42-110b.(1969, P.A. 172, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-468, S. 6, 10.)History: P.A. 84-468 changed reference from Sec. 42-115d to Sec. 42-110b which defines deceptive trade practices.See Sec. 14-106d re sale or offer for sale of air bag replacement device that does not meet federal safety requirements.Cited. 158 C. 543; 231 C. 707.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115s - Advertising of artificial Christmas trees for sale.

 Whenever artificial Christmas trees are advertised for sale in a newspaper, magazine or other publication or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label or tag, still or motion picture, loudspeaker, radio or television presentation, such trees shall be clearly identified as artificial. Any person, firm, corporation or association, or any agent or employee thereof, who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have engaged in deceptive or misleading advertising and shall be subject to action by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(P.A. 73-306; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115t - Cash register read-outs to be visible to consumer. Violations. Enforcement.

 (a) No person, partnership, association or corporation shall use in the ordinary course of business any cash register or machine or device of similar function which does not produce a read-out conspicuous to the consumer on the front or back of such register. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any retail food store, supermarket or any business establishment which provides such cash register, machine or device in each department or provides the consumer at the time of the sales transaction with a sales slip, receipt or similar document which describes the item purchased. The requirements of this section shall only apply to such cash register, machine or device which is installed, purchased, leased, or otherwise contracted for within the state of Connecticut subsequent to April 1, 1978. For the purposes of this section, the item description requirement shall be satisfied by a statement designating: (1) The department in which the item is purchased, (2) a classification of items which includes the item purchased or (3) an inventory control or similar number which corresponds to an identical number appearing on the price or other tag or label affixed to the item.(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall have all of the powers and remedies conferred upon him under chapter 735a for the administration and enforcement of this section.(P.A. 77-364, S. 1–3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.Cited. 231 C. 707.
CT Gen Stat § 42-115u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices|Section 42-115u - Violations.

 (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.(b) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive practice under section 42-110b.(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and of not more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of sections 42-115g to 42-115p, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections. Each violation with respect to each such unit, package or device shall be considered a separate offense.(P.A. 84-468, S. 7, 10; P.A. 90-125, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 183.)History: P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (c) re administrative penalties; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor.Cited. 231 C. 707.
CT Gen Stat § 42-116k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 737a - Artist-Art Dealer Consignments|Section 42-116k - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:(a) “Artist” means the creator of a work of fine art.(b) “Art dealer” means a person, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company or corporation other than a public auctioneer who undertakes to sell a work of fine art.(c) “Consignor” means an artist or any person, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company or corporation who delivers a work of fine art to an art dealer for the purpose of sale, or exhibition and sale, to the public on a commission or fee or other basis of compensation.(d) “Consignee” means an art dealer who receives and accepts a work of fine art from a consignor for the purpose of sale, or exhibition and sale, to the public on a commission or fee or other basis of compensation.(e) “Fine art” means (1) a work of visual art such as a painting, sculpture, drawing, mosaic or photograph; (2) a work of calligraphy; (3) a work of graphic art such as etching, lithograph, offset print, silk screen or other work of similar nature; (4) crafts such as crafts in clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass or similar materials; and (5) a work in mixed media such as a collage or any combination of the foregoing art media.(P.A. 78-254, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 157, 189.)History: P.A. 95-79 redefined “art dealer” and “consignor” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 42-116l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 737a - Artist-Art Dealer Consignments|Section 42-116l - Consignment relationship. Notice. Proceeds of sales held in trust. Contract requirements.

 (a) Whenever a consignor delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art to a consignee for the purpose of sale, or exhibition and sale, to the public on a commission, fee or other basis of compensation, the delivery to and acceptance thereof by the art dealer is deemed to be “on consignment” and such consignee shall thereafter with respect to the said work of fine art be deemed to be the agent of such consignor.(b) Whenever a consignor delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art to a consignee, such consignor shall give notice to the public by affixing to such work of fine art a sign or tag which states that such work of fine art is being sold subject to a contract of consignment, or such consignor shall post a clear and conspicuous sign in the consignee's place of business giving notice that some works of fine art are being sold subject to a contract of consignment.(c) The proceeds of the sale of a work of fine art shall be held in trust by the consignee for the benefit of the consignor. Such proceeds shall be applied first in payment of any amount due to the consignor.(d) Any provision of a contract or agreement whereby the consignor waives any of the provisions of this section or section 42-116m is void.(P.A. 78-254, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-116m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 737a - Artist-Art Dealer Consignments|Section 42-116m - Contract provisions.

 Whenever a consignee accepts a work of fine art for the purpose of sale or exhibition and sale to the public on a commission, fee or other basis of compensation, there shall be a written contract or agreement between the consignor and consignee which shall include but not be limited to the following provisions: (a) That the proceeds of the sale of the work of fine art shall be delivered to the consignor at a schedule agreed upon by the consignor and consignee; (b) that the consignee shall be responsible for the stated value of the work of fine art in the event of the loss of or damage to such work of fine art while it is in the possession of such consignee; (c) that the work of fine art shall only be sold by the consignee for an amount at least equal to the amount agreed upon by the consignor in writing; (d) that the work of fine art may be used or displayed by the consignee or others only with prior written consent of the consignor and only if the artist is acknowledged in such use or display.(P.A. 78-254, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-116p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 737b - Dies, Molds and Forms|Section 42-116p - Definitions. Disposition of dies, molds and forms. Notice to customers.

 (a) As used in this section, “customer” means any individual or entity who causes a molder to fabricate, cast or otherwise make a die, mold or form or who causes a molder to use a die, mold or form to manufacture, assemble or otherwise make a plastic product; “molder” means any individual or entity, including but not limited to a tool or die maker, who fabricates, casts or otherwise makes a die, mold or form which is used to manufacture, assemble or otherwise make a plastic product, or who uses a die, mold or form to manufacture, assemble or otherwise make a plastic product.(b) This section shall not apply to a molder who owns, or retains title to and possession of, a die, mold or form, made or used for the customer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant a customer any rights, title or interest to or in a die, mold or form.(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, if a customer does not take possession from a molder of a die, mold or form located in this state within three years following the last prior use thereof, all of the customer's rights, title and interest to or in such die, mold or form may be transferred to the molder solely for the purpose of destroying such die, mold or form, in accordance with the provisions of this section. As used in this section, the term “within three years following the last prior use” means any three-year period following the last prior use of a die, mold or form regardless of whether such period commences before or after October 1, 1982.(d) If a molder chooses to have all rights, title and interest to any die, mold or form so transferred, the molder shall send written notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the affected customer at the address, if any, indicated in the agreement pursuant to which the molder obtained possession of the die, mold or form and to such customer's last-known address indicating that the molder intends to terminate all of such customer's rights, title and interest by having them transferred to the molder solely for the purpose of destroying such die, mold or form.(e) If such customer does not take possession of such die, mold or form within one hundred twenty days following the date the molder receives acknowledgment or nonacknowledgment of the return receipt of such notice, or does not make other contractual arrangements with the molder for taking possession of such die, mold or form or for the storage of such die, mold or form, all rights, title and interest of such customer shall transfer to the molder. The molder shall then be entitled to destroy such die, mold or form without any risk of liability to the customer, except that this section shall not be construed in any manner to affect the right of a customer under federal patent or copyright law, or any state or federal law pertaining to unfair competition.(P.A. 82-128, S. 1, 2.)