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CT Gen Stat § 21a-158. (Formerly Sec. 19-290) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419b - Bakeries, Food Manufacturing Establishments and Food Warehouses|Section 21a-158. (Formerly Sec. 19-290) - Orders of commissioner.

 The owner, agent or lessee of any property used as a bakery, food warehouse or food manufacturing establishment shall, within thirty days after the service of notice upon him or her of an order issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, comply therewith or cease to use or allow the use of such premises as a bakery, food warehouse or food manufacturing establishment. Such notice shall be in writing and may be served upon such owner, agent or lessee, either personally or by mail, and a notice by registered or certified letter, mailed to the last-known address of such owner, agent or lessee, shall be sufficient service.(1949 Rev., S. 4008; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-95, S. 4; P.A. 19-177, S. 6.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-290 transferred to Sec. 21a-158 in 1983; 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 12-95 added references to food manufacturing establishment and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-177 added references to food warehouse.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-160 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419b - Bakeries, Food Manufacturing Establishments and Food Warehouses|Section 21a-160 - Operation of food warehouse. License. Fee.

 No person, firm or corporation shall operate a food warehouse without having obtained a license from the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Application for a license shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall issue a license to an applicant who has completed such forms to the satisfaction of the commissioner and has paid the license fee. A license shall be valid for one year and the fee for such license shall be twenty dollars.(P.A. 14-126, S. 3; P.A. 19-177, S. 8.)History: P.A. 14-126 effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 19-177 replaced references to certificate of registration with references to license.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-165. (Formerly Sec. 19-292) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419c - Illuminating Oils, Burning Fluids and Kerosene|Section 21a-165. (Formerly Sec. 19-292) - Legal test for oil.

 No person shall sell or give away, for use in this state in wick lamps or wick stoves, oil or liquid product of petroleum of any kind standing less than one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit flash test or one hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit fire test, both of said tests to be determined by the use of C. J. Tagliabue's open test cup method, and either of said tests shall be the legal test. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.(1949 Rev., S. 6731; P.A. 13-258, S. 12.)History: Sec. 19-292 transferred to Sec. 21a-165 in 1983; P.A. 13-258 changed maximum fine from $300 to $3,500 and made a technical change.Annotation to former section 19-292:Previous law. 79 C. 463.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-166 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419c - Illuminating Oils, Burning Fluids and Kerosene|Section 21a-166 - Regulation of the sale, transport and delivery of kerosene.

 (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale at retail any crude oil distillate in a container or from a pump, labeled “1-K Kerosene”, or with any similar term indicating that the product being sold is 1-K kerosene, unless such distillate meets standards established by the American Society for Testing and Materials for use in non-flue-connected kerosene burner appliances and contains not more than four one hundredths of one per cent sulfur by weight.(b) Kerosene shall not be transported or delivered in a vehicle tank containing gasoline and no seller or dispenser of kerosene shall store kerosene in a red container. Each item dispensing kerosene for retail sale shall bear a printed sign or placard containing the following information concerning containers for kerosene: Portable containers should be completely empty prior to filling, be constructed of metal or other approved material, have a tight closure, be designed so that contents can be poured without spillage and have a warning label affixed.(c) A violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor.(P.A. 83-386, S. 1–3.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-175. (Formerly Sec. 19-323k) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-175. (Formerly Sec. 19-323k) - Short title: Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act.

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act”.(1963, P.A. 551, S. 1.)History: Sec. 17-21e transferred to Sec. 19-323k in 1979; Sec. 19-323k transferred to Sec. 21a-175 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190d - Charitable organizations that engage in solicitation exempted from registration and financial disclosure requirements.

 The following charitable organizations that engage in solicitation shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 21a-190b and 21a-190c, provided each such organization, prior to conducting any solicitation or prior to having any solicitation conducted on behalf of others, shall submit such information as the department may require to substantiate an exemption under this section in a form prescribed by the commissioner:(1) Any duly organized religious corporation, institution or society;(2) Any parent-teacher association or educational institution, the curricula of which in whole or in part are registered or approved by any state or the United States either directly or by acceptance of accreditation by an accrediting body;(3) Any nonprofit hospital licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-630 or any similar provision of the laws of any other state;(4) Any governmental unit or instrumentality of any state or the United States;(5) Any person who solicits solely for the benefit of organizations described in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this section; and(6) Any charitable organization which normally receives less than fifty thousand dollars in contributions annually, provided such organization does not compensate any person primarily to conduct solicitations.(P.A. 86-369, S. 4; P.A. 00-217, S. 2; P.A. 10-9, S. 15; P.A. 19-177, S. 36.)History: P.A. 00-217 amended Subdiv. (6) by changing $25,000 to $50,000; P.A. 10-9 added provision requiring information to be submitted in form prescribed by commissioner, effective May 5, 2010; P.A. 19-177 added “that engage in solicitation” and “, prior to conducting any solicitation or prior to having any solicitation conducted on behalf of others,”, effective July 9, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190g - Commercial coventurers. Filing of contracts. Terms. Accounting. Disclosures required in advertising.

 (a) Every charitable organization which agrees to permit a charitable sales promotion to be conducted in its behalf, shall obtain a written agreement from the commercial coventurer and submit a copy of such agreement to the department not less than ten days prior to the commencement of the charitable sales promotion within this state. An authorized representative of the charitable organization and the commercial coventurer shall sign such agreement and the terms of such agreement shall include the following: (1) The goods or services to be offered to the public; (2) the geographic area where, and the starting and final date when, such offering is to be made; (3) the manner in which the name of the charitable organization is to be used, including any representation to be made to the public as to the amount or per cent per unit of goods or services purchased or used that is to benefit the charitable organization; (4) a provision for a final accounting on a per unit basis to be given by the commercial coventurer to the charitable organization and the date when it is to be made; and (5) the date when and the manner in which the benefit is to be conferred on the charitable organization.(b) A commercial coventurer shall keep the final accounting for each charitable sales promotion for three years after the final accounting date and such accounting shall be available to the department upon request.(c) A commercial coventurer shall disclose in each advertisement for a charitable sales promotion the amount per unit of goods or services purchased or used that is to benefit the charitable organization or purpose. Such amount may be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the value of the goods or services purchased or used.(P.A. 86-369, S. 7; P.A. 10-9, S. 18.)History: P.A. 10-9 changed “file a copy” to “submit a copy” and made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 5, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190h - Prohibited acts.

 It shall be a violation of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, for: (1) Any person to misrepresent the purpose or beneficiary of a solicitation; (2) any person to misrepresent the purpose or nature of a charitable organization; (3) any charitable organization or any person while engaged in the conduct of the affairs of a charitable organization to engage in any financial transaction which is not related to the accomplishment of its charitable purpose, or which jeopardizes or interferes with the ability of the charitable organization to accomplish such organization's charitable purpose; (4) any charitable organization to expend an unreasonable amount of money for solicitation or management; (5) any person to use or exploit the fact of registration so as to lead the public to believe that such registration constitutes an endorsement or approval by the state; (6) any person to misrepresent that any other person sponsors or endorses a solicitation; (7) any person to use the name of a charitable organization, or to display any emblem, device or printed matter belonging to or associated with a charitable organization without the express written permission of the charitable organization; (8) any charitable organization to use the name which is the same as or confusingly similar to the name of another charitable organization unless the latter organization shall consent in writing to its use; (9) any charitable organization to represent itself as being associated with another charitable organization without the express written acknowledgment and endorsement of such other charitable organization; (10) any person to make any false or misleading statement on any document required by sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive; (11) any person to fail to comply with the requirements of sections 21a-190b to 21a-190g, inclusive; (12) any charitable organization to use the services of an unregistered fund-raising counsel or paid solicitor; (13) any fund-raising counsel or paid solicitor to perform any services on behalf of an unregistered charitable organization; or (14) any person to appropriate any property of a charitable organization for a private use.(P.A. 86-369, S. 8; P.A. 94-165; P.A. 05-101, S. 3; 05-288, S. 221.)History: P.A. 94-165 inserted new Subdiv. (9) re actions of charitable organizations, renumbering remaining Subdivs. as necessary; P.A. 05-101 amended Subdiv. (3) to include any person engaged in the conduct of the affairs of a charitable organization and make a technical change, and added Subdiv. (14) re appropriation of the property of a charitable organization for private use, effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3), effective July 13, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190i - Investigations. Subpoenas. Court orders.

 (a) The department, on its own motion or on complaint of any person, may conduct an investigation to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive.(b) The commissioner or his authorized representative may subpoena documentary material relating to any matter under investigation, issue subpoenas to any person involved in or who may have knowledge of any matter under investigation, administer an oath or affirmation to any person and conduct hearings on any matter under investigation.(c) If any person fails to obey any subpoena issued by the commissioner or his authorized representative pursuant to this section, the commissioner may, after notice, apply to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, which court, after a hearing thereon, may issue an order requiring such person to obey such subpoena or any part thereof, together with such other relief as may be appropriate. Any disobedience of any order entered under this section by any court shall be punished as a contempt thereof.(P.A. 86-369, S. 9; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190j - Time limit for compliance.

 Section 21a-190j is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 86-369, S. 10; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190k - Regulations.

 The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in order to carry out the provisions of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive.(P.A. 86-369, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-190l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419d - Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act|Section 21a-190l - Denial, suspension, revocation of registration. Court-ordered relief. Penalties.

 (a) The commissioner may deny, suspend or revoke the registration of any charitable organization, fund-raising counsel or paid solicitor which has violated any provision of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive. The commissioner may accept a written assurance of compliance when said commissioner determines that a violation of said sections is such that the public interest would not be served by a denial, suspension or revocation of such registration.(b) The Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, may apply to the Superior Court for, and the court may grant, a temporary injunction or a permanent injunction to restrain violations of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, the appointment of a receiver, an order of restitution, an accounting and such other relief as may be appropriate to ensure the due application of charitable funds. Proceedings thereon shall be brought in the name of the state.(c) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.(d) In any action brought under subsection (b) of this section, if the court finds that a person has wilfully engaged in conduct prohibited by section 21a-190h, the Attorney General, upon petition to the court, may recover, on behalf of the state, a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. For purposes of this subsection, a wilful violation occurs when the party committing the violation knew or should have known that such conduct was prohibited by section 21a-190h.(P.A. 86-369, S. 12; P.A. 00-217, S. 3; P.A. 01-195, S. 91, 181; P.A. 14-127, S. 2.)History: P.A. 00-217 amended Subsec. (c) by inserting “knowingly” and changing fine from $1,000 to $5,000 and added Subsec. (d) re civil penalty for wilful violation; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 14-127 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “not material” and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-195 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 419e - Boxing and Wrestling (See Chapter 532a)|Section 21a-195 - Boxing Commission established.

 Section 21a-195 is repealed.(P.A. 84-344, S. 1, 11; P.A. 85-157, S. 8, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-220. (Formerly Sec. 19-341e) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420 - Health Clubs|Section 21a-220. (Formerly Sec. 19-341e) - Negotiable promissory notes to be clearly identified. Buyer's rights upon sale or discount. Time period for payment.

 If the buyer's obligation is in the form of a negotiable promissory note, such contract shall state in boldface type on the face page of said contract that the buyer's promissory note may be discounted and sold to third parties to whom the buyer will become obligated to make full payment. The selling or discounting of a negotiable promissory note which represents the buyer's obligation under a health club service contract shall not affect the right of the buyer to cancel the contract, the method by which cancellation may be made, or the buyer's rights under section 52-572g or Section 433.1 et seq. of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as they may from time to time be amended. When a buyer's obligation is in the form of a promissory note, the time period for payment of the note shall not exceed the term of the health club contract.(P.A. 76-262, S. 5; P.A. 77-585, S. 5; P.A. 90-96, S. 5; P.A. 05-158, S. 5.)History: P.A. 77-585 added provision protecting buyers' rights despite selling or discounting of negotiable promissory note; Sec. 19-341e transferred to Sec. 21a-220 in 1983; P.A. 90-96 added provision limiting the time period for payment when buyer's obligation is in the form of a promissory note; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to “bold-faced” type was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “boldface” type for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 05-158 changed “duration of the health club contract” to “term of the health club contract”, effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-221. (Formerly Sec. 19-341f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420 - Health Clubs|Section 21a-221. (Formerly Sec. 19-341f) - Listing of equipment and services.

 A health club which intends to commence the sale of health club contracts, shall, prior to commencing sale, compile a written list of the equipment and each service which it intends to have available for use by buyers at the time of commencing such sale and shall submit a copy of the list to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Such list, as may be updated from time to time, shall be included in any health club contract. No health club shall be considered fully operative or established until substantially all of the equipment and services so listed are actually available for use by buyers. Each individual place of business of each health club shall be fully operative or established prior to commencing the sale of health club contracts.(P.A. 76-262, S. 6; P.A. 77-585, S. 6; P.A. 82-50, S. 2, 4; P.A. 83-292, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-531, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-158, S. 6.)History: P.A. 77-585 replaced previous provision re permits for preopening sales campaigns with wholly new provisions requiring listing of equipment and services and expanding provisions re preopening sales campaigns; P.A. 82-50 amended Subsec. (b) by specifically requiring owners of more than one health club to obtain a preopening sales permit for each establishment; Sec. 19-341f transferred to Sec. 21a-221 in 1983; P.A. 83-292 amended Subsec. (a) to apply to any health club intending to commence sale of health club contracts, where prior law applied to any health club which had not previously sold health club contracts; P.A. 84-531 required health clubs to submit a list of equipment and services to the commissioner and to include such list in each health club contract and eliminated provisions which had allowed preopening sales permits; 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. 05-158 changed requirement from a written list of “each piece of” equipment to a written list of “the” equipment and each service that health club intends to have available for use by buyers at the time of commencing sale of contracts and added provision re update of list from time to time, effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-222. (Formerly Sec. 19-341g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420 - Health Clubs|Section 21a-222. (Formerly Sec. 19-341g) - Right of action. Remedies.

 (a) Any buyer of a health club contract which is in material violation of this chapter has a right to cancel the contract and a right of action against the health club for recovery of triple the amount actually paid to the health club under the contract. In addition to any judgment awarded to the buyer, the court may allow reasonable attorney's fees.(b) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(P.A. 76-262, S. 7; P.A. 84-531, S. 6.)History: Sec. 19-341g transferred to Sec. 21a-222 in 1983; P.A. 84-531 added Subsec. (b) which provides that violation of any provision of chapter is an unfair or deceptive trade practice.Cited. 231 C. 707.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-224. (Formerly Sec. 19-341i) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420 - Health Clubs|Section 21a-224. (Formerly Sec. 19-341i) - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(P.A. 76-262, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: Sec. 19-341i transferred to Sec. 21a-224 in 1983; 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.