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CT Gen Stat § 42-450 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743bb - Rental of Trucks for the Transportation of Personal Property|Section 42-450 - Definitions. Delivery of rental truck or alternative. Damages.

 (a) For the purposes of this section:(1) “Rental truck” means a motor vehicle rented without a driver that has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand pounds or less and is used in the transportation of personal property but not for business purposes.(2) “Rental company” means any business entity that is engaged in the business of renting trucks or vans without a driver in this state to renters and that uses for rental purposes a motor vehicle fleet of five or more rental trucks in this state, but does not mean any person, firm or corporation that is licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to section 14-52, (A) as a new car dealer, repairer or limited repairer, or (B) as a used car dealer that is not primarily engaged in the business of renting passenger motor vehicles or rental trucks without a driver in this state to renters.(3) “Financial instrument” includes, but is not limited to, a check, money order, note, credit card, debit card or transaction authorization mechanism.(b) A rental company that accepts a reservation for a rental truck and secures the reservation with a financial instrument shall deliver the rental truck at the time and location specified by the rental company at the time the reservation is made or provide an alternative rental truck comparable to the rental truck reserved by the customer.(c) In the event a rental company violates any provision of this section, such rental company shall be subject to damages in favor of the customer in an amount up to two times the daily rental rate agreed to between the customer and the rental company for the rental truck.(P.A. 03-245, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-451 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743bb - Rental of Trucks for the Transportation of Personal Property|Section 42-451 - Rental company to post sign re failure to provide rental truck or alternative.

 Each rental company shall post in a prominent location a clearly legible sign stating the rental company shall be subject to up to two times the daily rental rate agreed to if such company fails to provide the customer with the rental truck reserved by the customer or an alternative rental truck comparable to the rental truck reserved by the customer.(P.A. 03-245, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-201 - Funeral service contracts limited to licensed firms and persons.

 No person, firm or corporation shall enter into a funeral service contract to provide such services, property or merchandise unless such person, firm or corporation is licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 385. No person may arrange, promote or sell any funeral service contract on behalf of a funeral service establishment unless such person is an embalmer or funeral director licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 385. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.(P.A. 85-376, S. 2; P.A. 05-248, S. 3.)History: P.A. 05-248 added provision making violation of section a class A misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 42-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-204 - Cancellation of revocable funeral service contract.

 The legal representative of the decedent or a person who has entered into a revocable funeral service contract with a funeral service establishment, upon written notice to such establishment and to the escrow agent, if any, and subject to the provisions of section 17b-91, may cancel any revocable funeral service contract prior to the performance by such establishment. In the event of such a cancellation, all money in the escrow account paid by such person, together with all accrued income, less costs actually and reasonably incurred by the funeral service establishment in the performance of such contract, shall be returned to such person.(P.A. 85-376, S. 5; P.A. 86-290, S. 7, 10; P.A. 90-46, S. 3; P.A. 12-36, S. 6.)History: P.A. 86-290 amended section by adding a reference to Sec. 17-83a; P.A. 90-46 amended section to require that only one escrow agent, rather than two, be named to administer escrow accounts established pursuant to funeral service contracts; P.A. 12-36 added references to revocable funeral service contracts and made a technical change, effective May 14, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 42-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-205 - Funeral service contract not a burial insurance policy.

 A funeral service contract shall not be deemed a burial insurance policy under section 38a-464.(P.A. 85-376, S. 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 146.)History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 42-206 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-206 - Unfair trade practice.

 A violation of any of the provisions of sections 42-200 to 42-205, inclusive, shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice in accordance with the provisions of chapter 735a.(P.A. 85-376, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-206a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-206a - Arranging, promoting or selling funeral service contract with intent to defraud.

 Any person who arranges, promotes or sells a funeral service contract with the intent to defraud another person shall be guilty of a class D felony.(P.A. 05-248, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-206b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-206b - Intentional deprivation of services, property or merchandise under funeral service contract.

 Any person who enters into a funeral service contract and intentionally deprives the beneficiary of such contract or the estate or heirs of such beneficiary of the services, personal property or merchandise contracted for shall be guilty of a class D felony.(P.A. 05-248, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-206c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-206c - Limitation on prosecution.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, no person may be prosecuted for an offense under section 42-206a or 42-206b except within five years from the date of death of the beneficiary of the funeral service contract or within five years from the date the victim notifies any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of such offense, whichever is earlier.(P.A. 05-248, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-207c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743c - Funeral Service Contracts|Section 42-207c - Adherence to disposition directions and funeral prearrangements contained in a funeral service contract. Exception.

 The disposition directions and funeral prearrangements that are contained in a funeral service contract, as defined in section 42-200, shall not be subject to cancellation or substantial revision by the person or persons with the right of disposition following the death of the decedent unless (1) any financial resources set aside to fund the funeral service contract are insufficient under the terms of the funeral service contract to carry out the disposition directions and funeral prearrangements contained in such contract, and (2) the cancellation or substantial revision of the disposition directions or funeral prearrangements contained in a funeral service contract has been approved by a Probate Court.(P.A. 18-153, S. 2.)History: P.A. 18-153 effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 42-460 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743cc - Gift Certificates and Prepaid Cards|Section 42-460 - Gift certificate subject to expiration date prohibited. Honoring gift certificate reported as abandoned property.

 (a) No person may sell or issue a gift certificate, as defined in section 3-56a, that is subject to an expiration date. No gift certificate or any agreement with respect to such gift certificate may contain language suggesting that an expiration date may apply to the gift certificate.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a holder from honoring a gift certificate, the unredeemed value of which has been reported to the Treasurer pursuant to part III of chapter 32, and thereafter seeking reimbursement from the Treasurer.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 84; P.A. 05-189, S. 2.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 effective August 16, 2003; P.A. 05-189 amended Subsec. (a) to refer to the definition of gift certificate in Sec. 3-56a, deleted former Subsec. (b) re obtaining the address of the owner of gift certificate and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b).
CT Gen Stat § 42-461 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743cc - Gift Certificates and Prepaid Cards|Section 42-461 - Gift cards.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, “gift card” means a record evidencing a promise, made for consideration, by the seller or issuer of the record that goods or services will be provided to the owner of the record to the value shown in the record and includes, but is not limited to, a record that contains a microprocessor chip, magnetic stripe or other means for the storage of information, that is prefunded and for which the value is decremented upon each use, an electronic gift card, stored-value card or certificate, a store card or a similar record or card. “Gift card” does not include: (1) A general-use prepaid card, as defined in 12 CFR 1005.20(a)(3), as from time to time amended, (2) a gift certificate donated or sold below face value by a retailer to a charitable organization or nonprofit community organization, (3) a linked prepaid card, as defined in section 42-460a, (4) a card or certificate issued by a retailer pursuant to an awards, loyalty or promotional program for which no money or other item of monetary value was exchanged, (5) a gift certificate or card sold below face value by a retailer, (6) a gift certificate or card sold by a retailer that does not have a retail establishment in this state, or (7) a gift certificate that is issued only on paper.(b) Each seller or issuer of a gift card shall provide the purchaser of such gift card with either an electronic or paper copy of a (1) proof of purchase receipt, or (2) gift receipt for such gift card.(c) If a person uses a gift card to purchase goods or services and the balance on the gift card is less than three dollars after such purchase, the person accepting the gift card as payment, if requested by the purchaser, shall provide the purchaser with a cash refund equal to the value of the remaining balance on the gift card after the purchase.(d) The provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall only apply if the purchaser provides the person accepting the gift card as payment proof of purchase or a gift receipt for such gift card.(P.A. 16-140, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743d - Gray Market Merchandise|Section 42-210 - Gray market imports. Notice. Penalties. Affirmative defense.

 (a) As used in this section, “gray markets merchandise” means any brand-name consumer product normally accompanied by a warranty valid in the United States which is imported into the United States through channels other than the manufacturer's authorized United States distributor, for sale to the public in this state, and which, by reason of such manner of distribution, may not be accompanied by a manufacturer's express written warranty valid in the United States. Gray markets merchandise shall be limited to products purchased by a consumer for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes.(b) Every retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers for sale any gray markets merchandise shall post conspicuously, on a sign attached to the item itself, on a sign affixed to each cash register or point of sale at which such goods are offered for sale, or on a sign so situated as to be clearly visible to the buyer from the register, that either some of the products or a specific product are not: (1) Accompanied by the manufacturer's warranty valid in the United States; (2) accompanied by instructions in English; or (3) eligible for a rebate offered by the manufacturer.(c) Every retail dealer or dealer engaged in a mail-order business who offers for sale gray markets merchandise shall include the disclosure required by subsection (b) of this section in any written advertisement relating to such product. Such disclosure shall be made in type of a conspicuous size.(d) Any retail dealer who violates any provision of this section shall be liable to the buyer, for a period of up to twenty days from the date of purchase, for a refund or credit on credit card purchases provided the product purchased has not been used or damaged by the buyer.(e) A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under chapter 735a.(f) It shall be an affirmative defense to any action brought pursuant to this section that the consumer is provided with a written warranty which offers equal or greater protection than the manufacturer's warranty through a warrantor demonstrated to be a financially responsible retailer, distributor, importer or other person capable of fulfilling warranty obligations.(P.A. 86-302, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-470 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-470 - Restriction on posting, display, transmission and use of Social Security numbers. Exceptions. Penalties.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, “person” means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, organization or other entity, but does not include the state or any political subdivision of the state, or any agency thereof.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall:(1) Publicly post or publicly display in any manner an individual's Social Security number. For the purposes of this subdivision, “publicly post” or “publicly display” means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public;(2) Print an individual's Social Security number on any card required for the individual to access products or services provided by such person;(3) Require an individual to transmit such individual's Social Security number over the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the Social Security number is encrypted; or(4) Require an individual to use such individual's Social Security number to access an Internet web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication device is also required to access the Internet web site.(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply with respect to group and individual health insurance policies providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10) and (12) of section 38a-469 that are delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued on and after July 1, 2005.(d) This section does not prevent the collection, use or release of a Social Security number as required by state or federal law or the use of a Social Security number for internal verification or administrative purposes.(e) Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for a second offense, and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each subsequent offense.(f) Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each such violation, provided such civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any single event.(g) All civil penalties received pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall be deposited into the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established under section 42-472a.(P.A. 03-156, S. 13; P.A. 09-239, S. 14.)History: P.A. 09-239 removed “on and after January 1, 2005,” in Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (f) re civil penalty and added Subsec. (g) re deposit of civil penalties into privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account.
CT Gen Stat § 42-471a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-471a - Employment applications to be obtained and retained in secure manner. Penalties.

 (a) Each employer shall obtain and retain employment applications in a secure manner and shall employ reasonable measures to destroy or make unreadable such employment applications upon disposal. Such measures shall, at a minimum, include the shredding or other means of permanent destruction of such employment applications in a secure setting. For purposes of this section, “employer” has the meaning provided in section 31-128a.(b) Any person or entity that violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, provided such civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any single event.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any agency or political subdivision of the state.(d) Any civil penalties received pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established pursuant to section 42-472a.(P.A. 09-239, S. 10; P.A. 14-122, S. 176.)History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 42-472 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-472 - Hearings. Court orders. Restraining orders.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 42-471, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may conduct investigations and hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel testimony and order the production of books, records, papers and documents. If any person refuses to appear, testify or produce any book, record, paper or document when so ordered, upon application of the commissioner, the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section.(b) (1) The Attorney General, at the request of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, may apply to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d.(2) The Attorney General, at the request of any other state agency charged with enforcement of section 42-471 pursuant to subsection (d) of said section, may apply to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of section 42-471.(P.A. 09-239, S. 15.)History: P.A. 09-239 effective July 9, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 42-472b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-472b - Filing of notice, statement or other document which is false or untrue or contains material misstatement of fact. Fine.

 Any person filing with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection any notice, statement or other document required under the provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472 to 42-472c, inclusive, or of any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d, which is false or untrue or contains any material misstatement of fact shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each violation. All fines received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established pursuant to section 42-472a.(P.A. 09-239, S. 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 42-472c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-472c - Appeal of decision or order of Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

 Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 42-470 or 42-471, as applicable, section 42-471a, sections 42-472 to 42-472c, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d, may appeal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.(P.A. 09-239, S. 18.)History: P.A. 09-239 effective July 9, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 42-472d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 743dd - Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information|Section 42-472d - Regulations. Civil penalty.

 (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of section 42-470 or 42-471, as applicable, section 42-471a or sections 42-472 to 42-472c, inclusive.(b) Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, provided such penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any single event.(c) All civil penalties received pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited into the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established under section 42-472a.(P.A. 09-239, S. 19.)History: P.A. 09-239 effective July 9, 2009.