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CT Gen Stat § 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c) - Unit pricing: Definitions.

 As used in sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive:(a) “Commissioner” means Commissioner of Consumer Protection;(b) “Consumer commodity” means any food, including, but not limited to, any food that is weighed for retail sale at the point of purchase, or any drug, device, cosmetic or other article, product, or commodity of any other kind or class, except drugs sold only by prescription, which is customarily produced for sale to retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals, or use by individuals for purposes of personal care or in the performance of services ordinarily rendered in or around the household, and which usually is consumed or expended in the course of such consumption or use;(c) “Unit price” of a consumer commodity means the retail price of a consumer commodity expressed in terms of the retail price of such commodity per such unit of weight, measure or count, computed to the nearest whole cent or fraction thereof;(d) “Unit of a consumer commodity” means any consumer commodity in packaged form upon which is affixed a statement indicating the quantity of such commodity contained in such package.(1971, P.A. 856, S. 1; P.A. 88-66, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-15, S. 1.)History: Sec. 19-210c transferred to Sec. 21a-73 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 defined “unit of a consumer commodity”; 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 12-15 amended Subdiv. (b) to redefine “consumer commodity” by adding any food weighed for retail sale at the point of purchase, effective July 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-210d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-210d) - Seller to disclose unit and total price of consumer commodity.

 (a) Any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale at retail any consumer commodity designated by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section 21a-75, shall disclose to the consumer the unit and total price of such commodity as provided in subsection (b) of this section unless exempted pursuant to section 21a-76.(b) Persons subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall disclose the unit price and total price to consumers by one or more of the following means: (1) By attachment of a stamp, tag or label directly adjacent to the consumer commodity, on the shelf on which the commodity is displayed, or by stamping or affixing the price information on each unit of a consumer commodity; or (2) if the consumer commodity is so located that it is not conspicuously visible to the consumer, or is so located that the price information if displayed in accordance with subdivision (1) would not be conspicuously visible to the consumer, by a sign or list bearing such price information, conspicuously placed near the point of procurement; or (3) by such other means as the commissioner may by regulation provide.(c) Any printed advertisement to aid, promote or assist, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any consumer commodity subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, which printed advertisement compares or otherwise displays different sizes or measures of the same such commodity, shall not state the total price of such commodity unless such advertisement also states the unit price of such commodity.(1971, P.A. 856, S. 2–4; P.A. 88-66, S. 2; P.A. 97-78, S. 1, 3.)History: Sec. 19-210d transferred to Sec. 21a-74 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 changed the reference in Subsec. (b) from “the commodity itself” to “each unit of a consumer commodity”; P.A. 97-78 amended Subsec. (c) re printed advertisements which compare or display different sizes or measures of the same commodity, effective May 27, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f) - Exceptions.

 The provisions of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall not apply to any owner-operated single retail store or to any store occupying a total retail sales area of not more than three thousand five hundred square feet.(1971, P.A. 856, S. 6; P.A. 84-250, S. 1, 2.)History: Sec. 19-210f transferred to Sec. 21a-76 in 1983; P.A. 84-250 excluded stores occupying a retail sales area of not more than 3,500 square feet from the requirements of unit pricing.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g) - Criminal penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.(1971, P.A. 856, S. 7; P.A. 88-66, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 95.)History: Sec. 19-210g transferred to Sec. 21a-77 in 1983; P.A. 88-66 increased the maximum penalty from $100 to $200 for the first offense and from $500 to $1,000 for subsequent offenses; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i) - Shelf life pricing; definition; penalty.

 Section 21a-78 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.(P.A. 75-601; P.A. 88-56; 88-364, S. 115, 123; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-78b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-78b - Suspension of application. Monitoring by department.

 Section 21a-78b is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.(P.A. 96-220, S. 6, 7; P.A. 97-78, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-79a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-79a - Program for test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems.

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79 and any regulations adopted under said section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, within available appropriations, establish a program for the test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems that maintain and display the item and unit price of consumer commodities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 21a-79. The commissioner shall select one or more retailers to participate in any such program. A retailer participating in the program shall conduct business from one or more stores in this state. The retailer shall submit to the commissioner a written request to participate in the program and pay all costs associated with a test audit under such program. The retailer shall implement a system to be test audited that, at a minimum, (1) maintains the retailer's current item prices and unit prices for each product in an electronic database, (2) prints shelf tags that meet all applicable requirements for item pricing and unit pricing, and (3) operates in such a way that (A) price decreases are immediately transmitted directly to the point of sale, and (B) price increases are transmitted to the point of sale only after such shelf tags are posted and such posting has been verified in the electronic database.(b) The commissioner may designate a private auditing organization to conduct any such test audit and shall charge the cost of such test audit to the selected retailer or retailers. No such test audit shall be conducted for a period exceeding twelve months. During the test audit, such store shall be exempt from the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21a-79 and any applicable regulations adopted under said section.(P.A. 98-211, S. 3; P.A. 01-43; 01-195, S. 172, 181; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-117, S. 5.)History: P.A. 01-43 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “October 1, 1998,” to “October 1, 2001,” renumbering Subdivs. (3)(A) to (3)(C)(ii) as Subdivs. (1) to (3)(B) and making technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) by expanding applicability to multiple retailers and extending audit period from 6 months to 12 months; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 11, 2001; 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. 16-117 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “pilot program” with “program”, delete references to October 1, 2001, and make technical changes and deleted former Subsec. (c) re report, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-79b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-79b - Consumer commodity. Price at point of sale higher than posted or advertised price. Sign. Warning citation or civil penalty. Exemptions.

 (a) For the purposes of this section “consumer commodity” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-73, except that “consumer commodity” does not include alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1, or a carbonated soft drink container.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79, if a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, fruits or vegetables weighed at the point of sale, is offered for sale by a retailer and its price to the consumer at the point of sale is higher than the posted or advertised price, then such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given to the consumer at no cost. A conspicuous sign shall adequately disclose to the consumer that in the event such price is higher than the posted or advertised retail price, such consumer commodity shall be given to the customer at no cost.(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may issue a warning citation or impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation that violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.(d) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation operating in a retail sales area of not more than ten thousand square feet.(P.A. 12-15, S. 2; P.A. 14-122, S. 125.)History: P.A. 12-15 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a) - Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings.

 (a) No person, firm or corporation shall use any paint on an interior surface of any tenement house, lodging house or boarding house as defined in chapter 368o nor on or around the interior or exterior surface of any door, window, porch, stairway or railing of any such tenement house, lodging house or boarding house unless such paint conforms to the standards as required in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.(b) No municipality, housing authority, redevelopment agency, community housing development corporation or other public authority shall use any paint on an interior surface of any building owned or being developed by it which serves as living quarters unless such paint conforms to the standards of the American National Standards Institute. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall promulgate standards not less restrictive than standards set by federal law in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.(1967, P.A. 743, S. 1–3; 1969, P.A. 533, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 35, S. 2; 194, S. 5, 6; P.A. 75-392, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 135, 610.)History: 1969 act made provisions of Subsec. (b) applicable to housing authorities, redevelopment agencies, community housing development corporations and other public authorities as well as to municipalities; 1971 acts repealed Subsec. (c) re $50 maximum fine for violation and replaced “United States of America Standards Institute” with “American National Standards Institute” in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 75-392 replaced reference to standards of the Institute with reference to standards in accordance with Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; P.A. 77-614 replaced director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 19-65a transferred to Sec. 21a-82 in 1983.Cited. 31 CA 359.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-83. (Formerly Sec. 19-65b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-83. (Formerly Sec. 19-65b) - Packaging or sale of paint not conforming to federal standards. Labeling requirements.

 On or after January 1, 1976, no person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint which does not conform to the most recent standards of federal law, in accordance with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended, unless it bears the following warning statement:CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. Do not apply on any interior surfaces of a dwelling or of a place used for the care of children or on window sills, toys, cribs or other furniture which might be chewed by children. Wash thoroughly after handling and before eating or smoking. Close container after each use.KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDRENSuch warning statements shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the immediate container of such paint and shall be printed on gallon-size containers in letters of not less than ten-point type for the words–CAUTION–CONTAINS LEAD OR OTHER COMPOUNDS HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED and KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN and not less than eight-point type for the remainder of the statement. Proportionately smaller type may be used on smaller containers. Such printing shall be legible and in a conspicuous color contrast with other printing appearing on the container. Stocks of paint which fail to conform to the standards herein established and which were manufactured prior to October 1, 1975, can be made to conform with the requirements of this section by the application of a separate warning label, which shall be affixed directly on the existing label. No person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint not conforming with the standards herein established after one year from October 1, 1975, unless the warning is an integral part of the printed container label.(1969, P.A. 533, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 194, S. 7; P.A. 75-392, S. 3.)History: 1971 act replaced “United States of America Standards Institute” with “American National Standards Institute”; P.A. 75-392 replaced 1970 date and 1969 dates with 1976 and 1975 dates and replaced standards of the Institute with standards of federal law in accordance with Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; Sec. 19-65b transferred to Sec. 21a-83 in 1983.Cited. 31 CA 359.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c) - Seizure of mislabeled paint.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may seize and remove for safe keeping paint which any person, firm or corporation packages, distributes, offers for sale, sells or gives away in violation of section 21a-83. When such person, firm or corporation from whom the commissioner has seized paint furnishes assurance satisfactory to the commissioner of compliance with the provisions of section 21a-83, the commissioner shall release such paint to such person, firm or corporation.(1969, P.A. 533, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: Sec. 19-65c transferred to Sec. 21a-84 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.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-84a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-84a - Connecticut Poison Control Center: Publication and distribution of list of poisonous plants.

 (a) The Connecticut Poison Control Center shall annually furnish a list of poisonous plants to trade associations that represent retailers of flowers and plants for publication to their members.(b) For the purposes of this section, “poisonous” means having the capacity to produce injury or illness to a human being or domestic animal through ingestion of the plant.(c) The trade associations referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall annually distribute the list to their member companies that sell flowers and plants at the retail level and shall encourage such companies to make the list available to persons who are customers in their retail establishments.(P.A. 03-193, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d) - Penalty.

 Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 21a-82 and 21a-83 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.(1971, P.A. 35, S. 1.)History: Sec. 19-65d transferred to Sec. 21a-85 in 1983.Cited. 31 CA 359.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-86 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86 - “Plumbing fixtures” defined.

 As used in sections 21a-86a to 21a-86g, inclusive, “plumbing fixtures” means water closets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushometer-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets and any other toilet that uses water; urinals; showerheads; and bathroom, lavatory and kitchen faucets.(P.A. 89-303, S. 1, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-86b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86b - Compliance with standards.

 No person may sell, offer for sale or install any new showerhead, urinal, faucet or replacement aerator on and after October 1, 1990, or any new tank-type toilet, flushometer-valve toilet, flushometer-tank toilet or electromechanical hydraulic toilet on and after January 1, 1992, unless such showerhead, urinal, faucet, replacement aerator, tank-type toilet, flushometer-valve toilet, flushometer-tank toilet or electromechanical hydraulic toilet meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-86a, or is authorized under the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (d) of said section.(P.A. 89-303, S. 3, 9; 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 § 21a-86c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86c - Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.

 (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish procedures for testing the efficiency of plumbing fixtures offered for retail sale if such procedures are not established in the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252.(b) Each manufacturer of plumbing fixtures shall test samples of such plumbing fixtures in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this section or those established in the State Building Code, whichever are applicable. The tested flow rate shall be conspicuously marked on the unit carton in which the plumbing fixture is offered for retail sale.(P.A. 89-303, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 53.)History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; 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. 11-80 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority and change “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-86d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs|Section 21a-86d - Right of access by commissioner to places where plumbing fixtures are sold, stored or maintained.

 (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall have access at all reasonable times to places where distributors or retailers sell, store or maintain plumbing fixtures for the purpose of making periodic inspections to determine compliance with the standards adopted pursuant to section 21a-86a and with the provisions of sections 21a-86b and 21a-86c.(b) The commissioner, upon complaint of any person, shall investigate complaints of violations of the standards adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 21a-86a.(P.A. 89-303, S. 5, 9; 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.