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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1046. - Employers required to post advocate services.

Each employer that provides health insurance or health care benefits to employees shall obtain from the Healthcare Advocate and post, in a conspicuous location, a notice concerning the services that the Healthcare Advocate provides.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 7; P.A. 05-102, S. 13; P.A. 13-3, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 05-102 renamed the Managed Care Ombudsman the Healthcare Advocate; P.A. 13-3 deleted exclusion for self-insured employer and added “or health care” re benefits.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1047. - Conflicts of interest.

(a) No Healthcare Advocate or person employed by the Office of the Healthcare Advocate may:
(1) Have a direct involvement in the licensing, certification or accreditation of a managed care organization;
(2) Have a direct ownership or investment interest in a managed care organization;
(3) Be employed by or participate in the management of a managed care organization; or
(4) Receive or have the right to receive, directly or indirectly, remuneration under a compensation arrangement with a managed care organization.
(b) No Healthcare Advocate or person employed by the Office of the Healthcare Advocate may knowingly accept employment with a managed care organization for a period of one year following termination of that person's services with the Office of the Healthcare Advocate.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 8; P.A. 05-102, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of the Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1048. - Acceptance of gifts and grants. Separate account established.

(a) The Office of the Healthcare Advocate may apply for and accept grants, gifts and bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies and independent authorities and private firms, individuals and foundations, for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities.
(b) There is established within the General Fund a Healthcare Advocate account that shall be a separate nonlapsing account. Any funds received under this section shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, be credited to said account and may be used by the Office of the Healthcare Advocate in the performance of its duties.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 9; P.A. 05-102, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1049. - Advisory committee established. Annual evaluation.

(a) There is established an advisory committee to the Office of the Healthcare Advocate which shall meet four times a year with the Healthcare Advocate and the staff of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate to review and assess the performance of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. The advisory committee shall consist of six members appointed one each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Each member of the advisory committee shall serve a term of five years and may be reappointed at the conclusion of that term. All initial appointments to the advisory committee shall be made not later than March 1, 2000.
(b) The advisory committee shall make an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and shall submit the evaluation to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and insurance not later than April first of each year commencing February 1, 2001.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 10; P.A. 05-15, S. 1; 05-102, S. 16; P.A. 10-32, S. 124.)
History: P.A. 05-15 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “April first” for “February first”; P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1050. - Report required by advocate. Contents.

The Healthcare Advocate shall submit, not later than March first of each year, a report to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and insurance concerning the activities of the Healthcare Advocate. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding: (1) The subject matter, disposition and number of consumer complaints processed by the Healthcare Advocate; (2) common problems and concerns discerned by the Healthcare Advocate from the consumer complaints and other relevant sources; (3) the need, if any, for administrative, legislative or executive remedies to assist consumers; and (4) the fiscal accounts of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 11; P.A. 05-15, S. 2; 05-102, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 05-15 substituted “March first” for “January first” re reports; P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706b - Office of the Healthcare Advocate › Section 38a-1051. - Commission on Health Equity. Membership. Duties. Report to Governor and General Assembly.

Section 38a-1051 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(P.A. 08-171, S. 1; P.A. 09-232, S. 9; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 38; P.A. 15-118, S. 59; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 208.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1082. - Written procedures. Audits.

(a) The board of directors of the exchange shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of operations, including a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect; (2) hiring, dismissing, promoting and compensating employees of the exchange, including an affirmative action policy and a requirement of board approval before a position may be created or a vacancy filled; (3) acquiring real and personal property and personal services, including a requirement of board approval for any nonbudgeted expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars; (4) contracting for financial, legal, bond underwriting and other professional services, including a requirement that the exchange solicit proposals at least once every three years for each such service that it uses; (5) issuing and retiring bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations of the authority; (6) establishing requirements for certification of qualified health plans that include, but are not limited to, minimum standards for marketing practices, network adequacy, essential community providers in underserved areas, accreditation, quality improvement, uniform enrollment forms and descriptions of coverage, and quality measures for health benefit plan performance; and (7) implementing the provisions of sections 38a-1080 to 38a-1090, inclusive, or other provisions of the general statutes. Any such written procedures adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not conflict with or prevent the application of regulations promulgated by the Secretary under the Affordable Care Act.
(b) The board of directors of the exchange shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance a copy of each audit of the exchange conducted by an independent auditing firm, not later than seven days after the audit is received by said board of directors.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 3, 4; P.A. 13-247, S. 138; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 115.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change and adding Subdivs. (8) and (9) re all-payer claims database program and notice and hearing for alleged failure to comply with reporting requirements, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (8) re all-payer claims database, former Subdiv. (9) re providing notice to reporting entity of alleged failure to comply with reporting requirements and making technical changes, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1084a. - Consumer health information Internet web site. Reports to be provided to exchange. Hospital disclosures to patients. Commissioner of Social Services to submit Medicaid data to exchange.

Section 38a-1084a is repealed, effective October 31, 2017.
(P.A. 15-146, S. 2; 15-242, S. 58; P.A. 16-77, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 732.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1085. - Qualified health plans.

(a) The exchange shall make qualified health plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers for coverage beginning on or before January 1, 2014.
(b) (1) The exchange shall not make available any health benefit plan that is not a qualified health plan.
(2) The exchange shall allow a health carrier to offer a plan that provides limited scope dental benefits meeting the requirements of Section 9832(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code through the exchange, either separately or in conjunction with a qualified health plan, if the plan provides pediatric dental benefits meeting the requirements of Section 1302(b)(1)(J) of the Affordable Care Act.
(c) Neither the exchange nor a health carrier offering health benefit plans through the exchange shall charge an individual a fee or penalty for termination of coverage if the individual enrolls in another type of minimum essential coverage because (1) the individual has become newly eligible for that coverage, or (2) the individual's employer-sponsored coverage has become affordable under the standards of Section 36B(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1087. - Navigator grant program.

(a) The exchange shall establish a Navigator grant program that shall award grants to certain entities to market the exchange for the purposes of: (1) Conducting public education activities to raise awareness of the availability of qualified health plans sold through the exchange; (2) distributing fair and impartial information concerning enrollment in qualified health plans; (3) distributing fair and impartial information about the availability of premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions pursuant to the Affordable Care Act; (4) facilitating enrollment in qualified health plans; (5) referring individuals with a grievance, complaint or question regarding a plan, a plan's coverage or a determination under a plan's coverage to the Office of the Healthcare Advocate or any customer relations unit established by the exchange; and (6) providing information in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of the population being served by the exchange.
(b) The exchange shall award Navigator grants, at the sole discretion of the board of directors, to any of the following entities to carry out Navigator functions: (1) A trade, industry or professional association; (2) a community and consumer-focused nonprofit group; (3) a chamber of commerce; (4) a labor union; (5) a small business development center; or (6) an insurance producer or broker licensed in this state. A Navigator shall not be an insurer or receive any consideration directly or indirectly from any insurer in connection with the enrollment of any qualified individual or employees of a qualified employer in a qualified health plan. An eligible entity shall not receive a Navigator grant unless it can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board of directors of the exchange that it has existing relationships, or could readily establish such relationships, with small employers and its employees, individuals including uninsured and underinsured individuals, or self-employed individuals likely to be qualified to enroll in a qualified health plan.
(c) A Navigator shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Affordable Care Act, regulations adopted thereunder or federal guidance issued pursuant to the Affordable Care Act.
(d) The exchange shall collaborate with the Secretary to develop standards to ensure that the information distributed and provided by Navigators is fair and accurate.
(e) The exchange shall establish performance standards, accountability requirements and maximum grant amounts for Navigators.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1088. - State pledge to contractors. Exemption from taxes.

(a) The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to, and agree with, any person with whom the exchange may enter into contracts pursuant to the provisions of sections 38a-1080 to 38a-1093, inclusive, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the exchange until such contracts and the obligations thereunder are fully met and performed on the part of the exchange, except that nothing in this subsection shall preclude such limitation or alteration if adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of such persons entering into contracts with the exchange.
(b) The exchange shall be exempt from all franchise, corporate business and property taxes levied by the state or any municipality, except that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to exempt from any such taxes, or from any taxes levied in connection with, (1) the manufacture or sale of any products that are the subject of any agreement made by the exchange, or (2) any person entering into any contract with the exchange.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 10, 11; P.A. 13-247, S. 141; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 118.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 38a-1091, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “38a-1091” with “38a-1093”, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1089. - Annual report from chief executive officer.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2014, the chief executive officer of the exchange shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on a plan, and any revisions or amendments to such plan, to establish a health insurance exchange in the state. Such report shall address:
(1) Whether to establish two separate exchanges, one for the individual health insurance market and one for the small employer health insurance market, or to establish a single exchange;
(2) Whether to merge the individual and small employer health insurance markets;
(3) Whether to revise the definition of “small employer” from not more than fifty employees to not more than one hundred employees;
(4) Whether to allow large employers to participate in the exchange beginning in 2017;
(5) Whether to require qualified health plans to provide the essential health benefits package, as described in Section 1302(a) of the Affordable Care Act, or include additional state mandated benefits;
(6) Whether to list dental benefits separately on the exchange's Internet web site where a qualified health plan includes dental benefits;
(7) The relationship of the exchange to insurance producers;
(8) The capacity of the exchange to award Navigator grants pursuant to section 38a-1087;
(9) Ways to ensure that the exchange is financially sustainable by 2015, as required by the Affordable Care Act including, but not limited to, assessments or user fees charged to carriers;
(10) Methods to independently evaluate consumers' experience, including, but not limited to, hiring consultants to act as secret shoppers; and
(11) The status of the implementation and administration of the all-payer claims database program established under section 19a-755a.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the chief executive officer of the exchange shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on:
(1) Any private or federal funds received during the preceding calendar year and, if applicable, how such funds were expended;
(2) The adequacy of federal funds for the exchange prior to January 1, 2015;
(3) The amount and recipients of any grants awarded; and
(4) The current financial status of the exchange.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 12; P.A. 13-247, S. 142; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 165.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (11) re report on status of implementation and administration of all-payer claims database program, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(11) by replacing “38a-1091” with “19a-755a”, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1090. - Applicability of Freedom of Information Act to exchange. Authority of commissioner.

(a) The exchange shall continue as long as it shall have legal authority to exist pursuant to the general statutes and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon the termination of the existence of the exchange, all its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut.
(b) The exchange shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, except that the following information under sections 38a-1081 to 38a-1089, inclusive, shall not be subject to disclosure under section 1-210: (1) The names and applications of individuals and employers seeking coverage through the exchange; (2) individuals' health information; and (3) information exchanged between the exchange and the (A) Departments of Social Services, Public Health and Revenue Services, (B) Insurance Department, (C) office of the Comptroller, or (D) any other state agency that is subject to confidentiality agreements under contracts entered into with the exchange.
(c) Unless expressly specified, nothing in this section or sections 38a-1080 to 38a-1089, inclusive, and no action taken by the exchange pursuant to said sections shall be construed to preempt, supersede or affect the authority of the commissioner to regulate the business of insurance in the state. All health carriers offering qualified health plans in the state shall comply with all applicable provisions of sections 38a-1083 to 38a-1093, inclusive, and procedures adopted by the board pursuant to section 38a-1082.
(P.A. 11-53, S. 13; P.A. 13-247, S. 143; P.A. 14-217, S. 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re exemptions from disclosure under Freedom of Information Act as Subdiv. (1) and making conforming changes therein, and adding Subdiv. (2) re requirements for disclosures made for purposes of the all-payer claims database, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (c) to add reference to Sec. 38a-1091 and replace “health insurance laws of the state and regulations adopted and orders issued by the commissioner” with “provisions of sections 38a-1083 to 38a-1091, inclusive, and procedures adopted by the board pursuant to section 38a-1082”, effective June 13, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re removal of identifiers from certain disclosures and making technical changes, and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting a reference to Sec. 38a-1091 and replacing a reference to Sec. 38a-1091 with a reference to Sec. 38a-1093, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1091. - All-payer claims database program. All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Group. State-wide multipayer data initiative.

Section 38a-1091 is repealed, effective October 31, 2017.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 144; P.A. 15-118, S. 62; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 732.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 38a - Insurance › Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange › Section 38a-1092. - Quarterly report from board of directors.

(a) Not later than March 31, 2014, and quarterly thereafter, the exchange board of directors shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services and insurance concerning health care services provided through the exchange. Such reports shall include: (1) The number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred thirty-three per cent up to one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level who were enrolled in a qualified health plan at any time on or after January 1, 2014; (2) the number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred fifty per cent up to and including two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who were enrolled in a qualified health plan at any time on and after January 1, 2014; (3) the number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred thirty-three per cent up to and including two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who have been continuously enrolled in a qualified health plan during the current calendar year; (4) the number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred thirty-three per cent up to and including two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who were enrolled in a qualified health plan and who subsequently became eligible to receive benefits under the Medicaid program or whose household income increased to more than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level; (5) the number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred thirty-three per cent up to and including two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who experienced a gap in health care coverage; (6) the cost to the state of providing health care services to persons identified in subdivision (5) of this subsection and the cost to such persons to access health care coverage through the exchange; (7) the cost of the second-lowest-priced silver premium plan in the exchange; and (8) any other information that said board believes would be necessary to allow said committees to evaluate the cost and benefits of a basic health plan.
(b) The exchange board of directors shall include in the first quarterly report submitted each year to said committees in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the number of persons in households with incomes from one hundred thirty-three up to and including two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who were enrolled in a qualified health plan at the end of the previous calendar year.
(P.A. 13-74, S. 1; P.A. 15-118, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 15-118 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 39 - Negotiable Instruments (All sections repealed) › Section 39-1 to 39-190. - Act of 1897.

Sections 39-1 to 39-190, inclusive, are repealed.
Note: These sections were formerly published as chapter 695.
(1949 Rev., S. 6292–6481; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 39 - Negotiable Instruments (All sections repealed) › Section 39-191 to 39-193. - General provisions.

Sections 39-191 to 39-193, inclusive, are repealed.
Note: These sections were formerly published as chapter 696.
(1949 Rev., S. 6482–6484; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 707 - Warehouses › Section 40-1. - Establishment; receipts.

Any person may establish and maintain a public warehouse and may receive on storage into the same any goods, wares, merchandise, provisions or other commodity, and shall issue to the person from whom he receives the same warehouse receipts therefor; and he may issue warehouse receipts for any of his own property which is deposited in such warehouse; but no person shall issue any receipt for any such property so received by him on storage or deposited by him in such warehouse, unless he has displayed and maintains in a conspicuous manner, on the front of the building where such goods or other commodities are stored, the words “Public Warehouse”.
(1949 Rev., S. 6485.)
Presumption of negligence in case of nondelivery; where receipt does not specify quantity or value of goods, burden of proof as to these points is on bailor. 108 C. 659; 141 C. 308.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-2 to 40-50. - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act.

Sections 40-2 to 40-50, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6486–6534; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-51. - Issue of receipt for goods not received or under actual control.

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6535; P.A. 13-258, S. 101.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
“Field storage warehousing” valid under New York law. 90 C. 415.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-52. - Issue of receipt containing false statement.

A warehouseman or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6536.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-53. - Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked.

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate”, except in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (a) of section 42a-7-601, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6537; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 1; P.A. 04-64, S. 73; P.A. 13-258, S. 102.)
History: 1959 act added the words “stolen” and “subsection (1) of section 42a-7-601”; P.A. 04-64 made a technical change; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-54. - Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipt which does not state ownership.

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely, jointly or in common with others, such warehouseman or any of his officers, agents or servants, who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6538.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-55. - Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt.

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of such receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in subsection (a) of section 42a-7-601, or in case of good faith delivery upon the posting of security as provided in subsection (b) of said section, or after compliance with section 42a-7-210, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6539; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 2; P.A. 04-64, S. 74.)
History: 1959 act amended this section to conform to the Uniform Commercial Code; P.A. 04-64 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-56. - Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods.

Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6540.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act › Section 40-57 to 40-59. - Interpretation.

Sections 40-57 to 40-59, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6541–6543; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts › Chapter 709 - Uniform Trust Receipts Act (Repealed) › Section 40-60 to 40-80. - Uniform Trust Receipts Act.

Sections 40-60 to 40-80, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6544–6563; 1955, S. 2855d–2857d; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102; 546, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-47. - Issue of bill for goods not received.

Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill, knowing that all or any part of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such carrier, or by an agent of such carrier, or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6610; P.A. 13-258, S. 103.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-48. - Issue of bill containing false statement.

Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill for goods knowing that it contains any false statement shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6611.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-49. - Issue of duplicate bills not so marked.

Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill for goods which constitutes an overissue and upon which the carrier may be liable under section 42a-7-402, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same goods or any part thereof is outstanding and uncancelled, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6612; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 3; P.A. 13-258, S. 104.)
History: 1959 act amended section to conform with the Uniform Commercial Code; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-50. - Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods.

Any person who ships goods to which he has no title or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes, for such goods, a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates, for value, with intent to deceive, and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6613.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-51. - Negotiation of bill when goods are not in the carrier's possession.

Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill, knowing that any or all of the goods which, by the terms of such bill, appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill are not in the possession or control of such carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing such fact, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6614; P.A. 13-258, S. 105.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-52. - Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received.

Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue, by a carrier, of a bill, knowing that any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have not, at the time of such issue, been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier, or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent or servant of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received by such carrier or are under its control, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6615; P.A. 13-258, S. 106.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 41 - Bills of Lading › Chapter 720 - Bills of Lading › Section 41-53. - Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked.

Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill without the word “nonnegotiable” or the words “not negotiable” appearing plainly upon the face thereof shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6616; P.A. 13-258, S. 107.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 731 - The Sales Act (Repealed) › Section 42-1 to 42-76. - The Sales Act.

Sections 42-1 to 42-76, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6617–6691; 1951, S. 2858d, 2859d; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 732 - Sales of Personal Property on Condition (Repealed) › Section 42-77 to 42-82. - Sales of personal property on condition.

Sections 42-77 to 42-82, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S.
6692–6697
; 1953, S. 2860d; 1955, S. 2861d; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 733a - Retail Credit Transaction Statement Errors › Section 42-100b. (Formerly Sec. 42-84a). - “Retail credit transaction” defined.

As used in section 42-100c, “retail credit transaction” includes any agreement or transaction for the retail sale of goods or services which are used or bought primarily for personal, family or household purposes, but does not include transactions covered by chapter 4 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 USC 1666 et seq., as from time to time amended.
(P.A. 77-345, S. 1; P.A. 81-158, S. 14, 17; P.A. 82-18, S. 2, 4; P.A. 98-177, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 81-158 replaced the exclusion of “transactions covered by chapter 657a” with “transactions covered by Chapter 4 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as defined in section 36-393”, effective March 31, 1982; P.A. 82-18 changed effective date of P.A. 81-158 from March 31, 1982, to “the effective date of Title VI of Public Law 96-221, as contained in Section 625(a) of Public Law 96-221, as amended”, i.e. October 1, 1982; Sec. 42-84a transferred to Sec. 42-100b in 1995; P.A. 98-177 made technical changes.
See Sec. 36a-676 for definitions under the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act applicable to this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 733a - Retail Credit Transaction Statement Errors › Section 42-100c. (Formerly Sec. 42-84b). - Errors in the statement of a retail credit account.

(a) If a debtor, upon receipt of a statement of his account under a retail credit transaction, believes that there is an error in such statement as to the whole or any part of the amount shown as owing to the creditor, he may, in writing, not later than sixty days from the date of mailing of such statement, so notify the creditor, stating the basis or reasons for his belief that the statement is in error. The creditor shall within thirty days after receipt of such notification send a written acknowledgment to the debtor, and no later than two complete billing cycles of the creditor but in no event more than ninety days after receipt of the notification, investigate the debtor's complaint and make the necessary corrections in such account and submit a corrected statement or send a written explanation to the debtor setting forth the reasons why the creditor believes the account is correct as shown in the statement. Prior to completing such investigation, the creditor shall take no action to collect the amount in dispute or to in any way affect the debtor's credit rating.
(b) Any creditor who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall: (1) Forfeit any right to collect from the debtor the amount in dispute and any interest, service, finance, carrying or other charge on such amount, and (2) if such amount is in fact in error, be liable to the debtor for the actual damages sustained by him as a result of such failure of the creditor to comply, or twice the amount referred to in subdivision (1), whichever is greater, and in the case of any successful action to enforce such liability, the costs of the action together with attorney's fees.
(P.A. 77-345, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 42-84b transferred to Sec. 42-100c in 1995.
See Sec. 36a-676 for definitions under the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act applicable to this section.
Creditor is not required to investigate underlying controversy between boat dealership and debtor when debtor reported to creditor he wished to cancel loan agreement based on debtor's decision not to take delivery of goods and to cancel entire transaction. 285 C. 294.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734 - Bulk Sales (Repealed) › Section 42-101 to 42-103. - Bulk sales.

Sections 42-101 to 42-103, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6705–6707; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103a. - Apartment listing services to give receipt; refund provision. Violation. Enforcement.

Section 42-103a is repealed.
(P.A. 79-473, S. 1–3; P. A. 81-166, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103b. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) “Apartment” means any house or building or portion of a house or building which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied as a home or residence by one or more persons;
(2) “Apartment listing service” means any person who, in exchange for a fee, permits a customer to inspect or otherwise utilize a listing of apartments for rent;
(3) “Listing” means any oral or written communication concerning a specific apartment for rent;
(4) “Customer” means any person who pays a fee to an apartment listing service for assistance in obtaining an apartment rental; and
(5) “Person” means any individual, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 1; P.A. 82-146, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 153, 189.)
History: P.A. 82-146 added a definition of “person” in Subdiv. (5) and eliminated employees and agents from the definition of “apartment listing service”; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103d. - Apartment listing services to deliver contract. Contents of contract. Notice required.

No apartment listing service shall collect a fee prior to the delivery of a contract to the customer. Such contract shall state the name and address of the customer and the customer's specifications with respect to the kind of apartment sought including, but not limited to: (1) The town and the portion of the town required by the customer; (2) the number of rooms; (3) the number of bedrooms; (4) the maximum rent to be paid; (5) whether children are permitted; (6) whether pets are permitted; (7) whether elevator service is required; and (8) the desired date of occupancy. The contract shall also contain a conspicuous statement in ten-point boldface type as follows:
NOTICE TO CUSTOMER
WE ARE AN APARTMENT LISTING SERVICE ONLY. WE ARE NOT ACTING AS LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKERS OR SALESMEN. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL OBTAIN A RENTAL THROUGH OUR SERVICES. OUR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO FURNISH YOU WITH LISTINGS OF AVAILABLE APARTMENTS WHICH MEET YOUR SPECIFICATIONS.
IF YOU DO NOT OBTAIN AN APARTMENT RENTAL THROUGH A LISTING FURNISHED BY US TO YOU, AT THE EXPIRATION OF THIS CONTRACT WE SHALL REFUND TO YOU ALL MONEYS IN EXCESS OF THIRTY DOLLARS PAID BY YOU TO US IF YOU PROVIDE US WITH A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A REFUND PREFERABLY BY CERTIFIED MAIL. YOU MUST MAKE THE REQUEST NOT LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, UNLESS THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103e. - Contents of listing.

Each listing given to a customer by an apartment listing service shall include the following information: (1) The address of the apartment; (2) the number of rooms; (3) the number of bedrooms; (4) the monthly rental; (5) which, if any, utilities are included in the rental; (6) whether children are permitted; (7) whether pets are permitted; (8) the floor location; (9) the availability of elevator service; (10) the date the apartment is available for occupancy; and (11) the date the availability of the apartment was last verified by the apartment listing service.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103f. - Prerequisites to issuance of listing.

No apartment listing service shall give a listing to a customer unless (1) the apartment listing service has verified the availability of the apartment which is the subject of the listing within the preceding seventy-two hours, (2) the listing meets the specifications of the customer as set forth in the contract and (3) the apartment listing service has been authorized by the owner of such apartment or by his authorized agent to give the listing to customers.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103g. - Refund requirement. Claims against a surety bond.

(a) An apartment listing service shall, upon written request, refund to a customer all moneys paid by him in excess of thirty dollars if he has not, at the expiration of the contract, rented an apartment through a listing furnished by such apartment listing service. Payment of any refund shall be made within fifteen days following the date of receipt of such request or the expiration of the contract, whichever is later.
(b) A customer shall submit a claim against the surety bond submitted to the commissioner by an apartment listing service pursuant to section 42-103c not later than six months after the apartment listing service ceases operation as a registered service.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 5; P.A. 87-153, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-153 added Subsec. (b) requiring a customer to submit a claim against a surety bond not later than six months after the apartment listing service ceases operation as a registered service.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103h. - Apartment listing service to retain copies of documents.

Each apartment listing service shall retain at its place of business duplicate copies of all contracts, receipts, requests for refunds and listings furnished to customers for a period of three years.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103i. - Written authorizations to be obtained before advertising availability.

No apartment listing service shall advertise the availability of a specific apartment for rent without first obtaining the written authorization of the owner of such apartment or his authorized agent. All such written authorizations shall be retained at the place of business of the apartment listing service for a period of three years.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices › Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services › Section 42-103j. - Prohibited acts.

No apartment listing service shall: (1) Advertise the availability of a specific apartment for rent without having verified the availability of such apartment within twenty-four hours of the deadline time for submission of such advertisement for publication or dissemination; (2) falsely represent that it has listings meeting certain specifications; (3) deny any knowledge of whether or not it has listings meeting certain specifications if the apartment listing service knows that it has no such listings; or (4) use an apartment listing service contract having a duration of more than sixty days.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 8.)