Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 672c - Business Opportunity Investment Act
Section 36b-66. (Formerly Sec. 36-509). - Contract to be in writing. Information required.

(a) Every business opportunity contract or agreement shall be in writing and a copy shall be given to the purchaser-investor at the time he signs the contract.

(b) Every contract or agreement for a business opportunity shall include the following: (1) The terms and conditions of payment; (2) a full and detailed description of the acts or services that the business opportunity seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser-investor; (3) the seller's principal business address and the name and address of its agent in Connecticut authorized to receive service of process; and (4) the approximate delivery date of any product or products, equipment, supplies or operational guidelines the business opportunity seller is to deliver to the purchaser-investor and an approximate timetable for performance of services necessary to begin substantial operation of the business.
(P.A. 79-458, S. 7, 19; P.A. 82-52, S. 7; P.A. 84-67, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 82-52 amended Subsec. (b) to require inclusion of timetable for performance as part of contract; P.A. 84-67 amended Subsec. (b) to require that approximate delivery date of operational guidelines be included in a contract for a business opportunity; Sec. 36-509 transferred to Sec. 36b-66 in 1995.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 36b - Connecticut Securities Law and Business Opportunity Investment Act

Chapter 672c - Business Opportunity Investment Act

Section 36b-60. (Formerly Sec. 36-503). - Short title: Connecticut Business Opportunity Investment Act.

Section 36b-61. (Formerly Sec. 36-504). - Definitions.

Section 36b-62. (Formerly Sec. 36-505). - Registration of business opportunities. Consent to service of process.

Section 36b-63. (Formerly Sec. 36-506). - Disclosure to purchaser-investor required.

Section 36b-64. (Formerly Sec. 36-507). - Surety bond or trust account.

Section 36b-65. (Formerly Sec. 36-508). - Exemptions.

Section 36b-66. (Formerly Sec. 36-509). - Contract to be in writing. Information required.

Section 36b-67. (Formerly Sec. 36-510). - Prohibited sales activities.

Section 36b-68. (Formerly Sec. 36-511). - Stop orders. Summary postponement or suspension of effectiveness of registration. Procedure. Abandonment of application for registration.

Section 36b-69. (Formerly Sec. 36-512). - Registration does not imply approval.

Section 36b-70. (Formerly Sec. 36-513). - Banking Commissioner to administer.

Section 36b-71. (Formerly Sec. 36-514). - Investigations. Powers of commissioner.

Section 36b-72. (Formerly Sec. 36-515). - Violations. Enforcement powers of commissioner. Remedies.

Section 36b-73. (Formerly Sec. 36-516). - Penalties.

Section 36b-74. (Formerly Sec. 36-517). - Contracts voidable, when. Purchaser-investor's remedies.

Section 36b-75. (Formerly Sec. 36-517a). - Application of certain provisions of chapter. When offer to sell or buy made in this state.

Section 36b-76. (Formerly Sec. 36-518). - Appeals.

Section 36b-77. (Formerly Sec. 36-519). - Commissioner to adopt regulations.

Section 36b-78. (Formerly Sec. 36-520). - Commissioner to keep register of applications.

Section 36b-79. (Formerly Sec. 36-521). - Renewal of registration. Amended disclosure document.

Section 36b-80. - False or misleading statements prohibited.