(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive practice under section 42-110b.
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and of not more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of sections 42-115g to 42-115p, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections. Each violation with respect to each such unit, package or device shall be considered a separate offense.
(P.A. 84-468, S. 7, 10; P.A. 90-125, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 183.)
History: P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (c) re administrative penalties; 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor.
Cited. 231 C. 707.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices
Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices
Section 42-111 to 42-115d. - Unfair or deceptive trade practices, generally.
Section 42-115e. - Injunction.
Section 42-115f. - Exceptions.
Section 42-115g. - Sales of commodities in package form. Definitions.
Section 42-115h. - Inspection of packaged commodities. Off-sale orders.
Section 42-115i. - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders.
Section 42-115k. - Labeling of commodity package.
Section 42-115l. - Label to show price per unit.
Section 42-115m. - Wrapper or container not to mislead purchaser. Guarantee. Regulations.
Section 42-115n. - Advertisement of price to show quantity.
Section 42-115o. - Net weight to be used.
Section 42-115p. - Price not to be misrepresented or misleading.
Section 42-115q. - Injunctions against violations.
Section 42-115r. - Alteration of tire by addition of white or colored stripe.
Section 42-115s. - Advertising of artificial Christmas trees for sale.
Section 42-115t. - Cash register read-outs to be visible to consumer. Violations. Enforcement.