2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36b - Connecticut Securities Law and Business Opportunity Investment Act
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.