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      Sec. 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.