2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-86c - Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish procedures for testing the efficiency of plumbing fixtures offered for retail sale if such procedures are not established in the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252.

(b) Each manufacturer of plumbing fixtures shall test samples of such plumbing fixtures in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this section or those established in the State Building Code, whichever are applicable. The tested flow rate shall be conspicuously marked on the unit carton in which the plumbing fixture is offered for retail sale.

(P.A. 89-303, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 53.)

History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 11-80 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority and change “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.