2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-79b - Consumer commodity. Price at point of sale higher than posted or advertised price. Sign. Warning citation or civil penalty. Exemptions.
(a) For the purposes of this section “consumer commodity” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-73, except that “consumer commodity” does not include alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1, or a carbonated soft drink container.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79, if a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, fruits or vegetables weighed at the point of sale, is offered for sale by a retailer and its price to the consumer at the point of sale is higher than the posted or advertised price, then such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given to the consumer at no cost. A conspicuous sign shall adequately disclose to the consumer that in the event such price is higher than the posted or advertised retail price, such consumer commodity shall be given to the customer at no cost.
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may issue a warning citation or impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation that violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.
(d) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation operating in a retail sales area of not more than ten thousand square feet.
(P.A. 12-15, S. 2; P.A. 14-122, S. 125.)
History: P.A. 12-15 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
