2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 420a - Manufacture of Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Section 21a-232 - (Formerly Sec. 19-420). Prohibited acts; sterilization; sanitation; permits; exception.

(a) No person shall sell as new any bedding or filling material unless it is made from all new material and is tagged as provided in this chapter.

(b) No person shall sell, representing it to be new, any secondhand bedding or filling material.

(c) No person shall sell any secondhand bedding or filling material or use any secondhand filling material in the manufacture of bedding unless it is tagged as provided in this chapter.

(d) No person shall sell any bedding or filling material which has been used by or about someone having an infectious or contagious disease unless such bedding or filling material has been sterilized and is tagged as provided herein.

(e) No person shall use any filling material to make an article of bedding that comes from animal or fowl; contains any bugs, vermin, insects or filth; or contains burlap or other material that has been used for baling; or is secondhand, unless such filling material has been sterilized or sanitized by a process approved by the commissioner.

(f) No person shall sell any bedding or filling material unless there appears on its tag the dealer's license number and, if sterilized or sanitized, the permit number assigned by the commissioner.

(g) No person shall sell any secondhand bedding or filling material unless (1) it has been sterilized or sanitized and has a tag bearing the secondhand dealer's license number and the permit number of the person performing the sterilization or sanitation, or (2) in the case of secondhand bedding or filling material manufactured at least twenty-five but no more than fifty years prior to the date on which such secondhand bedding or filling material is offered for sale, the secondhand dealer notifies the consumer, in writing, that such secondhand bedding or filling material has not been sterilized or sanitized.

(h) No person shall renovate any bedding unless it has been sterilized and bears a tag showing the license number of the renovator and the permit number of the person sterilizing such bedding.

(i) No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any tag the license number or permit number of a person whose license or permit has expired, been suspended or been revoked by the commissioner.

(j) No person shall affix or cause to be affixed to bedding or filling material any tag bearing the license number or permit number of a person whose license or permit has expired, been suspended or been revoked by the commissioner.

(k) No person shall sell any bedding or filling material which bears a tag showing the license number or permit number of a person whose license or permit has expired, been suspended or been revoked by the commissioner.

(l) No person other than a consumer shall remove, deface or alter any tag attached to bedding or filling material.

(m) No manufacturer, supply dealer, renovator, secondhand dealer or vendor shall deliver any tag required by this chapter unless it is affixed to an article of bedding or filling material provided that the commissioner may permit the delivery of unattached tags.

(n) No person shall possess, make, use or sell any counterfeit license or permit. Each counterfeit license or permit which is made, used or sold shall constitute a separate violation.

(o) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to automotive upholstery, private sales from the home of the owner direct to a consumer, bedding offered for sale at public auction in the home of the owner, and bedding manufactured at least fifty years prior to the date on which the bedding is offered for sale.

(1949 Rev., S. 4172; 1955, S. 2134d; P.A. 82-326, S. 2, 7; P.A. 99-274, S. 2, 3; P.A. 04-22, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 82-326 deleted existing text and rewrote provisions; Sec. 19-420 transferred to Sec. 21a-232 in 1983; P.A. 99-274 amended Subsec. (g) by adding Subdiv. indicators and a provision allowing for the sale of unsterilized secondhand bedding or filling material between 25 and 50 years old, provided the consumer is given written notice that such bedding or material is unsterilized and amended Subsec. (o) by expanding exemption to include bedding that is at least 50 years old; P.A. 04-22 amended Subsec. (e) by adding “or sanitized by a process approved by the commissioner”, amended Subsec. (f) by adding reference to “dealer’s” license number, and “sanitized”, and amended Subsec. (g) by adding reference to “sanitized” or “sanitation”.