2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 529 - Division of State Police
Section 29-25 - Laundry and dry cleaning identification marks.

Each person, firm or corporation conducting a laundry or dry cleaning establishment, or offering as an independent contractor the services of such an establishment, shall report to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, on forms supplied by the commissioner, the type and style of laundry or dry cleaning identification marks which are attached to or stamped or written upon garments processed by such establishment when returned to the customer. Such report shall be accompanied by actual samples of the identification markings used. Each such person, firm or corporation shall make such report immediately upon entering the business of laundry or dry cleaning. Any change in identification marking systems, either by eliminating such marking or changing the system of identification marking used, shall be reported to the commissioner immediately. Each such laundry, dry cleaning establishment or independent contractor shall retain customer records for a period of not less than ninety days from the time the garments are delivered to the customer. Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.

(1951, S. 1991d; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-80, S. 46.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 3 months or both with a fine of not more than $250.