2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 419b - Bakeries, Food Manufacturing Establishments and Food Warehouses
Section 21a-159. (Formerly Sec. 19-291). - Penalty. Temporary or permanent injunction. Notice and hearing. Warning citation. Civil penalty.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to 21a-159, inclusive, or any regulation made thereunder, or fails to comply with an order of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, shall: (1) For a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars; and (2) for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may apply to the Superior Court for, and such court may upon hearing and for cause shown grant, a temporary or permanent injunction enjoining any person from operating a bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse without a license issued in accordance with sections 21a-151 to 21a-159, inclusive, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. The commissioner also may apply to the Superior Court for, and such court shall have jurisdiction to grant, a temporary restraining order pending a hearing. Such application for injunctive or other appropriate relief shall be brought by the Attorney General.
(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 to, 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 who violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to 21a-159, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 21a-156.
(1949 Rev., S. 4009; 1949, S. 2112d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 76-417, S. 2; P.A. 84-97, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 147; 12-95, S. 5; P.A. 19-177, S. 7; P.A. 22-104, S. 52.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 76-417 added provisions re commissioner's application for injunctions and restraining orders; Sec. 19-291 transferred to Sec. 21a-159 in 1983; P.A. 84-97 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical change; 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. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to rephrase provisions, insert Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and replace penalty of a fine of not more than $50 for first offense, a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 10 days for second offense and a fine of not more than $200 and imprisonment of not more than 30 days for subsequent offense with a fine of not more than $250 for first offense and a class D misdemeanor for subsequent offense; P.A. 12-95 added reference to food manufacturing establishment in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re warning citation and civil penalty, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-177 added references to Sec. 21a-160 and references to food warehouse; P.A. 22-104 amended Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) by substituting references to Sec. 21a-159 for references to Sec. 21a-160 and Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting “each” for “any”, and made technical and conforming changes, effective May 24, 2022.
