Bill Text: CT SB00206 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Powers And Duties Of The Commissioner Of Consumer Protection.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-16 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [SB00206 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00206-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 206 | ||
February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 1324 | ||
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 21a-11 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, employ such agents and assistants as are necessary to investigate and enforce the provisions of the general statutes wherein [said] the commissioner is empowered to carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned to [him or his department. For the purpose of inquiring into any suspected violation of] the commissioner or the Department of Consumer Protection. In connection with any investigation or enforcement of a suspected violation of such provisions of the general statutes, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, to testify or to produce any book, record or document when so ordered, a judge of the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section. For the purposes of investigating or enforcing such provisions, the commissioner and [his] the commissioner's deputy and assistants shall have free access, at all reasonable hours, to all places and premises, homes and apartments of private families keeping no boarders excepted.
(b) On the tender of the market price, the commissioner or [his] the commissioner's deputy may take from any person, firm or corporation samples of any article which [he] the commissioner suspects is sold, offered for sale, kept with intent to sell, made or manufactured contrary to any provision of this chapter or related chapters under the jurisdiction of [said] the commissioner. [He] The commissioner may analyze such samples or have them analyzed by a state chemist or by an experiment station or by the laboratories of the Department of Public Health, and a sworn or affirmed certificate by such analyst shall be prima facie evidence of the ingredients and constituents of the samples analyzed. If such analysis shows that any such sample does not conform to the requirements of law, and gives the commissioner or [his] the commissioner's deputy reasonable grounds for believing that any provision of this chapter or related chapters under [his] the commissioner's jurisdiction has been violated, [he] the commissioner shall cause such violator to be prosecuted. Any person who refuses the access provided for [herein] in this section to the commissioner, [his] the commissioner's deputy or assistants, or who refuses to sell the samples provided for [herein] in this section, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. Evidence of violation of any provision of this section shall be prima facie evidence of wilful violation.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
21a-11 |
GL |
Joint Favorable |
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JUD |
Joint Favorable |