Connecticut SB 296: AN ACT CONCERNING A MINIMUM RECYCLED GLASS CONTENT FOR WINE AND LIQUOR BOTTLES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED IN THE NORTHEAST REGION.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 296

Public Act No. 26-82

AN ACT CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION WITH RESPECT TO
THE CONNECTICUT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT AND
SPORTS WAGERING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 42-110d of the 2026 supplement to the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective October 1, 2026):
(a) For the purposes of this chapter the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection shall have the power to order an investigation and
examination to be made. In addition to other powers conferred upon the
commissioner by this chapter, the commissioner or the commissioner's
authorized representatives may issue subpoenas to any person involved
in any matter under investigation and examination, administer an oath
or affirmation to any person, and conduct hearings in aid of any
investigation or examination, provided none of the powers conferred by
this chapter shall be used for the purpose of compelling any natural
person to furnish testimony or evidence which might tend to
incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's
authorized representatives shall have the right to (1) enter any place or

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establishment within the state, at reasonable times, for the purpose of
making an investigation; (2) check the invoices and records pertaining
to costs and other transactions of commodities; (3) take samples of
commodities for evidence upon tendering the market price therefor to
the person having such commodity in such person's custody; (4)
subpoena documentary material relating to such investigation; and (5)
have access to, for the purpose of examination, documentary material
and the right to copy and receive electronic copies of such documentary
material of any person being investigated or proceeded against. The
commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives shall
have power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of all such documentary material relating
to any matter under investigation.
(c) In addition to other powers conferred upon the Commissioner of
Consumer Protection, the commissioner may execute in writing and
cause to be served, through reasonable efforts to effectuate notice as set
forth in section 21a-2, an investigative demand upon any person
suspected of using, having used or about to use any method, act or
practice declared by section 42-110b to be unlawful or upon any person
from whom the commissioner wants assurance that section 42-110b has
not, is not or will not be violated. Such investigative demand shall
contain a description of the method, act or practice under investigation,
provide a reasonable time for compliance, and require such person to
furnish under oath or otherwise, as may be specified in said demand, a
report in writing setting forth relevant facts or circumstances together
with documentary material. Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this
section, responses to investigative demands issued under this
subsection may be withheld from public disclosure during the full
pendency of the investigation.
(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in conformance with
sections 4-176e to 4-185, inclusive, whenever the commissioner has

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reason to believe that any person has been engaged or is engaged in an
alleged violation of any provision of this chapter, shall deliver to such
person, in a manner that is sufficient to effectuate notice as set forth in
section 21a-2, a complaint stating the charges and containing a notice of
a hearing, to be held upon a day and at a place therein fixed at least
fifteen days after the date of such complaint. The person so notified shall
have the right to file a written answer to the complaint and charges
therein stated and appear at the time and place so fixed for such hearing,
in person or otherwise, with or without counsel, and submit testimony
and be fully heard. Any person may make application, and upon good
cause shown shall be allowed by the commissioner to intervene and
appear in such proceeding by counsel or in person. The testimony in any
such proceeding, including the testimony of any intervening person,
shall be under oath and shall either be reduced to writing by the
recording officer of the hearing or recorded in an audio or audiovisual
format. The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized
representatives shall have the power to require by subpoena the
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any
documentary material at such proceeding. If upon such hearing the
commissioner is of the opinion that the method of competition or the act
or practice in question is prohibited by this chapter, the commissioner
or the commissioner's des