General Assembly Raised Bill No. 922
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3298
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 922
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3298
*03298_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 42-110b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(a) No person shall engage in unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.
[(b) It is the intent of the legislature that in construing subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner and the courts of this state shall be guided by interpretations given by the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts to Section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 USC 45(a)(1)), as from time to time amended.]
[(c)] (b) The commissioner may, in accordance with chapter 54, establish by regulation acts, practices or methods which shall be deemed to be unfair or deceptive in violation of subsection (a) of this section. [Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with the rules, regulations and decisions of the federal trade commission and the federal courts in interpreting the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act.]
[(d)] (c) It is the intention of the legislature that this chapter be remedial and be so construed.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 42-110b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
42-110b
Statement of Purpose:
To amend the general statutes to eliminate references to federal standards in the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]