| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6806 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2015 *_____HB06806KID___030615____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6806 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3821 | |
| 3 | + | *03821_______KID* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (KID) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 6806 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____HB06806KID___030615____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 3821 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *03821_______KID* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (KID) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS IN CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) As used in this section "children's product" means any product designed or intended primarily for use by children three years of age or younger, including, but not limited to, clothing, toys, nursing pillows, crib mattresses and changing pads. | |
| 17 | 29 | ||
| 18 | - | ( | |
| 30 | + | (b) On and after October 1, 2015, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribute in this state any children's product containing flame retardants, except for such products governed by the federal motor vehicle standards contained in 49 CFR Sections 571.213 and 571.302 or the federal flammability of children's sleepwear standards contained in 16 CFR Parts 1615 and 1616. | |
| 19 | 31 | ||
| 20 | - | (2) "TDCPP" and "TDCP" means tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate. | |
| 21 | - | ||
| 22 | - | (3) "TCEP" means tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate. | |
| 23 | - | ||
| 24 | - | (4) "TCPP" means tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate. | |
| 25 | - | ||
| 26 | - | (b) On and after October 1, 2016, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribute in this state any children's product containing TDCPP, TDCP, TCEP or TCPP, except for such products governed by federal motor vehicle standards contained in 49 CFR Section 571.302. | |
| 27 | - | ||
| 28 | - | (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to any individual who, for personal, family or household purposes, resells, offers for resale or distributes children's products. | |
| 32 | + | (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to any individual who resells, offers for resale or distributes children's products primarily for personal, family or household use. | |
| 29 | 33 | ||
| 30 | 34 | (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, within available appropriations, enforce the provisions of this section. | |
| 31 | 35 | ||
| 32 | - | (e) The Commissioner | |
| 36 | + | (e) The commissioner may, after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 54 of the general statutes, levy a civil penalty on any person who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section of not more than one thousand dollars per day for the first violation and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars per day for any subsequent violation. Such penalty shall be deposited into the consumer protection enforcement account established pursuant to section 21a-8a of the general statutes. | |
| 33 | 37 | ||
| 34 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 39 | ||
| 36 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 41 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 38 | - | Section 1 October 1, | |
| 42 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section | |
| 39 | 43 | ||
| 40 | 44 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 41 | 45 | ||
| 42 | 46 | Section 1 | |
| 43 | 47 | ||
| 44 | - | October 1, | |
| 48 | + | October 1, 2015 | |
| 45 | 49 | ||
| 46 | 50 | New section | |
| 47 | 51 | ||
| 52 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 48 | 53 | ||
| 54 | + | To prevent the manufacturing, sale or distribution of children's products containing certain flame retardants. | |
| 49 | 55 | ||
| 50 | - | KID Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | KID | |
| 53 | - | ||
| 54 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 56 | + | [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.] |