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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6798
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING CONCRETE MIXTURES INTENDED FOR USE
IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than July 1, 2024, 1
the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in 2
accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to require any person 3
or entity selling or offering for sale a concrete mixture intended for use 4
in the foundation of a residential building to (1) provide to the person 5
or entity purchasing such concrete mixture (A) a description of such 6
concrete mixture, (B) the strength class of such concrete mixture, (C) an 7
identification number for such concrete mixture, (D) a description of the 8
source and type of aggregate used in such concrete mixture, (E) a 9
description of the content, type and source of the cement used in such 10
concrete mixture, (F) documentation confirming that the aggregate used 11
in such concrete mixture was tested in accordance with section 22a-349d 12
of the general statutes, and is fit for sale, (G) information concerning the 13
appropriate uses of such concrete mixture, (H) the water-to-cement ratio 14
of such concrete mixture, (I) the results of a slump test performed on 15
such concrete mixture, (J) the fine aggregate and coarse aggregate 16
content of such concrete mixture, (K) the name of the producer of the 17
admixtures used in such concrete mixture and any safety data sheets 18
concerning such admixtures provided by such producer, (L) the air 19 Substitute Bill No. 6798
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content measurement of such concrete mixture, and (M) the date or 20
dates of extraction of the aggregate used in such concrete mixture and 21
the date or dates that such concrete mixture was fabricated; and (2) 22
maintain and make such documentation available for inspection by the 23
Department of Consumer Protection upon request of the department. 24
The commissioner shall adopt regulations to define the terms "strength 25
class", "identification number", "slump test", "safety data sheets" and "air 26
content measurement" for the purposes of this section. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
PD Joint Favorable Subst.
HSG Joint Favorable