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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6858
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4326
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TICKETS, VETERAN OR
MILITARY BENEFIT SERVICES, THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS,
UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD AND THE SOLICITATION OF
CHARITABLE FUNDS ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section, 1
"ticket reseller" means any person who advertises or facilitates the resale 2
of any ticket to an entertainment event. 3
(b) (1) No ticket reseller shall enter into a contract with a purchaser 4
for the resale of any ticket to an entertainment event, or accept from a 5
purchaser any consideration as payment in full or as a deposit for the 6
resale of any such ticket, unless the ticket reseller: 7
(A) Is in possession of such ticket; 8
(B) Has entered into a written contract (i) (I) with the person who is 9
in possession of such ticket, or (II) with a person who has a contractual 10
right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in possession of such 11
ticket, and (ii) that entitles such ticket reseller to obtain such ticket from 12
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a person described in subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision at a price 13
specified in such written contract; or 14
(C) Discloses to the purchaser orally or in writing when such ticket 15
reseller enters into such contract with such purchaser or accepts such 16
consideration from such purchaser, whichever occurs first, that such 17
ticket reseller (i) is not in possession of such ticket or has not entered 18
into a written contract described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 19
and (ii) may not be able to supply such ticket to such purchaser at the 20
contracted price or within the contracted price range. 21
(2) If a ticket reseller makes the disclosure described in subparagraph 22
(C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection to a purchaser in oral form, the 23
ticket reseller shall provide such disclosure to the purchaser in written 24
form not later than two business days after such ticket reseller made 25
such disclosure to such purchaser in oral form. 26
(c) (1) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed to 27
prohibit a ticket reseller from accepting a deposit from a prospective 28
purchaser of a ticket to an entertainment event as part of a contract that 29
requires the ticket reseller to make best efforts to obtain a ticket to the 30
entertainment event for the prospective purchaser at a price or within a 31
price range, and by a time specified, in the contract, provided the ticket 32
reseller discloses to the prospective purchaser orally or in writing at the 33
time such ticket reseller enters into such contract with such prospective 34
purchaser or accepts such deposit from such prospective purchaser, 35
whichever occurs first, that such ticket reseller: 36
(A) Is not in possession of the ticket desired by such prospective 37
purchaser or has not entered into a written contract (i) (I) with a person 38
who is in possession of such ticket, or (II) with a person who has a 39
contractual right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in 40
possession of such ticket, and (ii) that entitles such ticket reseller to 41
obtain such ticket from a person described in subparagraph (A)(i) of this 42
subdivision at a price specified in such written contract; and 43
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(B) May not be able to supply such ticket to such prospective 44
purchaser at the contracted price or within the contracted price range. 45
(2) If a ticket reseller makes the disclosure required under subdivision 46
(1) of this subsection to a prospective purchaser in oral form, the ticket 47
reseller shall provide such disclosure to the prospective purchaser in 48
written form not later than two business days after such ticket reseller 49
made such disclosure to such prospective purchaser in oral form. 50
(d) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 51
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 52
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes. The 53
Attorney General may investigate any violation of this section and 54
enforce the provisions of this section. 55
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) (1) Except as provided in 56
subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person shall advertise or facilitate 57
the sale or resale of any ticket to an entertainment event by way of an 58
Internet web site if the address of such web site, or any subdomain of 59
such web site, contains: 60
(A) The name of the venue for such entertainment event; 61
(B) The name of the entertainment event, including, but not limited 62
to, the name of any individual or group scheduled to perform or 63
appear at such entertainment event; or 64
(C) Any name that is substantially similar to a name described in 65
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision. 66
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be 67
construed to apply to any person who is acting on behalf of the venue 68
for the entertainment event. 69
(b) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 70
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 71
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes. The 72
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Attorney General may investigate any violation of this section and 73
enforce the provisions of this section. 74
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 75
(1) "Armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-76
103 of the general statutes; 77
(2) "Eligible family member" means an individual who is (A) a family 78
member of a veteran or member of the armed forces, and (B) entitled to 79
receive any veteran or military benefit due, in whole or in part, to the 80
past or present military service of the veteran or member of the armed 81
forces; 82
(3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability 83
company, joint-stock company, partnership, limited partnership, 84
limited liability partnership, association or other legal entity; 85
(4) "Veteran" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of 86
the general statutes; 87
(5) "Veteran or military benefit" means any benefit which a veteran, 88
member of the armed forces or eligible family member is eligible to 89
receive under any federal, state or local law, policy or practice due, in 90
whole or in part, to past or present military service; and 91
(6) "Veteran or military benefit service" (A) means any service that is 92
offered or provided to a veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible 93
family member concerning any veteran or military benefit to which such 94
veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible family member is 95
entitled, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any assistance, 96
consultation or coaching in preparing, presenting or prosecuting (i) any 97
claim or other attempt to obtain or increase any veteran or military 98
benefit, or (ii) any appeal taken from a decision concerning any effort to 99
obtain or increase any veteran or military benefit. 100
(b) Any person who is engaged in the business of providing veteran 101
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or military benefit services to veterans, members of the armed forces or 102
eligible family members shall: 103
(1) Obtain all qualifications, certifications and accreditations 104
necessary in order for such person to provide such services in 105
accordance with federal, state and local law; 106
(2) When such person is acting as a fiduciary for a veteran who is 107
receiving any such benefit, fulfill the responsibilities established in 38 108
CFR 13.140, as amended from time to time; 109
(3) When such person is providing representation before the United 110
States Department of Veterans Affairs, satisfy the standards of conduct 111
established in 38 CFR 14.632, as amended from time to time; 112
(4) Not charge any fee or expense in violation of 38 CFR 14.636 or 38 113
CFR 14.637, as each may be amended from time to time; and 114
(5) Include, in a clear and conspicuous manner, in any advertisement 115
for such services, and provide to a veteran, member of the armed forces 116
or eligible family member, clearly, orally and in writing at the outset of 117
any business relationship in which such person undertakes to provide 118
any such service to a veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible 119
family member in exchange for any financial compensation, financial 120
benefit or other thing of value, the following disclosure: 121
"THIS BUSINESS IS NOT ENDORSED OR SPONSORED BY, OR 122
AFFILIATED WITH, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 123
VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF 124
VETERANS AFFAIRS, OR ANY FEDERALLY CHARTERED VA 125
ACCREDITED VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION. YOU MAY 126
QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETERANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE 127
BENEFITS FOR WHICH YOU ARE RECEIVING SERVICES HERE. 128
VETERAN AND MILITARY BENEFITS SERVICES ARE 129
AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM VA ACCREDITED VETERAN 130
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SERVICE OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONNECTICUT 131
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE VETERAN 132
SERVICE OFFICERS OF FEDERALLY CHARTERED VETERAN 133
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. TO LEARN MORE, CONTACT THESE 134
ORGANIZATIONS.". 135
(c) Any violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed to 136
be an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 137
42-110b of the general statutes. 138
Sec. 4. Subsection (i) of section 1-84 of the general statutes is repealed 139
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 140
(i) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the official 141
or employee's immediate family or a business with which he is 142
associated shall enter into any contract with the state, valued at one 143
hundred dollars or more, other than a contract (A) of employment as a 144
state employee, (B) with the Technical Education and Career System for 145
students enrolled in a school in the system to perform services in 146
conjunction with vocational, technical, technological or postsecondary 147
education and training any such student is receiving at a school in the 148
system, subject to the review process under subdivision (2) of this 149
subsection, (C) with a public institution of higher education to support 150
a collaboration with such institution to develop and commercialize any 151
invention or discovery, [or] (D) pursuant to a court appointment, unless 152
the contract has been awarded through an open and public process, 153
including prior public offer and subsequent public disclosure of all 154
proposals considered and the contract awarded, or (E) with the Office 155
of the Attorney General to be retained as an expert witness for, or in 156
anticipation of, litigation. In no event shall an executive head of an 157
agency, as defined in section 4-166, including a commissioner of a 158
department, or an executive head of a quasi-public agency, or the 159
executive head's immediate family or a business with which he is 160
associated enter into any contract with that agency or quasi-public 161
agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as applying to any 162
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public official who is appointed as a member of the executive branch or 163
as a member or director of a quasi-public agency and who receives no 164
compensation other than per diem payments or reimbursement for 165
actual or necessary expenses, or both, incurred in the performance of the 166
public official's duties unless such public official has authority or control 167
over the subject matter of the contract. Any contract made in violation 168
of this subsection shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction 169
if the suit is commenced not later than one hundred eighty days after 170
the making of the contract. 171
(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System 172
shall establish an open and transparent process to review any contract 173
entered into under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this 174
subsection. 175
Sec. 5. Section 21a-190a of the general statutes is repealed and the 176
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 177
As used in sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, as amended by 178
this act: 179
(1) "Charitable organization" means any person who is [or holds 180
himself out to be established for any benevolent, educational, 181
philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, 182
public health, environmental conservation, civic or eleemosynary 183
purpose, or for the benefit of law enforcement officers, firefighters or 184
other persons who protect the public safety] organized and operated, or 185
holds himself or herself out as being organized and operated, for one or 186
more charitable purposes. "Charitable organization" does not include 187
any political action committee organization. 188
(2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability 189
company, association, partnership, trust, foundation or any other entity 190
however styled. 191
(3) "Solicit" and "solicitation" mean any request directly or indirectly 192
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for money, credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of any 193
kind or value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, 194
property, financial assistance or other thing of any kind or value is to be 195
used for a charitable purpose or benefit a charitable organization. 196
"Solicit" and "solicitation" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the 197
following methods of requesting or securing such money, credit, 198
property, financial assistance or other thing of value: (A) Any oral, [or] 199
written, electronic or online request; (B) any announcement to the press, 200
over the radio or television or by telephone or telegraph concerning an 201
appeal or campaign by or for any charitable organization or purpose; 202
(C) the distribution, circulation, posting or publishing of any handbill, 203
written advertisement or other publication; and (D) the sale of, offer or 204
attempt to sell, any advertisement, advertising space, book, card, tag, 205
coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscription, 206
flower, ticket, candy, cookies or other tangible item in connection with 207
an appeal made for any charitable organization or purpose, or where 208
the name of any charitable organization is used or referred to in any 209
such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale, or 210
when or where in connection with any such sale, any statement is made 211
that the whole or any part of the proceeds from any such sale is to be 212
used for any charitable purpose or benefit any charitable organization. 213
A solicitation shall be deemed to have taken place whether or not the 214
person making the same receives any contribution. 215
(4) "Charitable purpose" means (A) any benevolent, educational, 216
philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, 217
public health, environmental conservation, civic or eleemosynary 218
objective, and (B) any purpose to benefit law enforcement officers, 219
firefighters or other persons who protect the public safety. 220
(5) "Contribution" means the grant, promise or pledge of money, 221
credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of any kind or value. 222
[in response to a solicitation.] "Contribution" shall not include bona fide 223
fees, dues or assessments paid by members, provided membership is 224
not conferred solely as consideration for making a contribution in 225
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response to a solicitation. 226
(6) "Fund-raising counsel" means a person who for compensation 227
plans, manages, advises or consults with respect to the solicitation in 228
this state of contributions by a charitable organization, but who does not 229
solicit contributions and who does not directly or indirectly employ, 230
procure or engage any person compensated to solicit contributions. [A] 231
"Fund-raising counsel" does not include a bona fide nontemporary 232
salaried officer or employee of a charitable organization [shall not be 233
deemed to be a fund-raising counsel] or an attorney-at-law retained 234
exclusively to provide legal services. 235
(7) "Paid solicitor" means a person who for any consideration, [other 236
than] including, but not limited to, monetary compensation but 237
excluding any nonmonetary gift of nominal value awarded to a 238
volunteer solicitor as an incentive or token of appreciation, performs for 239
a charitable organization any service in connection with which 240
contributions are solicited by such person or by any person he directly 241
or indirectly employs, procures or engages to solicit for such 242
compensation. A bona fide nontemporary salaried officer or employee 243
of a charitable organization shall not be deemed to be a paid solicitor. 244
(8) "Commercial coventurer" means a person who for profit is 245
regularly and primarily engaged in trade or commerce in this state other 246
than in connection with the raising of funds for charitable organizations 247
or purposes and who conducts a charitable sales promotion. 248
(9) "Charitable sales promotion" means an advertising or sales 249
campaign, conducted by a commercial coventurer, which represents 250
that the purchase or use of goods or services offered by the commercial 251
coventurer are to benefit a charitable organization or purpose. 252
(10) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Protection. 253
(11) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 254
Protection. 255
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(12) "Membership" means that which entitles a person to the 256
privileges, professional standing, honors or other direct benefit of the 257
organization and the rights to vote, elect officers and hold office in the 258
organization. 259
(13) "Parent organization" means that part of a charitable 260
organization which supervises and exercises control over the 261
solicitation and expenditure activities of one or more chapters, branches 262
or affiliates. 263
(14) "Gross revenue" means income of any kind from all sources, 264
without deduction of any costs or expenses, including all amounts 265
received as the result of any solicitation by a paid solicitor. 266
Sec. 6. Section 21a-190b of the general statutes is repealed and the 267
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 268
(a) Every charitable organization not exempted by section 21a-190d 269
shall annually register with the department prior to conducting any 270
solicitation or prior to having any solicitation conducted on its behalf by 271
others. Application for registration shall be in a form prescribed by the 272
commissioner and shall include a nonrefundable application fee of fifty 273
dollars. Such application shall include: (1) A registration statement, (2) 274
an annual financial report for such organization for the preceding fiscal 275
year that is prepared in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) 276
of section 21a-190c, and (3) an audited or reviewed financial statement 277
as required by subsection (b) of section 21a-190c, unless the 278
commissioner waives such requirement under subdivision (4) of 279
subsection (b) of section 21a-190c. An authorized officer of the 280
organization shall certify that the statements therein are true and correct 281
to the best of their knowledge. A chapter, branch or affiliate in this state 282
of a registered parent organization shall not be required to register 283
provided the parent organization files a consolidated annual 284
registration for itself and its chapter, branch or affiliate. Each charitable 285
organization shall annually renew its registration not later than eleven 286
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months after the end of such organization's fiscal year. 287
(b) In the event the department determines that the application for 288
registration does not contain the documents required in subsection (a) 289
of this section or is not in accordance with the regulations adopted by 290
the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, the department shall notify 291
the charitable organization of such noncompliance not later than ten 292
days after the department's receipt of such application for registration. 293
Any such charitable organization may request a hearing on its 294
noncompliant status in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 295
(c) In addition to the application fee required pursuant to subsection 296
(a) of this section, a charitable organization shall pay a late fee of twenty-297
five dollars for each month, or part thereof, that such application for 298
registration is late. The commissioner may, upon written request and for 299
good cause shown, waive or reduce any late fee under this section. 300
(d) In the event that a charitable organization fails to register in 301
accordance with the provisions of this section, such organization shall 302
include in its application for registration an annual financial report for 303
each of the previous years in which such organization was required to 304
file an application for registration or an annual financial report. 305
[(e) Any charitable organization registered in accordance with this 306
section on September 30, 2005, shall be deemed to be registered 307
pursuant to this section until the last day of the fifth month after the 308
close of the fiscal year in effect on September 30, 2005.] 309
Sec. 7. Section 21a-190e of the general statutes is repealed and the 310
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 311
(a) Each contract between a charitable organization and a fund-312
raising counsel shall be in writing and [shall be filed by the fund-raising 313
counsel with the department at least fifteen days prior to the 314
performance by the fund-raising counsel of any material services 315
pursuant to such contract. Each contract shall be filed in a form 316
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prescribed by the commissioner. The contract shall] contain such 317
information as will enable the department to identify the services the 318
fund-raising counsel is to provide and the manner of his compensation. 319
Each charitable organization employing a fund-raising counsel shall 320
retain a copy of the contract between such charitable organization and 321
the fund-raising counsel for a period of not less than seven years 322
following expiration of such contract, and shall provide such contract to 323
the department upon a request made by the department for such 324
contract. 325
(b) A fund-raising counsel who at any time has custody or control of 326
contributions from a solicitation shall register with the department. 327
Applications for registration or renewal of a registration as a fund-328
raising counsel shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and 329
shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of one hundred twenty 330
dollars. Each fund-raising counsel shall certify that such application or 331
report is true and correct to the best of the fund-raising counsel's 332
knowledge. Each application shall contain such information as the 333
department shall require. Each registration shall be valid for one year 334
and may be renewed for additional one-year periods. An applicant for 335
registration or for a renewal of registration as a fund-raising counsel 336
shall, at the time of making such application, file with and have 337
approved by the department a bond in a form prescribed by the 338
commissioner, in which the applicant shall be the principal obligor in 339
the sum of [twenty] fifty thousand dollars, with one or more responsible 340
sureties whose liability in the aggregate as such sureties shall be no less 341
than such sum. The fund-raising counsel shall maintain the bond in 342
effect as long as the registration is in effect. The bond shall run to the 343
state and to any person who may have a cause of action against the 344
principal obligor of the bond for any liabilities resulting from the 345
obligor's conduct of any activities subject to sections 21a-190a to 21a-346
190l, inclusive, as amended by this act, or arising out of a violation of 347
said sections or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections. Any 348
such fund-raising counsel shall account to the charitable organization 349
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with which he has contracted for all income received and expenses paid 350
no later than ninety days after a solicitation campaign has been 351
completed, and in the case of a solicitation campaign lasting more than 352
one year, on the anniversary of the commencement of such campaign. 353
Such accounting shall be in writing, shall be retained by the charitable 354
organization for three years and shall be available to the department 355
upon request. 356
Sec. 8. Subsection (j) of section 21a-190f of the general statutes is 357
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 358
1, 2025): 359
(j) A paid solicitor shall file a financial report for the campaign with 360
the department no more than [ninety] forty-five days after a solicitation 361
campaign has been completed, and on the anniversary of the 362
commencement of any solicitation campaign which lasts more than one 363
year, in a form prescribed by the commissioner. The financial report 364
shall include gross revenue and an itemization of all expenditures 365
incurred. The report shall be completed on a form prescribed by the 366
department. An authorized official of the paid solicitor and two 367
authorized officials of the charitable organization shall certify that such 368
report is true and complete to the best of their knowledge. The 369
information contained in such report shall be available to the public. 370
Sec. 9. Section 21a-190h of the general statutes is repealed and the 371
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 372
It shall be a violation of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, as 373
amended by this act, for: (1) Any person to misrepresent the purpose or 374
beneficiary of a solicitation; (2) any person to misrepresent the purpose 375
or nature of a charitable organization; (3) any charitable organization or 376
any person while engaged in the conduct of the affairs of a charitable 377
organization to engage in any financial transaction [which] or 378
nonfinancial conduct that (A) is not related to the accomplishment of 379
[its] the charitable organization's charitable purpose, or [which] (B) 380
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jeopardizes or interferes with the ability of the charitable organization 381
to accomplish such organization's charitable purpose; (4) any charitable 382
organization to expend an unreasonable amount of money for 383
[solicitation or] management; (5) any person to use or exploit the fact of 384
registration so as to lead the public to believe that such registration 385
constitutes an endorsement or approval by the state; (6) any person to 386
misrepresent that any other person sponsors or endorses a solicitation; 387
(7) any person to use the name of a charitable organization, or to display 388
any emblem, device or printed matter belonging to or associated with a 389
charitable organization without the express written permission of the 390
charitable organization; (8) any charitable organization to use the name 391
which is the same as or confusingly similar to the name of another 392
charitable organization unless the latter organization shall consent in 393
writing to its use; (9) any charitable organization to represent itself as 394
being associated with another charitable organization without the 395
express written acknowledgment and endorsement of such other 396
charitable organization; (10) any person to make any false or misleading 397
statement on any document required by sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, 398
inclusive, as amended by this act; (11) any person to fail to comply with 399
the requirements of sections 21a-190b to 21a-190g, inclusive, as 400
amended by this act; (12) any charitable organization to use the services 401
of an unregistered fund-raising counsel or paid solicitor; (13) any fund-402
raising counsel or paid solicitor to perform any services on behalf of an 403
unregistered charitable organization; or (14) any person to appropriate 404
any property of a charitable organization for a private use. 405
Sec. 10. Subsection (b) of section 21a-190i of the general statutes is 406
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 407
1, 2025): 408
(b) [The] Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the 409
commissioner or [his] the commissioner's authorized representative 410
may subpoena documentary material relating to any matter under 411
investigation, issue subpoenas to any person involved in or who may 412
have knowledge of any matter under investigation, administer an oath 413
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or affirmation to any person and conduct hearings on any matter under 414
investigation. 415
Sec. 11. Section 21a-71 of the general statutes is repealed and the 416
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 417
No person shall sell any food, drug or cosmetic, as defined by section 418
21a-92, at an auction, unless such person has notified the Commissioner 419
of Consumer Protection, in writing, of such sale; provided this section 420
shall not apply to the sale of food by any church, parent teacher 421
association, charitable organization, as defined [by subdivision (1) of] in 422
section 21a-190a, as amended by this act, or any organization of any 423
political party. Such notice shall be given at least seven days prior to 424
such sale and said commissioner may inspect such food, drug or 425
cosmetic and prohibit the sale of the same if [it] such food, drug or 426
cosmetic is found to be unfit for human use. This section shall apply to 427
the sale of unclaimed freight. 428
Sec. 12. Section 53-289a of the general statutes is repealed and the 429
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 430
(a) As used in this section, "service charge" means any additional fee 431
or charge that is designated as an "administrative fee", "service fee" or 432
"surcharge" or by using another substantially similar term. 433
(b) No person shall advertise the prices of tickets to any 434
entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of 435
amusement, arena, stadium, theater, performance, sport, exhibition or 436
athletic contest given in this state for which a service charge is imposed 437
for the sale of a ticket at the site of the event, without conspicuously 438
disclosing in such advertisement, whether displayed at the site of the 439
event or elsewhere, the total price for each ticket and what portion of 440
each ticket price, stated in a dollar amount, represents a service charge. 441
(c) If a price is charged for admission to a place of entertainment, the 442
operator of the place of entertainment shall print, endorse or otherwise 443
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disclose on the face of each ticket to an entertainment event at such place 444
of entertainment (1) the price established for such ticket, or (2) if such 445
operator, or such operator's agent, sells or resells such ticket, including 446
at auction, the final price of such ticket. 447
(d) (1) Any person that advertises or facilitates the sale or resale of a 448
ticket to an entertainment event shall (A) disclose the total price of such 449
ticket, which total price shall include all service charges required to 450
purchase such ticket, and (B) disclose, in a clear and conspicuous 451
manner, to the purchaser of such ticket the portion of the total ticket 452
price, expressed as a dollar amount, that is attributable to service 453
charges charged to such purchaser for such ticket. 454
(2) Any person that advertises or facilitates the resale of a ticket to an 455
entertainment event shall disclose, in a clear and conspicuous manner, 456
(A) that the ticket is a resale ticket that may be offered at a price that is 457
greater than the price of a ticket to an entertainment event that is offered 458
or sold by the presenter of the entertainment event, and (B) the price 459
that was printed, endorsed or otherwise disclosed on the face of the 460
ticket at the time such ticket was first sold. 461
[(2)] (3) The disclosures required under [subdivision] subdivisions (1) 462
and (2) of this subsection shall be displayed [in the ticket listing before 463
the ticket is selected for purchase. The total ticket price] when the ticket 464
is initially offered for sale to consumers and the displayed prices shall 465
not increase during the period beginning when a ticket is [selected for 466
purchase] initially offered for sale to consumers and ending when a 467
ticket is purchased, except a reasonable service charge may be charged 468
for delivery of a nonelectronic ticket if (A) such service charge is based 469
on the delivery method selected by the ticket purchaser, and (B) such 470
service charge is disclosed to such purchaser before such purchaser 471
purchases such ticket. 472
[(3)] (4) No disclosure required under this subsection shall be (A) 473
false or misleading, (B) presented more prominently than the total ticket 474
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price, or (C) displayed in a font size that is as large or larger than the 475
font size in which the total ticket price is displayed. 476
(e) A movie shall not be deemed to constitute an entertainment event 477
for the purposes of this section. 478
(f) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 479
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 480
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b. The Attorney General may 481
investigate any violation of this section and enforce the provisions of 482
this section. 483
Sec. 13. Section 19a-32n of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 484
October 1, 2025) 485
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 1-84(i)
Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 21a-190a
Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 21a-190b
Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 21a-190e
Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 21a-190f(j)
Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 21a-190h
Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 21a-190i(b)
Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 21a-71
Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 53-289a
Sec. 13 October 1, 2025 Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) prohibit certain conduct, and require certain disclosures,
concerning ticket sales and resales, (2) regulate veteran or military
benefit services, (3) amend the Code of Ethics for Public Officials to
authorize the Office of the Attorney General to retain certain persons as
expert witnesses, (4) amend the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act by
(A) redefining various terms, (B) eliminating a fund-raising counsel
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contract filing requirement, (C) requiring that charitable organizations
retain and disclose copies of fund-raising counsel contracts, (D)
increasing the fund-raising counsel bond, (E) modifying a reporting
deadline for paid solicitors, (F) prohibiting certain persons from
engaging in certain nonfinancial conduct, and (G) eliminating a
prohibition concerning paid solicitation costs, (5) require persons that
advertise or resell entertainment event tickets to make certain
disclosures, (6) modify when certain disclosures regarding tickets shall
be made, and (7) repeal a provision concerning umbilical cord blood
collection programs.
[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.]