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CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 16a-21. Sales of home heating oil. Billing.
Sec. 16a-21. Sales of home heating oil. Billing. (a) No person, firm or corporation
shall sell at retail fuel oil or propane gas to be used for residential heating without placing
the unit price, clearly indicated as such, the total number of units sold and the amount
of any delivery surcharge in a conspicuous place on the delivery ticket given to the
purchaser or an agent of the purchaser at the time of delivery. No person, firm or corporation may bill or otherwise attempt to collect from any purchaser of fuel oil or propane
gas an amount which exceeds the unit price multiplied by the total number of units stated
on the delivery ticket, plus the amount of any delivery surcharge stated on the ticket.
For the purpose of this section, unit price means the price per gallon computed to the
nearest tenth of a whole cent.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(P.A. 74-212, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-256; P.A. 81-330, S. 3, 13; P.A. 90-304, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 14, 131.)
History: P.A. 79-256 removed reference to "number two" fuel oil and replaced "bill" with "statement of charges and delivery ticket" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-330 required in Subsec. (a) that delivery ticket contain the total number of units sold and amount of delivery surcharge in addition to unit price and added provision for computation of charges; P.A. 90-304 added provision requiring a seller to provide the secretary of the office of policy and management with a notice of any change in price of fuel oil or propane gas; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision requiring seller to provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with notice of any change in price of fuel oil or propane gas and making a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(P.A. 74-212, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-256; P.A. 81-330, S. 3, 13; P.A. 90-304, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 14, 131.)
History: P.A. 79-256 removed reference to "number two" fuel oil and replaced "bill" with "statement of charges and delivery ticket" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-330 required in Subsec. (a) that delivery ticket contain the total number of units sold and amount of delivery surcharge in addition to unit price and added provision for computation of charges; P.A. 90-304 added provision requiring a seller to provide the secretary of the office of policy and management with a notice of any change in price of fuel oil or propane gas; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision requiring seller to provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with notice of any change in price of fuel oil or propane gas and making a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001.
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