Sec. 16a-22k. Unfair trade practices in the business of selling fuel oil. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16a-22k. Unfair trade practices in the business of selling fuel oil. (a) No person, firm or corporation or any officers, agents or employees thereof, shall condition the availability of fuel oil burner maintenance or repair service upon the agreement of any purchaser or potential purchaser to purchase fuel oil from such person, firm or corporation, provided, any person, firm or corporation may give priority for service to any person who has an oil delivery contract with such person, firm or corporation.

      (b) Any person, firm or corporation who sells at retail fuel oil or propane gas to be used for residential space heating and who has established a schedule of payments plan with a retail customer, shall, upon notice of termination of future oil deliveries, return to such customer, within ten days of receiving any such notice, any moneys collected in excess of the retail price for fuel actually delivered, provided, this subsection shall not apply to a schedule of payment plan in which a specific product unit price is agreed upon for the length of the plan.

      (c) Each person, firm or corporation who sells under a trade name at retail fuel oil or propane gas to be used for residential space heating or who provides service for fuel oil or propane burners shall disclose to any customer or potential customer on any communication and invoice and in any advertising, the name of the person or entity which has filed a certificate to use such a trade name, as required by and pursuant to section 35-1.

      (d) Any violation of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under section 42-110b.

      (P.A. 90-304, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 67.)

      History: P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective July 12, 2007.

      Cited. 231 C. 707.