Sec. 22-111xx. Penalties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22-111xx. Penalties. Any person who violates section 22-111nn or 22-111oo shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. Any person who violates section 22-111rr, or an order issued under section 22-111ss, shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, may institute a civil action to recover such penalty in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191. The Superior Court, in an action brought by the Attorney General at the request of the commissioner shall have jurisdiction to restrain a continuing violation of said sections and to issue orders directing that the violation be corrected or removed.

      (P.A. 00-96, S. 24, 25.)

      History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.