Connecticut General Statutes Title 21A. Consumer Protection § 21a-79b. Consumer commodity. Price at point of sale higher than posted or advertised price. Sign. Coupon. Warning citation or civil penalty. Exemptions

(a) For the purposes of this section, “consumer commodity” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-79.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21-79 and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a consumer presents a digital or paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, any fruit or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, and the retailer fails to properly redeem such coupon, such retailer shall provide to the consumer a refund in an amount that is equal to the value of such coupon. If a retailer offers a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, any fruit or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, for sale at a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity after expiration of such time period, the retailer shall only require a consumer to pay the reduced price disclosed in such sign for such consumer commodity.

(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54,  1 may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person who, or association, corporation, firm or partnership that, violates any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense.

(e) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person, association, corporation, firm or partnership operating in a retail sales area of not more than one thousand five hundred square feet.