Sec. 21a-2. (Formerly Sec. 19-170e). Toll-free telephone line for inquiries and complaints. - Connecticut Statutes

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      Sec. 21a-2. (Formerly Sec. 19-170e). Toll-free telephone line for inquiries and complaints. A toll-free telephone line, available to consumers throughout the state, shall be established in the Department of Consumer Protection for the handling of consumer inquiries and complaints concerning consumer goods or services in the state or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the department and its licensing and regulatory boards. The line shall be in operation from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday each week, exclusive of those legal holidays on which state offices are closed, and shall be restricted to incoming calls.

      (P.A. 73-640, S. 1-3; P.A. 77-614, S. 172, 610; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 deleted Subsec. (b) containing appropriation to carry out section purposes and added reference to use of telephone line for handling other matters within jurisdiction of department and its licensing and regulatory boards, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-170e transferred to Sec. 21a-2 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department and of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

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      Sec. 21a-2. (Formerly Sec. 19-170e). Toll-free telephone line for inquiries and complaints. A toll-free telephone line, available to consumers throughout the state, shall be established in the Department of Consumer Protection for the handling of consumer inquiries and complaints concerning consumer goods or services in the state or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the department and its licensing and regulatory boards. The line shall be in operation from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday each week, exclusive of those legal holidays on which state offices are closed, and shall be restricted to incoming calls.

      (P.A. 73-640, S. 1-3; P.A. 77-614, S. 172, 610; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 deleted Subsec. (b) containing appropriation to carry out section purposes and added reference to use of telephone line for handling other matters within jurisdiction of department and its licensing and regulatory boards, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-170e transferred to Sec. 21a-2 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department and of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

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      Sec. 21a-2. (Formerly Sec. 19-170e). Toll-free telephone line for inquiries and complaints. A toll-free telephone line, available to consumers throughout the state, shall be established in the Department of Consumer Protection for the handling of consumer inquiries and complaints concerning consumer goods or services in the state or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the department and its licensing and regulatory boards. The line shall be in operation from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday each week, exclusive of those legal holidays on which state offices are closed, and shall be restricted to incoming calls.

      (P.A. 73-640, S. 1-3; P.A. 77-614, S. 172, 610; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 deleted Subsec. (b) containing appropriation to carry out section purposes and added reference to use of telephone line for handling other matters within jurisdiction of department and its licensing and regulatory boards, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-170e transferred to Sec. 21a-2 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department and of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.