Colorado § 6-7.5-110 Penalties - civil action by attorney general

Colorado Statutes

§ 6-7.5-110 — Penalties - civil action by attorney general

Colorado § 6-7.5-110

Title 06Consumer

Art.Water and Energy Efficiency Standards

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-7.5-110 (2026).

Text

(1)A person shall not sell or offer to sell any new consumer product that is required to meet a standard established in this article 7.5 but that the person knows does not meet that standard.

(2)Whenever the attorney general has probable cause to believe that any person or group of persons has violated or caused another to violate subsection (1) of this section, the attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of the state to seek the imposition of civil penalties as follows:

(a)Any person who violates or causes another to violate subsection (1) of this section shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars for each such violation, which amount shall be transferred to the state treasurer to be credited to the energy fund created in section

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(1) A person shall not
sell or offer to sell any new consumer product that is required to meet a standard
established in this article 7.5 but that the person knows does not meet that
standard.

(2) Whenever the attorney general has probable cause to believe that any
person or group of persons has violated or caused another to violate subsection (1)
of this section, the attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of the state to
seek the imposition of civil penalties as follows:

(a) Any person who violates or causes another to violate subsection (1) of this
section shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars
for each such violation, which amount shall be transferred to the state treasurer to
be credited to the energy fund created in section 24-38.5-102.4. For purposes of
this subsection (2)(a), a violation constitutes a separate violation with respect to
each transaction or online for-sale product listing involved; except that the
maximum civil penalty may not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any
related series of violations.

(b) Any person who violates or causes another to violate any provision of this
article 7.5, where such violation was committed against an elderly person, shall
forfeit and pay to the general fund of the state a civil penalty of not more than ten
thousand dollars for each such violation. For purposes of this subsection (2)(b), a
violation of this section constitutes a separate violation with respect to each elderly
person involved.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (HB 19-1231), ch. 356, p. 3282, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2023: (2)(a) amended, (HB 23-1161), ch. 285, p. 1707, � 7, effective August 7.