§ 21a-401 — Written agreement. Required disclosures.

Connecticut § 21a-401

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 21a: Consumer Protection
• Ch. 420e: Home Food Service Plan Sales Act

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(a) At the time of sale, the seller shall provide the buyer with a single written agreement in a form approved by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, which shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following: (1) The name, address and telephone number of the seller and the name and the address of the buyer; (2) the date of the written agreement; (3) the price of the food and nonfood items of the home food service plan; (4) the price of any service charge associated with the home food service plan; (5) the total price of the home food service plan including the price of the food and nonfood items, and the price of any service charge; (6) a statement that the buyer shall have the right to cancel the home food service plan written agreement until midnight of the third business day after the date on which the buyer executed the written agreement or after the day on which the seller provided the buyer with a fully executed copy of the written agreement, whichever is later, by giving written notice of cancellation to the seller. Compliance with the provisions of chapter 740 and with federal statutes, rules or regulations governing the form of notice of right of cancellation shall constitute satisfactory notice under this subdivision; (7) whether substitutions of food items may be or are made, under what circumstances such substitutions will be made, the price of such substitutions and whether the prospective buyer has the right to refuse such substitutions; (8) the terms and conditions of food spoilage protection, if any; (9) that the buyer is not obligated to (A) enter into an additional home food service plan written agreement; (B) purchase an appliance, including, but not limited to, a freezer, refrigerator-freezer or microwave oven; (C) to purchase food spoilage protection, or (D) purchase any other product from the seller in order to enter into a home food service plan; and (10) that within ten days after cancellation, the seller shall return to the buyer any note or other evidence of indebtedness and shall refund to the buyer all payments made by the buyer minus the price of the actual amount of food and nonfood products delivered to and not returned or tendered by the buyer following cancellation. (b) In addition to the disclosures required in the written agreement, the following disclosures shall be given to the buyer at the time of sale: (1) A written list of all food and nonfood items to be sold, which shall include: (A) The identity of each item and, where applicable, the United States Department of Agriculture quality grade of the item, if so graded, the primal source and the brand or trade name; (B) the quantity of each item sold; (C) the estimated serving size by net weight of each piece of meat, poultry and seafood item offered for sale under the home food service plan, provided such estimates shall not differ from the actual weight at the time of delivery by more than five per cent and that the dollar value of the meat, poultry and seafood items delivered is equal to or greater than that represented to the buyer; and (D) the net weight, measure or count of all other food and nonfood items offered for sale; (2) a current item price list stating in dollars and cents the price per pound or other appropriate unit of measure and the total sale price of each item to be delivered. The price list shall clearly and conspicuously make reference to the fact of whether there are additional costs disclosed in the written agreement relating to any service charges associated with the purchase of the home food service plan; (3) if a membership is sold, a written statement of all terms, conditions, benefits, and privileges applicable to the membership.

Legislative History

(P.A. 92-42, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.) History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner 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.