(a) A financial institution may delete or decrease any existing deposit account charges without notice. No financial institution shall impose any new deposit account charge or increase any existing deposit account charge unless the financial institution: (1) At least thirty days prior to such imposition or increase, posts a notice reciting such new or increased charge adjacent to, or incorporates such notice in, the current deposit account charges posted in each office at which deposits are accepted; and (2) delivers a notice reciting such new or increased charge to each depositor who has a deposit account which will be affected by such new or increased charge and for which such financial institution normally renders a periodic statement of account, which notice of new or increased charge shall be delivered (A) at least thirty days prior to such new or increased charge if any such periodic statement is normally rendered monthly or more frequently, or (B) no later than delivery of the next subsequent periodic statement after such new or increased charge if any such periodic statement is normally rendered less frequently than monthly.

(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to increases in check printing charges if the financial institution has previously disclosed to the consumer a range of prices, that check printing charges may vary or that prices upon reorder may be higher than the price initially disclosed.

(P.A. 79-433, S. 6, 11; P.A. 81-261, S. 5; P.A. 93-168, S. 5, 8; P.A. 94-14, S. 1, 2.)

History: P.A. 79-433 effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 81-261 rephrased certain parts of the section and established time periods for the delivery of a notice reciting new or increased charges depending upon the frequency with which the periodic statement is rendered to the depositor; P.A. 93-168 added Subsec. (b) re exception to the prohibition required under Subsec. (a) concerning increases in check printing charges, effective June 23, 1993, except that compliance by financial institutions shall be optional prior to the mandatory compliance date of the regulations applicable to the financial institution promulgated pursuant to the Federal Truth in Savings Act, Subtitle F of Title II of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, Public Law 102-242, as from time to time amended, or January 1, 1994, whichever is sooner; P.A. 94-14 changed the January 1, 1994, compliance date to July 1, 1995, effective April 25, 1994; Sec. 36-27f transferred to Sec. 36a-320 in 1995.