(a) It is the policy of this state to (1) enhance economic stabilization and strengthen competition among the various businesses engaged in the extension of consumer credit or in the leasing of consumer goods and to serve the interests of consumers of credit and leased goods by requiring meaningful disclosure of credit and lease terms so that prospective debtors and lessees have the opportunity to compare more readily the various credit and lease terms available to them and the opportunity to avoid the uninformed use of credit and leases, and (2) protect consumers against inaccurate and unfair credit billing practices.

(b) It is also the policy of this state to provide that the commissioner administer and enforce the requirements for such disclosures of credit and lease terms for transactions in this state.

(c) It is also the policy of this state to avoid duplication between the federal government and the government of this state in the administration and enforcement of statutes which are designed to accomplish an identical purpose, and therefore to obtain an exemption from the Consumer Credit Protection Act by subjecting various classes of credit and lease transactions in this state to requirements which are substantially similar to those imposed under said federal act.

(P.A. 81-158, S. 2, 17; P.A. 82-18, S. 2, 4; 82-472, S. 114, 183; P.A. 15-235, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 82-18 changed effective date of P.A. 81-158 from March 31, 1982, to “the effective date of Title VI of Public Law 96-221, as contained in Section 625(a) of Public Law 96-221, as amended”, i.e. October 1, 1982; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes and corrections; Sec. 36-393a transferred to Sec. 36a-677 in 1995; P.A. 15-235 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re economic stabilization and protection of consumers against inaccurate and unfair credit billing practices and amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective August 1, 2015.

Annotation to former section 36-393a:

Cited. 27 CA 628.