(a) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this part, if any person violates this part or any regulation implementing this part, the commissioner may seek an injunction in a court of competent jurisdiction and may apply for temporary and permanent orders that the commissioner determines are necessary to restrain the person from further committing the violation.
(b) Any person damaged by the acts of a person in violation of this part or any regulation implementing this part may bring a civil action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person committing the violation.
(c) The commissioner may issue, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, a cease and desist order upon a person that violates any provision of this part, any regulation or order adopted by the commissioner or any written agreement entered into with the commissioner.
(d) When the commissioner finds that an activity in violation of this part presents an immediate danger to the public that requires an immediate final order, the commissioner may issue an emergency cease and desist order reciting with particularity the facts underlying the findings. The emergency cease and desist order is effective immediately upon service of a copy of the order on the respondent and shall remain effective for ninety days from the date of service. If the commissioner begins nonemergency cease and desist proceedings, the emergency cease and desist order shall remain effective, absent an order by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) In the event of a wilful violation of this part, the trial court may award statutory damages in addition to actual damages in an amount up to three times the actual damage award.
(f) The provisions of this part shall not be waived by agreement.
(g) No choice of law provision shall be utilized to prevent the application of this part to any settlement in which a party to the settlement is a resident of this state.
(P.A. 97-202, S. 14, 18; P.A. 99-145, S. 12, 23; P.A. 08-175, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 97-202 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 99-145 deleted references to Secs. 38a-11(a) and 38a-816(19), effective June 8, 1999; P.A. 08-175 replaced former provisions with Subsecs. (a) to (g) re injunctions, civil actions and orders.
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