Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-425: Violations. Civil penalties. Regulations.

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(a) The Attorney General may investigate any violation of section 31-421. If the Attorney General finds that any member of the Connecticut Retirement Security Advisory Board, or any agent engaged or appointed by the Comptroller or the board has violated or is violating any provision of said section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford under this section in the name of the state against such member or agent. The remedies available to a court in any such action shall be limited to injunctive relief. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private right of action.
(b) If a qualified employer fails to remit contributions to the program in the time period specified in subsection (e) of section 31-422, such failure to remit such contributions shall be a violation of section 31-71e.
(c) If a qualified employer fails to (1) enroll such qualified employer's covered employees as required under subsection (a) of section 31-422, or (2) transmit contributions to the program, as required under subsection (e) of section 31-422, the Comptroller shall send a notice of noncompliance to such qualified employer. The Comptroller shall send at least two notices of noncompliance followed by a final notice of noncompliance. Each year a qualified employer is found to be noncompliant for a period of ninety calendar days or longer after service of such final notice of noncompliance, such employer may be assessed a civil penalty by the Comptroller of (A) not more than five hundred dollars for a qualified employer that employs not less than five and not more than twenty-four employees, (B) not more than one thousand dollars for a qualified employer that employs not less than twenty-five and not more than ninety-nine employees, and (C) not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for a qualified employer that employs one hundred or more employees.
(d) The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.

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TITLE 31. LABOR
CHAPTER 574. CONNECTICUT RETIREMENT SECURITY AUTHORITY. CONNECTICUT RETIREMENT SECURITY EXCHANGE

(b) If a qualified employer fails to remit contributions to the program in the time period specified in subsection (e) of section 31-422, such failure to remit such contributions shall be a violation of section 31-71e.

(c) If a qualified employer fails to (1) enroll such qualified employer's covered employees as required under subsection (a) of section 31-422, or (2) transmit contributions to the program, as required under subsection (e) of section 31-422, the Comptroller shall send a notice of noncompliance to such qualified employer. The Comptroller shall send at least two notices of noncompliance followed by a final notice of noncompliance. Each year a qualified employer is found to be noncompliant for a period of ninety calendar days or longer after service of such final notice of noncompliance, such employer may be assessed a civil penalty by the Comptroller of (A) not more than five hundred dollars for a qualified employer that employs not less than five and not more than twenty-four employees, (B) not more than one thousand dollars for a qualified employer that employs not less than twenty-five and not more than ninety-nine employees, and (C) not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for a qualified employer that employs one hundred or more employees.

(d) The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.

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