Sec. 16a-18. Illegal creation of fuel shortage. Penalty. Extradition.
Sec. 16a-18. Illegal creation of fuel shortage. Penalty. Extradition. (a) No person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof shall individually perform any
act, or conspire to perform any act, which act creates a shortage of fuel or a probable
shortage of fuel in this state with the intent to raise fuel prices or energy prices, adversely
affect competition in this state or in any way violate the antitrust laws of the state of
Connecticut or other laws of this state regulating illegal business practices.
(b) Any person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof violating any
provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty
thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(c) If any person violates sections 16a-17 to 16a-20, inclusive, and subsequently
leaves the jurisdiction of this state, the Chief State's Attorney shall seek extradition of
such individual. If any individual violates any provision of said sections while physically
present in another state, the Chief State's Attorney or his designee shall seek extradition
of said individual under a like provision of section 54-162 of the Uniform Criminal
Extradition Act, as it may appear in other jurisdictions or under any other applicable
law of such other jurisdictions.
(P.A. 74-208, S. 2, 5; P.A. 07-217, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.