Connecticut § 47-99 - Advertisement of securities; prior filing; hearings; media responsibility.
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§ 47-99. Advertisement of securities; prior filing; hearings; media responsibility.
Sec. 47-99. Advertisement of securities; prior filing; hearings; media responsibility. (a) No person shall publish any advertisement in this state concerning any real estate syndicate security sold or offered for sale in this state unless a true copy of the advertisement has first been filed in the office of the commission at least three business days prior to the publication or such shorter period as the commission may by regulation or order allow.
(b) No person shall publish any advertisement concerning any real estate syndicate security in this state after the commission finds that the advertisement contains any statement that is false or misleading or omits to make any statement necessary in order to make the statements made in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading and so notifies the person in writing. After such notification is issued, the person or persons named therein may, within twenty days after receipt of the notification, file a written request for a hearing. Said hearing shall be held within the time period and in accordance with the procedures set forth for hearings contained in section 20-321.
(c) The owner, publisher, licensee or operator of any newspaper, magazine, visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations or the agents or employees of any such owner, publisher, licensee or operator of such newspaper, magazine, station or network of stations shall not be liable under this chapter for any advertising regarding any real estate syndicate security sold or offered for sale in this state carried in any such newspaper or magazine or by any such visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations nor shall any of them be liable under said chapter for the contents of any such advertisement.
(P.A. 73-593, S. 23, 24, 34, 35.)
See Sec. 47-103(b) re conduct of hearings.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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