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 guilty of a class D felony, except that such person shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

(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; P.A. 13-258, S. 63.)

History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years and make a technical change.