Sec. 22a-255k. Certificates of compliance.

      Sec. 22a-255k. Certificates of compliance. No manufacturer or distributor of a product shall be deemed to have violated any provision of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, if such manufacturer or distributor can show that, in the purchase of a package or packaging component, he relied in good faith on the written assurance of the manufacturer of such packaging or packaging component that such packaging or packaging component met the requirements of section 22a-255i. Such written assurance shall take the form of a certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, provided if compliance is achieved pursuant to an exemption provided in section 22a-255j, the certificate shall state the specific basis upon which the exemption is claimed. The certificate of compliance shall be signed by an authorized official of the manufacturer or distributor. A manufacturer or distributor of a package or packaging component shall furnish a copy of the certificate of compliance to the commissioner upon his request.

      (P.A. 90-215, S. 5.)