Sec.16a-14b-5. Development and dissemination of information from test results

(a) The office of policy and management shall determine if tested products are in compliance with appropriate national consensus standards and/or state regulations and, where applicable, determine the validity of tests for energy efficiency.

(b) The secretary shall forward reports of compliance or noncompliance to any state agency charged with regulating particular products. Where the office of policy and management has investigated advertising claims of an energy-related product and testing results show such claims to be false, the secretary shall forward the report to the commissioner for disposition.

(c) The office of policy and management shall develop information useful to consumers on specific products or categories of products based on test results. The office of policy and management may develop lists of specific products reviewed, including test results, and make such lists available to the public. Manufacturers/distributors submitting data for review shall receive copies of such materials. The office of policy and management may allow products it has reviewed to carry a label indicating test results. The format of such labels shall be determined by the office of policy and management, and any such labels applied to eligible products shall be approved by the office of policy and management, and use of such labels shall be subject to such conditions as the office of policy and management may impose.

Test results shall be available to the public. The office of policy and management may charge a reasonable fee for test results when appropriate. Information developed from test results shall be distributed to the public by the office of policy and management and the department of consumer protection.

(Effective April 23, 1981)