HB0878

2013 Regular Session

 

Entitled:

Consumer Protection - Store Credit Cards for Rebates and Returned Merchandise - Required Notice

Sponsored by:

Delegate Turner, V.

Status:

In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.


Synopsis:Prohibiting a merchant from requiring a consumer to accept a store credit card, instead of cash, a check, or a credit to the consumer's credit or debit card account, for a rebate or returned merchandise unless the merchant displays at the point of sale a notice disclosing in a specified manner a specified policy of the merchant; etc.
Analysis:Fiscal and Policy Note
All Sponsors:Delegates V. Turner, Cullison, Elliott, Hubbard, Murphy, and Reznik
Additional Facts:Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2013
Committee(s):
Economic Matters  View Committee HearingFinance  Listen to Committee Hearing
Broad Subject(s):Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
Narrow Subject(s):Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc.
Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
Credit
Disclosure
Notices
Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
Unfair Trade Practices
Statutes:Article - Commercial Law
(14-1319.1)

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October 2, 2015 9:10 A.M.