CHAPTER 107

HB 1195 - FINAL VERSION

20Apr2016... 1600EBA

2016 SESSION

16-2039

05/01

HOUSE BILL 1195

AN ACT relative to prepayment contracts for petroleum products.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the solicitation restriction on prepaid petroleum sales contracts.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Apr2016... 1600EBA 16-2039

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to prepayment contracts for petroleum products.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

107:1  Requirements for Prepaid Contracts for Petroleum.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 339:79, III and RSA 339:79, III(a) to read as follows:

III.  A contract that requires prepayment by the consumer [or caps the price of heating fuel] shall comply with paragraphs I and II of this section.  Such contract also:

(a)  Shall not be advertised or solicited by the dealer in any manner to advertise, solicit, or promote the details of prepaid contracts being offered to consumers, nor shall the dealer solicit or promote pre-buy services independent of all the services offered by the dealer, earlier than May 1 or later than October 31 of the year in which the heating fuel season begins.  Such contracts may be signed prior to May 1 only at the request of the [residential] consumer.

107:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2016

Effective Date: July 19, 2016