HB 1384 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1384
AN ACT relative to consumer liability for charges made with a stolen credit or debit card.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sapareto, Rock 13
This bill limits to $50 the liability of a person to whom a credit card or debit card is issued when the card is stolen and used to make unauthorized charges.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2173
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to consumer liability for charges made with a stolen credit or debit card.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Consumer Liability for Unauthorized Charges. Amend RSA 358-K by inserting after section 4-a the following new section:
358-K:4-b Consumer Liability for Unauthorized Charges on Credit or Debit Card. No consumer shall be held liable by a creditor or debit card issuer for more than $50 when such consumer's credit or debit card or the number of such card is stolen and used to make charges unauthorized by the consumer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.