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5/18/00.....4607s

31may00.....4741-CofC

31may00.....4771-EBA

2000 SESSION

00-2029

05/10

HOUSE BILL 1611

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill, between its passage and July 1, 2001, limits to telephone solicitation the telephone number for customer inquiries and complaints disclosure that certain home solicitation sellers must provide, and permits disclosure of an address instead of a telephone number. As of July 1, 2001, the law in regard to retail selling and requirements for telephone solicitation as provided in RSA 361-B:2-a reverts to the law as of January 1, 2000.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

29march00.....3918h

5/18/00.....4607s

31may00.....4741-CofC

31may00.....4771-EBA

00-2029

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

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

305:1 Retail Installment Sales; Retail Selling; Disclosure, Exceptions; Telephone Number; Limitation. Amend RSA 361-B:2-a, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) In the case of a telephone solicitation, an address or a telephone number for customer inquiries and complaints.

305:2 Retail Installment Sales; Retail Selling; Disclosure; Exceptions; Telephone Number; Limitation. Amend RSA 361-B:2-a, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) [In the case of a telephone solicitation, an address or] A telephone number for customer inquiries and complaints.

305:3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

(Approved: June 21, 2000)

(Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect July 1, 2001.