SB 437-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 437-FN
AN ACT relative to retail selling.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Klemm, Dist 22
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill:
I. Limits to the amount paid for goods and services the refund guarantee that a home solicitation seller must furnish.
II. Permits home solicitation sellers to state "satisfaction guaranteed" or words of the same meaning in place of the existing buyer's rights statement.
III. 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.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2710
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to retail selling.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Retail Installment Sales; Retail Selling; Notice; Guarantees. Amend RSA 361-B:2, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) A home solicitation sale shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of RSA 361-B:2, I, if (1) the seller guarantees that [(1)] the buyer may at any time: (i) cancel the order, or (ii) refuse to accept the goods when delivered without incurring any obligation to pay for them, or (iii) return the goods to the seller and receive a full refund for any amount the buyer has paid for goods or services, and (2) the buyer's right to cancel the order, refuse delivery, or return the goods without obligation or charge at any time is clearly and unmistakably set forth on the face or reverse side of the sales ticket, receipt, or contract, or the sales ticket, receipt, or contract states "satisfaction guaranteed" or words of the same meaning.
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.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
LBAO
00-2710
12/17/99
SB 437-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to retail selling.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.