HB 136 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 136
This bill clarifies that the practice of law by attorneys is included under the Consumer Protection Act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0138
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT making attorneys subject to the Consumer Protection Act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Consumer Protection Act; Exempt Transactions; Practice of Law Excluded. Amend RSA 358 A:3, I to read as follows:
I. Trade or commerce otherwise permitted under laws as administered by any regulatory board or officer acting under statutory authority of this state or of the United States, provided that the practice of law as regulated by the supreme court and by state law shall not be exempt from the provisions of this chapter;
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.