CHAPTER 276
HB 1429 - FINAL VERSION
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2002 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1429
AN ACT relative to the scope of the consumer protection act and relative to the appointment of a director of administration for the office of attorney general.
SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. Keye, Hills 30; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Spiess, Hills 14; Rep. Marshall, Graf 2; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Flanders, Dist 7
This bill prohibits practices that impede competition under the consumer protection act.
The bill exempts certain regulated persons from the consumer protection act. The bill also provides for the appointment of a director of administration for the office of the attorney general.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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4/18/02 3626s
2may02...3717cofc
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05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to the scope of the consumer protection act and relative to the appointment of a director of administration for the office of attorney general.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
276:1 New Paragraph; Regulation of Business Practices for Consumer Protection; Acts Unlawful; Prohibited Pricing Practices. Amend RSA 358-A:2 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV. Pricing of goods or services in a manner that tends to create or maintain a monopoly, or otherwise harm competition.
276:2 Consumer Protection; Exempt Transactions; Industry Exemptions. RSA 358-A:3, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I. Trade or commerce that is subject to the jurisdiction of the bank commissioner, the director of securities regulation, the insurance commissioner, the public utilities commission, the financial institutions and insurance regulators of other states, or federal banking or securities regulators who possess the authority to regulate unfair or deceptive trade practices.
276:3 Department of Justice; Director of Administration. RSA 21-M:3, VI is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
VI. The attorney general shall nominate, subject to confirmation by the governor and council, an unclassified director of administration for the office of attorney general, within the limits of the appropriation made for the appointment, who shall serve for a 5-year term. The director of administration may be removed only as provided by RSA 4:1.
276:4 Director of Administration; Salary of Position. The unclassified position of director of administration for the office of attorney general, authorized in RSA 21-M:3, VI as inserted by section 3 of this act, shall be submitted to the commissioner of administrative services for evaluation by the consulting group on compensation of state officers, contracted pursuant to RSA 21-I:13, XIII, for determination of the salary for the position of director of administration, subject to the approval of the fiscal committee.
276:5 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: May 18, 2002)
(Effective Date: I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect July 17, 2002.
II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect August 16, 2002.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect May 18, 2002)