HB 771-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 771-FN
AN ACT repealing exemptions to the consumer protection act.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 76; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 23; Rep. J. Pratt, Ches 24; Rep. Weyler, Rock 79
This bill repeals the exemptions to 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0456
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT repealing exemptions to the consumer protection act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 358-A:3, relative to exemptions from the consumer protection act, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.
LBAO
03-0456
12/18/02
HB 771-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT repealing exemptions to the consumer protection act.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Justice has determined this bill may have an indeterminable impact on state general fund expenditures in FY 2004 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state, county and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department stated this bill will involve this agency in additional litigation. The cost of litigation, exclusive of man-hours, involves such things as the production of documents, research, travel, etc. In FY 2002, these litigation costs averaged $2,388 for civil cases. The personnel costs of litigation can be measured in terms of overtime for the support staff and additional caseloads for attorneys. In addition, any increases in the number of complaints to the Consumer Protection Unit will both increase the backlog of cases and the priority in which they are handled. The Department cannot, with any degree of certainty, project the number of complaints that will arise as a direct result of removing them from the exclusion lists. It is known however, that both workload and costs will increase if this bill becomes law.