| Chapter 091 |
| 2024 -- H 7940 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/12/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT |
Introduced By: Representatives Voas, Alzate, Potter, Kazarian, Hull, Marszalkowski, DeSimone, Finkelman, Caldwell, and Slater |
| Date Introduced: March 05, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Title 6 of the General Laws entitled "COMMERCIAL LAW — GENERAL |
| REGULATORY PROVISIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
| CHAPTER 40.1 |
| SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT |
| 6-40.1-1. Short title. |
| This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior Savings Protection Act". |
| 6-40.1-2. No fees to senior citizens for provision of paper documents. |
| It is unlawful for any person engaged in the sale of goods or services to charge any fee to |
| any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older, for a hard-copy paper bill, statement, or |
| invoice. |
| 6-40.1-3. Penalty. |
| Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have committed |
| a deceptive trade practice and is subject to the penalty set forth in § 6-13.1-14. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2025. |
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