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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Voas, Alzate, Potter, Kazarian, Hull, Marszalkowski, | |
Date Introduced: March 05, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 6 of the General Laws entitled "COMMERCIAL LAW — GENERAL |
2 | REGULATORY PROVISIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 40.1 |
4 | SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT |
5 | 6-40.1-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior Savings Protection Act". |
7 | 6-40.1-2. No fees to senior citizens for provision of paper documents. |
8 | It is unlawful for any person engaged in the sale of goods or services to charge any fee to |
9 | any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older, for a hard-copy paper bill, statement or |
10 | invoice. |
11 | 6-40.1-3. Penalty. |
12 | Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have committed |
13 | a deceptive trade practice and is subject to the penalty set forth in § 6-13.1-14. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is sixty-five (65) |
2 | years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision |
3 | would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a five hundred dollars ($500) fine. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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