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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 -- | |
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Cano, Lawson, and LaMountain | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Commerce | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 6-13.1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-13.1 entitled "Deceptive |
2 | Trade Practices" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 6-13.1-2. Unlawful acts or practices Unlawful acts or practices -- Void provisions. |
4 | Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of |
5 | any trade or commerce are declared unlawful. Any term or condition in any agreement which |
6 | unnecessarily burdens a person's effective vindication of rights under this chapter shall be null and |
7 | void. |
8 | 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 -- | |
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES | |
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1 | This act would make any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a |
2 | person's vindication of rights under this section null and void. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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