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IN HB1367
Bill
Status
1/22/2013
Primary Sponsor
Edmond Soliday
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AI Summary
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Treats supplier price discrimination against retailers as an unconscionable deceptive act if a supplier refuses to sell goods at the same price to a retailer with whom it has done business within the previous two years.
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Exempts price differences based on quantity purchased per delivery, additional delivery costs to the supplier, or market conditions affecting perishable, seasonal, or discontinued goods.
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Requires courts to award retailers the difference between the higher price they paid and the lower price charged to other retailers if a supplier is found to have committed an unconscionable act.
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Authorizes the attorney general to recover a civil penalty equal to twice the price difference if the attorney general brings an action to enjoin the unconscionable act.
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Excludes franchise agreements and alcoholic beverage transactions from this pricing provision.
Legislative Description
Deceptive consumer sales law.
Last Action
Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
2/11/2013