General Assembly Committee Bill No. 144 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3918 *03918SB00144GL_* Referred to Committee on General Law Introduced by: (GL ) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 144 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3918 *03918SB00144GL_* Referred to Committee on General Law Introduced by: (GL ) AN ACT CONCERNING DIGITAL COPIERS AND PRIVACY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) A lessor of a digital copier shall ensure that all copied data is erased from the memory of the copier at the end of the lease term for the copier. (b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b, of the general statutes. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section Statement of Purpose: To protect the privacy of lessees of digital copiers. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors: SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.; REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. Co-Sponsors: SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.; REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. S.B. 144