Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06205 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/25/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6205
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2178
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6205 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2178

Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW 

Introduced by:

REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING DEBIT TRANSACTIONS BY CONVENIENCE STORES AND GAS STATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to restrict convenience stores and gas stations to deducting only the exact amount of a debit transaction from a consumer's bank account, rather than placing a hold or tentative transaction in excess of the exact amount.

Statement of Purpose: 

To restrict convenience stores and gas stations to deducting only the exact amount of a debit transaction from a consumer's bank account, rather than placing a hold or tentative transaction in excess of the exact amount.