Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06691 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/30/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6691
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 3202
 *03202*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6691 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 3202

*03202*

Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW 

Introduced by:

REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CASH REFUNDS FOR GIFT CARD BALANCES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that if a person uses a gift card to make a purchase of goods or services, the person accepting the gift card as payment, if requested by the purchaser, shall provide the purchaser with a cash refund equal to the value of the remaining balance on the gift card after the purchase.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow a gift card recipient to obtain a cash refund of the gift card balance after a purchase is made with the card.