General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5924
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4825
*04825HB05924GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5924
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4825
*04825HB05924GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PRINT AND DIGITAL NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION REFUNDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) A newspaper publisher shall issue a credit, extension or pro rata refund of the subscription or subscription price of a print or digital newspaper subscription, upon request, to a consumer who has temporarily suspended such subscription due to vacation, travel or illness.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require a credit, extension or pro rata refund to consumers, upon request, of a subscription for a print or digital newspaper subscription, based upon a temporary suspension of such subscription due to vacation, travel or illness.
[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: REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
H.B. 5924