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HB 340 Original 2016 Regular Session Stokes
Abstract: Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of warranties or extended service agreements for motor
vehicles, either by mail or by telephone, by any person other than a manufacturer or dealer
of motor vehicles.
Proposed law declares that it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or solicit for sale a warranty or
extended service agreement, either by mail or by telephone, relative to a motor vehicle as defined
in present law (R.S. 32:1252).
Proposed law establishes that any violation of proposed law shall be a deceptive and unfair trade
practice and shall subject the violator to any and all actions and penalties provided for in present law
(Chapter 13 of Title 51). Further, proposed law establishes that a violation occurs each time a
warranty or extended service agreement relative to a motor vehicle is sold or solicited for sale either
by mail or by telephone.
Proposed law provides that the provisions of proposed law shall not apply to any manufacturer or
dealer of motor vehicles as defined in present law (R.S. 32:1252).
(Adds R.S. 51:1422)