HB237 (2005) Detail

Relative to telephone rate disclosure.


HB 237 – AS INTRODUCED

2005 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 237

AN ACT relative to telephone rate disclosure.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bergin, Hills 6; Rep. Dokmo, Hills 6

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that it is a violation of the consumer protection act for a long-distance carrier to charge any rate that has not been disclosed to the consumer.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05-0509

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to telephone rate disclosure.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Consumer Protection; Acts Unlawful. Amend RSA 358-A:2 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV. Imposing a charge or rate change for long-distance telecommunications service that has not been disclosed to the consumer.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.