Bill Text - HB375 (2017)

Relative to the penalties for failure to deliver goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.


Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 8:13 a.m.

HB 375 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0068

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 375

 

AN ACT relative to the penalties for failure to deliver goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Marple, Merr. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill creates penalties for failure to deliver goods under the  Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0068

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to the penalties for failure to deliver goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Certificate of Deed; Paramount Title.  Amend RSA 382-A by inserting after section 1-310 the following new section:

382-A:1-311  Paramount Title; Certificate of Deed; or Other Document That Identifies the Property Purchased.  Whoever for any reason whatsoever violates the requirements for transactions in household goods provided by RSA 382-A:9-109, or shall fail to deliver any part of the property included in a contract to any purchaser, shall be ipso facto guilty of a violation, shall be ipso facto guilty of negligence,  and shall be liable to the purchaser for damages equal to triple the value of the contract.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.