Bill Text: CA AB2112 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Retail sellers: layaway practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-24 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 25. [AB2112 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2112-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2112 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fong
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 1749 of the Civil Code, relating to retail
sellers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2112, as introduced, Fong. Retail sellers: layaway practices.
Existing law requires a retail seller to provide to a consumer
entering into a layaway agreement with the seller a written statement
of the terms and conditions of the agreement, as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1749 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
1749. Any A retail seller
which that permits consumers to lay away
consumer goods shall provide to any a
consumer entering into a layaway agreement with the seller a written
statement of the terms and conditions of the agreement, including
, but not limited to, the following
information:
(1) The amount of the deposit received.
(2) The length of time the goods will be held on layaway which may
be expressed as a period of time or as a date when final payment for
the goods is due.
(3) A specific description of the goods.
(4) The total purchase price of the goods including a separate
listing of any handling or processing charges.
(5) Any other terms and conditions of the layaway agreement.
(6) That the seller will refund any layaway deposit and subsequent
payments, if any, when, before the end of the stated layaway period,
the goods have for any reason become no longer available in the same
condition as at the time of the sale to the consumer.
