Bill Text: HI HB1898 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Uniform Commercial Code; Sales; Express Warranties
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-19 - The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1898 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1898-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the uniform commercial code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 490:2-316, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) Words or conduct relevant to the
creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit
warranty shall be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other; [but
subject] provided that:
(a) Subject to the provisions of this article
on parol or extrinsic evidence (section 490:2-202), negation or
limitation is inoperative to the extent that such construction is unreasonable[.];
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(b) To exclude or modify the express warranty in a consumer contract, the language shall be printed in bold type at the beginning of the record of warranty."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Uniform Commercial Code; Sales; Express Warranties
Description:
Amends the Uniform Commercial Code to require that exclusions or modifications of express warranties for the sale of goods in consumer contracts be printed in bold type at the beginning of the warranty.
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