Bill Text: HI HB643 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Deceptive Trade Practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-09 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kila, Lamosao excused (2). [HB643 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-HB643-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The purpose of this Act is to establish that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver goods to a consumer in the State shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice.
SECTION 2. Chapter 481B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§481B- Shipping or delivery charges. In the sale or purchase of any goods to be shipped or delivered to a consumer in the State, if a seller imposes a separate charge for shipping or delivery to a consumer, that charge shall not exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver the goods to a consumer in the State."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on June 30, 3000.
Report Title:
Deceptive Trade Practices; Shipping Charges; Delivery Charges; Goods
Description:
Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver goods to a consumer in the State constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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