Bill Text: MS HB1238 | 2018 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Office of Consumer Protection; clarify exclusions of provisions regulating.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-27 - Died In Committee [HB1238 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-HB1238-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Baker
House Bill 1238
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-24-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE EXCLUSIONS OF THE PROVISIONS REGULATING THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 75-24-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-24-7. Nothing in this
chapter shall apply to acts * * * or practices:
(a) Done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper, periodical, printing shop, directory, website provider or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of an advertisement, when the owner, agent or employee did not have knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement and did not have a direct financial interest in the sale or distribution of the advertised product or service.
(b) Done by any officer acting under the orders of any court.
(c) Permitted under laws of the State of Mississippi or the United States or under rules, regulations, or decisions interpreting such laws, including, but not limited to, acts or practices permitted or authorized by a state or federal regulatory agency tasked by statute to regulate such acts or practices.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
