Bill Text: NJ A1462 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires coin redemption machine operators to disclose fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-01-19 - Approved P.L.2015, c.267. [A1462 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1462-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1462

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires coin redemption machine operators to disclose fees.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on September 18, 2014, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning disclosure of certain coin redemption machine fees and supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    As used in this act:

     "Coin redemption machine" means a device ¹[which] that¹ accepts, sorts, and counts coins deposited by a consumer and provides the consumer with a cash refund or refundable voucher.

     "Operator" means any person, partnership, corporation or other organization ¹[which] that¹ operates a coin redemption machine.

 

     2.    ¹[It shall be an unlawful practice pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for an] No¹ operator ¹[to] shall¹ charge a fee to a consumer for the consumer's use of a coin redemption machine unless a notice is prominently displayed on the coin redemption machine disclosing to the consumer:

     a.    ¹[That] If¹ a fee will be imposed for providing the coin redemption service;

     b.    The amount of ¹[the] any¹ fee; and

     c.    ¹[In the case of coin redemption machines that cannot refund coins once they have been deposited, that] If¹ the coins may not be refunded to the consumer after they have been deposited.

 

      ¹3.   An operator in violation of section 2 of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000  for a first offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).  The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty provided by this section. 

     A second violation of section 2 of this act is an unlawful practice under P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), and for the purposes of this section shall be considered a first offense under P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

     A third or subsequent violation of section 2 of this act is an unlawful practice under P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), and for the purposes of this section shall be considered a subsequent offense under P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.)¹

 

     ¹[3.] 4.¹     The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     ¹[4.] 5.¹     This act shall take effect on the ¹[90th day following] first day of the fourth month next following the date of¹ enactment.