Bill Text: NJ A1706 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-21 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [A1706 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1706-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 1706
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Greenstein, Assemblymen Wisniewski, Prieto, Chivukula and Assemblywoman Wagner
SYNOPSIS
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on June 10, 2010, with amendments.
An Act concerning certain rebates 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. a. As used in this section, "manufacturer's rebate" means any offer or promise that a manufacturer will refund to a consumer all or a portion of the price paid by the consumer for merchandise.
b. It shall be an unlawful practice for a manufacturer or its agent, or a retail mercantile establishment or its agent, to mail a manufacturer's rebate refund or payment to a consumer, unless the refund or payment is:
(1) enclosed in a sealed envelope; and
(2) clearly identifiable as a manufacturer's rebate refund or payment 1[, in a manner prescribed by the Director of Consumer Affairs]1.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to mean that the envelope, in which the manufacturer's rebate refund or payment is mailed, must identify its contents as a manufacturer's rebate refund or payment.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
