Bill Text: NJ A2433 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield. *
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-09-30 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [A2433 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2433-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Requires disclosure of ink volume on printer ink cartridge packaging.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning printer ink cartridges 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. It shall be an unlawful practice for any manufacturer to sell, or make available for sale, any printer ink cartridge unless the packaging of such printer ink cartridge indicates the volume of ink contained in the cartridge.
b. For the purposes of this section:
"Printer" means an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data; and
"Printer ink cartridge" means a replaceable module containing ink that is designed to be inserted into a printer.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 13th month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would require manufacturers to disclose the volume of ink contained in any printer ink cartridges they produce for sale. Under the bill, it would be an unlawful practice for any manufacturer to sell, or make available for sale, a printer ink cartridge unless its packaging indicates the volume of ink contained in the cartridge.
An unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act is punishable by a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000 for a first offense and not more than $20,000 for any subsequent offense. In addition, a violation can result in cease and desist orders issued by the Attorney General, the assessment of punitive damages and the awarding of treble damages and costs to the injured.
