Bill Text: WV HB2024 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To House Judiciary [HB2024 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB2024-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2024
By Delegate Fast
[Introduced January 9, 2019;
Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-109a, relating to allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6. GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.
§46A-6-109a. Failure to provide written contract not unfair or deceptive act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary and notwithstanding the provisions of Attorney General Rule §142-5-3, it is not an unfair or deceptive practice to have an oral contract to perform any home improvement transaction. The Attorney General shall amend its rules to comply with this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow an oral contract to be used to perform any home improvement transaction.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
