Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/1/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3200




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3200 on page 1 by 
3replacing lines 21 and 22 with the following:

 
4    "Section 10. Scope and construction. 
5    (a) This Act applies to all consumer contracts, except that 
6this Act does not apply to format or language required by State 
7or federal law or regulation.
8    (b) This Act is to be liberally construed to further its 
9purposes, which are to ensure that consumer contracts are 
10written in a simple format and plain language and to protect 
11consumers against unfair or deceptive form contracts."; and
 
12on page 2, line 19, by changing "8-point" to "10-point"; and
 
13on page 2, line 21, by replacing "paragraphs" with "lines, 
14paragraphs,"; and
 
 
 
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1on page 4 by replacing line 9 with the following:
 
2"conducted. No consumer contract may contain a waiver of any 
3rights granted under this Act."; and
 
4on page 4, line 13, by replacing "violation." with "violation. 
5Any person or organization, whether or not a party to a covered 
6contract, and any law enforcement official may bring an action 
7to enjoin the use of a contract that violates this Act."; and
 
8on page 5 by inserting immediately below line 8 the following:
 
9    "Section 97. Severability.  The provisions of this Act are 
10severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.".