Bill Text: CT HB05924 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Consumer Newspaper Subscription Refunds.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - File Number 116 [HB05924 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05924-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 4825 | ||
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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Introduced by: |
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(GL) |
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AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PRINT AND DIGITAL NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION REFUNDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) A newspaper publisher shall issue a credit, extension or pro rata refund of the subscription or subscription price of a print or digital newspaper subscription, upon request, to a consumer who has temporarily suspended such subscription due to vacation, travel or illness.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
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Statement of Purpose:
To require a credit, extension or pro rata refund to consumers, upon request, of a subscription for a print or digital newspaper subscription, based upon a temporary suspension of such subscription due to vacation, travel or illness.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]