Bill Text: NJ A1516 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 1516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Pocket Veto - Bills not Acted on by Governor-end of Session [A1516 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1516-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1516

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Co-Sponsored by:

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 January 30, 2012, 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 ¹[the refund or payment is]¹:

(1) ¹the refund or payment is¹ enclosed in a sealed envelope ¹or other secure container such that the rebate refund or payment is not accessible unless the container is opened or unsealed¹; and

(2) ¹[clearly identifiable as a]the portion of the mailing comprising the actual¹ manufacturer's rebate refund or payment ¹is clearly identified as such, in a manner that makes that portion readily distinguishable from the remainder of the contents of the mailing¹.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to mean that the envelope ¹or container¹, in which the manufacturer's rebate refund or payment is mailed, must identify its contents as a manufacturer's rebate refund or payment.