Consumer Protection

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-1120] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Providing for the statewide application for provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower for specified towing and storage charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Real Property - Foreclosures of Residential Property - Loss Mitigation and [HB-1118] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring specified documents to accompany a notice of intent to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; requiring an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property to include payment of a $100 filing fee and be accompanied by either a final loss mitigation affidavit or a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit; altering the contents of a specified notice that must accompany an order to docket or complaint to foreclose; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/26/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Insurance - Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Third-Party Claims [HB-1101] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Altering the circumstances under which an unfair claim settlement practice is considered to have been committed to include failure to act in good faith, as defined under specified provisions of law, in settling any claim, including a third-party claim, under a policy of property and casualty insurance; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Elliott Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/23/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Condominiums - Conversion of Residential Rental Facilities - Expiration of [HB-1081] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a specified owner, and landlord if other than the owner, to give a notice of conversion of a residential rental facility to a condominium and a purchase offer to a subsequent tenant who leases property in the facility after the owner has given the tenants the initial notice and purchase offer; requiring an owner to give a subsequent tenant the same 180 days to remain in the rental facility as the initial tenants are given; limiting the registration for a conversion from a rental facility to a condominium to 5 years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/29/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Credit Regulation - Installment Loans Secured by Motor Vehicle Lien - Balloon [HB-1076] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a credit grantor that makes a specified installment loan to a consumer borrower to require the consumer borrower to pay a balloon payment at maturity of the installment loan if the amount of the installment loan exceeds $30,000 and the installment loan is secured by a lien on a motor vehicle.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Tanning Devices - Use by Minors - Prohibition [HB-1039] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting owners, employees, and operators of tanning facilities from allowing minors to use specified tanning devices; prohibiting owners, employees, and operators of tanning facilities from distributing to minors passes, coupons, or packages redeemable for use of a tanning device; providing that the Act does not preempt specified measures to regulate the sanitary operation of tanning facilities; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/24/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Wireless Telephone Service - Trial Periods and Termination of Service [HB-1018] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring wireless telephone service providers to provide customers with a specified trial period during which the customer may terminate service without incurring specified fees, charges, or penalties; requiring wireless telephone service providers to reduce by a specified amount specified fees and penalties related to the termination of service after the end of the trial period; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/24/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Relating to preventing predatory lending practices [SB-97] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to address the causes of the current foreclosure crisis and generally protect consumers from losing their homes as a result of the subprime and other lenders' overreaching practices and contract provisions, the significance of which consumers cannot be expected to understand.

Sponsored by: Sen. Randy White Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Relating to products' reliability claims [SB-671] [Consumer Protection ] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to codify the learned intermediary doctrine, which recognizes: (1) That prescribing physicians are in a superior position to impart drug warning to patients and provide independent medical decisions as to whether use of the drug is appropriate for treatment of a particular patient; (2) that drug manufacturers lack effective means to communicate directly with each patient; and (3) that imposing a duty to warn upon drug manufacturers would unduly interfere with the physician-patient relationship. This section is new, therefore, (continued...)

Sponsored by: Sen. Roman Prezioso Filed For Introduction on 02/22/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Protecting consumers from state of emergency-related price gouging [SB-660] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Disaster Relief ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the procedure for consumer protection from price gouging during or shortly after the declaration of a state of emergency and the preemptions provisions of this article.

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings To House Judiciary on 03/04/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Prohibiting sale of goods or services with counterfeit mark [SB-3] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale of goods or services with counterfeit mark, production or reproduction of counterfeit mark, and also prescribes penalties, including seizure and forfeiture of the counterfeit mark.

Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Facemire Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Relating to required mediation in consumer protection matters [HB-4664] [Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to require mediation in consumer protection matters. It further provides the tolling of the statute of limitations during mediation and providing time frames for commencement of mediation.

Sponsored by: Rep. Alex Shook Filed For Introduction on 02/22/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Prohibiting the reporting of credit scoring as a part of a credit report [HB-4539] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Data Privacy ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the reporting of credit scoring as a part of a credit report.

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Louisos Filed For Introduction on 02/18/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Limiting the number of telephone calls by a debt collector to a consumer [HB-4370] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ]
The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of telephone calls from a debt collector to a consumer to one call per any thirty-day period.

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Relating to fraudulent, deceptive or misleading representations by debt collectors [HB-4308] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the criminal penalties for a debt collector who intentionally misrepresents information to a debtor.

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Louisos Filed For Introduction on 02/03/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Requiring regulated consumer lenders to provide notice of change in ownership or control to the West Virginia Division of Banking and clarifying that mortgage loan originators employed by such lenders must be registered or licensed [HB-4297] [Finance ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to require regulated consumer lenders to provide notice of change in ownership or control to the West Virginia Division of Banking and to clarify that mortgage loan originators employed by such lenders must be registered or licensed with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Walters With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 02/11/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Requiring a landlord to give at least thirty days written notice to a tenant when property being occupied by the tenant is being foreclosed upon [HB-4208] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to require a landlord to give at least thirty days notice when the property being occupied by the tenant is being foreclosed upon. The bill requires a landlord to give written notice to a prospective tenant if the property is in foreclosure. The bill also provides for damages if notice is not given.

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer From House Calendar, 2nd Reading, Placed On Special Calendar on 02/19/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Requiring insurers to notify insureds of all rate increases before they take effect [HB-4159] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to require all insurers to notify its policyholders of premium rate increases thirty days prior to those increases going into effect.

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Givens Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Protecting computer owners and users from computer spyware [HB-3127] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
The purpose of this bill provides protection for computer owners and users from deceptive or otherwise unauthorized spyware, including various civil remedies available to the owners and users, as well as allow the Attorney General to receive and act on complaints of said owners and users regarding this type of spyware.

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Iaquinta Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session

Preventing predatory lending practices [HB-3097] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to address the causes of the current foreclosure crisis and generally protect consumers from losing their homes as a result of the subprime and other lenders' overreaching practices and contract provisions, the significance of which consumers cannot be expected to understand. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

Sponsored by: Rep. Clif Moore Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010

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