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)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Wisniewski, Prieto, Chivukula, Assemblywoman Wagner and Senator Greenstein
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.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.