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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1759

    Amendment No. 001 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Business Development & International Trade

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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16         To page 3, line 7,

17  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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19  and insert in lieu thereof:  compensation law. Such access is

20  limited to the wage reports for the preceding 16 calendar

21  quarters.

22         (2)  Creditors must obtain written consent from the

23  credit applicant. Any such written consent from the credit

24  applicant must be signed and must include the following:

25         (a)  Specific notice that the individual's wage and

26  employment history information will be released to a

27  consumer-reporting agency;

28         (b)  Notice that such release is made for the sole

29  purpose of reviewing a specific application for credit made by

30  the individual;

31         (c)  Notice that the files of the Department of Labor

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 1  and Employment Security containing wage and employment history

 2  information submitted by the individual or his or her

 3  employers may be accessed; and

 4         (d)  A listing of the parties authorized to receive the

 5  released information.

 6         (3)  Consumer-reporting agencies and creditors

 7  accessing information under this section must safeguard the

 8  confidentiality of such information and shall use the

 9  information only to support a single consumer credit

10  transaction for the creditor to satisfy standard financial

11  underwriting requirements or other requirements imposed upon

12  the creditor, and to satisfy the creditor's obligations under

13  applicable state or federal Fair Credit Reporting laws and

14  rules governing this section.

15         (4)  Should any consumer-reporting agency or creditor

16  violate any provision of this section, the Department of Labor

17  and Employment Security shall, upon thirty days written notice

18  to the consumer-reporting agency, terminate the contract

19  established between the department and the consumer-reporting

20  agency resulting from this section.

21         (5)  For purposes of this section, "creditor" has the

22  same meaning as set forth in the federal Fair Debt Collection

23  Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. s. 1692 et seq.

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

30         On page 1, lines 12,

31  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said line

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1759

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 1  and insert in lieu thereof:

 2         providing for confidentiality; limiting use of

 3         the information released; providing for

 4         termination of contracts under certain

 5         circumstances; defining the term "creditor";

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