Senate Bill 2238

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2238

    By Senator Casas





    39-825-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to deceptive and unfair trade

  3         practices; creating s. 501.2046, F.S.;

  4         providing that negative option sales and

  5         billing for products, services, and personally

  6         identifiable information are deceptive and

  7         unfair trade practices; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 501.2046, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         501.2046  Negative options.--It is a violation of this

15  part for any person doing business in this state to charge or

16  bill a person for a product or service or to share or sell a

17  person's personally identifiable information without the

18  express and conscious authorization of that person.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Provides that negative option sales and billing for
      products, services, and personally identifiable
24    information are deceptive and unfair trade practices.

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