The Florida Senate

HB 959: Credit Counseling Services

GENERAL BILL by Ford ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fresen

Credit Counseling Services; Requires credit counseling organizations to annually register with OFR; provides registration requirements; provides grounds for denying registration; provides for registration fee; authorizes OFR to adopt rules; prohibits credit counseling organization from engaging in certain additional specified acts; deletes provision that allows organization to collect fee for insufficient fund transactions, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/17/2009	House	• Filed
  3/3/2009	House	• Introduced -HJ 00076
  3/5/2009	House	• Referred to Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC); General Government Policy Council; Government Operations Appropriations (CGHC); Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care -HJ 00182
  5/2/2009	House	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC)

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• HB 959, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:35 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1132 (c1)	Credit Counseling Services [CPSC]	Fasano	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Commerce Location:

  Citations - Statutes (8)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  817.801	Definitions.
  817.8015
  817.802	Unlawful fees and costs.
  817.803	Exceptions.
  817.804	Requirements; disclosure and financial reporting.
  817.8045
  817.805	Disbursement of funds.
  817.806	Violations.

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