SB 621 - Mot. Veh. Rental Company Adver- tisement - requirements

First Reader Summary

A bill to amend Part 4 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false advertising, so as to provide for certain requirements relating to advertisement of rental rates for motor vehicles by rental companies; to provide a penalty; to provide an effective date.

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Code Sections - 10-1-420.1

SB 621                                            LC 19 3869S 
 
               ______________________________ offers the following 
      substitute to SB 621: 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Part 4 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of 
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false 
  1- 3  advertising, so as to provide for certain requirements 
  1- 4  relating to advertisement of rental rates for certain trucks 
  1- 5  and vans by rental companies; to provide a penalty; to 
  1- 6  provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and 
  1- 7  for other purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Part 4 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the 
  1-11  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false 
  1-12  advertising, is amended by adding immediately following Code 
  1-13  Section 10-1-420 a new Code Section 10-1-420.1 to read as 
  1-14  follows: 
 
  1-15    "10-1-420.1. 
 
  1-16    (a) Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the 
  1-17    business of renting trucks or vans, not intended primarily 
  1-18    for passenger use, for periods of less than 31 days which 
  1-19    shall make or disseminate or cause to be made or 
  1-20    disseminated before the public in this state in any 
  1-21    newspaper or other publication, radio, television, or 
  1-22    advertising device, or in any manner whatsoever, any 
  1-23    statement containing a specific rental rate for such a 
  1-24    truck or van shall also provide for a statement of the 
  1-25    minimum and maximum rental periods for which such rental 
  1-26    rate is valid and a statement of the mileage rate for such 
  1-27    truck or van if mileage during the rental period is to be 
  1-28    a separate, additional charge under the rental agreement. 
 
  1-29    (b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating this Code 
  1-30    section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." 
 
  1-31                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-32  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1998. 
 
 
 
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  2- 1                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2- 2  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 3  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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