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HB 162 - Fair business practices; prohibit certain gender discrimination

Jones, Vernon A (71st)

Status Summary	HC:	Judy	SC:		FR:	01/25/99	LA:	01/26/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide that it shall be an unfair business practice to discriminate against a person based on his or her gender in the pricing of goods or services; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 10-1-393.7

HB 162                                             LC 19 4032 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of 
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business 
  1- 3  Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide that it shall be an 
  1- 4  unfair business practice to discriminate against a person 
  1- 5  based on his or her gender in the pricing of goods or 
  1- 6  services; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 7  purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the 
  1-11  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business 
  1-12  Practices Act of 1975," is amended by inserting immediately 
  1-13  following Code Section 10-1-393.4 a new Code section to read 
  1-14  as follows: 
 
  1-15    "10-1-393.7. 
 
  1-16    (a) It shall be an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade 
  1-17    practice to discriminate, with respect to the price 
  1-18    charged for goods or services of similar type or kind, 
  1-19    against a person because of such person's gender. 
 
  1-20    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall 
  1-21    be construed so as to prohibit price differences based 
  1-22    specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost 
  1-23    of producing the goods or providing the services." 
 
  1-24                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-25  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  1-26  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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