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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 456
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CHAPTER 456
(Senate Bill 8)
AN ACT concerning
Commercial Law - Gift Certificates and Gift Cards - Expiration and Service
Fees - Prohibition Restrictions and Prohibitions
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from selling a gift certificate that contains is
subject to an expiration date unless certain conditions are met or certain fees or
charges within a certain period after purchase; requiring disclosure of certain
terms and conditions of gift certificates in a certain manner; prohibiting a person
from selling a gift certificate that contains is subject to a service postsale fee
prohibiting a change of certain terms or conditions after purchase except under
certain circumstances; providing that a gift certificate sold or issued in violation
of this Act shall be considered valid and shall may not be subject to an expiration
date or a service any fee; prohibiting a gift certificate issued as a store credit
from being subject to expiration or a service fee; authorizing a certain gift card
to be subject to expiration or a postsale fee if certain disclosures are printed on
the gift card in a certain manner; establishing certain disclosure requirements
for certain gift cards sold or issued by electronic means and by telephonic
means; providing that a violation of this Act is an unfair or deceptive trade
practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and is subject to certain
enforcement and penalty provisions; providing for the application of this Act;
defining a certain term; providing for a delayed effective date; and generally
relating to the expiration of and service fees on gift certificates and gift cards.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 13-301(14)(xx)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Commercial Law
Section 13-301(14)(xxii) and 13-301(14)(xxii), 14-1319, and 14-1320
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Commercial Law
13-301.
Unfair or deceptive trade practices include any:
(14) Violation of a provision of:
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