PRINTER'S NO. 977
No. 806 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, EARLL, WENGER, MOWERY, C. WILLIAMS,
THOMPSON, SCARNATI, ARMSTRONG, WAUGH, CORMAN, DENT,
WONDERLING AND MADIGAN, JUNE 17, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 17, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387),
2 entitled "An act prohibiting unfair methods of competition
3 and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of
4 any trade or commerce, giving the Attorney General and
5 District Attorneys certain powers and duties and providing
6 penalties," further providing for unfair methods of
7 competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 2(4) of the act of act of December 17,
11 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
12 Consumer Protection Law, reenacted and amended November 24, 1976
13 (P.L.1166, No.260), is amended by adding a subclause to read:
14 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act.
15 * * *
16 (4) "Unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive
17 acts or practices" mean any one or more of the following:
18 * * *
19 (xxii) Proposing or entering into a contract for services
20 for which compensation is based solely upon an award, recovery,
1 or the issuance of a monetary payment in excess of the following
2 limits:
3 (A) Forty per cent of the first fifty thousand dollars
4 ($50,000).
5 (B) Thirty-three and one-third per cent of the next fifty
6 thousand dollars ($50,000).
7 (C) Twenty-five per cent of the next five hundred thousand
8 dollars ($500,000).
9 (D) Fifteen per cent of any amount on which the award,
10 recovery or monetary payment exceeds six hundred thousand
11 dollars ($600,000).
12 Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended December 4, 1996
13 (P.L.906, No.146), is amended to read:
14 Section 3. Unlawful Acts or Practices; Exclusions.--Unfair
15 methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
16 in the conduct of any trade or commerce as defined by subclauses
17 (i) through [(xxi)] (xxii) of clause (4) of section 2 of this
18 act and regulations promulgated under section 3.1 of this act
19 are hereby declared unlawful. The provisions of this act shall
20 not apply to any owner, agent or employe of any radio or
21 television station, or to any owner, publisher, printer, agent
22 or employe of a newspaper or other publication, periodical or
23 circular, who, in good faith and without knowledge of the
24 falsity or deceptive character thereof, publishes, causes to be
25 published or takes part in the publication of such
26 advertisement.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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