BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1181
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( Without Reference to File )
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1181 (Butler)
As Amended August 31, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |75-0 |(May 26, 2011) |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 31, |
| | | | | |2012) |
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Original Committee Reference: B., P. & C. P.
SUMMARY : Prohibits the sale of a commodity when it is sold
based upon a quantity represented by the purchaser or using the
purchaser's equipment from paying the seller less than the
highest applicable per unit for that commodity.
The Senate amendments clarify the prohibition of a purchaser
from computing the purchase price of the commodity according to
a price per unit of measure that is less than the highest
applicable price per unit that is represented by the purchaser
to the seller for that commodity, or is less than a price per
unit established in law.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Makes it a crime for a person, firm, corporation, or
association to advertise, solicit, or represent by any means a
product for sale or purchase if it is intended to entice a
consumer into a transaction different from that originally
represented.
2)Provides that when the sale of any commodity is based upon a
quantity representation either furnished by the purchaser or
obtained through the use of equipment supplied by the
purchaser, the purchaser is prohibited from buying the
commodity according to any quantity which is less than the
true quantity.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill was substantially similar
to the version approved by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
AB 1181
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committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
Analysis Prepared by : Elissa Silva / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
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