5978-S.E AMH CL HELA 044

ESSB 5978 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

ADOPTED 4/07/2009

    On page 2, line 7, after "offering" strike "or processing"

    On page 2, after line 12, insert the following:

    "(4) This section applies only to the person offering the rebate, which is the person who provides the cash, credit, or credit towards future purchases to the consumer. This section does not apply to a person who processes a rebate or who provides consumers with instructions or materials related to a rebate."

EFFECT:  Limits the requirement that rebate funds be transmitted to a consumer within 90 days to the person offering the rebate and removes the requirement for the person processing the rebate.

           Establishes that the provisions only apply to the person offering the rebate, which is the person who provides the cash, credit, or credit towards future purchases to the consumer.  These provisions do not apply to a person who processes a rebate or who provides consumers with instructions or materials related to a rebate.

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