PRINTER'S NO. 243
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
243
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, KOTIK, D. COSTA, FLYNN, PICKETT, SACCONE,
MILLARD, McNEILL, MATZIE, DAVIDSON, MURT, COHEN AND KORTZ,
JANUARY 28, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JANUARY 28, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387),
entitled "An act prohibiting unfair methods of competition
and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of
any trade or commerce, giving the Attorney General and
District Attorneys certain powers and duties and providing
penalties," further providing for private actions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.2 of the act of December 17, 1968
(P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Law, reenacted and amended November 24, 1976
(P.L.1166, No.260) and amended December 4, 1996 (P.L.906,
No.146), is amended to read:
Section 9.2. Private Actions.--(a) Any person who purchases
or leases goods or services primarily for personal, family or
household purposes and thereby suffers any ascertainable loss of
money or property, real or personal, as a result of the use or
employment by any person of a method, act or practice declared
unlawful by section 3 of this act, may bring a private action to
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