PRINTER'S NO. 919
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
837
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, BARRAR, V. BROWN, D. COSTA, COX,
DeLUCA, DRISCOLL, FARRY, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, MOUL, MULLERY,
NEILSON, READSHAW AND WATSON, MARCH 13, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MARCH 13, 2017
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 civil penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8(b) of the act of December 17, 1968
(P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Law, is amended to read:
Section 8. Civil Penalties.--* * *
(b) In any action brought under section 4 of this act, if
the court finds that a person, firm or corporation is wilfully
using or has wilfully used a method, act or practice declared
unlawful by section 3 of this act, the Attorney General or the
appropriate District Attorney, acting in the name of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, may recover, on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a civil penalty of not exceeding
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[one] ten thousand dollars [($1,000)] ($10,000) per violation,
which civil penalty shall be in addition to other relief which
may be granted under sections 4 and 4.1 of this act. Where the
victim of the wilful use of a method, act or practice declared
unlawful by section 3 of this act is sixty years of age or
older, the civil penalty shall not exceed [three] fifteen
thousand dollars [($3,000)] ($15,000) per violation, which
penalty shall be in addition to other relief which may be
granted under sections 2 and 4.1 of this act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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