H. B. 4241


(By Delegates Tabb, Wysong, Doyle, Williams, Mahan, Caputo, Cann, Hatfield, Louisos, Ennis and Campbell)

[Introduced January 30, 2006; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-104a, relating to preventing a merchant from soliciting a consumer's telephone number during a retail sales transaction unless the information is required for a legitimate purpose to complete the sales transaction.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-104a, to read as follows:
 ARTICLE 6. GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.
 §46A-6-104a. Consumer privacy in retail sales transactions.
A merchant may not solicit a consumer's telephone number during a retail sales transaction unless the information is required for a legitimate purpose to complete the sales transaction.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prevent a merchant from soliciting a consumer's telephone number during a retail sales transaction unless the information is required for a legitimate purpose to complete the sales transaction.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.