HB0288 - Tennessee: Consumer Protection, Sales

Companion Bill SB0280. Sales - Revises provisions governing sale of secondhand mattresses and comfort exchange policies. - Amends TCA Section 47-18-104 and Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB0288 / *SB0280MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB0288 / *SB0280 ON MARCH 19, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 280, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and changes present law to prohibit all manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, other than certain not-for-profit organizations from selling secondhand mattresses that are not tagged to indicate that the mattress is secondhand. Under present law, it is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act for any mattress manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, whose sole business is the sale of mattresses, to sell or offer to sell a secondhand mattress [...]

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