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HOUSE BILL NO. 239 – Names, transferred w/o authorizatn

HOUSE BILL NO. 239

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H0239................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
NAMES - TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION - Adds to existing law to provide
that persons whose names are transferred by other persons for consideration
without prior authorization shall receive ten percent of the value of the
consideration; to provide for a private cause of action; and to provide
application.
                                                                        
02/14    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to Jud

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 239
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AMENDING CHAPTER 6, TITLE  48,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION  OF A NEW SECTION 48-603F, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
  4        THAT PERSONS WHOSE NAMES ARE TRANSFERRED BY OTHER  PERSONS  FOR  CONSIDER-
  5        ATION  WITHOUT  PRIOR AUTHORIZATION SHALL RECEIVE TEN PERCENT OF THE VALUE
  6        OF THE CONSIDERATION, TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION AND TO PRO-
  7        VIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 6, Title 48, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
 10    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 11    ignated as Section 48-603F, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        48-603F.  SALE OF NAMES. (1) If any  person  sells,  rents,  exchanges  or
 13    otherwise  transfers for consideration the name of another person without that
 14    person's prior authorization, the person receiving the consideration shall pay
 15    a sum representing ten percent (10%) of the value of the consideration to  the
 16    person whose name was transferred.
 17        (2) (a)  In  addition  to  any proceedings brought by the attorney general
 18        pursuant to section 48-606, Idaho Code, any person  whose  name  has  been
 19        sold,  rented,  exchanged  or  otherwise  transferred for consideration by
 20        another person without prior authorization may bring an action to  recover
 21        a sum representing ten percent (10%) of the value of the consideration.
 22        (b)  An action brought under subsection (1) of this section may be brought
 23        in  the county in which the person against whom it is brought resides, has
 24        his principal place of business, is doing business, or in the county where
 25        the transaction or any substantial portion of the transaction occurred.
 26        (c)  Costs shall be allowed to  the  prevailing  party  unless  the  court
 27        otherwise  directs.  In any action brought by a person under this section,
 28        the court shall award, in addition to the relief provided in this section,
 29        reasonable attorney's fees to the plaintiff if he prevails. The  court  in
 30        its  discretion may award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant if the
 31        court finds that the plaintiff's action is spurious or brought for harass-
 32        ment purposes only.
 33        (3)  The provisions of this section  shall  apply  only  to  those  sales,
 34    rents,  exchanges  or  other transfers, as set forth in subsection (1) of this
 35    section, occurring after July 1, 2001.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                           RS 10665C1
                                
The purpose of this legislation is to allow each person whose name is
sold or transferred for consideration without prior authorization to
be reimbursed at the rate of 10% of the value of the consideration.
This legislation also allows authorization for private litigation in
the event of non compliance.






                         FISCAL IMPACT
                                
                                
                                
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.

 

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