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House Bill 4370 History
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H. B. 4370
(By Delegates Eldridge, Rodighiero, Butcher,
Barker, T. Walker, Stephens, Shook)
[Introduced
February 5, 2010
; 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-2-129b, relating
to limiting the number of telephone calls by a debt collector
to a consumer to one call per any thirty-day period.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-2-129b, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION.
§46A-2-129b. Limit on telephone calls.
No debt collector may place a telephone call or otherwise
communicate by telephone with a consumer or third party, at any
place, including a place of employment, more than once every thirty
days concerning the collection of that debt.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of
telephone calls from a debt collector to a consumer to one call per
any thirty-day period.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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