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<br /> · -ltTt, I 1993 SESSION WRAP-UP <br /> -' <br /> CONSUMER PROTECTION <br /> Title 8randlna - Automobiles shipped to Min- ments to homes and offices through fax ma- <br /> nesota with titles bearing terms such as .sal- chines (facsimile transmissions). Now, people! <br /> vaged" or "rebuilt," must be branded as .prior businesses sending these junk fax advertlse- <br /> salvaged" to warn potential consumers the ments must include a toll-free number the re- <br /> auto has sustained previous damage. Insur- ceiver may call to stop the ads from being <br /> ance companies must brand titles .salvaged" sent <br /> when they acquire ownership of a totalled car. SweeDstakes Reaulatlon - Contestants <br /> Res~dent/al 8u/lders and Contractors - The required to pay money or sit through sales <br /> bond requirements included in the 1991 Build- presentations to win prizes offered In sweep- <br /> erslnd Contractors Ucensing Act are re- stakes will receive prize values, odds for <br /> pea;'jd and replaced with a Recovery Fund. winning prizes and other Information to better <br /> The Fund offers better protection to con sum- protect consumers from sweepstakes scams. <br /> ers, up to $50,000 per claim, without increased This does not affect the Publisher's Clearing- <br /> costs to builders/contractors. house Sweepstakes. <br /> . Smok/na In Hotel Rooms - Effective Tannlna 8/11- Set minimum standards for op- <br /> August 1 , innkeepers (I.e. hotel, motel, resort erating tanning facilities, required warning <br /> owners) may designate rooms as non-smok- signs. Required parental notification for chi!- <br /> ing, post signs prohibiting smoking in those dren. <br /> rooms, and take violators to court. Upon <br /> conviction, innkeepers may be reimbursed for Credit Unions - Would have extended the <br /> costs incurred to restore the room, up to $1 00. deposit of state and municipal investments <br /> into credit unions. It also allowed credit un- <br /> Junk Far - The newest form of soliciting new ions to make reverse mortgage loans and <br /> customers is to send .junk fax" advertise- exempted credit unions from Investment <br /> advisor licensing requirements. (VETOED) <br /> . <br /> . <br /> , <br />