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statement on any retail credit account established fob a
buyer after that date. a written notice which describes

the procedures to__be followed by a buyer under this

section to claim a billing error.

[[(f) any seller or holder of a retail credit
account, having received a written inquiry from a buyer
as provided by this section, who fails to comply with the
requirements thereof shall be subject to the following
penalties:]]

(f) a seller or holder of a retail credit account,
who received a written inquiry from a buyer and fails to
comply with the requirements of this section is subject
to the following penalties:

(1)   if the disputed amount is not a billing
error, the seller or holder may proceed to collect [[the
same]] this amount, but shall forfeit any right to
collect a service charge assessed on the buyer's account
in connection with the disputed amount from the date of
the mailing of the written inquiry by the buyer to the
date the seller or holder complies with this section; or

(2)   if the disputed amount is a billing
error, the seller or holder [[shall]] may not collect
the amount of the error, or any service charge

[[thereon]] on it, and shall, in addition, be liable to

the buyer for the actual damages sustained by the buyer
as a result of the failure of the seller [[of]] or holder
to comply with the provisions of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [[July 1, 1974]] January 1, 1975.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 718
(House Bill 308)
AN ACT concerning

Crimes and Punishments — Deadly Weapons

FOR the purpose of Baking it unlawful to wear or carry,
concealed or openly, a nunchaku, defining the term,
providing penalties, and relettering subsections.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,