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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 714.16, subsection 1, paragraph o, Code
1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 o. "Water treatment system" means a permanent, nonportable
1 4 device or assembly for which a claim is made that it will
1 5 improve the quality of drinking water by reducing one or more
1 6 contaminants through mechanical, physical, chemical, or
1 7 biological processes or combinations of the processes. "Water
1 8 treatment system" does not include a portable water system
1 9 used by a hiker or a camper. As used in this paragraph and in
1 10 subsection 2, paragraph "h", each model of a water treatment
1 11 system shall be deemed a distinct water treatment system.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 This bill amends the consumer fraud law by limiting the
1 14 definition of a "water treatment system" to a permanent,
1 15 nonportable device or assembly that does not include a
1 16 portable water system used by a hiker or a camper. The bill
1 17 exempts the seller of a portable water system from the need to
1 18 comply with the requirements of the consumer fraud law. The
1 19 consumer fraud law requires that a "water treatment system" is
1 20 performance-tested by a third-party testing agency, meets the
1 21 performance-testing requirements specified in the testing
1 22 protocol, bears a conspicuous and legible label pertaining to
1 23 the need to read the manufacturer's performance data sheet,
1 24 and is accompanied by the consumer information pamphlet
1 25 compiled by the Iowa department of public health. The
1 26 attorney general is authorized to enforce the provisions of
1 27 the consumer fraud law through numerous civil remedies
1 28 including restitution, injunctions, fines, dissolving a
1 29 corporation, and payment of attorney's fees.
1 30 LSB 3124XS 76
1 31 kah/jw/5
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