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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 714.16, subsection 1, paragraph o, Code
1 2 1999, 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 device or
1 9 assembly used by a hiker or a camper. As used in this
1 10 paragraph and in subsection 2, paragraph "h", each model of a
1 11 water treatment system shall be deemed a distinct water
1 12 treatment system.
1 13 EXPLANATION
1 14 This bill amends the consumer fraud law by limiting the
1 15 definition of a "water treatment system" to a permanent,
1 16 nonportable device or assembly that does not include a
1 17 portable water device or assembly used by a hiker or a camper.
1 18 The bill exempts the seller of a portable water device or
1 19 assembly from the need to comply with the requirements of the
1 20 consumer fraud law. The consumer fraud law requires that a
1 21 water treatment system is performance-tested by a third-party
1 22 testing agency, meets the performance-testing requirements
1 23 specified in the testing protocol, bears a conspicuous and
1 24 legible label pertaining to the need to read the
1 25 manufacturer's performance data sheet, and is accompanied by
1 26 the consumer information pamphlet compiled by the Iowa
1 27 department of public health. The attorney general is
1 28 authorized to enforce the provisions of the consumer fraud law
1 29 through numerous civil remedies including restitution,
1 30 injunctions, fines, dissolving a corporation, and payment of
1 31 attorney fees.
1 32 LSB 1909YH 78
1 33 tm/cf/24
Text: HF00228 Text: HF00230 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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