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Today's Woman
Judy Burtner
Extension Agent,
Homo Economies
Consumer Protection BiU
Four consumer protection bills were enacted by the 1970 Vs. General Assembly and will become effective June 26, 1970. They involve unsolicited merchandise, credit cards, shoplifting and games and lotteries.
The first is the unsolicited merchandise act. If you receive wares or merchandise not actually ordered or requested either orally or in writing, you may use or dispose of such goods, wares or merchandise without any obligation to return them to the render or to pay for them.
The second bill concerned the use of credit cards, more specifically the liability of such cards. A card holder who receives a credit card from issuer, which he has not requested, nor agreed in writing for such a card, has used the card, shall not be financially responsible because of a use of the credit card. The failure to destroy or return the unsolicited cards shall not be evidence of negligence on the part of the cardholder. The next bill involved the shoplifting law. The Virginia’s shoplifting law has been revised and strengthened. A person _: _a._i _ e il _ ri _ . # __ aa
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