Star-Bulletin staff
April 28, 2001
A bill that provides criminal penalties for abandoning hazardous waste or used oil has been signed into law by
Gov. Ben Cayetano. The bill also increases penalties for some environmental crimes from misdemeanor to Class C
felony.
The governor also has signed three bills relating to time-share plans. One excludes employees and contractors
from registration requirements for time-share acquisition agents and developers. Another gives the state Department
of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the flexibility to determine what disclosures must be made in time-share promotional
material. He also repealed a requirement that time-share plan sale and acquisition agents must register with the
department as long as the agents are already registered real estate agents or brokers.
Also approved by the governor were bills that:
>> require a collection agency to disclose to a debtor that it is attempting to collect a claim, and to identify
its communications as being from a debt collector. It exempts disclosure requirements in a formal pleading in a
legal action.
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