Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 802 (1R) — State of New Jersey (June 16, 2021)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the First Reprint of Assembly, No. 802, State of New Jersey, dated June 16, 2021, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. The bill requires every mercantile establishment in the State that displays gift cards for sale to train employees to identify and respond to gift card fraud. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Attorney General, would issue guidelines on common fraud schemes and prevention practices. An establishment that does not train employees would be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, but the failure would not be an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud act. As amended, the bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 1352.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY,
No. 802

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE
16, 2021

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and
with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 802 (1R).

As amended, this bill requires every mercantile establishment in this State that
displays gift cards for sale to train employees on how to identify and respond
to gift card fraud.

In
consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of the Division of
Consumer Affairs would be required to issue guidelines concerning the
detection and prevention of gift card fraud. The training for employees of
retail mercantile establishments would be required to be conducted in
accordance with the guidelines.

The bill provides that the guidelines would include,
but not be limited to: (1) information raising public awareness of the
prevalence of gift card fraud; (2) information concerning common gift card
fraud schemes; and (3) best practices for retail mercantile establishments to
prevent gift card fraud. The guidelines would be published on the Internet
websites of the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Division of
Consumer Affairs, and updated periodically, as necessary.

A
retail mercantile establishment that does not train employees as required by
its provisions would be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000.
However, failure to train employees would not be considered an unlawful
practice in violation of the New Jersey consumer fraud act.

As amended and reported, this bill is identical to
Senate Bill No. 1352, as also amended and reported by the committee.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

The committee approved an amendment to make a
technical change.

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