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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Chapter 1051: UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION ACT
10 §9420. Paperless billing

Universal Citation:
10 ME Rev Stat § 9420 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Part 13: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

§9420. Paperless billing

1. Prohibition of certain fees. Except as authorized by federal law and regulation, a customer of a person may not be penalized by that person for opting out of receiving from the person a billing statement by electronic record rather than in paper form. A person may offer an incentive to a customer to accept a billing statement from the person by electronic record rather than in paper form.

[ 2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW) .]

2. Exemption. Subsection 1 does not apply to a person that is a depository institution, as defined in Title 32, section 16102, subsection 5, an affiliate of a depository institution or a subsidiary that is owned and controlled by the depository institution and that is regulated by a state or federal banking agency.

[ 2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW).

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