Sec. 42-286. Prohibited actions before receipt of signed contract. (a) A telemarketer shall not accept payment in any form from a consumer, or make or submit any charge to the consumer's credit card, charge card, debit card or electronic payment platform account, unless the telemarketer has received from the consumer a contract, signed by the consumer, which complies with section 42-285.
(b) In the event that the consumer sends payment to the telemarketer, or the telemarketer makes or submits a charge to the consumer's account, including, but not limited to, a credit card, charge card, debit card or electronic payment platform account, and the telemarketer has not received a signed contract from the consumer which complies with section 42-285, the telemarketer shall immediately and fully refund the consumer's payment or immediately and fully credit the consumer's account.
(P.A. 96-196, S. 3; P.A. 23-98, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 23-98 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “in any form” and provisions re charge cards, debit cards and electronic payment platform accounts and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “account, including, but not limited to,”, adding provisions re charge cards, debit cards and electronic payment platform accounts, adding “immediately and fully” and making technical and conforming changes.