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NOTICE OF BILL

RETURNED TO RULES COMMITTEE

March 6, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Business and Labor Committee has returned H.B. 161, PRODUCT LIABILITY AMENDMENTS, by Representative M. McKell, to the Rules Committee with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 11 through 13 :    

             11          This bill:
             12          .    requires an entity that

{   first sells or distributes   }        imports       foreign manufactured products to be

             13      subject to the same liability as the product's manufacturer.

2.    Page 1, Lines 24 through 27 :    

             24          78B-6-708. Foreign manufactured products.
             25          
  (1) For purposes of this section, "final product" means a product received by a retailer complete and ready to be sold to the public.

    (2)  
For        final       products, other than pharmaceuticals, that are manufactured outside of the United

             26      States, the
{   first entity that sells or distributes the product   }        importer of record       within the United States is subject to

             27      the same liability as the product's original manufacturer.

    Respectfully,

    James A. Dunnigan
    Committee Chair

Voting: 14-0-2
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