SB270 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill provides that the intent of the Legislature is that a consumer may not bring an action on behalf of a class under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act, except through a district attorney or the office of the Attorney General

This bill provides that this limitation is substantive in nature

This bill would require that any consumer bringing a private claim under this chapter to prove that he or she reasonably and detrimentally relied on a practice declared unlawful under this act

To amend Section 8-19-10, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act; to provide that the limitation provided by the act that prevents a consumer from bringing an action on behalf of a class, except through a district attorney or the office of the Attorney General is substantive in nature, and that to allow such actions would abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights created by this chapter; to require that any consumer or other person bringing a private claim under the act prove that he or she reasonably and detrimentally relied on an act or practice declared unlawful under the act.