(at the request of Northwest Grocery Retail Association)
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Bill Title:
Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Allows some places of public accommodation offering goods or services to adopt a rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions will be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment.Digest: The Act allows places of public accommodation and public bodies to round some transactions to the nearest five cents. Says it is an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
[Digest: The Act allows places of public accommodation to round some transactions to the nearest five cents. Says it is an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).]
Allows [a] some [place] places of public accommodation offering goods or services to adopt a rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions will be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment. Specifies rounding procedures. Provides an exception for a buyer who pays in exact change. Requires a place of public accommodation to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy. [Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.] Exempts from liability as an unlawful trade or business practice any rounding done in accordance with the Act.
Allows a public body to establish a reasonable rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions with the public body may be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment. Requires a public body to post signs giving notice of the rounding policy and publicize the rounding policy.
Declares that rounding done in accordance with the Act by a place of public accommodation or a public body is not an unlawful distinction, discrimination or restriction against United States coins or currency under ORS chapter 659A or price misrepresentation under ORS 618.236.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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