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HB506: (New Title) relative to health club membership initiation fees and renewal practices.
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- G Michael Gilman House · Graf 9
- Paul Ingbretson House · Graf 13
- Kennedy House · Merr 34
- Gregory Sorg House · Graf 11
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CHAPTER 87
HB 506 - FINAL VERSION
25mar03... 0610h
2003 SESSION
03-0961
05/01
HOUSE BILL 506
AN ACT relative to health club membership initiation fees and renewal practices.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a health club initiation fee shall not exceed 100 percent of an annualized monthly fee. The bill also permits health club membership contracts to contain a month-to-month automatic renewal clause.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25mar03... 0610h
03-0961
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to health club membership initiation fees and renewal practices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
87:1 Health Clubs; Maximum Initiation Fees. Amend RSA 358-I:2, VI to read as follows:
VI. Any initiation fee shall not exceed [25] 100 percent of an annualized monthly fee.
87:2 Health Clubs; Length of Membership Contract; Automatic Renewal. Amend RSA 358-I:5, I to read as follows:
I. No term contract for health club services shall be for a term of more than one year, nor shall any health club term contract contain an automatic renewal clause for a period greater than one month. A contract may provide for a renewal option for continued membership, but any such renewal must be accepted in writing by a buyer and is effective only upon payment of the renewal price. Under no circumstances may a contract for health club services be renewed more than 90 days before the contract's expiration date. The annualized price of the buyer's first term contract or membership option with a seller may not exceed the annualized price of any subsequent term contract or other membership option with the seller by more than 25 percent.
87:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 30, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 29, 2003)