Bill S.1811

SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1811

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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SECTION 1. Section 28 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 130, the figure “9-405” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-406.

SECTION 2. Chapter 106 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out article 1, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following article:-

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1-101. Short Titles.

(a) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b) This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code – General Provisions.

SECTION 1-102. Scope Of Article. This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of this chapter.

SECTION 1 103. Construction Of This Chapter To Promote Its Purposes And Policies; Applicability Of Supplemental Principles Of Law

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:

(1) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;

(2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties; and

(3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

(b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.

SECTION 1-107. Section captions are part of this chapter. The subsection headings in article 9 are not part of this chapter.

SECTION 1-108. Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of said act, 15. U.S.C. section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of said act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).

PART 2

GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND

PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1-201. General Definitions.

(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, words or phrases defined in this section, or in the additional definitions contained in other articles of this chapter that apply to particular articles or parts thereof, have the meanings stated.

(b) Subject to definitions contained in other articles of this chapter that apply to particular articles or parts thereof, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) “Action”, in the sense of a judicial proceeding, includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined.

(2) “Aggrieved party”, a party entitled to pursue a remedy.

(3) “Agreement”, as distinguished from “contract”, means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances, including course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade, as provided in section 1-303.

(4) “Bank”, a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union and trust company.

(5) “Bearer”, a person in control of a negotiable electronic document of title or a person in possession of a negotiable instrument, a negotiable tangible document of title or certificated security that is payable to bearer or indorsed in blank.

(6) “Bill of lading”, a document of title evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of directly or indirectly transporting or forwarding goods. The term does not include a warehouse receipt.

(7) “Branch”, includes a separately incorporated foreign branch of a bank.

(8) “Burden of establishing”, the burden of persuading the trier of fact that the existence of the fact is more probable than its nonexistence.

(9) “Buyer in ordinary course of business”, a person that buys goods in good faith, without knowledge that the sale violates the rights of another person in the goods, and in the ordinary course from a person, other than a pawnbroker, in the business of selling goods of that kind. A person buys goods in the ordinary course if the sale to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the seller is engaged or with the seller’s own usual or customary practices. A person that sells oil, gas or other minerals at the wellhead or minehead is a person in the business of selling goods of that kind. A buyer in ordinary course of business may buy for cash, by exchange of other property or on secured or unsecured credit, and may acquire goods or documents of title under a preexisting contract for sale. Only a buyer that takes possession of the goods or has a right to recover the goods from the seller under article 2 may be a buyer in ordinary course of business. Buyer in ordinary course of business does not include a person that acquires goods in a transfer in bulk or as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a money debt.

(10) “Conspicuous”, with reference to a term, means so written, displayed or presented that a reasonable person against which it is to operate ought to have noticed it. Whether a term is “conspicuous” or not is a decision for the court. Conspicuous terms include the following:

(A) a heading in capitals equal to or greater in size than the surrounding text or in contrasting type, font or color to the surrounding text of the same or lesser size; and

(B) language in the body of a record or display in larger type than the surrounding text or in contrasting type, font or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from surrounding text of the same size by symbols or other marks that call attention to the language.

(11) “Consumer”, an individual who enters into a transaction primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(12) “Contract”, as distinguished from “agreement”, means the total legal obligation that results from the parties’ agreement as determined by this chapter as supplemented by any other applicable laws.

(13) “Creditor”, includes a general creditor, a secured creditor, a lien creditor and any representative of creditors, including an assignee for the benefit of creditors, a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver in equity and an executor or administrator of an insolvent debtor’s or assignor’s estate.

(14) “Defendant”, includes a person in the position of defendant in a counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim.

(15) “Delivery”, with respect to an electronic document of title means voluntary transfer of control and with respect to an instrument, a tangible document of title or chattel paper means voluntary transfer of possession.

(16) “Document of title”, a record that: (i) in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession or control of the record is entitled to receive, control, hold and dispose of the record and the goods the record covers; and (ii) purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and to cover goods in the bailee’s possession, which are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass. The term includes a bill of lading, transport document, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt and order for delivery of goods. An electronic document of title means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information stored in an electronic medium. A tangible document of title means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information that is inscribed on a tangible medium.

(17) “Fault”, a default, breach or wrongful act or omission.

(18) “Fungible goods”,

(A) goods of which any unit, by nature or usage of trade, is the equivalent of any other like unit; or

(B) goods that by agreement are treated as equivalent.

(19) “Genuine”, free of forgery or counterfeiting.

(20) “Good faith”, except as otherwise provided in article 5, honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.

(21) “Holder”,

(A) the person in possession of a negotiable instrument that is payable either to bearer or to an identified person that is the person in possession;

(B) the person in possession of a negotiable tangible document of title if the goods are deliverable either to bearer or to the order of the person in possession; or

(22) “Insolvency proceeding”, includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or other proceeding intended to liquidate or rehabilitate the estate of the person involved.

(23) “Insolvent”,

(A) having generally ceased to pay debts in the ordinary course of business other than as a result of bona fide dispute;

(B) being unable to pay debts as they become due; or

(24) “Money”, a medium of exchange currently authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government. The term includes a monetary unit of account established by an intergovernmental organization or by agreement between 2 or more countries.

(25) “Organization”, a person other than an individual.

(26) “Party”, as distinguished from “third party”, a person that has engaged in a transaction or made an agreement subject to this chapter.

(27) “Person”, an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.

(28) “Present value”, the amount as of a date certain of 1 or more sums payable in the future, discounted to the date certain by use of either an interest rate specified by the parties if that rate is not manifestly unreasonable at the time the transaction is entered into or, if an interest rate is not so specified, a commercially reasonable rate that takes into account the facts and circumstances at the time the transaction is entered into.

(29) “Purchase”, taking by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, issue or reissue, gift or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in property.

(30) “Purchaser”, a person that takes by purchase.

(31) “Record”, information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(32) “Remedy”, any remedial right to which an aggrieved party is entitled with or without resort to a tribunal.

(33) “Representative”, a person empowered to act for another, including an agent, an officer of a corporation or association, and a trustee, executor or administrator of an estate.

(34) “Right”, includes remedy.

(35) “Security interest”, an interest in personal property or fixtures which secures payment or performance of an obligation. Security interest includes any interest of a consignor and a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, a payment intangible or a promissory note in a transaction that is subject to article 9. Security interest does not include the special property interest of a buyer of goods on identification of those goods to a contract for sale under section 2-401, but a buyer may also acquire a security interest by complying with article 9. Except as otherwise provided in section 2-505, the right of a seller or lessor of goods under article 2 or 2A to retain or acquire possession of the goods is not a security interest, but a seller or lessor may also acquire a security interest by complying with article 9. The retention or reservation of title by a seller of goods, notwithstanding shipment or delivery to the buyer under section 2-401, is limited in effect to a reservation of a security interest. Whether a transaction in the form of a lease creates a security interest is determined pursuant to section 1-203.

(36) “Send”, in connection with a writing, record or notice means:

(A) to deposit in the mail or deliver for transmission by any other usual means of communication with postage or cost of transmission provided for and properly addressed and, in the case of an instrument, to an address specified thereon or otherwise agreed, or if there be none to any address reasonable under the circumstances; or

(B) in any other way to cause to be received any writing, record or notice within the time it would have arrived if properly sent.

(37) “Signed”, includes using any symbol executed or adopted with present intention to adopt or accept a writing.

(38) “State”, state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(39) “Surety”, includes a guarantor or other secondary obligor.

(40) “Term”, a portion of an agreement that relates to a particular matter.

(41) “Unauthorized signature”, a signature made without actual, implied or apparent authority. The term includes a forgery.

(42) “Warehouse receipt”, a document of title issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.

(43) “Writing”, includes printing, typewriting or any other intentional reduction to tangible form. “Written” has a corresponding meaning.

SECTION 1-202. Notice; Knowledge.

(a) Subject to subsection (f), a person has “notice” of a fact if the person:

(1) has actual knowledge of it;

(2) has received a notice or notification of it; or

(3) from all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, has reason to know that it exists.

(b) “Knowledge”, actual knowledge. “Knows” has a corresponding meaning.

(d) A person “notifies” or “gives” a notice or notification to another person by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it.

(e) Subject to subsection (f), a person “receives” a notice or notification when:

(1) it comes to that person’s attention; or

(2) it is duly delivered in a form reasonable under the circumstances at the place of business through which the contract was made or at another location held out by that person as the place for receipt of such communications.

(f) Notice, knowledge or a notice or notification received by an organization is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction and, in any event, from the time it would have been brought to the individual’s attention if the organization had exercised due diligence. An organization exercises due diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the person conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Due diligence does not require an individual acting for the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual’s regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.

SECTION 1-203. Lease Distinguished From Security Interest.

(a) Whether a transaction in the form of a lease creates a lease or security interest is determined by the facts of each case.

(b) A transaction in the form of a lease creates a security interest if the consideration that the lessee is to pay the lessor for the right to possession and use of the goods is an obligation for the term of the lease and is not subject to termination by the lessee, and:

(1) the original term of the lease is equal to or greater than the remaining economic life of the goods;

(2) the lessee is bound to renew the lease for the remaining economic life of the goods or is bound to become the owner of the goods;

(3) the lessee has an option to renew the lease for the remaining economic life of the goods for no additional consideration or for nominal additional consideration upon compliance with the lease agreement; or

(4) the lessee has an option to become the owner of the goods for no additional consideration or for nominal additional consideration upon compliance with the lease agreement.

(1) the present value of the consideration the lessee is obligated to pay the lessor for the right to possession and use of the goods is substantially equal to or is greater than the fair market value of the goods at the time the lease is entered into;

(2) the lessee assumes risk of loss of the goods;

(3) the lessee agrees to pay, with respect to the goods, taxes, insurance, filing, recording or registration fees or service or maintenance costs;

(4) the lessee has an option to renew the lease or to become the owner of the goods;

(5) the lessee has an option to renew the lease for a fixed rent that is equal to or greater than the reasonably predictable fair market rent for the use of the goods for the term of the renewal at the time the option is to be performed; or

(6) the lessee has an option to become the owner of the goods for a fixed price that is equal to or greater than the reasonably predictable fair market value of the goods at the time the option is to be performed.

(d) Additional consideration is nominal if it is less than the lessee’s reasonably predictable cost of performing under the lease agreement if the option is not exercised. Additional consideration is not nominal if:

(1) when the option to renew the lease is granted to the lessee, the rent is stated to be the fair market rent for the use of the goods for the term of the renewal determined at the time the option is to be performed; or

(2) when the option to become the owner of the goods is granted to the lessee, the price is stated to be the fair market value of the goods determined at the time the option is to be performed.

(e) The “remaining economic life of the goods” and “reasonably predictable” fair market rent, fair market value or cost of performing under the lease agreement must be determined with reference to the facts and circumstances at the time the transaction is entered into.

SECTION 1-204. Value. Except as otherwise provided in articles 3, 4 and 5, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them:

(1) in return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection;

(2) as security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim;

(3) by accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase; or

(4) in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.

SECTION 1-205. Reasonable Time; Seasonableness.

(a) Whether a time for taking an action required by this chapter is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose and circumstances of the action.

(b) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.

SECTION 1-206. PRESUMPTIONS. Whenever this chapter creates a “presumption” with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is “presumed,” the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.

PART 3

TERRITORIAL APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL RULES

SECTION 1-301. Territorial Applicability; Parties’ Power To Choose Applicable Law.

(a) Except as provided hereafter in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to the commonwealth and also to another state or nation, the parties may agree that the law of either the commonwealth or of such other state or nation shall govern the rights and duties under the transaction. Failing to reach such an agreement, this chapter applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to the commonwealth.

(b) To the extent that this chapter governs a transaction, if one of the following sections specifies the applicable law, that section governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the section specified:

(1) section 2-402;

(2) sections 2A-105 and 2A-106;

(3) section 4-102;

(4) section 4A-507;

(5) section 5-116;

(6) section 8-110; and

(7) sections 9-301 through 9-307.

SECTION 1-302. Variation By Agreement.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or elsewhere in this chapter, the effect of this chapter may be varied by agreement.

(b) The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by this chapter may not be disclaimed by agreement. The parties, by agreement, may determine the standards by which the performance of those obligations is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever this chapter requires an action to be taken within a reasonable time, a time that is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement.

(c) The phrase “unless otherwise agreed”, or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this section.

SECTION 1-303. Course Of Performance, Course Of Dealing, And Usage Of Trade.

(a) A “course of performance” is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if:

(1) the agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party; and

(2) the other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection.

(b) A “course of dealing” is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting the parties’ expressions and other conduct.

(c) A “usage of trade” is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage must be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law.

(d) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which the parties are engaged or of which the parties are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties’ agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade must be construed, whenever reasonable, as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable:

(1) express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing and usage of trade;

(2) course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade; and

(3) course of dealing prevails over usage of trade.

(f) Subject to Section 2 209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance.

(g) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by 1 party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.

SECTION 1-304. Obligation Of Good Faith. Every contract or duty within this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.

SECTION 1-305. Remedies To Be Liberally Administered.

(a) The remedies provided by this chapter must be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential nor special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law.

(b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action, unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.

SECTION 1-306. Waiver Or Renunciation Of Claim Or Right After Breach. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record. For purposes of this section, a party may “authenticate” a record by: (i) signing a record that is a writing; or (ii) attaching to or logically associating with a record that is not a writing an electronic sound, symbol or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record

SECTION 1-307. Prima Facie Evidence By Third-Party Documents. A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher’s or inspector’s certificate, consular invoice or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a third party is prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the third party.

SECTION 1-308. Performance Or Acceptance Under Reservation Of Rights.

(a) A party that, with explicit reservation of rights, performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights reserved. Such words as “without prejudice”, “under protest” or the like are sufficient.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an accord and satisfaction.

SECTION 1-309. Option To Accelerate At Will. A term providing that 1 party or that party’s successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral “at will” or when the party “deems itself insecure”, or words of similar import, means that the party has power to do so only if that party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. The burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against which the power has been exercised.

SECTION 1-310. Subordinated Obligations. An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.

SECTION 3. Subsection (1) of section 2-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (b) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-- (b)“[Reserved]”.

SECTION 4. Subsection (3) of said section 2-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Consumer Goods" the following definition:-

“Control”. Section 7-106.

SECTION 5. Section 2-104 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “accompany”, in line 13, the following words:- or are associated with.

SECTION 6. Section 2-202 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (a) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(a) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade, in section 1-303; and.

SECTION 7. Section 2-208 of said chapter 106 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 8. Section 2-210 of said chapter 106, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the figure “9-405” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-406.

SECTION 9. Section 2-310 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (c) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(c) if delivery is authorized and made by way of documents of title otherwise than by subsection (b) then payment is due regardless of where the goods are to be received at the: (i) time and place at which the buyer is to receive delivery of the tangible documents; or (ii) time the buyer is to receive delivery of the electronic documents and at the seller’s place of business or if none, the seller’s residence; and

SECTION 10. Section 2-323 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “a ”, in line 6, the second time it appears, the following word:- tangible.

SECTION 11. Section 2-401 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (3) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(3) Unless otherwise explicitly agreed where delivery is to be made without moving the goods:

(a) if the seller is to deliver a tangible document of title, title passes at the time when and the place where the seller delivers such documents and if the seller is to deliver an electronic document of title, title passes when the seller delivers the document; or

(b) if the goods are at the time of contracting already identified and no documents of title are to be delivered, title passes at the time and place of contracting.

SECTION 12. Section 2-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 23, the words “written direction to” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- record directing.

SECTION 13. Said section 2-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “and”, in line 24, the following words:- , except as otherwise provided in Article 9,.

SECTION 14. Said section 2-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ accompanying”, in line 36, the following words:- or associated with.

SECTION 15. Section 2-505 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ possession”, in line 12, the following words:- or control.

SECTION 16. Said section 2-505 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ document”, in line 17, the following words:- of title.

SECTION 17. Section 2-506 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11, the words “on its face”.

SECTION 18. Section 2-509 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “of”, in line 13, the first time it appears, the following words:- possession or control of.

SECTION 19. Said section 2-509 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “of”, in line 17, the first time it appears, the following words:- possession or control of.

SECTION 20. Said section 2-509 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 17 and 18, the words “written direction to deliver” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- direction to deliver in a record.

SECTION 21. Section 2-605 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the words “on the face of” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- in.

SECTION 22. Section 2-705 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the word “ warehouseman” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a warehouse.

SECTION 23. Said section 2-705 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ surrender”, in line 21, the following words:- of possession or control.

SECTION 24. Section 2A-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 9, the word “receiving” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- acquiring.

SECTION 25. Said section 2A-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 97, the word “receiving” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- acquiring.

SECTION 26. Said section 2A-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 150, the words ““Good faith”. Section 2-103(1)(b).”.

SECTION 27. Section 2A-207 of said chapter 106 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 28. Section 2A-303 of said chapter 106, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the figure, “9-406” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-407.

SECTION 29. Said section 2A-303 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 22, the figure “9-406” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-407.

SECTION 30. Section 2A-501 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 13, the figure “1-106(1)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-305(a).

SECTION 31. Section 2A-514 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the words “on the face of” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- in.

SECTION 32. Section 2A-518 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the figure “1-102(3)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-302.

SECTION 33. Section 2A-519 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the figure “1-102(3)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-302.

SECTION 34. Section 2A-526 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 14, the word “warehouseman” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a warehouse.

SECTION 35. Section 2A-527 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 9, the figure “1-102(3)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-302.

SECTION 36. Section 2A-528 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the figure “1-102(3)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-302.

SECTION 37. Section 3-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 31, the figure “1-201(8)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 1-201(b)(8).

SECTION 38. Subsection (c) of section 4-104 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of "Check" the following definition:- “Control”. Section 7-106.

SECTION 39. Subsection 4-210 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “or”, in line 17, the second time it appears, the following words:- possession or control of the.

SECTION 40. Section 4A-105 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “of”, in line 26, the following words:- subsection (b) of.

SECTION 41. Section 4A-106 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words “paragraph (27) of section 1-201” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- section 1-202.

SECTION 42. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out section 4A-108, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 4A-108.: Relationship to Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this article shall not apply to a funds transfer any part of which is governed by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. section 1693 et seq.

(b) This article applies to a funds transfer that is a remittance transfer as defined in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act at 15 U.S.C. section 1693o-1, as amended from time to time, unless the remittance transfer is an electronic fund transfer as defined in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act at 15 U.S.C. section 1693a, as amended from time to time.

(c) In a funds transfer to which this article applies, in the event of an inconsistency between an applicable provision of this article and an applicable provision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the provision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act governs to the extent of the inconsistency.

SECTION 43. Section 4A-204 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 19, the words “subsection (1) of section 1-204” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- subsection (b) of section 1-302.

SECTION 44. Section 5-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the words “paragraph (3) of section 1-102” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- section 1-302..

SECTION 45. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out article 7, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following article:-

ARTICLE 7

DOCUMENTS OF TITLE

PART 1 GENERAL

SECTION 7-101. Short Title. This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-Documents of Title.

SECTION 7-102. Definitions And Index Of Definitions.

(a) In this article, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

(1) "Bailee", a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.

(2) “Carrier”, a person that issues a bill of lading.

(3) "Consignee", a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.

(4) "Consignor", a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.

(5) "Delivery order", a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.

(6) [Reserved]

(7) "Goods", all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation.

(8) "Issuer", a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed or, in any other respect, the agent or employee violated the issuer’s instructions.

(9) “Person entitled under the document”, the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title.

(10) [Reserved]

(11) “Sign”, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(B) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol or process.

For purposes of this subsection, a person may “authenticate” a record by: (i) signing a record that is a writing; or (ii) attaching to or logically associating with a record that is not a writing an electronic sound, symbol or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.

(12) “Shipper”, a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier.

(13) "Warehouse", a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.

(b) Definitions in other articles applying to this article and the sections in which they appear are:

(1) “Contract for sale”. Section 2-106.

(2) “Lessee in the ordinary course of business”. Section 2A-103.

(3) “Receipt” of goods. Section 2-103.

(c) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.

SECTION 7-103. Relation Of Article To Treaty Or Statute.

(a) This article is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of the commonwealth to the extent the treaty, statute or regulatory statute is applicable.

(b) This article does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not specifically treated in this article. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.

(c) This article modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et. seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of said act at 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of said act at 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).

(d) To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, in sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of chapter 110G and this article, this article governs.

SECTION 7-104. Negotiable And Nonnegotiable Document Of Title.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.

(b) A document of title, other than such a document described in subsection (a), is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.

(c) A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.

SECTION 7-105. Reissuance In Alternative Medium.

(a) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if:

(1) the person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and

(2) the tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.

(b) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (a):

(1) the electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

(2) the person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.

(c) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if:

(1) the person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and

(2) the electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.

(d) Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (c):

(1) the tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

(2) the person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.

SECTION 7-106. Control Of Electronic Document Of Title.

(a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.

(b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored and assigned in such a manner that:

(1) a single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in clauses (4), (5) and (6), unalterable;

(2) the authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:

(A) the person to which the document was issued; or

(B) if the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;

(3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;

(4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;

(5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and

(6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.

PART 2 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 7-201. Person That May Issue A Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond.

(a) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse.

(b) If goods, including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities, are stored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license for the issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receipt issued for the goods is deemed to be a warehouse receipt even if issued by a person that is the owner of the goods and is not a warehouse.

SECTION 7-202. Form Of Warehouse Receipt; Effect Of Omission.

(a) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.

(b) The warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission, unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following:

(1) a statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored;

(2) the date of issue of the receipt;

(3) the unique identification code of the receipt;

(4) a statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a named person or to a named person or its order;

(5) the rate of storage and handling charges, unless goods are stored under a field warehousing arrangement, in which case a statement of that fact is sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt;

(6) a description of the goods or the packages containing such goods;

(7) the signature of the warehouse or its agent;

(8) if the receipt is issued for goods that the warehouse owns, either solely, jointly or in common with others, a statement of the fact of that ownership; and

(9) a statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouse claims a lien or security interest, unless the precise amount of advances made or liabilities incurred, at the time of the issue of the receipt, is unknown to the warehouse or to its agent that issued the receipt, in which case a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose of the advances or liabilities is sufficient.

(c) A warehouse may insert in its receipt any terms that are not contrary to this chapter and do not impair its obligation of delivery under section 7-403 or its duty of care under section 7-204. Any contrary provision is ineffective.

SECTION 7-203. Liability For Nonreceipt Or Misdescription. A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of the goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that:

(1) the document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know whether all or part of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by "contents, condition and quality unknown", "said to contain" or words of similar import, if the indication is true; or

(2) the party or purchaser otherwise has notice of the nonreceipt or misdescription.

SECTION 7-204. Duty Of Care; Contractual Limitation Of Warehouse’s Liability.

(a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by its failure to exercise care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed, the warehouse is not liable for damages that could not have been avoided by the exercise of that care.

(b) Damages may be limited by a term in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement limiting the amount of liability in case of loss or damage beyond which the warehouse is not liable. Such a limitation is not effective with respect to the warehouse’s liability for conversion to its own use. On request of the bailor in a record at the time of signing the storage agreement or within a reasonable time after receipt of the warehouse receipt, the warehouse’s liability may be increased on part or all of the goods covered by the storage agreement or the warehouse receipt. In this event, increased rates may be charged based on an increased valuation of the goods.

(c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions based on the bailment may be included in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement.

SECTION 7-205. Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated In Certain Cases. A buyer in the ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouse that is also in the business of buying and selling such goods, takes the goods free of any claim under a warehouse receipt even if the receipt is negotiable and has been duly negotiated.

SECTION 7-206. Termination Of Storage At Warehouse Option.

(a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the document of title or, if a period is not fixed, within a stated period not less than 30 days after the warehouse gives notice. If the goods are not removed before the date specified in the notice, the warehouse may sell them pursuant to section 7-210.

(b) If a warehouse in good faith believes that goods are about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of its lien within the time provided in subsection (a) and section 7-210, the warehouse may specify in the notice given under subsection (a) any reasonable shorter time for removal of the goods and, if the goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than 1 week after a single advertisement or posting.

(c) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement or posting on reasonable notification to all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. If the warehouse, after a reasonable effort, is unable to sell the goods, it may dispose of them in any lawful manner and does not incur liability by reason of that disposition.

(d) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this article upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.

(e) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale or disposition under this section but shall hold the balance for delivery on the demand of any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.

SECTION 7-207. Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods.

(a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled.

(b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner's share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to which overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.

SECTION 7-208. Altered Warehouse Receipts. If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.

SECTION 7-209. Lien Of Warehouse.

(a) A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse receipt or storage agreement or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, insurance, labor or other charges, present or future, in relation to the goods, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to law. If the person on whose account the goods are held is liable for similar charges or expenses in relation to other goods whenever deposited and it is stated in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement that a lien is claimed for charges and expenses in relation to other goods, the warehouse also has a lien against the goods covered by the warehouse receipt or storage agreement or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for those charges and expenses, whether or not the other goods have been delivered by the warehouse. However, as against a person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt is duly negotiated, a warehouse’s lien is limited to charges in an amount or at a rate specified in the warehouse receipt or, if no charges are so specified, to a reasonable charge for storage of the specific goods covered by the receipt subsequent to the date of the receipt.

(b) A warehouse may also reserve a security interest against the bailor for the maximum amount specified on the receipt for charges other than those specified in subsection (a), such as for money advanced and interest. The security interest is governed by article 9.

(c) A warehouse’s lien for charges and expenses under subsection (a) or a security interest under subsection (b) is also effective against any person that so entrusted the bailor with possession of the goods that a pledge of them by the bailor to a good-faith purchaser for value would have been valid. However, the lien or security interest is not effective against a person that before issuance of a document of title had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not:

(1) deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor’s nominee with:

(A) actual or apparent authority to ship, store or sell;

(B) power to obtain delivery under section 7-403; or

(C) power of disposition under sections 2-403, 2A-304(2), 2A-305(2), 9-320 or 9-321(c) or other statute or rule of law; or

(2) acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document.

(d) A warehouse’s lien on household goods for charges and expenses in relation to the goods under subsection (a) is also effective against all persons if the depositor was the legal possessor of the goods at the time of deposit. In this subsection, “household goods” means furniture, furnishings or personal effects used by the depositor in a dwelling.

(e) A warehouse loses its lien on any goods that it voluntarily delivers or unjustifiably refuses to deliver.

SECTION 7-210. Enforcement Of Warehouse’s Lien.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a warehouse’s lien may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bulk or in packages, at any time or place and on any terms that are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. The notification must include a statement of the amount due, the nature of the proposed sale and the time and place of any public sale. The fact that a better price could have been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a method different from that selected by the warehouse is not of itself sufficient to establish that the sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. The warehouse sells in a commercially reasonable manner if the warehouse sells the goods in the usual manner in any recognized market therefore, sells at the price current in that market at the time of the sale or otherwise sells in conformity with commercially reasonable practices among dealers in the type of goods sold. A sale of more goods than apparently necessary to be offered to ensure satisfaction of the obligation is not commercially reasonable, except in cases covered by the preceding sentence.

(b) A warehouse may enforce its lien on goods, other than goods stored by a merchant in the course of its business, only if the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) All persons known to claim an interest in the goods must be notified.

(2) The notification must include an itemized statement of the claim, a description of the goods subject to the lien, a demand for payment within a specified time, not less than 10 days after receipt of the notification, and a conspicuous statement that unless the claim is paid within that time the goods will be advertised for sale and sold by auction at a specified time and place.

(3) The sale must conform to the terms of the notification.

(4) The sale must be held at the nearest suitable place to where the goods are held or stored.

(5) After the expiration of the time given in the notification, an advertisement of the sale must be published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation where the sale is to be held. The advertisement must include a description of the goods, the name of the person on whose account the goods are being held and the time and place of the sale. The sale must take place at least 15 days after the first publication. If there is no newspaper of general circulation where the sale is to be held, the advertisement must be posted at least 10 days before the sale in not fewer than 6 conspicuous places in the neighborhood of the proposed sale.

(c) Before any sale pursuant to this section, any person claiming a right in the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred in complying with this section. In that event, the goods may not be sold but must be retained by the warehouse subject to the terms of the receipt and this article.

(d) A warehouse may buy at any public sale held pursuant to this section.

(e) A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a warehouse's lien takes the goods free of any rights of persons against which the lien was valid, despite the warehouse’s noncompliance with this section.

(f) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale pursuant to this section but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.

(g) The rights provided by this section are in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against a debtor.

(h) If a lien is on goods stored by a merchant in the course of its business, the lien may be enforced in accordance with subsection (a) or (b).

(i) A warehouse is liable for damages caused by failure to comply with the requirements for sale under this section and, in case of willful violation, is liable for conversion.

PART 3 BILLS OF LADING: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 7-301. Liability For Nonreceipt Or Misdescription; "Saud To Contain"; "Shipper’s Weight, Load And Count"; Improper Handling.

(a) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caused by the misdating of the bill or the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the bill indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as in a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by "contents or condition of contents of packages unknown", "said to contain", "shipper's weight, load and count," or words of similar import, if that indication is true.

(b) If goods are loaded by the issuer of a bill of lading;

(1) the issuer shall count the packages of goods, if shipped in packages, and ascertain the kind and quantity if shipped in bulk; and

(2) words such as "shipper's weight, load and count," or words of similar import indicating that the description was made by the shipper are ineffective except as to goods concealed in packages.

(c) If bulk goods are loaded by a shipper that makes available to the issuer of a bill of lading adequate facilities for weighing those goods, the issuer shall ascertain the kind and quantity within a reasonable time after receiving the shipper’s request in a record to do so. In that case, "shipper's weight" or words of similar import are ineffective.

(d) The issuer of a bill of lading, by including in the bill the words "shipper's weight, load and count," or words of similar import, may indicate that the goods were loaded by the shipper and, if that statement is true, the issuer is not liable for damages caused by the improper loading. However, omission of such words does not imply liability for damages caused by improper loading.

(e) A shipper guarantees to an issuer the accuracy at the time of shipment of the description, marks, labels, number, kind, quantity, condition and weight, as furnished by the shipper, and the shipper shall indemnify the issuer against damage caused by inaccuracies in those particulars. This right of indemnity does not limit the issuer’s responsibility or liability under the contract of carriage to any person other than the shipper.

SECTION 7-302. Through Bills Of Lading And Similar Documents Of Title.

(a) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person acting as its agent or by a performing carrier, is liable to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for any breach by the other person or the performing carrier of its obligation under the bill or other document. However, to the extent that the bill or other document covers an undertaking to be performed overseas or in territory not contiguous to the continental United States or an undertaking including matters other than transportation, this liability for breach by the other person or the performing carrier may be varied by agreement of the parties.

(b) If goods covered by a through bill of lading or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person other than the issuer are received by that person, the person is subject, with respect to its own performance while the goods are in its possession, to the obligation of the issuer. The person’s obligation is discharged by delivery of the goods to another person pursuant to the bill or other document and does not include liability for breach by any other person or by the issuer.

(c) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document of title described in subsection (a) is entitled to recover from the performing carrier, or other person in possession of the goods when the breach of the obligation under the bill or other document occurred:

(1) the amount it may be required to pay to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach, as may be evidenced by any receipt, judgment or transcript of judgment; and

(2) the amount of any expense reasonably incurred by the issuer in defending any action commenced by any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach.

SECTION 7-303. Diversion; Reconsignment; Change Of Instructions.

(a) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from:

(1) the holder of a negotiable bill;

(2) the consignor on a nonnegotiable bill, even if the consignee has given contrary instructions;

(3) the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in control of the electronic bill; or

(4) the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill, if the consignee is entitled as against the consignor to dispose of the goods.

(b) Unless instructions described in subsection (a) are included in a negotiable bill of lading, a person to which the bill is duly negotiated may hold the bailee according to the original terms.

SECTION 7-304. Tangible Bills Of Lading In A Set.

(a) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.

(b) If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitutes 1 bill.

(c) If a tangible negotiable bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to which the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document of title and the goods even if any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier's obligation by surrendering its part.

(d) A person that negotiates or transfers a single part of a tangible bill of lading issued in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.

(e) The bailee shall deliver in accordance with part 4 of this article against the first presented part of a tangible bill of lading lawfully issued in a set. Delivery in this manner discharges the bailee's obligation on the whole bill.

SECTION 7-305. Destination Bills.

(a) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment, a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request.

(b) Upon request of any person entitled as against a carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of possession or control of any outstanding bill of lading or other receipt covering the goods, the issuer, subject to section 7-105, may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.

SECTION 7-306. Altered Bills Of Lading. An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.

SECTION 7-307. Lien Of Carrier.

(a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges after the date of the carrier’s receipt of the goods for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident to their transportation or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to law. However, against a purchaser for value of a negotiable bill of lading, a carrier's lien is limited to charges stated in the bill or the applicable tariffs or, if no charges are stated, a reasonable charge.

(b) A lien for charges and expenses under subsection (a) on goods that the carrier was required by law to receive for transportation is effective against the consignor or any person entitled to the goods unless the carrier had notice that the consignor lacked authority to subject the goods to those charges and expenses. Any other lien under subsection (a) is effective against the consignor and any person that permitted the bailor to have control or possession of the goods unless the carrier had notice that the bailor lacked authority.

SECTION 7-308. Enforcement Of Carrier’s Lien.

(a) A carrier's lien on goods may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bulk or in packages, at any time or place and on any terms that are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. The notification must include a statement of the amount due, the nature of the proposed sale and the time and place of any public sale. The fact that a better price could have been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a method different from that selected by the carrier is not of itself sufficient to establish that the sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. The carrier sells goods in a commercially reasonable manner if the carrier sells the goods in the usual manner in any recognized market therefor, sells at the price current in that market at the time of the sale or otherwise sells in conformity with commercially reasonable practices among dealers in the type of goods sold. A sale of more goods than apparently necessary to be offered to ensure satisfaction of the obligation is not commercially reasonable, except in cases covered by the preceding sentence.

(b) Before any sale pursuant to this section, any person claiming a right in the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred in complying with this section. In that event, the goods may not be sold but must be retained by the carrier, subject to the terms of the bill of lading and this article.

(d) A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a carrier's lien takes the goods free of any rights of persons against which the lien was valid, despite the carrier’s noncompliance with this section.

(e) A carrier may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale pursuant to this section but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to any person to which the carrier would have been bound to deliver the goods.

(f) The rights provided by this section are in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against a debtor.

(g) A carrier's lien may be enforced pursuant to either subsection (a) or the procedure set forth in subsection (b) of section 7-210.

(h) A carrier is liable for damages caused by failure to comply with the requirements for sale under this section and, in case of willful violation, is liable for conversion.

SECTION 7-309. Duty Of Care; Contractual Limitation Of Carrier’s Liability.

(a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods which a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. This subsection does not affect any statute, regulation or rule of law that imposes liability upon a common carrier for damages not caused by its negligence.

(b) Damages may be limited by a term in the bill of lading or in a transportation agreement that the carrier's liability may not exceed a value stated in the bill or transportation agreement if the carrier's rates are dependent upon value and the consignor is afforded an opportunity to declare a higher value and the consignor is advised of the opportunity. However, such a limitation is not effective with respect to the carrier's liability for conversion to its own use.

(c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions based on the shipment may be included in a bill of lading or a transportation agreement.

PART 4 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

SECTION 7-401. Irregularities In Issue Of Receipt Or Bill Or Conduct Of Issuer. The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:

(1) the document does not comply with the requirements of this article or of any other statute, rule or regulation regarding its issuance, form or content;

(2) the issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;

(3) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or

(4) the person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.

SECTION 7-402. Duplicate Document Of Title; Overissue. A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen or destroyed documents or substitute documents issued pursuant to section 7-105. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.

SECTION 7-403. Obligation Of Bailee To Deliver; Excuse.

(a) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title if the person complies with subsections (b) and (c), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following:

(1) delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant;

(2) damage to or delay, loss or destruction of the goods for which the bailee is not liable;

(3) previous sale or other disposition of the goods in lawful enforcement of a lien or on a warehouse's lawful termination of storage;

(4) the exercise by a seller of its right to stop delivery pursuant to section 2-705 or by a lessor of its right to stop delivery pursuant to section 2A-526;

(5) a diversion, reconsignment or other disposition pursuant to section 7-303;

(6) release, satisfaction or any other personal defense against the claimant; or

(7) any other lawful excuse.

(b) A person claiming goods covered by a document of title shall satisfy the bailee's lien if the bailee so requests or if the bailee is prohibited by law from delivering the goods until the charges are paid.

(c) Unless a person claiming the goods is a person against which the document of title does not confer a right under subsection (a) of section 7-503:

(1) the person claiming under a document shall surrender possession or control of any outstanding negotiable document covering the goods for cancellation or indication of partial deliveries; and

(2) the bailee shall cancel the document or conspicuously indicate in the document the partial delivery or the bailee is liable to any person to which the document is duly negotiated.

SECTION 7-404. No Liability For Good-Faith Delivery Pursuant To Document Of Title. A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this article is not liable for the goods even if:

(1) the person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or

(2) the person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.

PART 5 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER

SECTION 7-501. Form Of Negotiation And Requirements Of Due Negotiation.

(a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title:

(1) If the document’s original terms run to the order of a named person, the document is negotiated by the named person’s indorsement and delivery. After the named person’s indorsement in blank or to bearer, any person may negotiate the document by delivery alone.

(2) If the document’s original terms run to bearer, it is negotiated by delivery alone.

(3) If the document’s original terms run to the order of a named person and it is delivered to the named person, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(4) Negotiation of the document after it has been indorsed to a named person requires indorsement by the named person and delivery.

(5) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves receiving the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(b) The following rules apply to a negotiable electronic document of title:

(1) If the document’s original terms run to the order of a named person or to bearer, the document is negotiated by delivery of the document to another person. Indorsement by the named person is not required to negotiate the document.

(2) If the document’s original terms run to the order of a named person and the named person has control of the document, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(3) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves taking delivery of the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(d) The naming in a negotiable bill of lading of a person to be notified of the arrival of the goods does not limit the negotiability of the bill or constitute notice to a purchaser of the bill of any interest of that person in the goods.

SECTION 7-502. Rights Acquired By Due Negotiation.

(a) Subject to sections 7-205 and 7-503, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby:

(1) title to the document;

(2) title to the goods;

(3) all rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and

(4) the direct obligation of the issuer to hold or deliver the goods according to the terms of the document free of any defense or claim by the issuer except those arising under the terms of the document or under this article, but in the case of a delivery order, the bailee's obligation accrues only upon the bailee’s acceptance of the delivery order and the obligation acquired by the holder is that the issuer and any indorser will procure the acceptance of the bailee.

(b) Subject to section 7-503, title and rights acquired by due negotiation are not defeated by any stoppage of the goods represented by the document of title or by surrender of the goods by the bailee and are not impaired even if:

(1) the due negotiation or any prior due negotiation constituted a breach of duty;

(2) any person has been deprived of possession of a negotiable tangible document or control of a negotiable electronic document by misrepresentation, fraud, accident, mistake, duress, loss, theft or conversion; or

(3) a previous sale or other transfer of the goods or document has been made to a third person.

SECTION 7-503. Document Of Title To Goods Defeated In Certain Cases.

(a) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not:

(1) deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor’s nominee with:

(A) actual or apparent authority to ship, store or sell;

(B) power to obtain delivery under section 7-403; or

(C) power of disposition under section 2-403, 2A-304(2), 2A-305(2), 9-320, or 9-321(c) or other statute or rule of law; or

(2) acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document.

(b) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly negotiated. That title may be defeated under section 7-504 to the same extent as the rights of the issuer or a transferee from the issuer.

(c) Title to goods based upon a bill of lading issued to a freight forwarder is subject to the rights of any person to which a bill issued by the freight forwarder is duly negotiated. However, delivery by the carrier in accordance with part 4 of this article pursuant to its own bill of lading discharges the carrier's obligation to deliver.

SECTION 7-504. Rights Acquired In Absence Of Due Negotiation; Effect Of Diversion; Stoppage Of Delivery.

(a) A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, to which the document has been delivered but not duly negotiated, acquires the title and rights that its transferor had or had actual authority to convey.

(b) In the case of a transfer of a nonnegotiable document of title, until but not after the bailee receives notice of the transfer, the rights of the transferee may be defeated:

(1) by those creditors of the transferor which could treat the transfer as void under section 2-402 or 2A-308 ;

(2) by a buyer from the transferor in ordinary course of business if the bailee has delivered the goods to the buyer or received notification of the buyer’s rights;

(3) by a lessee from the transferor in ordinary course of business if the bailee has delivered the goods to the lessee or received notification of the lessee’s rights; or

(4) as against the bailee, by good-faith dealings of the bailee with the transferor.

(c) A diversion or other change of shipping instructions by the consignor in a nonnegotiable bill of lading which causes the bailee not to deliver the goods to the consignee defeats the consignee's title to the goods if the goods have been delivered to a buyer in ordinary course of business or a lessee in ordinary course of business and, in any event, defeats the consignee's rights against the bailee.

(d) Delivery of the goods pursuant to a nonnegotiable document of title may be stopped by a seller under section 2-705 or a lessor under section 2A-526, subject to the requirements of due notification in those sections. A bailee that honors the seller's or lessor’s instructions is entitled to be indemnified by the seller or lessor against any resulting loss or expense.

SECTION 7-505. Indorser Not Guarantor For Other Parties. The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by a bailee does not make the indorser liable for any default by the bailee or previous indorsers.

SECTION 7-506. Delivery Without Indorsement: Right To Compel Indorsement. The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has a specifically enforceable right to have its transferor supply any necessary indorsement, but the transfer becomes a negotiation only as of the time the indorsement is supplied.

SECTION 7-507. Warranties On Negotiations Or Delivery Of Document Of Title. If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title for value, otherwise than as a mere intermediary under section 7-508, unless otherwise agreed, the transferor, in addition to any warranty made in selling or leasing the goods, warrants to its immediate purchaser only that:

(1) the document is genuine;

(2) the transferor does not have knowledge of any fact that would impair the document’s validity or worth; and

(3) the negotiation or delivery is rightful and fully effective with respect to the title to the document and the goods it represents.

SECTION 7-508. Warranties Of Collecting Bank As To Documents Of Title. A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted with documents of title on behalf of another or with collection of a draft or other claim against delivery of documents warrants by the delivery of the documents only its own good faith and authority even if the collecting bank or other intermediary has purchased or made advances against the claim or draft to be collected.

SECTION 7-509. Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract. Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale, a contract for lease or the conditions of a letter of credit is determined by article 2, 2A, or 5.

PART 6 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING:

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 7-601. Lost, Stolen, Or Destroyed Documents Of Title.

(a) If a document of title is lost, stolen or destroyed, a court may order delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute document and the bailee may without liability to any person comply with the order. If the document was negotiable, a court may not order delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute document without the claimant’s posting security unless it finds that any person that may suffer loss as a result of nonsurrender of possession or control of the document is adequately protected against the loss. If the document was nonnegotiable, the court may require security. The court may also order payment of the bailee's reasonable costs and attorney’s fees in any action under this subsection.

(b) A bailee that, without a court order, delivers goods to a person claiming under a missing negotiable document of title is liable to any person injured thereby. If the delivery is not in good faith, the bailee is liable for conversion. Delivery in good faith is not conversion if the claimant posts security with the bailee in an amount at least double the value of the goods at the time of posting to indemnify any person injured by the delivery which files a notice of claim within 1 year after the delivery.

SECTION 7-602. Judicial Process Against Goods Covered By Negotiable Document Of Title. Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person that did not have power to dispose of them, a lien does not attach by virtue of any judicial process to goods in the possession of a bailee for which a negotiable document of title is outstanding unless possession or control of the document is first surrendered to the bailee or the document’s negotiation is enjoined. The bailee may not be compelled to deliver the goods pursuant to process until possession or control of the document is surrendered to the bailee or to the court. A purchaser of the document for value without notice of the process or injunction takes free of the lien imposed by judicial process.

SECTION 7-603. Conflicting Claims; Interpleader. If more than 1 person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.

SECTION 46. Subsection (a) of section 8-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (10) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:--

(10) “[Reserved]”.

SECTION 47. Section 8-103 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(g) A document of title, as defined in section 1-201(16), is not a financial asset unless section 8-102(a)(9)(iii) applies.

SECTION 48. Section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 33, the words “, other than a security interest,”.

SECTION 49. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 174, the figure “7-201(2)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 7-201(b).

SECTION 50. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (43) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

(43) [Reserved].

SECTION 51. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “provided”, in line 244, the following words:- or to be provided.

SECTION 52. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after line 443, the following line:- “Control” (with respect to a document of title). Section 7-106.

SECTION 53. Section 9-109 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 56, the figure “9-403” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-404.

SECTION 54. Section 9-203 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 22, the words “or letter-of credit rights” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- letter-of credit rights or electronic documents,.

SECTION 55. Said section 9-203 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 23, the word “or 9-107” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9-107 or 7-106.

SECTION 56. Section 9-207 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 27, the word “or 9-107” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9-107 or 7-106.

SECTION 57. Section 9-208 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 38, the word “and”.

SECTION 57A. Said section 9-208 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 43, the word “party.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- party; and.

(6) a secured party having control of an electronic document shall:

(A) give control of the electronic document to the debtor or its designated custodian;

(B) if the debtor designates a custodian that is the designated custodian with which the authoritative copy of the electronic document is maintained for the secured party, communicate to the custodian an authenticated record releasing the designated custodian from any further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the secured party and instructing the custodian to comply with instructions originated by the debtor; and

(C) take appropriate action to enable the debtor or its designated custodian to make copies of or revisions to the authoritative copy which add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy without the consent of the secured party.

SECTION 58. Section 9-209 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the figure “9-405(a)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-406(a).

SECTION 59. Section 9-301 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ while”, in line 12, the following word:- tangible.

SECTION 60. Section 9-304 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the words “the debtor” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- its customer

SECTION 61. Section 9-309 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 26, the word “and”.

SECTION 61A. Said section 9-309 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 28, the word “estate.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- estate; and.

(14) a sale by an individual of an account that is a right to payment of winnings in a lottery or other game of chance.

SECTION 62. Section 9-310 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ filing”, in line 13, the following word:- , control.

SECTION 63. Section 9-310 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ paper”, in line 17, the following words:- , electronic documents.

SECTION 64. Section 9-312 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ possession”, in line 30, the following words:- or control.

SECTION 65. Section 9-313 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ in”, in line 3, the following word:- tangible.

SECTION 66. Section 9-314 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “or electronic chattel paper” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- electronic chattel paper or electronic documents.

SECTION 67. Said section 9-314 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 4, the word “or 9-107,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9-107 or 7-106.

SECTION 68. Said section 9-314 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 7, the words “or letter-of-credit rights” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- letter-of-credit rights or electronic documents.

SECTION 69. Said section 9-314 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 8, the word “or 9-107” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9-107 or 7-106.

SECTION 70. Section 9-317 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ paper,”, in line 11, the following word:- tangible.

SECTION 71. Said section 9-317 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ paper”, in line 23, the following words:- , electronic documents.

SECTION 72. Section 9-338 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11, the words “chattel paper,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- tangible chattel paper, tangible.

SECTION 73. Article 9 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 9-341 the following section:-

SECTION 9-342. Bank’s Right To Refuse To Enter Into Or Disclose Existence Of Control Agreement. This article does not require a bank to enter into an agreement of the kind described in Section 9-104(a)(2) even if its customer so requests or directs. A bank that has entered into such an agreement is not required to confirm the existence of the agreement to another person unless requested to do so by its customer.

SECTION 74. Section 9-401of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the word “9-405, 9-406, 9-407, and 9-408” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 and 9-409.

SECTION 75. Part 4 of article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby amended by inserting after Section 9-401 the following section:--

SECTION 9-402. Secured Party Not Obligated On Contract Of Debtor Or In Tort. The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien or authority given to a debtor to dispose of or use collateral, without more, does not subject a secured party to liability in contract or tort for the debtor’s acts or omissions.

SECTION 75A. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-402”, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-403.

SECTION 75B. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-403”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-404.

SECTION 75C. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-404”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-405.

SECTION 76. Said section 9-404 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 13, the figure “9-405(a)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-406(a).

SECTION 76A. Part 4 of article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby amended by striking out the section number “9-405”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-406.

SECTION 77. Section 9-405 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 31, the figure “9-406” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-407.

SECTION 78. Said section 9-405 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 48, the figure “9-406” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-407.

SECTION 78A. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-406”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-407.

SECTION 78B. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-407”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-408.

SECTION 78C. Said part 4 of said article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out the section number “9-408”, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section number:- 9-409.

SECTION 79. Section 9-601 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the word “or 9-107” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 9-107 or 7-106.

SECTION 80. Section 9-702 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the figure “9-708” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-709.

SECTION 81. Section 9-706 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 14, the figure “9-402” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-403.

SECTION 82. Section 47 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 17, the word “9-405 and 9-407” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 9-406 and 9-408.

SECTION 84. Clause (7) of subsection (a) of section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subclause (B) and inserting in place thereof the following subclause:-

(B) with present intent to adopt or accept a record, to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol or process.

SECTION 85. Clause (10) of said subsection (a) of said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- The term includes another record maintained as an alternative to a certificate of title by the governmental unit that issues certificates of title if a law permits the security interest in question to be indicated on the record as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral.

SECTION 86. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ is”, in line 264, the following words:- formed or.

SECTION 87. Subsection (a) of said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (67) the following clause:-

(68) “Public organic record” means a record that is available to the public for inspection and is:

(A) a record consisting of the record initially filed with or issued by a state or the United States to form or organize an organization and any record filed with or issued by the state or the United States which amends or restates the initial record;

(B) an organic record of a business trust consisting of the record initially filed with a state and any record filed with the state which amends or restates the initial record, if a statute of the State governing business trusts requires that the record be filed with the state; or

(C) a record consisting of legislation enacted by the legislature of a state or the Congress of the United States which forms or organizes an organization, any record amending the legislation and any record filed with or issued by the state or the United States which amends or restates the name of the organization.

SECTION 87A. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 366, as so appearing, the figure “(68)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (69).

SECTION 87B. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 371, as so appearing, the figure “(69)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (70).

SECTION 87C. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 375, as so appearing, the figure “(70)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (71).

SECTION 88. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “ organization”, in said line 375, the following words:- formed or.

SECTION 89. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 376 to 378, inclusive, as so appearing, the words “and as to which the state or the United States must maintain a public record showing the organization to have been organized” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by the filing of a public organic record with, the issuance of a public organic record by, or the enactment of legislation by the state or the United States. The term includes a business trust that is formed or organized under the law of a single state if a statute of the state governing business trusts requires that the business trust’s organic record be filed with the state.

SECTION 89A. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 379, as so appearing, the figure “(71)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (72).

SECTION 89B. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 384, as so appearing, the figure “(72)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (73).

SECTION 89C. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 397, as so appearing, the figure “(73)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (74).

SECTION 89D. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 399, as so appearing, the figure “(74)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (75).

SECTION 89E. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 407, as so appearing, the figure “(75)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (76).

SECTION 89F. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 411, as so appearing, the figure “(76)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (77).

SECTION 89G. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 414, as so appearing, the figure “(77)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (78).

SECTION 89H. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 418, as so appearing, the figure “(78)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (79).

SECTION 89I. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 421, as so appearing, the figure “(79)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (80)

SECTION 89J. Said section 9-102 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 427, as so appearing, the figure “(80)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (81).

SECTION 90. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out section 9-105, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 9-105. Control Of Electronic Chattel Paper

(a) General rule: control of electronic chattel paper. A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned.

(b) Specific facts giving control. A system satisfies subsection (a) if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored and assigned in such a manner that:

(1) a single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise provided in clauses (4), (5) and (6), unalterable;

(2) the authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records;

(3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian;

(4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the secured party;

(5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and

(6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.

SECTION 91. Section 9-307 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ location”, in line 34, the following words;-, including by designating its main office, home office or other comparable office.

SECTION 92. Section 9-311 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 9, the words “certificate-of-title”.

SECTION 93. Said section 9-311 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 10, the words “the certificate” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a certificate of title.

SECTION 95. Said section 9-316 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following 2 subsections:-

(h) Effect on filed financing statement of change in governing law. The following rules shall apply to collateral to which a security interest attaches within 4 months after the debtor changes its location to another jurisdiction:

(1) a financing statement filed before the change pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in Section 9-301(1) or 9-305(c) is effective to perfect a security interest in the collateral if the financing statement would have been effective to perfect a security interest in the collateral had the debtor not changed its location.

(2) if a security interest perfected by a financing statement that is effective under paragraph (1) becomes perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier of the time the financing statement would have become ineffective under the law of the jurisdiction designated in section 9-301(1) or 9-305(c) or the expiration of the 4-month period, it remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier time or event, it becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.

(i) Effect of change in governing law on financing statement filed against original debtor. If a financing statement naming an original debtor is filed pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in section 9-301(1) or 9-305(c) and the new debtor is located in another jurisdiction, the following rules shall apply:

(1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within 4 months after, the new debtor becomes bound under section 9-203(d), if the financing statement would have been effective to perfect a security interest in the collateral had the collateral been acquired by the original debtor.

(2) a security interest perfected by the financing statement and which becomes perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier of the time the financing statement would have become ineffective under the law of the jurisdiction designated in section 9-301(1) or 9-305(c) or the expiration of the 4-month period remains perfected thereafter. A security interest that is perfected by the financing statement but which does not become perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier time or event becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.

SECTION 96. Said section 9-317 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 12, the words “security certificate” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- certificated security.

SECTION 97. Said section 9-317 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 22 and 23, the words “accounts, electronic chattel paper, general intangibles, or investment property other than” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- collateral other than tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments or.

SECTION 98. Section 9-326 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) Subordination of security interest created by new debtor. Subject to subsection (b), a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that would be ineffective to perfect the security interest but for the application of section 9-316(i)(1) or 9-508 is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral which is perfected other than by such a filed financing statement.

SECTION 99. Said section 9-326 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 11, the words “that are effective solely under Section 9-508” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- described in subsection (a).

SECTION 100. Section 9-405 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “note”, in line 46, the following words:- , other than a sale pursuant to a disposition under section 9-610 or an acceptance of collateral under section 9-620.

SECTION 101. Section 9-407 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ note”, in line 21, the following words:- , other than a sale pursuant to a disposition under section 9-610 or an acceptance of collateral under section 9-620”.

SECTION 102. Subsection (c) of section 9-502 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (3) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(3) the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but:

(A) the record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

(B) the record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom section 9-503(a)(4) applies; and.

SECTION 103. Section 9-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) Sufficiency of debtor’s name. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor:

(1) except as otherwise provided in clause (3), if the debtor is a registered organization or the collateral is held in a trust that is a registered organization, only if the financing statement provides the name that is stated to be the registered organization’s name on the public organic record most recently filed with or issued or enacted by the registered organization’s jurisdiction of organization which purports to state, amend or restate the registered organization’s name;

(2) subject to subsection (f), if the collateral is being administered by the personal representative of a decedent, only if the financing statement provides, as the name of the debtor, the name of the decedent and, in a separate part of the financing statement, indicates that the collateral is being administered by a personal representative;

(3) if the collateral is held in a trust that is not a registered organization, only if the financing statement:

(A) provides, as the name of the debtor:

(i) if the organic record of the trust specifies a name for the trust, the name specified; or

(ii) if the organic record of the trust does not specify a name for the trust, the name of the settlor or testator; and

(B) in a separate part of the financing statement:

(i) if the name is provided in accordance with subclause (A)(i), indicates that the collateral is held in a trust; or

(ii) if the name is provided in accordance with subclause (A)(ii), provides additional information sufficient to distinguish the trust from other trusts having 1 or more of the same settlors or the same testator and indicates that the collateral is held in a trust, unless the additional information so indicates;

(4) subject to subsection (g), if the debtor is an individual to whom the commonwealth has issued a driver’s license or Massachusetts identification card that has not expired, only if the financing statement provides the name of the individual which is indicated on the driver’s license or Massachusetts identification card;

(5) if the debtor is an individual to whom clause (4) does not apply, only if the financing statement provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor; and

(6) in other cases:

(A) if the debtor has a name, only if the financing statement provides the organizational name of the debtor; and

(B) if the debtor does not have a name, only if it provides the names of the partners, members, associates or other persons comprising the debtor in a manner that each name provided would be sufficient if the person named were the debtor.

SECTION 104. Said section 9-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 28, the word “subsection (a)(4)(B)” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- subsection (a)(6)(B).

SECTION 105. Said section 9-503 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following 3 subsections:-

(f) Name of decedent. The name of the decedent indicated on the order appointing the personal representative of the decedent issued by the court having jurisdiction over the collateral is sufficient as the “name of the decedent” under subsection (a)(2).

(g) Multiple driver’s licenses. If the commonwealth has issued to an individual more than 1 driver’s license or Massachusetts identification card of a kind described in subsection (a)(4), the 1 that was issued most recently is the 1 to which said subsection (a)(4) refers.

(h) Definition. In this section, the “name of the settlor or testator” shall mean:

(1) if the settlor is a registered organization, the name that is stated to be the settlor’s name on the public organic record most recently filed with or issued or enacted by the settlor’s jurisdiction of organization which purports to state, amend or restate the settlor’s name; or

(2) in other cases, the name of the settlor or testator indicated in the trust’s organic record.

SECTION 106. Section 9-507 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(c) Change in debtor’s name. If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under section 9-503(a) so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under section 9-506:

(1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within 4 months after, the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and

(2) the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than 4 months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement which renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within 4 months after the financing statement became seriously misleading.

SECTION 107. Section 9-515 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “filed”, in line 34, the following word:- initial.

SECTION 108. Section 9-516 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 14, the word “correction” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- information.

SECTION 109. Said section 9-516 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 23, the words “last name” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- surname.

SECTION 110. Subsection (b) of said section 9-516 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (5) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not:

(A) provide a mailing address for the debtor; or

(B) indicate whether the name provided as the name of the debtor is the name of an individual or an organization;

SECTION 111. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out section 9-518, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 9-518. Claim Concerning Inaccurate Or Wrongfully Filed Record.

(a) Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.

(b) Contents of statement under subsection (a). An information statement under subsection (a) shall:

(1) identify the record to which it relates by:

(A) the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

(B) if the information statement relates to a record filed or recorded in a filing office described in section 9-501(a)(1):

(i) the book and page number of the initial financing statement, in the case of unregistered land governed by chapter 36 or if a book and page number has not yet been assigned to the initial financing statement, the instrument number of the initial financing statement and the date on which the initial financing statement was originally filed and the document number of the initial financing statement, in the case of registered land governed by chapter 185; and

(ii) the information specified in section 9-502(b);

(2) indicate that it is an information statement; and

(3) provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record was wrongfully filed.

(c) Statement by secured party of record. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under section 9-509(d).

(d) Contents of statement under subsection (c). An information statement under subsection (c) shall:

(1) identify the record to which it relates by:

(A) the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

(B) if the information statement relates to a record filed or recorded in a filing office described in section 9-501(a)(1):

(i) the book and page number of the initial financing statement, in the case of unregistered land governed by chapter 36 or, if a book and page number has not yet been assigned to the initial financing statement, the instrument number of the initial financing statement and the date on which the initial financing statement was originally filed and the document number of the initial financing statement, in the case of registered land governed by chapter 185; and

(ii) the information specified in section 9-502(b);

(2) indicate that it is an information statement; and

(3) provide the basis for the person’s belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under section 9-509(d).

(e) Record not affected by information statement. The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.

SECTION 112. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out section 9-521, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 9-521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment.

(a) Initial financing statement form. A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in section 9-516(b):

(b) Amendment form. A filing office that accepts written records shall not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in section 9-516(b):

SECTION 113. Section 9-607 of said chapter 106, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ occurred”, in line 27, the following words:- with respect to the obligation secured by the mortgage.

SECTION 114. Subsection 2A-103(3) of said chapter 106 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 154, the figure “9-102(a)(68)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9-102(a)(69).

SECTION 115. Article 9 of said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by adding the following part:-

PART 8. TRANSITION PROVISIONS

SECTION 9-801. Effective Date. References in this Part to the amendatory act shall mean those changes made to this Article that take effect on July 1, 2013 .

SECTION 9-802. Savings Clause.

(a) Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the amendatory act shall apply to a transaction or lien within its scope even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before the effective date of the amendatory act.

(b) Pre-effective-date proceedings. This amendatory act shall not affect an action, case or proceeding commenced before the effective date of the amendatory act.

SECTION 9-803. Security Interest Perfected Before Effective Date.

(a) Continuing perfection: perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act is a perfected security interest under this Article if, on the effective date of the amendatory act, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied without further action.

(b) Continuing perfection: perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-805, if immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the act are not satisfied on such effective date, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act.

SECTION 9-804. Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date. A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act becomes a perfected security interest:

(1) without further action, on the effective date of the amendatory act if the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied before or at that time; or

(2) when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.

SECTION 9-805. Effectiveness Of Action Taken Before Effective Date.

(a) Pre-effective-date filing effective. The filing of a financing statement before the effective date of the amendatory act is effective to perfect a security interest to the extent the filing would satisfy the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act.

(b) When pre-effective-date filing becomes ineffective. The amendatory act shall not render ineffective an effective financing statement that, before the effective date of the amendatory act, is filed and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article as it existed before the effective date of the amendatory act. However, except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) and Section 9-806, the financing statement ceases to be effective:

(1) if the financing statement is filed in the commonwealth, at the time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective had the amendatory act not taken effect; or

(2) if the financing statement is filed in another jurisdiction, at the earlier of:

(A) the time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective under the law of that jurisdiction; or

(B) June 30, 2018.

(c) Continuation statement. The filing of a continuation statement after the effective date of the amendatory act shall not continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the effective date of the amendatory act. However, upon the timely filing of a continuation statement after the effective date of the amendatory act and in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article as amended by the amendatory act, the effectiveness of a financing statement filed in the same office in that jurisdiction before the effective date of the amendatory act continues for the period provided by the law of that jurisdiction.

(d) Application of subsection (b)(2)(B) to transmitting utility financing statement. Subsection (b)(2)(B) shall apply to a financing statement that, before the effective date of the act, is filed against a transmitting utility and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article as it existed before the effective date of the amendatory act, only to the extent that this Article as amended by the amendatory act provides that the law of a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed governs perfection of a security interest in collateral covered by the financing statement.

(e) Application of part 5. A financing statement that includes a financing statement filed before this amendatory act and a continuation statement filed after the effective date of the amendatory act is effective only to the extent that it satisfies the requirements of Part 5 as amended by the amendatory act for an initial financing statement. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a decedent’s estate indicates that the collateral is being administered by a personal representative within the meaning of section 9-503(a)(2) as amended by the amendatory act. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a trust or is a trustee acting with respect to property held in trust indicates that the collateral is held in a trust within the meaning of section 9-503(a)(3) as amended by the act.

SECTION 9-806. When Initial Financing Statement Suffices To Continue Effectiveness Of Financing Statement.

(a) Initial financing statement in lieu of continuation statement. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in section 9-501 continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the effective date of the amendatory act if:

(1) the filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this Article as amended by the amendatory act;

(2) the pre-effective-date financing statement was filed in an office in another state; and

(3) the initial financing statement satisfies subsection (c).

(b) Period of continued effectiveness. The filing of an initial financing statement under subsection (a) continues the effectiveness of the pre-effective-date financing statement if:

(1) the initial financing statement is filed before the effective date of the amendatory act, for the period provided in section 9-515 before the effective date of the amendatory act took effect with respect to an initial financing statement; and

(2) the initial financing statement is filed after the effective date of the amendatory act for the period provided in section 9-515 as amended by the amendatory act with respect to an initial financing statement.

(c) Requirements for initial financing statement under subsection (a). To be effective for purposes of subsection (a), an initial financing statement shall:

(1) satisfy the requirements of Part 5 as amended by the amendatory act for an initial financing statement;

(2) identify the pre-effective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and

(3) indicate that the pre-effective-date financing statement remains effective.

SECTION 9-807. Amendment Of Pre-Effective Date Financing Statement.

(a) “Pre-effective-date financing statement”. In this section, “pre-effective-date financing statement” means a financing statement filed before the effective date of the amendatory act.

(b) Applicable law. After the effective date of the amendatory act, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article as amended by the amendatory act. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may also be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.

(c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after the effective date of the amendatory act only if:

(1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in section 9-501;

(2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in section 9-501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies section 9-806(c); or

(3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies section 9-806(c) is filed in the office specified in section 9-501.

(d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under section 9-805(c), 9-805(e) or 9-806.

(e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in the commonwealth may be terminated after the effective date of the amendatory act by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies section 9-806(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article 9 as amended by the amendatory act as the office in which to file a financing statement.

SECTION 9-808. Person Entitled To File Initial Financing Statement Or Continuation Statement. A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this part if:

(1) the secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

(2) the filing is necessary under this part:

(A) to continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the effective date of the act; or

(B) to perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.

SECTION 9-809. Priority. The amendatory act shall determine the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before the effective date of the amendatory act, this article in effect before the effective date of the amendatory act shall determine priority.

SECTION 116. (a)Sections 1 to 82, inclusive, shall apply to a document of title that is issued or a bailment that arises on or after the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive. Said sections 1 to 82, inclusive, shall not apply to a document of title that is issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive, even if the document of title or bailment would be subject to this act if the document of title had been issued or bailment had arisen on or after the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive.

(b)Sections 1 to 82, inclusive, shall not apply to a right of action that has accrued before the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive.

(c)A document of title issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of sections 1 to 82, inclusive, and the rights, obligations and interests flowing from that document or bailment are governed by any law or other rule amended or repealed by said sections 1 to 82, inclusive, as if such amendment or repeal had not occurred and may be terminated, completed, consummated or enforced under that law or other rule.

(d) Section 61 shall apply to a sale of an account described in clause (14) of section 9-309 of Article 9 of chapter 106 of the General Laws even if the sale was entered into before the effective date of sections 1 to 82, inclusive; provided, that if the relative priorities of conflicting claims to the account were established before the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive, the relevant provisions of said Article 9 of said chapter 106 as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of said sections 1 to 82, inclusive, shall determine priority.

SECTION 117. Sections 84 to 115, inclusive, shall take effect on July 1, 2013.