Amendment ID: S2551-1

Amendment 1

SWM Amendment

Mr. Rodrigues moves that the proposed new draft be amended in section 1, in proposed section 3 of chapter 93M of the General Laws, by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(b) Notwithstanding section 14 of chapter 260, a payment on a consumer debt that is made after the limitations period under subsection (a) has expired shall not revive the limitations period or bar the consumer from asserting a defense to the collection of a consumer debt; provided, however, that a payment on a consumer debt that is made during the limitations period under subsection (a) shall not extend the limitations period or bar the consumer from asserting a defense to the collection of a consumer debt.”; and

in said section 1, by striking out, in lines 116 and 117, the words “ payment review hearing in a small claims action pursuant to Uniform Small Claims Rule 7(i)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “payment hearing in a small claims action pursuant to the trial court’s Uniform Small Claims Rules 7A and 7B”; and

in said section 1, by striking out, in lines 131 and 132, the words “payment review hearing in a small claims action pursuant to Uniform Small Claims Rule 7(i)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “payment hearing in a small claims action pursuant to the trial court’s Uniform Small Claims Rules 7A and 7B”.