As used in the Common Sense Consumption Act:
- 1. "Claim" means any claim by or on behalf of a natural person, as well as any derivative or other claim arising therefrom asserted by or on behalf of any other individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, or any other entity, including any governmental entity or governmental officer, or private attorney; and
2. "Knowing and willful violation" means that:
- a. the conduct constituting the violation was committed with the intent to deceive or injure consumers or with actual knowledge that such conduct was injurious to consumers, and
- b. the conduct constituting the violation was not required by regulations, orders, rules or other pronouncement of, or any statute administered by, a federal, state, or local government agency.
Laws 2013, 1st Extr. Sess., SB 12, c. 19, § 4, emerg. eff. September 10, 2013.