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LD 556 Title Page An Act To Establish New Standards for Credit Reporting LD 556 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1313-B, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
1-A.__Multiple social security numbers excluded from
consumer reports.__A consumer reporting agency may not make a
consumer report relating to a consumer that contains more than
one social security number for that consumer.

 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1315, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__The procedures adopted by the consumer reporting
agency pursuant to section 1317 to enable a consumer to
correct any inaccurate information contained in that
consumer's consumer report.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill prohibits consumer reporting agencies from using
more than one social security number for a consumer on a
credit report. The bill also requires that consumer reporting
agencies clearly disclose to consumers their procedures to
enable a consumer to correct inaccurate information contained
in a credit report.


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