12-745. Affirmative defense; reliance;
definition
A. It is an affirmative defense to a year 2000 date failure if all of the following
apply:
1. The defendant reasonably relied on a false or misleading year 2000 date
statement made by an independent, upstream vendor or supplier of the product, equipment
or service or by another person that the product, equipment or service would not manifest
the year 2000 date failure.
2. The defendant did not have actual knowledge that the year 2000 date statement
was false or misleading.
B. For the purposes of this section, "year 2000 date statement" means a statement
that a product, equipment or service is year 2000 compliant, is millennium bug free or
otherwise complies with a year 2000 date standard established by state or federal law or
a national or international service organization or any other similar representation.
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