EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Office of Consumer Affairs
FOR the purpose of establishing an Office of Consumer Affairs and providing for its administration, powers, and duties; establishing an Advisory Board on Consumer Affairs and providing for its composition, appointment, powers, and duties; prohibiting certain unfair or deceptive trade practices; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; and generally relating to the promotion of consumer affairs and the prohibition of unfair or deceptive trade practices.
Body
BY adding
Article 2 - Protections
Section(s) 18-1 through 18-57, to be under the new subtitle,
"Subtitle 18. Office of Consumer Affairs"
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
BY adding
Article 8 - Ethics
Section(s) 7-8(6a)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 2. Consumer Protections
SUBTITLE 18. OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
PART I. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS
ยง 18-1. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) "ADMINISTRATOR".
"ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR OR THE ADMINISTRATOR'S DESIGNEE.
(C) "ADVERTISEMENT".
(1) "ADVERTIS...
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