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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

Section 6. Effective date.

This Act shall take effect on the 76th day-
following the date on which it becomes law.

Approved: September 3, 1971

Chapter 11
Bill No. 2-71

AN ACT to add a new Chapter to the Montgomery County
Code 1965, to be known as Chapter 118, entitled
"Consumer Protection," to follow immediately
after Chapter 117, to prohibit unfair, deceptive
or unconscionable trade practices upon consumers
within Montgomery County, to assist consumers in
obtaining relief from such practices, to prevent
such practices from occurring within Montgomery
County, to educate consumers in trade practices
involving merchandise, services and credit in
accordance with the objectives related herein, to
create an Office of Consumer Affairs to
administer and assure enforcement of the
provisions of this enactment and to foster trade
practices which are in the best interests of the
health, safety and welfare of the general public,
and to establish an Advisory Committee on
Consumer Affairs to advise the Office of Consumer
Affairs in carrying out its duties and functions
under this Chapter.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, That there is hereby
added to the Montgomery County Code 1965, a new
chapter to be known as Chapter 118, entitled "Consumer
Protection," Sections 118-1 through 118-10, and to
read as follows:

CHAPTER 118
CONSUMER PROTECTION