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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

118-1. DEFINITIONS.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER:

(A)    "PERSON" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL,
PROPRIETOR, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, FIRM,
COOPERATIVE, ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS, HOWEVER ORGANIZED.

(B)    "CONSUMER" MEANS A PURCHASER, LESSEE,
RECIPIENT OR PROSPECTIVE PURCHASES, LESSEE OR
RECIPIENT OF CONSUMER GOODS OR SERVICES OR CONSUMES
CREDIT, INCLUDING A CO-OBLIGOR OR SURETY.

(C)    "CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND
DEBTS" MEANS GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT, DEBTS AND
OBLIGATIONS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOR PERSONAL,
HOUSEHOLD, FAMILY OR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

(D)    "MERCHANT" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO
OFFERS OR MAKES AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS, EITHER
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, MERCHANDISE, GOODS, SERVICES
OR CREDIT.

(E)    "ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER
AFFAIRS," HEREINAFTER KNOWN AS THE "COMMITTEE" SHALL
CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE APPOINTEE AS
FOLLOWS: THREE MEMBERS FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS; THREE
MEMBERS FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS AND THREE MEMBERS FOR A
ONE-YEAR TERM. THEREAFTER, EACH APPOINTMENT (EXCEPT
THE APPOINTMENT FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM) SHALL BE FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM, AND EACH APPOINTEE SHALL HOLD OFFICE
UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES. ALL
MEMBERS TO SAID COMMITTEE INCLUDING ITS TEMPORARY
CHAIRMAN, SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THE
MEMBERS. OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL SERVE WITHOUT
COMPENSATION, BUT THEY MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL
EXPENSES NECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES.

(F)    "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR" INCLUDES A
MEMBER OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S STAFF OR HIS DESIGNEE
APPOINTED TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.

118-2. OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
OFFICE OF CONSUMES AFFAIRS, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS
"OFFICE." THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL APPOINT A SINGLE