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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 49

14-103. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.

(A)   PRICE INFORMATION REQUIRED - IN GENERAL.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN §14-102, EACH PERSON WHO SELLS
OR OFFERS OR DISPLAYS FOR SALE A CONSUMER COMMODITY AT
RETAIL SHALL DISCLOSE:

(1)    THE TOTAL PRICE OF THE CONSUMER
COMMODITY; OR

(2)    EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF
THIS SECTION, THE UNIT PRICE OF THE CONSUMER COMMODITY
IF:

(i) IT IS SOLD ONLY BY UNITS; OR

(ii) IT IS A PREPACKAGED OR RETAIL-PACKAGED
CONSUMER COMMODITY WITHIN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
CATEGORIES:

1.      FOODS, CONDIMENTS, COOKING OILS,
SHORTENINGS, AND SIMILAR CONSUMER COMMODITIES;

2.   PAPER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING NAPKINS, TOWELS,
AND TISSUES;

3.   WRAPPING PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THOSE MADE OF
PAPER, PLASTIC, AND ALUMINUM; AND

4.     SOAPS, DETERGENTS, CLEANSING AIDS,
DEODORIZING AIDS, AND SIMILAR CONSUMER COMMODITIES.

(B)   PRICE INFORMATION REQUIRED - MULTIPLE PACKAGES.

IF A PACKAGED CONSUMER COMMODITY DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (A)(2)(ii)OF THIS SECTION IS PRICED FOR A
MULTIPLE-PACKAGE PURCHASE, THE SELLER SHALL DISCLOSE THE
UNIT PRICE OF THAT COMMODITY ON THE BASIS OF THE
MULTIPLE-PACKAGE.

(C)   EXTENT OF UNIT PRICE DISCLOSURE.

A PERSON IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE UNIT PRICE
OF A CONSUMER COMMODITY DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A) (2) OF
THIS SECTION IF HE THEN IS DISCLOSING UNIT PRICES FOR AT
LEAST 90 PERCENT OF THE DOLLAR VOLUME OR NUMBER OF ITEMS
OF ALL HIS CONSUMER COMMODITIES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (A) (2) OF THIS
SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 83, §21E(c).