2674

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

No. 43

Glenn Beall, Jr., and Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Senate
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; and
Representatives Robert E. Bauman, Clarence D. Long, Paul
S. Sarbanes, Majorie S. Holt, Gladys N. Spellman, Goodloe
S. Byron, Parren J. Mitchell, and Gilbert Gude, House
Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515.

Approved May 4, 1976.

No. 44

(House Joint Resolution No. 11)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

The Retail Industry Advertising Sales Standards

FOR the purpose of requesting that the [[Governor appoint
a study commission to]] [[Consumer Council of the
Division of Consumer Protection, Office of Attorney

General,]] Governor appoint a study commission to

study the retail industry advertising sales
standards and procedures in the State of Maryland.

There is a need for a study to be done on
advertising sales in the retail industry which includes
department stores, drug stores, supermarkets, and similar
retail outlets;

The study should pertain to adopting uniform
standards and procedures in:

(1)    The advertisement of sales items as to
quantity available,

(2)    The sufficient number of sales items on
hand according to the quantity listed,

(3)    The sale price as it appears on the item
being advertised for sale,

(4)    The enforcement of rainchecks: are
rainchecks compulsory for quantity limit sale items? and

(5)    Whether there should appear only one
price on an item that has been hand marked;

[[ [[ ]]The Study Commission shall consist of

legislators, the Consumer Council of the Division of

Consumer Protection, consumer groups, retail

establishments (including discount stores), and lay
citizens;[[ ]] ]]

The [[Study Commission]] [[Consumer Council]]
Commission shall report its findings to the 1976