PLACEMENT OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS CONSUMER PROTECTION SPECIAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 35351
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 20 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Assoc of Attorneys General
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY DATA ON THE PLACEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY UNDER STATE UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE STATUTES.

Abstract

SURVEY RESULTS COVER THE PLACEMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES (WHICH IN MOST STATES IS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL), THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACTIVITIES, AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT WITHIN OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES, AUTHORITY TO LITIGATE, AND THE EXTENT OF ACTIVITY OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS. TABULAR DATA IS PRESENTED BY STATE ON STAFF POSITIONS AUTHORIZED FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION ACTIVITIES, CONSUMER RESTITUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF FINES AND PENALTIES, UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE STATUTES, AND THE LOCATION OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS.