By Miss Garry of Dracut, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 241) of Colleen M. Garry for legislation to further regulate certain consumer product pricing.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Colleen M. Garry

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act further regulating certain consumer product pricing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Subsection (1) of section 184D of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

For the purpose of determining whether a seller has exceeded said "up to 400 additional item exception" limit, units of an item which differ only by color, flavor or scent shall be considered the same if they are otherwise identical in all respects including price, size, and brand; unless the director of standards determines in a particular case that such units are different items.