SENATE, No. 245

By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 245) of Steven A. Tolman for legislation to provide for a study of mis-marked and mis-priced items in retail stores. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT providing for a study of mis-marked and mis-priced items in retail stores

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. The Executive Office of Consumer Protection and Business Regulation shall study, in conjunction with the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General, the mis-marking and the mis-pricing of products in retail stores in the Commonwealth.

Said study shall consider, without limitation, the impact of said mis-marked and mis-priced items on consumers and retail stores.

Said study shall make the appropriate recommendations for corrective action.

Results of said study shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and joint committee on consumer protection and professional licensure by December 31, 2007.