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HB 1849 Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; expands definition of disaster for purposes thereof.

Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; resource shortages.  Expands the definition of "disaster" for purposes of the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act to include any resource shortage in the Commonwealth that results from a disaster for which the President has declared a state of emergency and for which the Governor has issued an executive order proclaiming that a shortage exists. A resource shortage is an absence, unavailability or reduced supply of any raw or processed natural resource, or any commodities, goods or services of any kind that bear a substantial relationship to the health, safety, welfare and economic well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth. The measure also revises the definition of "supplier" to delete the condition that a manufacturer, distributor or licensor advertise the goods or services that are to be resold, leased, or sublicensed in a consumer transaction. The definition of a "time of disaster" is clarified and amended to include the period of time during which a Governor's proclamation provides that a resource shortage exists.


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