Title:      2           Administration and Personnel

Chapter:    2.36        Department of Weights and Measures

Section:    2.36.020    Consumer affairs division‑Administration.

 

The Del Norte County sealer of weights and measures is authorized to administer the division and direct the program as follows:

A.   To receive complaints of unfair business practices and dealings against the consumer,

B.   To report all law violations in connection therewith to the proper city, county, state or federal agency;

C.   To assist, develop and conduct programs of consumer education before organizations on request;

D.   To disseminate information through the news media, displays and pamphlets, alerting consumers to misleading and deceptive practices;

E.   To cooperate with city, county, state and federal agencies to protect and promote the interests of Del Norte County consumers;

F.   To encourage local business and industry to maintain high standards of honesty, fair business practices and public responsibility in products, promotion and sale of consumer goods and services. (Ord. 72‑3 § 2, 1972.)