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§ 102-5 CONSUMER PROTECTION § 102-8
creditor from communicating with the debtor's employer to execute a wage
assignment agreement if the debtor has consented to such an agreement or has
been authorized by an appropriate court order.
(2) Said alleged creditor, his assignee, agent or employee informs or misleads the
debtor of the existence of legal services or a governmental agency sanction when
such is not the case.
(3) Contact, other than the service of judicial process, with the alleged debtor by an
alleged creditor or his assignee, agent or employee is attempted at hours of the day
or night considered not to be reasonable, or with such frequency considered not to
be reasonable. Such contact with the debtor or any member of his or her family at
the debtor's residence between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. shall be
deemed a violation of this subsection.
K. Renting or leasing power or mechanical equipment to consumers unless such rental or
lease includes a warning to the consumer, in writing, of the potential danger resulting
from the careless use of the equipment or lack of knowledge as to how such equipment is
operated. In addition, said person, firm, partnership or corporation must also, at the time
of the rental or lease, offer to provide to the consumer any instruction, handbooks or
safety information provided by the manufacturer. [Added 8-25-1987 by L.L. No.
5-1987]
§ 102-6. Administration.
Administration of this code shall be under the supervision of the Consumer Services
Specialist.
§ 102-7. Unlawful acts.
Deceptive trade practices and unconscionable trade practices are hereby declared unlawful in
the County of Broome, New York.
§ 102-8. Powers and duties of Consumer Services Specialist.
The Consumer Services Specialist shall have the following powers and duties:
A. To receive and investigate and refer, where appropriate, consumer complaints regarding
business and commercial practices throughout the county.
B. To receive and refer all consumer complaints and other matters involving members of a
nonprofit association or corporation which has adopted an ethical code of conduct to
which its members are required to subscribe to such association or corporation for
resolution to the extent practicable by conference, conciliation and persuasion. In
addition to the above, the Consumer Services Specialist shall have the right to enforce
the provisions of this code without referral to the association or corporation where, in his
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