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563-1 Legislative Findings - Answer The county. legislature hereby finds and determines the
health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be enyanced if
provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations regulated by this
chapter
Business - Answer Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for hire
commissioner or director - Answer The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs
Consumer - Answer an individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease consumer
goods or services or credit including a co guarantor or surety
consumer goods, services, credits and debts - Answer Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes
contract - Answer an oral or written agreement contained one or more documents for the
performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services
Deceptive trade practices - Answer any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral or written
statement, visual description or other representation of any kind which has the capacity,
tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and is made in
connection with a. contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or invoice, in the
extension of consumer credit or in the collection of consumer debts.
Department or Office - Answer The department of consumer affairs
engages - Answer the undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform
a contract
licensee - Answer a person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter
, temporary license - Answer a license issue to a person for a period of time to perform work in
accordance with the conditions as specified by the director provided that the holder thereof
pays the required license fee
unconscionable trade practice - Answer any act or practice which unfairly takes advantage of
the lack of knowledge ability experience or capacity of the consumer or which results in a gross
disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the consumer. This
shall include acts or practices which unfairly take advantage of sudden disaster such as
hurricanes tornadoes flooding blizzards explosions airplan ecrashes earthquakes nuclear war
radiological emergencies war civil unrest or disobedience or acts of god and comparable acts
whichh result in gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price
ordinarily paid by the consumer in hte absence of one of these above occurences. The
existences of such a disaster shall be established for the purposes of this chapter by a written
declaration by either the county executive or a majority of the entire membership of the county
legislature. the director shall initiate investigation of such unconscionable trade practices
immediately after any one of the natural disasters or other acts of god described above
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - Answer a. it is unlawful for any person other than those exempt
under the provisions of 563-4 to engage in any business in the county regulated by this chapter
without obtaining a license therefor from the office in accordance with and subject to the
provisions of this chapter
b. a license issued pursuant to this chapter may not be construed to authorize the licensee to
perform any work or engage in any business which is reseerved to qualified licensees under
separate provisions of state or local law or subsequent articles of this chapter
563-4 exempt employees and operations - Answer a. federal, state or local government
employees. does not apply to an individual working on behalf of or pursuant to an agreement
with these
b. gas, electric, waterwork, telegraph and telephphone corporation does not apply to an
individual working on behalf of or pursuant to an agreement with these
c. maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial commercial institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property limits of the employer
563-5 application procedure - Answer a. all apps submitted in writing with nonrefundable app
fee
b. the license shall be filed by an actual owner or partner of a business and shall be signed
under oath. where a corporation is an applicant, shall be signed under oath by an officer
c. residential address of the individual applying
d. may require names and residence of employees and officers of the paplicant in addition to
Solved Solutions.
563-1 Legislative Findings - Answer The county. legislature hereby finds and determines the
health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be enyanced if
provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations regulated by this
chapter
Business - Answer Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for hire
commissioner or director - Answer The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs
Consumer - Answer an individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease consumer
goods or services or credit including a co guarantor or surety
consumer goods, services, credits and debts - Answer Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes
contract - Answer an oral or written agreement contained one or more documents for the
performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services
Deceptive trade practices - Answer any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral or written
statement, visual description or other representation of any kind which has the capacity,
tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and is made in
connection with a. contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or invoice, in the
extension of consumer credit or in the collection of consumer debts.
Department or Office - Answer The department of consumer affairs
engages - Answer the undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform
a contract
licensee - Answer a person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter
, temporary license - Answer a license issue to a person for a period of time to perform work in
accordance with the conditions as specified by the director provided that the holder thereof
pays the required license fee
unconscionable trade practice - Answer any act or practice which unfairly takes advantage of
the lack of knowledge ability experience or capacity of the consumer or which results in a gross
disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the consumer. This
shall include acts or practices which unfairly take advantage of sudden disaster such as
hurricanes tornadoes flooding blizzards explosions airplan ecrashes earthquakes nuclear war
radiological emergencies war civil unrest or disobedience or acts of god and comparable acts
whichh result in gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price
ordinarily paid by the consumer in hte absence of one of these above occurences. The
existences of such a disaster shall be established for the purposes of this chapter by a written
declaration by either the county executive or a majority of the entire membership of the county
legislature. the director shall initiate investigation of such unconscionable trade practices
immediately after any one of the natural disasters or other acts of god described above
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - Answer a. it is unlawful for any person other than those exempt
under the provisions of 563-4 to engage in any business in the county regulated by this chapter
without obtaining a license therefor from the office in accordance with and subject to the
provisions of this chapter
b. a license issued pursuant to this chapter may not be construed to authorize the licensee to
perform any work or engage in any business which is reseerved to qualified licensees under
separate provisions of state or local law or subsequent articles of this chapter
563-4 exempt employees and operations - Answer a. federal, state or local government
employees. does not apply to an individual working on behalf of or pursuant to an agreement
with these
b. gas, electric, waterwork, telegraph and telephphone corporation does not apply to an
individual working on behalf of or pursuant to an agreement with these
c. maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial commercial institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property limits of the employer
563-5 application procedure - Answer a. all apps submitted in writing with nonrefundable app
fee
b. the license shall be filed by an actual owner or partner of a business and shall be signed
under oath. where a corporation is an applicant, shall be signed under oath by an officer
c. residential address of the individual applying
d. may require names and residence of employees and officers of the paplicant in addition to
