Suffolk County Law Regarding Licensed Occupations Home Improvement Test Study Guide 2024

Suffolk County Law Regarding Licensed Occupations Home Improvement Test Study Guide 2024 563-1 Legislative Findings: - ANS ️️ The County Legislature hereby finds and determines that the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be enhanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations regulated by this chapter. 563-2 Business - ANS ️️ Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for hire. 563-2 COMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - ANS ️️ The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs. 563-2 CONSUMER - ANS ️️ An individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease consumer goods or services or credit, including a co-guarantor or surety. 563-2 CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS - ANS ️️ Those which are primarily for personal, household or family purposes. 563-2 CONTRACT - ANS ️️ An oral or written agreement contained in one or more documents for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services. 563-2 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - ANS ️️ 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.