FHCE 5100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Consumer Protection, Georgia General Assembly
10 Jun 2018
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Whe Markets Fail…We Need: Cosuer Protectio at the State ad Local Leel
Subsystems at the State and Local Level
− Includes: regulatory agencies, advocacy agencies, and other concerned individuals and groups
− The advantage of state agencies is that they can interact with federal agencies and also across
state lines
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)
− Founded in 1976
− Supports government agencies that provide consumer services
− Member agencies provide direct constituent services including: mediation, enforcement of laws,
public education programs
The Agencies
− Consumer Protection Agencies:
• The most common at the state level is the unit under the Attorney General’s office
• Some states have a separate Office of Consumer Affairs
State’s Attorey
− The state’s Attorey Geeral i each of the 50 states ad territories is the chief legal advisor to
the state goeret ad the state’s chief law enforcement officer
− In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state Department of Justice
o Responsibilities are similar to those of US Department of Justice
State’s Attorey: Christopher Carr
− I Georgia… state attorey geeral usually elected) enforces laws and sometimes handles
consumer complaints
• Must be massive issues in order to get to him
Attorney Generals
− Affiliated through the National Associatio of Attorey’s Geeral NAAG
− Now they influence federal legislation as a group/organization (now a block of power, not as
individuals)
− Acts as council to all state government agencies
− Help these agencies fulfill mandates designed to protect consumers
− They are duty bound to eforce state cosuer protectio las ee if they do’t agree ith
them)
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Document Summary
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