Comments on: North Carolina Gas Prices http://411chatter.com/272/north-carolina-gas-prices/ The latest info on all the juicy stuff Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:12:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://411chatter.com/272/north-carolina-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 admin Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:17:06 +0000 http://411chatter.com/?p=272#comment-1196 Here is what the anti-gouging law states: North Carolina's Anti-Gouging Law in 1996 (General Statutes 75-36) (a) It shall be a violation of G.S. 75-1.1 for any person to sell or rent or offer to sell or rent at retail during a state of disaster, in the area for which the state of disaster has been declared, any merchandise or services which are consumed or used as a direct result of an emergency or which are consumed or used to preserve, protect, or sustain life, health, safety, or comfort of persons or their property with the knowledge and intent to charge a price that is unreasonably excessive under the circumstances. (Later amended to be even more restrictive, outlawing price changes reflecting cost increases up the supply chain, August 2006, SL2006-245, GS 75-38). Here is what the anti-gouging law states:

North Carolina’s Anti-Gouging Law in 1996
(General Statutes 75-36)
(a) It shall be a violation of G.S. 75-1.1 for any person to sell or rent or offer to sell or rent at retail during a state of disaster, in the area for which the state of disaster has been declared, any merchandise or services which are consumed or used as a direct result of an emergency or which are consumed or used to preserve, protect, or sustain life, health, safety, or comfort of persons or their property with the knowledge and intent to charge a price that is unreasonably excessive under the circumstances.
(Later amended to be even more restrictive, outlawing price changes reflecting cost increases up the supply chain, August 2006, SL2006-245, GS 75-38).

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