§ 6-31-5. Director's powers.
(a) The director shall do all of the following:
(1) Designate by regulation those consumer commodities, in addition to the consumer commodities
specifically enumerated in § 6-31-2(a), as to which display of the unit price shall be required upon a determination that
the display will be in the best interest of consumers;
(2) Designate by regulation the unit of weight, measure, or count in terms of which the
unit price of each consumer commodity shall be expressed, provided that no designated
unit shall be such as to require persons subject to the provisions of § 6-31-2(a) to measure any consumer commodity solely for the purpose of complying with § 6-31-2(a);
(3) Designate by regulation whether the unit price of each consumer commodity subject
to the provisions of § 6-31-2(a) shall be expressed to the nearest whole cent or to an appropriate fraction thereof;
(4) Exempt, by regulation, classes of retail establishments from any or all requirements
of this chapter upon a determination that because sales of consumer commodities regulated
by this chapter are purely incidental to the business of the classes of retail establishments,
compliance with this chapter is impracticable and unnecessary for adequate protection
of consumers; provided, however, that any person, firm, corporation, or other business
entity with less than eight (8) full-time employees shall be exempt from the provisions
of this chapter;
(5) Prescribe, by regulation, means for the disclosure of price information upon determination
that they are more effective than those prescribed in § 6-31-3; and
(6) Promulgate any other regulation necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter
in accordance with the best interests of consumers.
(b) The director shall give public notice of his or her intention to promulgate regulations
pursuant to subsection (a) and shall receive the opinions of interested parties on
the regulations. Regulations shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date on which
the notice is given.
(c) The director shall hold hearings whenever he or she has probable cause to believe,
or whenever twenty-five (25) or more citizens state in writing to the director their
belief, that the actions of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter have
evidenced a pattern of noncompliance with any or all of those provisions. Pursuant
to the hearings, to which the suspected violator shall be invited with written notice
at least ten (10) days before the hearing is held, the director shall, upon a finding
that a pattern of noncompliance has been shown:
(1) Issue a warning citation; or
(2) Report any pattern of noncompliance to the attorney general who shall cause appropriate
proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts.