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The Public Safety Committee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 9:30 a.m. to review Expedited Bill 16-26, Consumer Protection – Amendments (Financial Exploitation Protection Act), and Bill 36-26, Fire and Emergency Services Commission – Duties and Responsibilities.
The members of the PS Committee include Chair Sidney Katz and Councilmembers Dawn Luedtke and Kristin Mink.
More detail on each agenda item is provided below.
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Expedited Bill 16-26, Consumer Protection – Amendments (Financial Exploitation Protection Act)
Review: The PS Committee will review Expedited Bill 16-26, Consumer Protection – Amendments, or the Financial Exploitation Protection Act, which intends to provide protection from financial exploitation for vulnerable adults and individuals who are at least 68 years old. Bill 16-26 would permit the Office of Consumer Protection to operate a voluntary mediation program; define the term vulnerable adult under the consumer protection law; prohibit, as a deceptive trade practice, the use of deception, intimidation, or undue influence to obtain money, property, or services from a vulnerable adult; and prohibit, as a deceptive trade practice, the use of deception, intimidation, or undue influence to obtain money, property, or services from an individual who is at least 68 years old.
The lead sponsor of Expedited Bill 16-26 is Councilmember Kate Stewart. Council President Natali Fani-González, Councilmembers Friedson, Luedtke, and Evans, Council Vice-President Marilyn Balcombe, and Councilmembers Laurie-Anne Sayles, Evan Glass, Katz, Mink and Will Jawando are cosponsors of Bill 16-26.
Bill 36-26, Fire and Emergency Services Commission – Duties and Responsibilities
Review: The PS Committee will review Bill 36-26, Fire and Emergency Services Commission – Duties and Responsibilities, which would revise the duties, responsibilities and authorities of the Fire and Emergency Services Commission. In addition, Bill 37-26 would establish a deadline for the commission’s annual report and mandatory meetings. The purpose of Bill 36-26 is to clarify the responsibilities and functions of the County’s existing Fire and Emergency Services Commission.
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The lead sponsor of Bill 36-26 is Councilmember Luedtke.
The Committee meeting schedule may change from time to time. View the current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review on the Council website.
Council and committee meetings are streamed live on the Council’s web page via YouTube and on Facebook Live and can be watched on County Cable Montgomery on Xfinity/RCN 6 HD 996/1056, Fios 30, and on the CCM live stream.
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