The Consumer Protection Board was created by the Laws of 1970 (Chapter 294). The board consists of the chairman of the Public Service Commission; the superintendents of the Banking Department and the Insurance Department; the commissioners of the Department of Agriculture and Markets; the Department of Economic Development; the Department of Environmental Conservation; the Department of Health; and the secretary of state. An executive director, chosen by the governor, serves as chairperson of the board.
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The function of the State Consumer Protection Board is to protect the rights of State's consumers. The board coordinates the activities of all State agencies performing consumer-protection functions and intervenes on behalf of consumers in proceedings before the Public Service Commission. The activities of the board include conducting investigations and research in matters affecting consumers; representing the interests of consumers before federal, State, and local administrative and regulatory agencies; initiating and promoting consumer protection activities; and establishing advisory councils to assist policy formation in specific consumer areas. The board has no adjudicatory or legal enforcement authority.
