Relates to price gouging; imposes criminal penalties for price gouging; removes language relating to the declaration of a state of emergency; increases civil penalty; authorizes a district attorney to enforce provisions.
Includes for-hire transportation services in the prohibition on price gouging; provides that such prohibition shall apply to for-hire transportation services after the declaration of a state of emergency by the governor tied to an abnormal disruption of the market or upon notice from the governor, attorney general or the chief executive of any municipality of the state that an abnormal disruption of the market exists.