HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Resolution R-77-0171
Introduced by:
Proposed by;
Oscar L. Tucker
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
.. RESOLUTION NO* --R-7 -..l7.
A RESOLUTION URGING THE CABINET OF THE STATE
OF FLORIDA TO ADOPT THE LITITE FTC ACT RULES
PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTS OF -6 AL AFFAIRS
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH RESPECT TO TIE-
IN SALES ON RECREATION LEASES AND PROVIDING
FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH RESOLUTION,
WHEREAS, the Attorney General of the State of Florida, acting on
behalf of the Department of Legal Affairs, has promulgated certain rules pursuant
to the Little FTC Act relating to tie-in sales of recreation leases, and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General, after numerous hearings and investi-
gations , has concluded that in many instances developers of housing units
have conditioned the sale of housing upon the buyer's acceptance of the
developer's recreational lease or contract, and
UHMEArS , in many instances consumers have been paying unconscionable
fees for recreational services which precluded such consumers from obtaining
competitive -recreational services at a mach lower price, and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General has concluded that the protection of
the consumers requires that the enforcing authority for the State and consumers,
individually or by class action, should be given the authority to overturn such
recreational leases which are found.to restrain trade, and
the Attorney General has also found that the abuses resulting
from such recreational leases and contracts are so wide -spread as to affect
large nunbers of the public, and
WIEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac has concluded that
large numbers of such consumers exist in this City so as to create an issue
affecting the public generally, and
WHEREAS, the said City Council believes that the adoption of the rules
promulgated by the Attorney General will resolve within a reasonable time, the
problems created by the wide -spread existence of such recreational leases and
contracts.
FLORIDA:
NOW; THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TMARAC ,
SECTION 1: That the Cabinet of the State of Florida. is hereby urged
to immediately adopt the Little FTC Act rules on Tie -In Sales of Recreation
Leases and that this action on the part of the Cabinet is necessary since the
continued existence of such recreational leases and contracts will have a serious
inpact on the economy of the residents of this City resulting in an adverse
affect on the welfare of such residents.
SECTION 2: That copies of this resolution be sent to the Governor
and to all other members of the Cabinet of the State of Florida..
-- SECTION 3: That the Council shall distribute copies of this resolu-
tion to the Viers of the Federal Trade Coamission together with other relevant
material so that such Commission may take appropriate action pursuant to the
Federal laws in existence against the restraint of trade.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day of 1977.
A'I'1'EST
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved the corm and cor-
rectness of this RESOLUTION.
RECOR
MAYOR
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