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After years of accusations, it is more concerned that quieting consumers to protect the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs seems more respond to complaints of businesses - and themselves.

After years of accusations, it is more concerned that quieting consumers to protect the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs seems more respond to complaints of businesses - and themselves.

Too often, say consumer groups, the division created in 1971 on strengthening the enforcement of consumer rights, has done little more than what companies sponsored business offices do better. It prints books warning of possible human cases of fraud and advice on their rights. But after complaints were filed, their actions have been largely limited to negotiating disputes, or other people.

Consumer advocates have auto-repair complaints, the single largest source of consumer complaints. From 1985 to 1987, the Agency has received 6157 complaints about car repairs. But this time, the division not to push against a single case of a workshop in the courts.

”Obviously, the Agency is unable, by which any complaint,’’said Neil J. Fogarty, president of the League of consumers in New Jersey, a private, nonprofit advocacy group. ”But we would like to give them a little noise. We want to show them he was an activist for consumer protection, goes to walk and people complain.”

Division officials of the debt to a lack of lawyers and investigators. And they draw attention to a plethora of activities since 1988: a single car was launched, were legal proceedings against firms repair and division won a few large cities. He began to submit the case under the 1989 Act Lemon, with which the buyer of a new car broken, can not be repaired within a reasonable time to get a full refund.

The Prosecutor General, checks from the Division of the Department of Public Law and Security, says it intends to allow the Agency nor aggressive.

Concerned by the division, while the hotel a controlling Florio high rate of auto insurance one of their highest priorities. Assekuranz officials say that New Jersey was the fourth highest average premium collision in 1988, behind Rhode Island, Connecticut and Nebraska, and they say fraudulent repair bills Neuchatel, which cost.

But Dir Jim Florio, has projected a deficit of $ 580 million for the current year, a reduction of 9.15 percent of the division’s budget for the year from 1 July to $ 7.5 million. Critics suggest that such a reduction could be the distribution of its efforts to find out more aggressive.

In addition to courses, Office of Consumer Protection, the division is attributed to the implementation of the provisions of 22 plates, license 40 sectors and professions, plumber and an electrician to ensure and manicure. The vast agency also has offices to monitor securities fraud, charities inscriptions, dimensions and weight, and bingo-test and draws.

So que”l’accent in the past, the hotel has been in several initiatives geared toward education, too little attention has been implementing measures aimed at the interests of consumers, the implementation Consumer Policy Act the fight against fraud, in particular,’’said Douglas S. Eakeley, First Assistant Attorney General.

A says Eakeley Telephone distribution, donations to charity work, repairs to the home services to elderly and Rent-to-furniture and equipment speichert”wurden own some of the main division is Problembereiche”die.

He added:”We seek to ensure that cases of occupation of the audit committee, protection of consumers.”

There are long, was also concerned by Assemblyman Chuck Hardwick, Republican of Westfield, the former Assembly speaker, said,”Some of the cards operate as stay-out boards for people to the profession. ” ‘

The division director since March 1982, James J. Barry Jr., met on February 23. Last week, Governor Florio appointed Patricia A. Royer replace Mr. Barry.