Editing Price gouging (section)

==== When the law goes into effect ====
Statutory prohibitions on price gouging become effective once a state of emergency has been declared. States have legislated different requirements for who must declare a state of emergency for the law to go into effect. Some state statutes that prohibit price gouging—including those of Alabama,<ref>Ala. Code § 8-31-4 (2017).</ref> Florida,<ref>Fla. Stat. § 501.160 (2017).</ref> Mississippi,<ref>Miss. Code Ann. § 75-24-25 (2008).</ref> and Ohio<ref>Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1345.01 (2009).</ref>—prohibit price increases only once the President of the United States or the state's governor has declared a state of emergency in the impacted region. California permits emergency proclamations by officials, boards, and other governing bodies of cities and counties to trigger the state's price gouging law.<ref name=":02" />