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Weights and Measures

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Short title of chapter

Definitions

Systems of weights and measures

State standards of weight and measure

Office and working standards and equipment

Director and inspectors of weights and measures

General powers and duties of department

Specific powers and duties of department; regulations

Testing and inspections of standards

General testing and inspections

Registration of sellers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring devices

Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes

Training program

Investigations

Inspection of packages

Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders

Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

Police powers; right of entry and stoppage

Powers and duties of director and inspector

City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties

City and county standards and equipment

Concurrent jurisdiction

Division of responsibilities

Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

Method of sale of commodities

Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions

Declarations of unit price on random packages

Misleading packages

Advertising packages for sale

Sale by net weight

Misrepresentation of price

Meat, poultry and seafood

Butter, oleomargarine and margarine

Fluid dairy products

Flour, cornmeal and hominy grits

Potatoes

Construction of contracts

Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

Impersonation of officer; penalties

Prohibited acts

Presumptive evidence

Enforcement and regulations

Licenses

Weighmasters' certificates

Preparation of weighmaster's certificate

Use of approved weighing device required

Scale requirement

Disposition of copies of certificates

License required; definition

Suspension or revocation of licenses

Prohibited acts

Sales by weight

Separation required

Substitution of another purchaser in weighmaster's certificate

Authorization to inspect and direct to nearest scales

Weighmaster's certificate required

Small lots

Exception for boatloads or railroad carloads

Rules and regulations

Sales by employer-producer to employees

Existing licenses

Approval of types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices

Submission of types for approval

Certificates of approval; notice of disapproval; appeals

Manufacture, sale or use of unapproved weights, measures and devices

Marking of approved weights and measures

Marking of weights and measures "not legal for trade."

Rules and regulations

Sealing of approved weights and measures

Fees

Enforcement

Meter required

Small deliveries

Exceptions

Enforcement of chapter, rules and regulations

Scope of subchapter

Definitions

Automotive Fuel Testing and Disclosure Program

Standards for automotive fuel

Automotive fuel rating, disclosure and labeling requirements

Investigations

Violations and penalties

(Reserved)

Rules and regulations

Offenses and penalties

Temporary or permanent injunctions

Disposition of funds

Validity of prosecutions

Chapter Notes