83-201. Definitions. As used in article 2 of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and K.S.A. 83-502, and amendments thereto: (a) “Weights and measures” means all commercial weights or measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliance and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and devices […]
83-202. Recognized system of weights and measures. (a) Except as provided further: (1) The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the state. […]
83-203. State primary standards of weights and measures; secondary standards. Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the national institute of standards and technology, shall be the state primary standards of weights and measures and shall be maintained in […]
83-204. Contracts, sales or purchases construed in terms of standards of weights and measures adopted under act. All contracts, sales or purchases made for work to be done, or for anything to be sold or delivered or done by weight or measure within this state shall be taken and construed in terms of and according […]
83-205. Weights and measures inspection program; personnel; functions. (a) There is hereby established in the Kansas department of agriculture a weights and measures inspection program to enforce the provisions of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. The program shall be under the supervision of […]
83-206. Same; powers and duties of secretary of agriculture. In the administration of the weights and measures inspection program, the secretary shall: (a) Administer and enforce the provisions of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. (b) Conduct investigations to ensure compliance with chapter 83 […]
83-207. Same; rules and regulations. The secretary of agriculture may adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. As a part of such rules and regulations, the secretary of agriculture shall adopt standards setting forth specifications, tolerances and other […]
83-208. Inspections; prohibited acts; penalty for violation. The secretary, or an authorized representative of the secretary, may enter any premises or vehicle in or on which any weights, measures, balances or measuring devices may be located or used for the purposes of trade, for the purpose of inspecting, testing and sealing or rejecting the same. […]
83-209. Enforcement; orders of secretary. (a) If the secretary finds that any package or amount of any commodity is held, offered or exposed for sale in violation of law, the secretary may order them off-sale and may mark or tag them to show they are illegal. (b) Whenever the secretary finds that any violation of […]
83-210. County or city enforcement; powers and duties of officials. (a) Any county or city in the state may establish a department of public inspection of weights and measures, appoint inspectors of weights and measures and fix their compensation and pass such ordinances relating to weights and measures not in conflict with the state laws […]
83-212. Bulk sales delivery ticket; contents. All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement, all bulk deliveries of heating fuel and all other bulk sales specified by rules and regulations of the secretary of agriculture, shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information: […]
83-213. Labeling of packages; rules and regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or by rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, […]
83-214. Testing and sealing on request; charge for services; weights and measures fee fund. (a) The secretary may try and prove weights, measures, balances and other measuring devices on request for any person, corporation or institution, and when the same are found or made to conform to the state standards, and otherwise fulfill such reasonable […]
83-215. Rejection of weighing or measuring device; repair or destruction of device. (a) The secretary is hereby authorized and empowered to reject any weighing or measuring device which is found not to conform to state standards or which is found not to weigh or measure within authorized tolerances. (b) Service companies or any agent or […]
83-216. Same; devices declared to be common nuisance and contraband; action for disposal of device. (a) Any weight, measure or weighing or measuring device which has been rejected by the secretary and which has not been repaired or restored to weigh or measure within approved tolerances, during any authorized repair period, is hereby declared to […]
83-217. Damages owed by person using inaccurate, false or rejected device; variations in weight, measure or quantity. Any person who is liable to an injured person by reason of any inaccurate, false or rejected weighing or measuring device shall be assessed and adjudged to pay damages in double the amount of property wrongfully taken or […]
83-218. Presumptive proof of regular use of device. For the purposes of this act, proof of the existence of a weight, measure or a weighing or measuring device, in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, in the […]
83-219. Unlawful acts. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To offer or expose for sale, or to sell any weight, measure or weighing or measuring device that does not meet the tolerances and specifications required by chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or which has been rejected without […]
83-220. Penalty for violations. Any person violating any of the provisions of article 2 of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or violating any rules and regulations adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a class A, a nonperson misdemeanor. History: L. 1985, ch. 345, § 20; L. 1996, ch. 146, § […]
83-221. Dispensing devices and vehicle tanks; inspections, tests, certifications. All inspections and tests to inspect, test and seal, certify or reject any dispensing device, as defined in K.S.A. 83-401, and amendments thereto, or the capacity of any vehicle tank used in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, motor-vehicle fuels or liquid fuels shall be made […]
