531.51 – Injunction.
531.51 Injunction.—The department is authorized, without bond, to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter. History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101.
531.52 – Presumptive Evidence.
531.52 Presumptive evidence.—Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is regularly used for the business purposes of […]
531.53 – Regulations to Be Unaffected by Repeal of Prior Enabling Statute.
531.53 Regulations to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute.—The enactment of this chapter or any of its provisions shall not affect any rule adopted pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute unless inconsistent with this chapter or modified or revoked by rule of the department. History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101.
531.60 – Permit for Commercially Operated or Tested Weights or Measures Instrument or Devices.
1531.60 Permit for commercially operated or tested weights or measures instrument or devices.— (1) A weights and measures instrument or device may not operate or be used for commercial purposes, as defined by department rule, within this state without first being permitted through a valid commercial use permit issued by the department to the person who owns […]
531.41 – Powers and Duties of the Department.
531.41 Powers and duties of the department.—The department shall: (1) Maintain traceability of the state standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2) Enforce the provisions of this chapter. (3) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. (4) Establish, by rule, standards of weight, measure, or count and reasonable standards […]
531.415 – Fees.
531.415 Fees.— (1) The department shall charge and collect fees of not more than the following for actual metrology laboratory calibration and testing services rendered: (a) For each mass standard that is tested or certified to meet tolerances less stringent than American National Standards Institute/American Society for Testing and Materials (ANSI/ASTM) Standard E617 Class 4: Weight Fee/Unit 0 – […]
531.42 – Special Police Powers.
531.42 Special police powers.—With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and rules pursuant thereto, the department is: (1) Empowered to seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of the provisions of this […]
531.421 – Powers and Duties of Local Officials.
531.421 Powers and duties of local officials.—Any weights and measures official appointed for a county or city may exercise, in cooperation with the state, the duties enumerated in s. 531.41(9)-(13) and the powers enumerated in s. 531.42. These powers and duties shall extend to their respective jurisdictions, except that the jurisdiction of a county official shall […]
531.43 – Misrepresentation of Quantity.
531.43 Misrepresentation of quantity.—No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale less than the quantity he or she represents, nor take any more than the quantity he or she represents, when, as buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined. History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101; s. 730, […]
531.44 – Misrepresentation of Pricing; Verification Procedures.
531.44 Misrepresentation of pricing; verification procedures.— (1) No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price […]