239.01 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DIVISION; JURISDICTION. The Weights and Measures Division, referred to in this chapter as the division, is created under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. The division has supervision and control over all weights, weighing devices, and measures in the state. History: (5270) 1911 c 156 s 1; 1971 c 25 […]
239.011 DIVISION RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. Subdivision 1. Responsibilities. The division shall: (1) ensure that weights and measures in commercial service within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed, accurate, and properly maintained by their owners or users; (2) prevent unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in a commodity or service […]
239.02 DIRECTOR; DEPUTIES, EMPLOYEES. The department shall appoint in accordance with chapter 43A, a director of weights and measures and such deputies and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. History: (4634, 5271) RL s 1959; 1911 c 140 s 3; 1911 c 156 s 2; 1921 c […]
239.051 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section. Subd. 1a. Advanced biofuel. “Advanced biofuel” has the meaning given in Public Law 110-140, title 2, subtitle A, section 201. Subd. 2. Airport. “Airport” has the meaning given it in section 360.013, subdivision 39. Subd. 3. […]
239.06 RULES. The department shall prescribe and adopt such rules as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the adoption of definitions of basic units of weights and measures, tables of weights and measures, and weights and measures equivalents to govern weighing and measuring equipment […]
239.081 INSPECTING TRACK SCALE. The division shall supervise and inspect all track scales, and may direct any carrier to transport, move, and switch to any track scale free of charge any car used in the inspection and testing of scales. The division shall require the installation and maintenance of track scales at terminals, warehouses, and […]
239.09 SPECIAL POLICE POWERS. When necessary to enforce this chapter or rules adopted under the authority granted by section 239.06, the director is: (1) empowered to seize for use as evidence and without formal warrant, any false weight, measure, weighing or measuring device, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, or offered or exposed […]
239.091 METHOD OF SALE. The method of sale for a commodity must provide an accurate and adequate quantity of information that will allow the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons. History: 1991 c 198 s 7; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 49
239.092 SALE FROM BULK. (a) Bulk sales of commodities, when the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement, must be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information: (1) the name and address of the person who weighed or measured the commodity; (2) the date delivered; (3) the quantity delivered; […]
239.093 INFORMATION REQUIRED WITH PACKAGE. (a) A package offered, exposed, or held for sale must bear a clear and conspicuous declaration of: (1) the identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity can be easily identified through the wrapper or container; (2) the net quantity in terms of weight, measure, or count; (3) […]
239.094 PACKAGED COMMODITY; ADVERTISING FOR SALE. When a packaged commodity is advertised with its retail price, the quantity declaration that appears on the package must also appear in the advertisement. History: 1991 c 198 s 10
239.10 ANNUAL INSPECTION. Subdivision 1. Light capacity scales; retail establishments. The director shall inspect light capacity scales in retail establishments such as grocery stores, other retail food establishments, or hardware stores, not more often than once every 36 months except when (1) the owner requests an inspection, (2) when the scale is inspected as part […]
239.101 INSPECTION FEES. Subdivision 1. Fee setting and cost recovery. The department shall recover the amount appropriated to the weights and measures program through revenue from two separate fee systems under subdivisions 2 and 3, and according to the fee-setting and cost-recovery requirements in subdivisions 4, 5, and 6. Subd. 2. Weights and measures fees. […]
