§ 176. Declaration of policy and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary and orderly conversion to the metric system of weights and measures is of vital importance to the economy of the state. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the gradual implementation of the […]
§ 177. Authorized systems of weights and measures; basic units. 1. The metric system of weights and measures and the system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States are jointly recognized, and either system shall be used for all commercial purposes within the state. However, the International Metric System (“SI”), as […]
§ 178. Physical standards of weights and measures. The primary standards within this state shall be the weights and measures furnished by the government of the United States, based upon the federal prototype standards, and such other standards as may be received from the federal government in addition thereto or in renewal thereof, as well […]
§ 179. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby authorized to: 1. Administer, supervise and enforce the provisions of this article. 2. Promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to supplement and give full effect to this article. 3. a. Adopt and incorporate by reference in such rules and […]
§ 180. Municipal directors of weights and measures. 1. There shall be a county director of weights and measures in each county, except where (a) a county is wholly embraced within a city there shall be a city director of weights and measures, or (b) where two or more counties have entered into an intermunicipal […]
§ 181. Powers and duties of municipal directors; prosecution for violations; local fees. Each municipal director appointed pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred eighty of this article, personally or through his authorized agents, shall: 1. Administer, supervise and enforce within his municipality the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted […]
§ 182. Notification and use of weighing and measuring devices. No person shall use, for the purpose of determining the weight, quantity or price of any commodity sold, or offered or exposed for sale, any new, used or repaired weighing or measuring device or system, or accessory related thereto, unless he or she has first […]
§ 183. Sealing of approved devices. 1. Whenever any weights and measures official inspects any weighing or measuring device or system and finds that it corresponds with, or causes it to correspond with, the standards in his possession, and further finds that it meets the specifications, tolerances and variations allowable as established by the commissioner, […]
§ 184. Condemnation, seizure or repair of false devices. 1. Whenever any weights and measures official inspects any weighing or measuring device or system and finds that it does not correspond with the standards in his possession or does not meet the specifications, tolerances and variations allowable as established by the commissioner, he shall condemn […]
§ 185. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders. 1. Any weights and measures official shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices and systems, being or susceptible of being commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect […]
§ 186. Possession and use of false devices; responsibility. 1. No person shall retain in his possession any weight, measure or weighing and measuring device or system, knowing it to be false, with intent to use it or permit to be used for determining the quantity of any commodity. Possession of the same shall be […]
§ 187. Oscillation of weighing devices. No person selling, or offering for sale a commodity by net weight shall quote or state the net weight or the total selling price of such commodity unless the weight indicator of the weighing device on which it is being weighed is at rest.
§ 188. Service charge based on quantity. No person shall impose a service charge which is based upon quantity in excess of the actual quantity of any commodity or article serviced. Nothing in this provision, however, shall prohibit the person or persons rendering the service from establishing a minimum charge therefor; such minimum charge to […]
§ 189. Method of sale of commodities generally. All commodities, the method of sale of which is not prescribed by this chapter, shall be sold, or offered or exposed for sale by net weight, standard measure or numerical count pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Such regulations may prescribe the method of sale for […]
§ 190. Method of sale of food and food products. 1. Definition of “food” and “food product.” The terms “food” and “food product,” as used in this section, shall include all material, solid, liquid or mixed, whether simple or compound, used or intended for consumption by human beings or domestic animals normally kept as household […]
§ 190-a. Home food service plan sales. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. “Home food service plan” means any offering for sale to a household consumer of meat or poultry or seafood or the offering of such products […]
§ 190-b. Sale of meat in bulk or on a gross or hanging weight basis. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. “Primal source” means the following cuts: (i) for beef, the primal sources are the round, flank, loin, […]
§ 191. Standardized packaging. 1. For the purposes of this section: a. “Food store” shall mean a store selling primarily food at retail, which store is not primarily engaged in the sale of food for consumption on the premises. b. “Consumer commodities” shall mean: (1) food, including all material, solid, liquid, or mixed, whether simple […]
§ 192. Sale and delivery of petroleum products. 1. No device shall be used for the purpose of dispensing and measuring petroleum products unless the owner of such device has complied with section one hundred eighty-two of this article. 2. a. Devices equipped with automatic temperature compensation shall be used only if the device is […]
§ 192-a. Fuel octane labelling requirements. 1. Automotive fuel ratings, certification and posting for automotive gasoline. No person shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale any automotive gasoline unless it meets such rating, certification and posting requirements as may be established by regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner. Any such requirements shall be the same […]
