Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-103. Authority to make rules. The department is authorized, subject to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to make and enforce rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-104. Weights and measures — Systems used — Basic units, tables, and equivalents as published by National Institute of Standards and Technology. (1) The department shall use: (a) the same system of weights and measures that is customarily used in the United States; and (b) the metric system of weights and measures. (2) […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-105. Weights and measures — Primary state standards — Secondary state standards — Verification. (1) 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, and shall […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-106. Weights and measures — Specifications, tolerances, and technical data published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook govern. Unless modified by the department, Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology, adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-107. Adopting uniform packaging and labeling regulation. Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation, adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures in Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality, National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall apply to […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-108. Adopting uniform regulation for the method of sale of commodities. Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities, adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, in Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality, National […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-109. Adopting uniform regulation for the voluntary registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices. Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices, adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures in Handbook […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-110. Department duties — Seizure of incorrect weights and measures. (1) The department may: (a) establish weights and measures standards, specifications, and tolerances for: (i) all commodities; (ii) the fill for any commodity contained in a package; (iii) labels or labeling of a commodity; and (iv) weights and measures used commercially; (b) inspect […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-111. Enforcement powers of department. (1) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the department may: (a) enter any commercial premises during normal working hours after the presentation of credentials; (b) issue in writing a “stop-use, hold, or removal order” with respect to any weights or measures commercially used or a “stop sale, […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-112. Sale of commodities in liquid form — Sale of commodities in nonliquid form — Requirements. (1) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight. (2) Commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, measure, or by count, as long as the method of sale […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-113. Bulk sales — Information furnished to purchaser. Whenever the quantity is determined solely by the seller, in the absence of the buyer, all bulk sales of heating fuel and other bulk sales as determined by the department shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information: (1) the name and […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-114. Packaged commodity sales — Labeling information specified — When price per single unit of weight to be displayed. (1) Any packaged commodity offered for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of: (a) the identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-115. Advertisement of packaged commodity sales — Requirements. (1) An advertisement that promotes a packaged commodity with the retail price stated shall plainly and conspicuously advertise the quantity required to appear on the package. (2) If a dual quantity declaration is required by law, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-116. Unlawful acts specified. A person may not: (1) sell, offer, or present for sale a commodity whose weight and measure is less than the weight and measure represented as being sold, offered, or exposed for sale; (2) misrepresent the price of a commodity sold, advertised, exposed, or offered for sale by weight, […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-117. Weighing and measuring devices — Presumption. If a weighing or measuring device is in a place where buying or selling is commonly carried on, there is a rebuttable presumption that the weighing or measuring device is regularly used for the business purposes of that place. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 […]
Effective 7/1/2017 4-9-118. Registration of commercial establishments using weights and measures — Approved weights and measures inspectors — Application — Fee — Expiration — Renewal. (1) (a) Pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department shall establish rules providing for the registration of weights and measures users and issuance of certification […]
