WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Misnomer in § 10-302(h) of the Agriculture Article.

Occurred: Ch. 534, Acts of 1988.
11-203.

(a)     To enforce this title, the Secretary may adopt [rules and] regulations relating
to:

(1)     Standards of net weight, measure, or count, reasonable standards of fill,
and labeling requirements, for any commodity in package form;

(2)     Exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of § 11-207 OF
THIS SUBTITLE with respect to weights and measures whose character or size makes
sealing or marking inappropriate, not feasible, or damaging to the weight and measure;

(3)     Registration of servicemen and service agencies engaged in the
maintenance and repair of weighing and measuring devices;

(4)     The types of commodities and objects to be weighed by licensed
weighmasters; AND

(5)     The types of weighing devices requiring operation by a licensed
weighmaster, the licensing of weighmasters and applicants', licensing fees, the
maintenance of weight [records] RECORDS, and inspection of weight records by the
Secretary.

(b)     The Secretary shall adopt [rules and] regulations, specifications, tolerances,
and other technical requirements for weights and measures of the character of those
specified in § 11-204 OF THIS SUBTITLE designed to eliminate from use, without
prejudice to any weight and measure that conforms as closely as feasible to the official
standards, those that:

(1)     Are not accurate;

(2)     Are constructed so that they are not reasonably permanent in their
adjustment or do not repeat their indications correctly; or

(3)     Facilitate the perpetration of fraud.

(c)     (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and
measuring devices, specified in § 11-204 OF THIS SUBTITLE, shall be those adopted by
the National Conference on Weights and Measures and included in the National Institute
of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as amended. These specifications, tolerances,
and other technical requirements shall remain in effect unless modified or rescinded by a
[rule or] regulation adopted by the Secretary.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete terminology, omitted references, omitted conjunction, and

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