HB156: relative to weights and measures.

CHAPTER 42

HB 156 - FINAL VERSION

2003 SESSION

03-0408

08/09

HOUSE BILL 156

AN ACT relative to weights and measures.

SPONSORS: Rep. L. Pratt, Coos 2

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill changes standards for weights and measures.

This bill was requested by the department of agriculture, markets, and food.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0408

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to weights and measures.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

42:1 Rulemaking Authority. Amend RSA 438:8, I (h)(2) to read as follows:

(2) Licenses and registrations, including application, initial issuance, replacement and duplication.

42:2 New Subparagraph; Rulemaking Authority. Amend RSA 438:8, I(h) by inserting after subparagraph (3) the following new subparagraph:

(4) Placed-in-service forms, inspection report forms, and certification stamps.

42:3 Weights and Measures; Rulemaking; Testing and Calibration Standards. RSA 438:8, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

IV. The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for standards used in the testing or calibration of commercial weighing and measuring devices, together with amendments thereto, as recommended by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105 series and supplements to the Handbook 105 series, or in any publication revising or superseding the Handbook 105 series, shall be the specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for standards used in the testing and calibration of commercial weighing and measuring devices of the state of New Hampshire, except as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by a rule adopted by the commissioner, and shall be adopted as part of this chapter and need not be adopted in accordance with RSA 541-A.

42:4 New Paragraph; Rulemaking Authority; Operational Guides. Amend RSA 438:8 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. The operational guides, for use in the field evaluation of commercial weighing and measuring devices, by the bureau of weights and measures and registered servicemen, together with amendments thereto, as recommended by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, and published in the National Conference on Weights and Measures Publication 12, Examination Procedure Outlines for weighing and measuring devices, or in any publication revising or superseding Publication 12, shall be the evaluation procedures used in the field evaluation of weighing and measuring devices used commercially in the state of New Hampshire, except as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by a rule adopted by the commissioner, and shall be adopted as part of this chapter and need not be adopted in accordance with RSA 541-A.

42:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II of N.H. Constitution, without signature of Governor, May 6, 2003)

(Effective Date: July 5, 2003)