SB67: relative to changes to certain weights and measures statutes.

CHAPTER 157

SB 67 - FINAL VERSION

02/22/2023 0569s

2023 SESSION

23-0959

08/04

SENATE BILL 67

AN ACT relative to changes to certain weights and measures statutes.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 15

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill makes various changes to the weights and measures statutes.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/22/2023 0569s 23-0959

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to changes to certain weights and measures statutes.

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

157:1 Agriculture; Standards for Weights and Measures; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 438:8, I(k) to read as follows:

(k) The collection of fees set in departmental rules [Agr 1410.03] Agr 1410.02 through 1410.07.

157:2 Agriculture; Standards for Weights and Measures; Investigations. Amend RSA 438:11 to read as follows:

438:11 Investigations. [The commissioner, or his inspectors at his direction,] Under the direction of the commissioner, the director shall investigate complaints made [to him] concerning violations of the provisions of this chapter and shall, upon his or her own initiative, conduct such investigations as [he deems] deemed appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this chapter and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.

157:3 Agriculture; Standards for Weights and Measures; Field Standards and Equipment. Amend RSA 438:5 to read as follows:

438:5 Field Standards and Equipment. In addition to the state standards provided for in RSA 438:4, there shall be supplied by the state such "field standards" and such equipment as may be found necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The field standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and at [least once each year] intervals, as recommended by the National Conference on Weights and Measures Handbook 105 series pursuant to RSA 438:8, IV, thereafter by comparison with the state standards or standards of NIST recognized or accredited laboratories.

157:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 28, 2023

Effective Date: September 26, 2023