SB261 Alabama 2013 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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William “Bill” M. Beasley SenatorDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2013
- Title
- Weights and measures, registered service agent to conduct testing and inspection of devices, Agriculture and Industries Department to provide registration and regulation of agents, Board of Agriculture and Industries authorized to adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations, Secs. 8-16-1, 8-16-6, 8-16-7, 8-16-18 am'd.
- Description
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is charged with annual testing of all scales, weights, and measures used in making the receipts and disbursements of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which monies are appropriated by the Legislature.
This bill would require owners of weighing and measuring devices to use a registered service agent to perform such testing and inspections.
This bill would require a registered service agent to register with the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
This bill would authorize the department to provide for the inspection of weighing and measuring devices by registered service agent.
This bill would also authorize the Board of Agriculture and Industries to adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations related to weights and measures.
- Subjects
- Weights and Measures
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Marsh motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature