§ 11-203. Weight, measure and count standards
West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgriculture
MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-203
§ 11-203. Weight, measure and count standards
(a) To enforce this title the Secretary may adopt regulations relating to:
(b) The Secretary shall adopt 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:
(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 These specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements shall remain in effect unless modified or rescinded by a regulation adopted by the Secretary.
(2) Nothing in the specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and included in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 prevents a person from using a commercial vehicle scale to measure minimum loads of less than 1,000 pounds on the vehicle.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 321; Acts 1982, c. 445; Acts 1983, c. 154; Acts 1986, c. 182, § 2; Acts 1989, c. 156; Acts 1990, c. 34; Acts 1994, c. 3, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1994.
Formerly Art. 97, § 7.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-203, MD AGRIC § 11-203
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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