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§ 11-204. Inspecting and testing generally

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgriculture

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Agriculture
Title 11. Weights and Measures
Subtitle 2. General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors
MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-204
§ 11-204. Inspecting and testing generally
Currentness
Authority of Secretary
(a) Upon the request of any competent State authority, the Secretary may inspect and test any weight and measure.
Inspection
(b) Unless otherwise provided, the Secretary may inspect and test to ascertain if they are correct, every weight and measure possessed, offered, or exposed for sale. The Secretary shall inspect and test every weight and measure commercially used in determining:
(1) The weight, measurement, or count of any commodity sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure, or count;
(2) Any charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count; and
(3) Weight, measurement, or count when a charge is made for the determination.
Samples
(c) The Secretary may test with representative samples any single-service device or mass-produced device. The lot of which any sample is representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on the samples. For the purposes of this section, a single-service device is a device designed to be used commercially only once and then discarded; and a mass-produced device is a device produced by means of a mold or die and not susceptible of individual adjustment.
Memorandum of understanding
(d) The Secretary shall conduct inspections as provided in a memorandum of understanding on behalf of and in coordination with other agencies when performing weights and measures inspections at gasoline retailing operations.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 182, § 2; Acts 1993, c. 642, § 1; Acts 1994, c. 3, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 414, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 4, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995.
Formerly Art. 97, § 9.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-204, MD AGRIC § 11-204
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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