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OR Rev Stat § 618.016 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.016 - Policy.

It is the express intent and purpose of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 and 618.991 to establish statutory authority for the administration, regulation and enforcement of weights and measures requirements generally within this state. The objectives of state supervision of weights and measures under ORS 618.010 to 618.246 include the following: (1) Ensuring that weights and measures in commercial service within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed and accurate and are so maintained by their owner or user. (2) Preventing unfair dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold or purchased within this state. (3) Making available to all users of physical standards or weighing and measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the State Department of Agriculture. (4) Promoting uniformity, to the extent such conformance is practicable and desirable, between weights and measures requirements of this state and those of other states and federal agencies. (5) Encouraging desirable economic growth while protecting the consumer through the adoption by rule of weights and measures requirements as necessary to ensure equity among buyers and sellers. [1973 c.293 §3; 2005 c.22 §414]
OR Rev Stat § 618.021 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.021 - Duties of director.

The Director of Agriculture shall: (1) Maintain custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by ORS 618.010 to 618.246; (2) Keep accurate records of all standards and equipment; (3) Exercise general supervision over the weights and measures sold or offered for sale or in use in this state; and (4) Report to the Governor annually, and at such other times as the Governor may require, on all of the activities of the director in carrying out ORS 618.010 to 618.246. [1973 c.293 §5; 2005 c.22 §415]
OR Rev Stat § 618.026 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.026 - Delegation of duties and powers of department and director.

Except for rulemaking, the duties and powers of the State Department of Agriculture and the Director of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 618.010 to 618.246 may be delegated at the discretion of the director. [1973 c.293 §14; 2005 c.22 §416]
OR Rev Stat § 618.031 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.031 - Rulemaking authority.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to make any rules necessary to carry out ORS 618.010 to 618.246, but in making such rules the department shall consider so far as is practicable and desirable the requirements established by other states and by authority of the United States. Such rules shall govern the use or application of weights and measures and weights and measures transactions in this state. (2) Such rules may: (a) Establish standards of net weight, measure or count, and reasonable standards of fill for any commodity in package form; (b) Establish procedures governing the technical and reporting activities to be followed, and prescribe report and record forms and marks of approval and rejection to be used by inspectors of weights and measures in the discharge of their duties; (c) Prescribe exemptions for weights and measures from the sealing, labeling or marking requirements of ORS 618.010 to 618.246; (d) Establish procedures governing the voluntary registration of commercial weighing and measuring device service persons and service agencies; (e) Establish schedules of fees for licensing commercial weighing and measuring devices and for testing or certification; (f) Prescribe specifications relating to the advertising, labeling, dispensing and selling of commodities in bulk form to or by retail outlets reasonably necessary for the protection of purchasers thereof; (g) Establish guidelines to ensure that amounts of commodities or services sold or offered for sale are represented accurately and informatively to all interested parties; and (h) Prescribe specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for weights and measures so as to eliminate from use weights and measures: (A) That are not accurate; (B) That are of such construction that they are faulty, in that they are not reasonably permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications correctly; or (C) That facilitate the perpetration of deceit or misrepresentation. (3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section is intended to limit the authority of the department to make any other rules necessary to carry out ORS 618.010 to 618.246. [1973 c.293 §6; 1975 c.615 §2; 1977 c.132 §4; 2011 c.9 §80]
OR Rev Stat § 618.036 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.036 - Establishing weights and measures system; use of federal system.

The State Department of Agriculture may utilize, for all commercial purposes in this state, either that system of weights and measures customarily used in the United States or the metric system of weights and measures. In prescribing the basic units of weight and measure, tables of weight and measure, weight and measure equivalents, specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices, the department shall recognize those published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and they shall be applicable to weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state. [1973 c.293 §15; 2003 c.14 §367]
OR Rev Stat § 618.041 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.041 - Standards for weights and measures system; security of state primary standard.

(1) Standards of weight and measure that are traceable to the United States prototype standards and that are supplied by the federal government or that are otherwise approved as being satisfactory by the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall be the state’s primary standards of weight and measure. (2) The state primary standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the metrology laboratory of the office of weights and measures, and shall not be removed from the laboratory except for repairs or for calibration as may be prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. [1973 c.293 §16; 2003 c.14 §368]
OR Rev Stat § 618.046 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.046 - Secondary standards; verification of accuracy.

The state shall supply secondary standards and such other equipment as is necessary to carry out ORS 618.010 to 618.246. Such standards shall be verified, by comparison with the state primary standards prescribed in ORS 618.041, upon their initial receipt and thereafter as often as the State Department of Agriculture considers necessary. [1973 c.293 §17; 2005 c.22 §417]
OR Rev Stat § 618.051 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.051 - Specifications and tolerances of commercial weights and measures; consideration of federal requirements; status of nonconforming weights and measures; rules.

The State Department of Agriculture by rule shall prescribe the specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements applicable to commercial weights and measures within this state. In so doing the department shall take cognizance of those uniform requirements recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and published in appropriate National Institute of Standards and Technology handbooks and supplements thereto. For the purposes of ORS 618.010 to 618.246, weights and measures are correct when in conformance with all applicable sections of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. All other weights and measures are incorrect. [1973 c.293 §18; 2003 c.14 §369; 2005 c.22 §418]
OR Rev Stat § 618.056 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.056 - Testing and inspecting weights and measures offered for sale or used commercially; rules.

The State Department of Agriculture may inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures sold, offered or exposed for sale. The department may, as often as it considers necessary, cause to be inspected and tested, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used for one or more of the following purposes: (1) Determining the weight, measurement or count of commodities or things sold, offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure or count. (2) Computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure or count. However, the department by rule may provide for tests to be made on representative samples of such devices. The lots of which samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspection and tests on such samples. (3) Determining quantities or amounts when a charge is made for such determination. However, in the case of single-service devices designed to be used commercially only once and to be then discarded, or devices uniformly mass-produced, as by means of a mold or die, and not susceptible of individual adjustment, the inspection and testing of each individual device is not required and the inspecting and testing requirements of this section will be satisfied when inspections and tests are made on representative samples of such devices. The lots of which samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on such samples. [1973 c.293 §8; 1977 c.132 §5; 2005 c.22 §419]
OR Rev Stat § 618.061 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.061 - Testing weights and measures at institutions supported by state funds.

The State Department of Agriculture shall, from time to time, test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which moneys are appropriated by the Legislative Assembly, and report its findings in writing to the supervisory board or to the executive officer of the institution concerned. [1973 c.293 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 618.066 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.066 - Department investigation of alleged weights and measures law violations; exempt devices.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall investigate complaints made to it concerning violations of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 and, upon its own initiative, shall conduct such investigations as it considers appropriate to develop information relating to prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and relating to possible violations of ORS 618.010 to 618.246, and in order to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions. (2) ORS 618.010 to 618.246 do not apply to meters for the measurement of electricity, gas or water when operated in a system of a public utility, as defined in ORS 757.005, or to any associated appliances or accessories. [1973 c.293 §9; 2005 c.22 §420; 2007 c.71 §187]
OR Rev Stat § 618.071 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.071 - Inspection and investigation authority of department; written notices for minor violations.

When necessary for the enforcement of ORS 618.010 to 618.246, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, the State Department of Agriculture is: (1) Authorized to enter during normal business hours any premises, including buildings or mobile facilities, where commercial transactions are conducted, commodities are located, or weights and measures are employed. If such premises are not open to the public, a department representative shall first present the credentials of the representative and obtain consent before making entry thereto. If such entry is denied, the department may apply for a search warrant from any person authorized to issue search warrants. (2) Empowered to stop any commercial vehicle and, after presentment of credentials, require the person in charge to move the vehicle to a designated place for inspection on probable cause that a violation of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 has occurred or is occurring. (3) Authorized, in the public interest, to issue written notices or warnings to violators for minor infractions of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 in lieu of referring the matter to the district attorney. [1973 c.293 §13; 1999 c.59 §183; 2005 c.22 §421]
OR Rev Stat § 618.076 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.076 - Approving use of weights and measures; use of certain terms describing condition of equipment; seizure and destruction of nonconforming equipment.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall approve for use such weights and measures as it finds upon inspection and test to be correct, as provided in ORS 618.051, and shall reject such weights and measures as it finds upon inspection or test to be incorrect, as provided in ORS 618.051, but which in its best judgment are susceptible of satisfactory repair. (2) In carrying out this section and pursuant to ORS 618.031, the department may use such terms as "rejected," "illegal," "incorrect," "condemned," "correct," "tested," "approved," "certified" or terms of similar import on marks or tags or certificates necessary to convey to all interested parties the condition or status of the device or apparatus so marked or tagged. (3) In accordance with ORS 561.605 to 561.630, the department may condemn, seize and destroy incorrect weights and measures that are not susceptible of satisfactory repair. Similarly, weights and measures that have been rejected may also be seized, confiscated and destroyed by the department if such are not corrected as required by ORS 618.081, or if such weights and measures are used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of ORS 618.081. [1973 c.293 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 618.081 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.081 - Owners of weights and measures required to correct deficiencies; reexamination of incorrect weights and measures prior to use.

The owner of weights and measures rejected pursuant to ORS 618.076 shall cause such weights and measures to be made correct within the time specified by the State Department of Agriculture or may dispose of such weights and measures in such manner as is authorized by the department. Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially until they have been officially reexamined by the department and found to be correct, or approval for use is given by the department, or the rejection tag has been removed and the rejected device repaired and placed in service by a person or firm so authorized by the department. [1973 c.293 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 618.086 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.086 - Orders restricting distribution of weights and measures.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to issue stop-use orders, hold orders and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and to issue hold orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of its enforcement of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 it is considered necessary. (2) No person shall use, remove from the premises or vehicles specified, or fail to remove from the premises or vehicles specified, any weight, measure or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, hold order or removal order issued under the authority of this section. [1973 c.293 §11; 2005 c.22 §422]
OR Rev Stat § 618.091 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.091 - Security seal to be attached to weights and measures devices.

A security seal shall be affixed to any adjustment mechanism, readout compensator, primary indicator, or retainer to prevent removal of a measurement element, in such manner as the State Department of Agriculture by rule may prescribe, on all commercial weights and measures. [1973 c.293 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 618.096 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.096 - Prohibited acts involving commercial weights and measures.

No person shall: (1) Use, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of using for any commercial purpose specified in ORS 618.056, sell, offer or expose for sale or hire, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of selling or hiring, an incorrect weight or measure or any device or instrument used or intended for use to falsify any weight or measure. (2) Use, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of current use for any commercial purpose specified in ORS 618.056, a weight or measure that does not bear a seal or mark such as is specified in ORS 618.076 unless such weight or measure has been exempted from testing by ORS 618.056 or by a rule of the State Department of Agriculture or unless the device has been placed in service as provided by rule of the department. (3) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to ORS 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. (4) Remove, alter or deface any security seal, tag, seal or mark placed on any weight or measure by the department. (5) Sell, offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service. (6) Take more than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service when, as buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined. (7) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, sell, offer or expose for sale, any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to ORS 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. (8) Use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and of medical prescriptions, a weight or measure that is not so positioned that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from a reasonable customer position. (9) Violate any other provision of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. [1973 c.293 §50; 2005 c.22 §423]
OR Rev Stat § 618.101 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.101 - Evidentiary presumptions regarding weights and measures law.

For the purposes of ORS 618.010 to 618.246, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring instrument or device in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on is presumptive proof of the regular use of such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument or device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand or vehicle. [1973 c.293 §51; 2005 c.22 §424]
OR Rev Stat § 618.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.115 - Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments; fees.

In addition to the authority otherwise granted to the State Department of Agriculture to inspect and test weighing or measuring instruments or devices, the department may, at the request of an owner or user thereof, inspect and test weighing or measuring instruments or devices to ascertain if they are correct. As authorized by ORS 618.031 (2)(e), the department may establish fees for performing the services and the person requesting the services shall pay the established fees to the department. [1977 c.132 §2] Note: 618.115 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 618 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 618.121 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.121 - License required for commercially operated weighing or measuring instrument; scope of license.

No person shall operate or use for commercial purposes within the state any weighing or measuring instrument or device specified in ORS 618.141 that is not licensed in accordance with the requirements of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 unless exempted as provided in ORS 618.126. Any license issued under ORS 618.010 to 618.246 applies only to the instrument or device specified in the license. However, the State Department of Agriculture may permit such license to be applicable to a replacement for the original instrument or device. [1973 c.293 §30; 2005 c.22 §425]
OR Rev Stat § 618.126 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.126 - Exemptions from licensing requirement.

Commercial weighing or measuring instruments or devices specified in ORS 618.141 are exempt from the licensing requirements in ORS 618.121 if any of the following apply: (1) Ownership and use of the instrument or device is limited to federal, state or local government agencies in the performance of official functions. (2) The instrument or device is of a readily portable type, not intended for use within the state in excess of 30 days annually, and for which proof exists of satisfactory examination within the immediately preceding six months by a state or local weights and measures authority. [1973 c.293 §31; 1989 c.405 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 618.131 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures|Section 618.131 - Weights and measures licenses in addition to other licenses; effect of conflicting laws.

(1) The licenses required by ORS 618.010 to 618.246 are in addition to any other licenses required by law. (2) If ORS 618.010 to 618.246 and 618.991 are in conflict with any other statutes, ordinances or regulations, the provisions of ORS 618.010 to 618.246 and 618.991 take precedence. [1973 c.293 §53; 2005 c.22 §426]