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9 V.S.A. § 2696
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2696. Flour, corn meal, and hominy grits

§ 2696. Flour, corn meal, and hominy grits|When in package form, and when packed, kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, graham flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour, enriched self-rising flour, enriched bromated flour, corn flour, corn meal, and hominy grits shall be packaged only in units of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, or 100 pounds, avoirdupois weight. However, packages in units of less than 2 pounds or more than 100 pounds are permitted. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 30, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1971, No. 69, § 9, eff. April 15, 1971.)
9 V.S.A. § 2697
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2697. Liquid fuels

§ 2697. Liquid fuels|(a) Liquid fuels including motor fuels, furnace oils, stove oils, liquefied petroleum gas, and other liquid fuels used for similar purposes shall be sold by liquid measure or by net weight in accordance with the provisions of section 2671 of this title. In the case of each delivery of liquid fuel not in package form, and in an amount greater than 10 gallons in the case of sale by liquid measure or 99 pounds in the case of sale by weight, there shall be rendered to the purchaser, either:  (1) at the time of delivery; or (2) within a period mutually agreed upon in writing or otherwise between the vendor and the purchaser, a delivery ticket or a written statement on which, in ink, or other indelible substance, there shall be clearly and legibly stated:  (A) the name and address of the vendor; (B) the name and address of the purchaser; (C) the identity of the type of fuel comprising the delivery; (D) the unit price, that is, the price per gallon or per pound, as the case may be, of the fuel delivered; (E) in the case of sale by liquid measure, the liquid volume of the delivery shall be determined by a meter with a register printing the meter readings on a ticket, a copy of which shall be given to the purchaser, from which such liquid volume shall be computed, expressed in terms of the gallon and its binary or decimal subdivisions (the ticket shall not be inserted into the register until immediately before delivery is begun, and in no case shall a ticket be in the register when the vehicle is in motion); or the liquid volume may be determined by a vehicle tank used as a measure when in full compliance with Handbook H-44 and calibrated by a weights and measures official. Sale by a liquid measuring device as defined in Handbook H-44, and sale by a vapor meter are excluded from this section. The volume of liquid fuels delivered on consignment shall be computed and charged for only from the totalizers on the devices dispensing the product; (F) in the case of sale by weight, the net weight of the delivery, together with any weighing scale readings from which that net weight has been computed, expressed in terms of tons or pounds avoirdupois.    (b) The use of temperature compensation during delivery of all liquid fuels, with the exception of the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas, is prohibited. The Secretary shall enforce this prohibition in the same manner as other violations of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 31, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1971, No. 69, § 10, eff. April 15, 1971; 2013, No. 83, § 6, eff. June 10, 2013.)
9 V.S.A. § 2697a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2697a. Motor fuel octane content and quality

§ 2697a. Motor fuel octane content and quality|(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to misrepresent the octane content or the quality of motor fuel sold or offered for sale in this State. The Secretary may randomly test motor fuel dispensers and motor fuel for the accuracy of any advertised, labeled, or other declarations regarding the octane content and the quality of the fuel dispensed.(b) The Secretary may adopt rules concerning octane and quality standards for motor fuels deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.(c) [Repealed.](d) Any person who sells gasoline to a retail outlet and any person who sells gasoline to the public shall maintain records as required under 15 U.S.C. § 2821 et seq. and the rules adopted thereunder, and shall provide copies of such records to the Secretary upon request. (Added 1991, No. 31, § 1; amended 1991, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1992; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1999, No. 49, § 128(2).)
9 V.S.A. § 2698
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2698. Textile products

§ 2698. Textile products|A person shall not keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell, any textile yard goods put up or packaged in advance of sale in a bolt or roll, or any other textile product put up or packaged in advance of sale in any other unit, for either wholesale or retail sale, unless that bolt or roll, or such other unit, is definitely, plainly, and conspicuously marked to show its net measure in terms of yards or its net weight in terms of avoirdupois pounds or ounces, subject, however, to the following limitations and requirements:  (1) Any unit of twine or cordage may be marked to show its net measure in terms of feet. Ready-wound bobbins that are not sold separately shall not be required to be individually marked, but the package containing those bobbins shall be marked to show the number of bobbins contained therein and the net weight or measure of the thread on each bobbin. Any unit of sewing, basting, mending, darning, crocheting, tatting, handknitting, or embroidery thread or yarn, except nylon handknitting yarn, that is not composed in whole or in part of wool, the net weight of which is less than two ounces avoirdupois, shall be marked to show its net measure in terms of yards as unwound from the ball or from the spool or other holder. Any retail unit of a textile product, sold only for household use, consisting of a package containing two or more similar individual units that are not sold separately, shall be marked to show the number of individual units in the package and the net weight or net measure of the product in each individual unit, but this proviso shall not apply where the individual units are separately marked. Any unit of yarn, composed in whole or in part of wool, sold to consumers for handiwork, shall be marked to show the net weight of such yarn, except that any such unit of tapestry, mending, or embroidery yarn, the net measure of which does not exceed 50 yards, may be marked to show its linear measures only. (2) The marking required by this section shall in all cases be in combination with the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the product, or a trademark, symbol, brand, or other mark that positively identifies such manufacturer, packer, or distributor. Any such trademark, symbol, brand, or other mark that is employed to identify the manufacturer, packer, or distributor shall be filed with the Secretary. (3) Reasonable tolerances may be permitted, and these may be included in regulations for the enforcement of this section that shall be issued by the Secretary. (4) This section shall not apply to the following textile products when sold at wholesale in bulk by net weight: cordage, agricultural bag sewing threads, twines, yarns that are to be processed, and yarns that are to be industrially converted into end use products. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 32, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2699
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2699. Berries and small fruits

§ 2699. Berries and small fruits|Berries and small fruits shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold by weight, or by measure in open containers having capacities of 1/2 dry pint, 1 dry pint, or 1 dry quart. However, the marking provisions of section 2672 of this title shall not apply to those containers. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 33, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2700
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2700. Coal, coke, and charcoal

§ 2700. Coal, coke, and charcoal|All coal, coke, and charcoal shall be sold by weight. Unless the fuel is delivered to the purchaser in package form, each delivery of coal, coke, or charcoal to an individual purchaser shall be accompanied by duplicate delivery tickets on which, in ink or other indelible substance, there shall be clearly stated (1) the name and address of the vendor, (2) the name and address of the purchaser, and (3) the net weight of the delivery and the gross and tare weights from which the net weight is computed, each expressed in pounds. One of these tickets shall be retained by the vendor and the other shall be delivered to the purchaser at the time of delivery of the fuel, or shall be surrendered, on demand, to the Secretary, or an inspector, who, if he or she desires to retain it as evidence, shall issue a weight slip in lieu thereof for delivery to the purchaser. However, if the purchaser carries away his or her purchase, the vendor shall be required only to give to the purchaser at the time of sale a delivery ticket stating the number of pounds of fuel delivered to him or her. If necessary to wet down coal and coke, this shall be done only after coal is weighed according to this section. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 34, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2701. Ice

§ 2701. Ice|Ice shall be sold by weight. The net weight of ice dispensed by a vending machine shall be presented clearly and conspicuously on the front panel near coin slot. This section shall not apply to ice sold by hotels or motels and to be consumed on the premises. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 35, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2721
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2721. Licensed public weighmaster- license

§ 2721. Licensed public weighmaster- license|Any person who is 18 years of age or older wishing to be a licensed public weighmaster shall apply to the Secretary upon forms provided by the Agency and remit a fee of $25.00. Upon approval, the Secretary shall issue to the applicant a license certificate that shall expire on June 30 unless sooner suspended or revoked under section 2723 of this title. Renewal applications shall be in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 41, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1969, No. 9, § 2; 1971, No. 69, § 11, eff. April 15, 1971; 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. June 21, 2002; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
9 V.S.A. § 2722
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2722. Optional licensing

§ 2722. Optional licensing|The following persons shall not be required, but shall be permitted, to obtain licenses as licensed public weighmasters: (1) law enforcement officers when acting within the scope of their official duties, (2) a person weighing property, produce, commodities, or articles that he or his employer, if any, is either buying or selling, and (3) a person weighing property, produce, commodities, or articles in conformity with the requirements of federal statutes or the statutes of this State relative to warehousepersons or processors. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 48, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2723
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2723. Suspension and revocation of license

§ 2723. Suspension and revocation of license|The Secretary may suspend or revoke the license of any licensed public weighmaster:  (1) when he or she is satisfied, after a hearing upon 20 days' notice to the licensee, that the licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter of the Secretary affecting licensed public weighmaster; or (2) when a licensed weighmaster has been convicted in any court of violating any law relating to weights and measures. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 50, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 5, 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2724
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2724. Prohibited acts

§ 2724. Prohibited acts|No person may assume the title licensed public weighmaster, or any title of similar import, perform the duties or acts to be performed by a licensed public weighmaster under this chapter, hold himself or herself out as a licensed public weighmaster, issue any weight certificate, ticket, memorandum, or statement for which a fee is charged, or engage in the full-time or part-time business of public weighing, unless he or she holds a valid license as a licensed public weighmaster. "Public weighing," as used in this section, means the weighing for any person, upon request, of property, produce, commodities, or articles other than those which the weigher or his or her employer, if any, is either buying or selling. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 49, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2725
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2725. Dealers and service persons of weighing and measuring devices; registration certificate; hand seal

§ 2725. Dealers and service persons of weighing and measuring devices; registration certificate; hand seal|(a) Any person wishing to be registered as a dealer or service person shall apply to the Secretary upon forms provided by the Agency, and each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $60.00. Upon approval, the Secretary shall issue to the applicant a registration certificate that shall expire on June 30 unless sooner suspended or revoked under section 2726 of this title. Any service person who applies for a registration certificate must have obtained a hand seal that has a number registered with the Secretary. Any service person who has been granted a registration certificate shall, with the hand seal, seal all meters with a lead and wire seal at the time as he or she installs, repairs, or adjusts the meters.(b) Any person who installs bulk milk tanks for remuneration or as a term of the sale of such tank shall be registered as a dealer of weighing and measuring devices, prior to the installation of the tank. Such person shall follow the procedure set forth in subsection (a) of this section in applying for the registration certificate and shall comply with all applicable laws. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 54, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1971, No. 69, § 12, eff. April 15, 1971; 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 1983, No. 57; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. June 21, 2002; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)
9 V.S.A. § 2726
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2726. Suspension or revocation of certificate

§ 2726. Suspension or revocation of certificate|The Secretary may suspend or revoke the certificate of any registered dealer or service person when he or she is satisfied after a hearing, upon 20 days' notice to the registrant, that the registrant has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule issued pursuant to this chapter, or when a person licensed pursuant to this section has been convicted by a court of violating any law relating to weights and measures. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 58, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 6, 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2727
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2727. Placed in service report

§ 2727. Placed in service report|The Secretary shall furnish each registered dealer and service person with a supply of report forms to be known as "placed in service reports." Such a form shall be executed in triplicate, shall include the assigned registration number, and shall be signed by a registered dealer or service person after making a repair, adjustment, or the sale and installation of a new, repaired, rebuilt, exchanged, or used weighing or measuring device. Within 48 hours after a device is restored to service, or placed in service, the original of the properly executed placed in service report, together with any official rejection tag removed from the device, shall be mailed to the Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets agriculture building, Montpelier, Vermont. The duplicate copy of the report shall be handed to the owner or operator of the device, and the triplicate copy of the report shall be retained by the registered dealer or service person. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 55, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2728
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2728. Disposition of condemned devices

§ 2728. Disposition of condemned devices|A dealer or service person who accepts weighing or measuring devices, which have been condemned by the Secretary or inspector, in trade for new or used weighing or measuring devices, and which are intended to be dismantled or destroyed, upon receipt thereof, shall remove the condemned tags. The condemned tags shall be returned to the Secretary within 10 days thereafter, with a statement describing the weighing or measuring device, giving the number of the weighing or measuring device, if obtainable, and the name and address of the former owner or user from which it was received. There shall also be furnished a statement of what disposition has been made of the weighing or measuring device. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 56, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2729
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2729. Calibration of testing equipment; certificate

§ 2729. Calibration of testing equipment; certificate|A dealer or service person shall submit his or her testing equipment at least once every year to the office of the Secretary for comparison and calibration with the standard maintained by the Secretary. After comparison and calibration, the Secretary shall issue to the dealer or service person a certificate of his or her findings. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 57, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2741
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2741. Weight certificate; required entries

§ 2741. Weight certificate; required entries|The weight certificate shall be typed, made out in ink or other indelible substance, and shall state the date of issuance; the kind of property, produce, commodity, or article weighed; the name of the declared owner or agent of the owner or of the consignee of the material weighed; the accurate weight of the material weighed; the means by which the material was being transported at the time it was weighed; and such other available information as may be necessary to distinguish or identify the property, produce, commodity, or article from others of like kind. The weight certificate, when so made and properly signed, shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the weights shown. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 42, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2742
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2742. Execution; requirements

§ 2742. Execution; requirements|A licensed public weighmaster shall not enter on a weight certificate issued by him or her any weight values but such as he or she has personally determined, and he or she shall make no entries on a weight certificate issued by some other person. A weight certificate shall be so prepared as to show clearly that weight or weights were actually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross, tare, and net weights, in any case in which only the gross, the tare, or the net weight is determined by the weighmaster, he or she shall strike through or otherwise cancel the printed entries for the weights not determined or computed. If gross and tare weights are shown on a weight certificate and both of these were not determined on the same scale and on the day for which the certificate is dated, the weighmaster shall identify on the certificate the scale used for determining each such weight and the date of each such determination. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 43, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2743
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2743. Scale used; type; test

§ 2743. Scale used; type; test|When making a weight determination as provided by this chapter, a licensed public weighmaster shall use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of the amount and kind of material to be weighed and that has been tested and approved for use by the Secretary or inspector during the year of test or the preceding calendar year and since has not been condemned. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 44, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2744
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2744. Capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing

§ 2744. Capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing|A licensed public weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a load the value of which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When the gross or tare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to be determined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to accommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully, completely, and as one entire unit. If a combination of vehicles must be broken up into separate units in order to be weighed as prescribed in this section, each such separate unit shall be entirely disconnected before weighing and a separate weight certificate shall be issued for each such separate unit. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 45, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 2021, No. 20, § 28.)
9 V.S.A. § 2745
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2745. Copies of weight certificates

§ 2745. Copies of weight certificates|A licensed public weighmaster shall keep and preserve for at least one year, or for such longer period as may be specified in the regulations authorized to be issued for the enforcement of this chapter, a legible carbon copy of each weight certificate issued by him or her, which copies shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by any weights and measures officer of this State. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 46, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2746
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2746. Bulk delivery

§ 2746. Bulk delivery|When not weighed by a "public licensed weighmaster," each delivery of a commodity, product, or merchandise in bulk form, including grain, feed, fertilizer, cement, lime, and hay when sold by weight, and delivered by vehicle, the provisions under sections 2741-2745 of this title inclusive shall govern. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 40, eff. April 14, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 2747
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2747. Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates

§ 2747. Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates|Whenever in any other state that licenses public weighmasters, there is statutory authority for the recognition and acceptance of the weight certificates issued by licensed weighmasters of this State, the Secretary may recognize and accept the weight certificates of that other state. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 47, eff. April 14, 1967 amended 1991, No. 227, (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)