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HI Rev Stat § 486-102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-102 Systems of measurement.

  §486-102 Systems of measurement. The United States customary system of weights and measures and the metric system of measurement are jointly recognized, and either one or both shall be used for all measurement purposes in the State. The definitions of basic units of measure, the tables of measure and measure equivalents, the specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for measuring devices, as published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and adopted, or modified and adopted by the board, together with the measurement standards provided for herein, are recognized and shall govern measurement standards, measuring equipment and measuring transactions in the State. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 486-103 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-103 State measurement standards.

  §486-103 State measurement standards. The state measurement standard artifacts shall be in conformity with the measurement standards of the United States. As applicable, they shall have been calibrated for such use by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or other appropriate agency and shall be maintained in such calibration as is prescribed by that bureau or agency by the laboratory of the state measurement standards branch. They shall not be removed from that laboratory except upon request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology or other appropriate agency for calibration audit, provided that they may be relocated for the convenience of the State by directive of the governor. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1998, c 192, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 486-104 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-104 Secondary standards and equipment.

  §486-104 Secondary standards and equipment. The State shall supply secondary standards and other equipment as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. These standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and at least once a year thereafter by comparison with:  (1) The state standards; or  (2) Upon written authorization of the administrator, suitable standards of another laboratory that is recognized or accredited by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as capable of providing traceable measurements at the level of accuracy and precision necessary to verify the secondary standards and equipment. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 2001, c 31, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 486-105 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-105 General testing.

  §486-105 General testing. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the department, through the measurement standards branch, shall inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all measurement standards and measuring devices kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold or in use in the State. The department may, as often as it deems necessary, inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all measurement standards and measuring devices used in:  (1) Determining the measurement of commodities or things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of measure;  (2) Computing the basic charge or payment, including taxes, for services rendered on the basis of measure; and  (3) Determining measurement when a charge is made for such determination, including the payment of any associated tax. Provided that in compliance with a rule of the board, tests may be made on representative samples of the commodities, things, or devices, and 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 the samples. And, provided that with respect to single-service devices designed to be used only once and to be then discarded or with respect to devices uniformly mass-produced, as by means of a mold or die, and not susceptible of individual adjustment, the inspection and testing requirements of this section will be satisfied when inspections and tests are made on representative samples of the devices, and 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 of the samples.  (b) The department may adopt rules:  (1) To authorize the licensing of service agencies to conduct routine tests of measurement standards and measuring devices;  (2) To establish the process for licensing, including license fees and suspension or revocation of licenses;  (3) To establish the frequency of testing for various measurement standards and measuring devices;  (4) To establish recordkeeping and reporting requirements for licensed service agencies;  (5) To establish procedures whereby licensed service agencies may seal or mark measurement standards or measuring devices as "correct" or "rejected" under section 486-108;  (6) To establish procedures for evaluating the performance of licensed service agencies in testing measurement standards and measuring devices; and  (7) To establish penalties for violations of this chapter or rules adopted under this subsection. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1998, c 192, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 486-106 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-106 Testing at state-supported institutions.

  §486-106 Testing at state-supported institutions. The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall from time to time test all measures used in establishing or verifying any other measurement, including any measure or measurement standard used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which moneys are appropriated by the legislature, reporting its findings, in writing, to the supervisory board and to the executive officer of the institution concerned. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1998, c 192, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 486-107 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-107 Type evaluation; requirements; certificate of conformance.

  §486-107 Type evaluation; requirements; certificate of conformance. Any weight or measure, or any weighing or measuring instrument or device, shall have a certificate of conformance indicating that it has passed a national type evaluation by a participating laboratory, prior to being introduced for use for commercial or law enforcement purposes in the State. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 486-108 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-108 Use; disposition of correct or incorrect apparatus.

  §486-108 Use; disposition of correct or incorrect apparatus.  The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall seal or mark with appropriate devices, such measures and measurement standards as it finds, upon inspection and test, to be "correct" as defined in this chapter. The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall reject and mark or tag as "rejected" such measures and measurement standards as it finds, upon inspection and test, to be in noncompliance provided that sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to such measures and measurement standards as may be exempted therefrom by a rule of the board adopted under section 486-7. Measures and measurement standards that have been rejected may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the department, through the measurement standards branch, if not corrected as required by section 486-109, or if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of section 486-109. In carrying out this section, the department, through the measurement standards branch, may use such terms as "rejected", "accepted", "incorrect", "inaccurate", "accurate", "tested", "approved", "certified", or terms of similar import on marks or tags or certificates, as necessary, to convey to all interested parties the condition or state of the device or apparatus. Any such mark or tag shall be subject to section 486-7 and its unauthorized application or removal shall be a violation of this chapter. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1998, c 192, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 486-109 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-109 Duties of owners or custodians of measuring apparatus.

  §486-109 Duties of owners or custodians of measuring apparatus. Measures and measurement standards shall be subject to the control of the department, through the measurement standards branch, until such time as they receive a certificate of conformance. Measures or measurement standards that have been initially type evaluated and approved, and subsequently found to be incorrect as defined in this chapter shall remain subject to the control of the department, through the measurement standards branch, until such time as suitable repairs shall have been made, and the measure or measurement standard is found to be correct as defined in this chapter, or such devices may be destroyed. The owners of the unapproved or rejected measures or measurement standards shall cause the same to be type evaluated and approved or made correct within thirty days or such longer period as may be authorized by the department, through the measurement standards branch; or, in lieu of this, may dispose of the same, but only in such manner as is specifically authorized by the department, through the measurement standards branch. Measures and measurement standards subject to this chapter that have not been type evaluated and approved or that have been rejected shall not be used until they have been officially type evaluated and approved or reexamined and found to be correct or until specific written permission for such use is issued by the department, through the measurement standards branch, or until the rejection tag has been removed by the department, through the measurement standards branch, and the rejected device or apparatus repaired or corrected and placed in service by a person duly registered to perform the acts under rules adopted by the board pursuant to section 486-7. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1998, c 192, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 486-110 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-110 Method of sale of commodities; general.

  §486-110 Method of sale of commodities; general. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or by firmly established trade custom and practice, or exempted by a rule of the board:  (1) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or weight; and  (2) Commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by weight, mass, volume, length, area, or by count; provided that liquid commodities shall be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by measures other than weight, when such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. All methods of sale shall provide accurate and adequate quantity information that permits the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons. The board may adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary to assure that the measure of any commodity for sale reflects accurate information and fair measurement practices to all concerned. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 486-111 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-111 Packages; information required; variations; exemptions.

  §486-111 Packages; information required; variations; exemptions. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any package introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, shall bear on the outside of the package definite, plain, and conspicuous declarations of:  (1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity can be identified easily through the wrapper or container;  (2) The net quantity of the contents in terms of measure; and  (3) In the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, as may be prescribed by rule of the board; provided that, in connection with the declaration of net quantity, neither the qualifying term "when packed" or words of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of measure (for example, "jumbo", "giant", "full", and the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package shall be used; and provided further that the board may, by rule, establish reasonable variations from the declared measure and exemptions pertaining to the required declarations. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 486-112 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-112 Declarations of unit price on random packages.

  §486-112 Declarations of unit price on random packages. In addition to the declarations required by section 486-111, any package that is one of a lot containing random measure of the same commodity and that bears the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of measure, as established by rule of the board. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 486-113 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-113 Deceptive package.

  §486-113 Deceptive package. No commodity shall be so wrapped or labeled, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the commodity in the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as has been prescribed for the commodity by rule of the board.  For commodities measured by volume and packaged in containers standardized as to capacity or generally recognized by consumers as having a set capacity, the standard of fill shall be equal to that capacity, e.g., the volume of fill in the commonly designed one-gallon jug shall be one gallon. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §8]
HI Rev Stat § 486-114 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-114 Advertising packages for sale.

  §486-114 Advertising packages for sale. Whenever a package is advertised in any manner, excluding its labeling, and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as is required by law or rule to appear on the package; provided that, where the law or rule requires a dual declaration of net quantity to appear on the package, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the smaller unit of measure (the declaration that is required to appear first and without parentheses on the package) need appear in the advertisement; and provided further that there shall not be included as part of the declaration required under this section such qualifying terms as "when packed", "minimum", "not less than", or other terms of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of measure (for example, "jumbo", "giant", "full", and the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §9]
HI Rev Stat § 486-115 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-115 Sale by net measure.

  §486-115 Sale by net measure. Commodities or services shall be offered for sale on a net weight or net measure basis. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 486-116 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-116 Misrepresentation of price.

  §486-116 Misrepresentation of price. Whenever any commodity or service is bought or sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale or purchase, by weight, measure, or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor presented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser or seller. The price of consumer commodities, when offered for sale at retail, shall be clearly displayed and shall reflect the retail price at which the public may, without special credentials or other requirements, purchase the commodities. The price displayed and the price actually charged the purchaser shall be identical unless a prior agreement has been reached between the buyer and the seller or the price charged is lower than the price displayed. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of measure includes a fraction of a cent, all numerals expressing the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to and of the same general design and style as the whole numeral or numerals of the price per unit as established by rule of the board. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §10; am L 1998, c 192, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 486-117 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-117 Inspection of packages.

  §486-117 Inspection of packages. (a) The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in accordance with the law. When such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amount represented, or are found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the department, through the measurement standards branch, may order them off sale and may mark or tag them to show them to be illegal. The department, through the measurement standards branch, may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from the representative of the lot.  (b) No person shall:  (1) Sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale any package unless the package is in full compliance with all legal requirements;  (2) Sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale any package that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section, and which package has subsequently been brought into legal compliance, unless and until written authorization for such action has been issued by the administrator; or  (3) Dispose of any package that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this chapter that has not been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements, until written authorization for such disposal has been issued by the administrator.  (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the administrator from authorizing the disposal of any package, when in the administrator's discretion the best interest of the public will be served by such disposal.  (d) The department, through the measurement standards branch, may seize and dispose of any package that has been ordered off sale for reasons of legal noncompliance when remedial action is not effected as required under the terms of the off sale order, as established by rule of the board. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6; am L 1993, c 54, §11; am L 1998, c 192, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 486-118 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-118 Misbranding.

  §486-118 Misbranding. (a) No person shall deliver for introduction, hold for introduction or introduce into the State; or keep, offer, or expose for sale; or sell any consumer commodity which is misrepresented or misbranded in any manner.  (b) The board, pursuant to section 486-7 and chapter 91, shall adopt rules relating to misbranding. The rules may:  (1) Require any person involved in the manufacture, processing, production, assembly, fabrication, or importation of a specified consumer commodity to keep and make available for inspection or copying by the administrator adequate records to substantiate the source of the consumer commodity, or in the case of blends, the source of such constituents, as may be required by the board;  (2) Establish fanciful names or terms, and in the case of blends, minimum constituent content by weight, to be used in labeling to differentiate a specific consumer commodity from an imitation or look-alike; and  (3) Establish requirements to reconcile the respective volumes of specific consumer commodities received versus the total amounts output, either as whole or processed product or as blends.  In addition, the board may adopt other rules as it deems necessary for the correct and informative labeling of consumer commodities. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6] Cross References  Trademarks, unlawful use, see chapter 482.
HI Rev Stat § 486-118.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-118.5 Ni €›ihau shells; representing content.

  §486-118.5 Ni €›ihau shells; representing content. (a) For the purposes of this section, "Ni €›ihau shells" means seashells harvested from the island of Ni €›ihau, its waters, or its beaches.  (b) Except as provided herein, no person shall offer, display, expose for sale, or solicit for sale any product or jewelry item fabricated, processed, or manufactured with seashells, that is described, labeled, or identified using the term "Ni €˜ihau" or "Niihau", either alone or in conjunction with other words, or in a trade or brand name, unless:  (1) One hundred per cent of all shells in the product or jewelry item are Ni €›ihau shells; and  (2) The product or jewelry item is fabricated, processed, or manufactured entirely within this State.  (c) Any product or jewelry item that consists of at least eighty per cent Ni €›ihau shells, by count, and that meets the requirement of subsection (b)(2), may be described, labeled, or identified using the term "contains", followed immediately by the nearest whole number representing the percentage of Ni €›ihau shells, by count, contained in the product or jewelry item, followed by the term, "% Ni €›ihau shells" or "% Niihau shells". [L 2004, c 91, §1]