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MT Code § 30-12-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 2. Authority of Department of Labor and Industry|30-12-208. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

  30-12-208. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders. The department may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being or susceptible of being commercially used and issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts or commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery whenever in the course of enforcement of parts 1 through 5 it considers it necessary or expedient to issue those orders. A person may not use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under this section.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 154, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-165.
MT Code § 30-12-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 2. Authority of Department of Labor and Industry|30-12-209. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

  30-12-209. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus. (1) The department shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices those weights and measures which it finds upon inspection and test to be "correct" as defined in 30-12-202 and shall reject and mark or tag as "rejected" those weights and measures which it finds, upon inspection or test, to be "incorrect" as defined in 30-12-202 but which in its best judgment are susceptible of satisfactory repair.   (2) The department shall condemn, and may seize and destroy, weights and measures found to be incorrect which, in its best judgment, are not susceptible of satisfactory repair.   (3) Weights and measures that have been rejected may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the department if not corrected as required by 30-12-211 or if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of 30-12-211.   (4) Sealing or marking are not required with respect to those weights and measures which may be exempted therefrom by a rule of the department issued under 30-12-202.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 155, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-166.
MT Code § 30-12-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 2. Authority of Department of Labor and Industry|30-12-210. Police powers

  30-12-210. Police powers. In enforcing the provisions of parts 1 through 5 or any other law pertaining to weights and measures, the department may, in the manner provided by law for peace officers, arrest violators, conduct searches and inspections, and seize for use as evidence incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or packages of commodities unlawfully used, possessed, offered, or exposed for sale or unlawfully sold.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 156, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-167.
MT Code § 30-12-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 2. Authority of Department of Labor and Industry|30-12-211. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

  30-12-211. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus. (1) Weights and measures that have been rejected under the authority of the department remain subject to the control of the department until suitable repair or disposition of them has been made as required by this section.   (2) The owner of rejected weights and measures shall correct them within 30 days or a longer period that may be authorized by the department.   (3) Instead of correction, the owner may dispose of the weights and measures, but only in a manner specifically authorized by the department.   (4) Weights and measures that have been rejected may not again be used commercially until they have been officially reexamined and found to be correct, until specific written permission for that use is issued by the department, or until the rejection tag has been removed and the rejected device has been repaired and placed in service by a person properly registered to perform those acts under a rule issued by the department for the registration of weights and measures service providers and service agencies.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 157, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-169; amd. Sec. 946, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 30-12-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 2. Authority of Department of Labor and Industry|30-12-212. Noncommercial inspections -- fees

  30-12-212. Noncommercial inspections -- fees. Subject to the availability of resources and upon payment of a fee commensurate with the costs of inspection, the department may inspect noncommercial weighing and measuring devices. Fees collected under this section must be deposited in the state general fund.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 442, L. 1989.
MT Code § 30-12-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-301. Method of sale of commodities -- general

  30-12-301. Method of sale of commodities -- general. (1) Commodities in liquid form may be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in parts 1 through 5, commodities not in liquid form may be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count. Liquid commodities may be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count only if those methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. This section does not apply to:  (a) commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold;   (b) vegetables when sold by the head or bunch;   (c) commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law;   (d) commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner;   (e) concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures, and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone, and the like, when sold by cubic measure;   (f) unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure;   (g) cottage food products as defined in 50-50-102; or   (h) homemade food or homemade food products sold pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2.   (2) The department may adopt reasonable rules necessary to ensure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 158, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-170; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 239, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 30-12-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-302. Method of sale of commodities -- packages -- declarations of quantity and origin -- variations -- exemptions

  30-12-302. Method of sale of commodities -- packages -- declarations of quantity and origin -- variations -- exemptions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in parts 1 through 5, a commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package definite, plain, and conspicuous declarations of:   (a) the identity of the commodity in the package unless it can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;   (b) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; and   (c) 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 rules adopted by the department.   (2) In connection with the declaration required under subsection (1)(b), neither the qualifying term "when packed" nor words of similar import nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count (for example, "jumbo", "giant", "full", and the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package may be used.   (3) Under subsection (1)(b), the department shall by rule establish:   (a) reasonable variations to be allowed, which may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure;   (b) exemptions as to small packages; and   (c) exemptions as to commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.   (4) The marking provisions of this section do not apply to unwrapped loaves of bread or to berries and small fruits sold in conformance with part 4.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 159, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-171.
MT Code § 30-12-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-303. Declarations of unit price on random packages

  30-12-303. Declarations of unit price on random packages. In addition to the declarations required by 30-12-302, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing 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 weight, measure, or count.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-172.
MT Code § 30-12-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-304. Misleading packages

  30-12-304. Misleading packages. A commodity in package form may not be wrapped or in a container made, formed, or filled so as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package. The contents of a container may not fall below a reasonable standard of fill which may be prescribed for that commodity by the department.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 160, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-173.
MT Code § 30-12-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-305. Advertising packages for sale

  30-12-305. Advertising packages for sale. Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner 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 required by law or regulation to appear on the package, provided:   (1) that where the law or regulation 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 weight or measure (the declaration that is required to appear first and without parenthesis on the package) need appear in the advertisement; and   (2) 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 any other terms of similar import or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count (for example, "jumbo", "giant", "full", and the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-174.
MT Code § 30-12-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-306. Sale by net weight

  30-12-306. Sale by net weight. (1) If a commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity must be employed and all contracts concerning commodities must be construed on the basis of net weight.   (2) The net weight of a commodity being transported by any combination of truck, truck tractor, trailer, or semitrailer, as those terms are defined in 61-1-101, may be determined by split weighing the combination pursuant to 30-12-107. All disclosure, reporting, or listing of the net weight of a commodity determined by split weighing must state that the net weight was determined by split weighing.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 161, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-175; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 296, L. 2013.
MT Code § 30-12-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 3. Method of Sale of Commodities|30-12-307. Misrepresentation of price

  30-12-307. Misrepresentation of price. Whenever any commodity or service is sold or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cents.   History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-176.
MT Code § 30-12-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-401. Meat, poultry, and seafood

  30-12-401. Meat, poultry, and seafood. Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold, all meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood, except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold as food shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food element or elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-177.
MT Code § 30-12-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-402. Repealed

  30-12-402. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 162, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-178.
MT Code § 30-12-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-403. Repealed

  30-12-403. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-179.
MT Code § 30-12-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-404. Repealed

  30-12-404. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 90-180.
MT Code § 30-12-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-405. Repealed

  30-12-405. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 29, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-181.
MT Code § 30-12-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-406. Bulk deliveries sold in terms of weight and delivered by vehicle

  30-12-406. Bulk deliveries sold in terms of weight and delivered by vehicle. (1) When a vehicle delivers to an individual purchaser a commodity in bulk and the commodity is sold in terms of weight units, the delivery must be accompanied by a duplicate delivery ticket with the following information clearly stated in ink or by means of other indelible marking equipment and in clarity equal to type or printing:   (a) the name and address of the vendor;   (b) the name and address of the purchaser;   (c) the net weight of the delivery expressed in pounds; and   (d) if the net weight was determined by split weighing pursuant to 30-12-107 or 30-12-306.   (2) If the net weight is derived from determinations of gross and tare weights, the gross and tare weights must also be stated in terms of pounds. One of the delivery tickets must be retained by the vendor, and the other must be delivered to the purchaser at the time of delivery of the commodity or must be surrendered on demand to the department. If the department desires to retain it as evidence, the department shall issue a weight slip in place of the ticket for delivery to the purchaser. If the purchaser carries away the purchase, the vendor is only required to give to the purchaser at the time of sale a delivery ticket stating the number of pounds of commodity delivered to the purchaser.   History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 163, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-182; amd. Sec. 947, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 296, L. 2013.
MT Code § 30-12-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-407. Furnace and stove oil

  30-12-407. Furnace and stove oil. All furnace and stove oil shall be sold by liquid measure or by net weight in accordance with the provisions of 30-12-301. In the case of each delivery of such liquid fuel not in package form and in an amount greater than 10 gallons in the case of sale by liquid measure or 100 pounds in the case of sale by weight, there shall be rendered to the purchaser, either at the time of delivery or 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 by means of other indelible marking equipment and in clarity equal to type or printing, there shall be clearly stated:   (1) the name and address of the vendor;   (2) the name and address of the purchaser;   (3) the identity of the type of fuel comprising the delivery;   (4) the unit price (that is, the price per gallon or per pound, as the case may be) of the fuel delivered;   (5) in the case of sale by liquid measure, the liquid volume of the delivery, together with any meter readings from which such liquid volume has been computed, expressed in terms of the gallon and its binary or decimal subdivisions; and   (6) in the case of sale by weight, the net weight of the delivery, together with any weighing scale readings from which such net weight has been computed, expressed in terms of tons or pounds avoirdupois.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 99, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 90-183.
MT Code § 30-12-408 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-408. Berries and small fruits

  30-12-408. 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.   History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 164, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-184.
MT Code § 30-12-409 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 4. Sale of Specific Commodities|30-12-409. Sale of gasoline and distillates on other than gross volume basis unlawful -- exception

  30-12-409. Sale of gasoline and distillates on other than gross volume basis unlawful -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or in Title 82, chapter 15, part 1, the sale, barter, or exchange of gasoline and distillates on a temperature corrected basis or on any basis other than the gross volume of gasoline or distillate actually delivered is void. Any contract in violation of this section shall be unenforceable to the extent of the violation.   (2) Suppliers of gasoline and distillates shall offer Montana petroleum wholesale distributors the option to buy gasoline and distillates either by gross volume actually delivered or on the assumption that the temperature of the product is 60 degrees Fahrenheit or the centigrade equivalent. This purchaser option may be exercised only on an annual basis and may be applied only to single deliveries of 7,500 gallons or more or the metric equivalent. Any adjustments to volume during the temperature compensation process must be made in accordance with standards set under 82-15-103, 82-15-108, and 82-15-109. Purchasers who choose to exercise the option available under this subsection must be provided with invoice listings of both net and gross gallons.   (3) This section does not apply to the exchange or transfer of gasoline and distillates between refiners or transporters of petroleum or petroleum products.   History: En. 13-812 by Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 13-812; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 166, L. 1983.
MT Code § 30-12-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 5. Offenses and Penalties|30-12-501. Renumbered 30-12-106

  30-12-501. Renumbered 30-12-106. Code Commissioner, 1981.
MT Code § 30-12-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 5. Offenses and Penalties|30-12-502. Hindering or obstructing officer -- penalties

  30-12-502. Hindering or obstructing officer -- penalties. A person who hinders or obstructs the department in any way in the performance of its official duties is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $20 or more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 3 months or both fined and imprisoned.   History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 165, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-186.
MT Code § 30-12-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12. Weights, Measures, Standards, and Labeling|Part 5. Offenses and Penalties|30-12-503. Impersonation of officer -- penalties

  30-12-503. Impersonation of officer -- penalties. A person who in any way impersonates a person charged with enforcement of parts 1 through 5 by the department, by the use of its seal or a counterfeit of its seal or in any other manner, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year or both fined and imprisoned.   History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 99, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 166, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 90-187.