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CT Gen Stat § 43-19a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-19a - Sale and advertising of poultry to be by weight.

 The sale and advertising of dressed poultry and dressed poultry parts at retail shall be made on the basis of weight, except when such poultry or poultry parts are sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold.(1959, P.A. 431.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-21 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-21 - Seals on containers or vehicles.

 Each container, compartment, truck or vehicle containing grain, feeds or feedstuffs which have been weighed by a public weigher shall have a lead-wire seal or seals affixed in such a manner that no loss or delivery of the contents may be made without destroying or mutilating the seal or seals. Each container, compartment, truck or vehicle transporting bulk grain, feeds or feedstuffs while in transit delivery shall remain sealed until delivery is completed. The actual net weight of the contents of a container, compartment, truck or vehicle of grain, feeds or feedstuffs shall be stated in the receipt or bill effecting deliveries between the seller and buyer of such grain, feeds or feedstuffs. Grain, feeds or feedstuffs packed in bags or sacks used in bulk delivery to the buyer, when the bags and sacks are representative of the quantity contained in the container, compartment, truck or vehicle used for transporting or delivering such commodities, shall bear the name, brand or trademark under which the article is sold, and the net weight of the contents shall appear distinctly on a label or as a printed statement affixed to each bag or sack. The provisions of this section shall not apply to deliveries by barge or railway track car.(1957, P.A. 585, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-22 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-22 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of section 43-20 or 43-21 shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months.(1957, P.A. 585, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-24 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-24 - Testing machines used in weighing milk or cream.

 The Commissioner of Weights and Measures, or his deputy or inspectors at his direction, shall inspect and ascertain the correctness of all weights, scales, beams, instruments or mechanical devices used by any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing milk or cream by weight. They may, for such purpose, and in the general performance of their official duties, enter, without warrant, into any place, building or premises. Said commissioner, or his deputy or inspectors, shall seal any such weighing instrument or instruments or apparatus found to be correct, and may seize and destroy any such instrument or apparatus found to be incorrect.(1949 Rev., S. 6767; 1955, S. 2881d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-25 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-25 - Weight of sand and gravel.

 A cubic yard of sand shall contain twenty-six hundred pounds, and a cubic yard of gravel, twenty-eight hundred pounds.(1949 Rev., S. 6760.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-26 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-26 - Saw logs.

 The international log rule is adopted as the standard log rule for determining the board foot content of saw logs and all contracts entered into for the purchase and sale of saw logs shall be made on the basis of such standard rule, unless some other method of measurement is specifically agreed upon.(1949 Rev., S. 6761.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-29 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-29 - Location of scales. Fee for testing scales outside the state.

 All scales tested and approved by the commissioner shall be located within this state or within an additional adjoining area extending at least five miles, but not more than ten miles, from the state boundaries; the outside boundary of such additional adjoining area beyond the five mile minimum to be fixed by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures and to be based upon the commissioner's facilities for testing and inspecting scales located outside the state and for maintaining reasonable supervision of weighing at such scales. The commissioner shall charge a fee of ten dollars for testing and approving any scales located outside the state.(1949 Rev., S. 6764.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-30 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-30 - Not to apply to foreign or interstate commerce.

 No provision of section 43-28 or 43-29 shall apply or be construed to apply to foreign or interstate commerce, except to the extent that such application may be effective under the Constitution of the United States and under the laws of the United States enacted pursuant thereto.(1949 Rev., S. 6765.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-31 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-31 - Sale of preheated petroleum products to be by weight.

 The quantity of all preheated petroleum products sold, offered for sale or delivered at retail shall be determined by weight, such weighing to be done by a public weigher licensed by the state of Connecticut, who shall weigh such products in the containers or vehicles in which they are to be delivered and on scales that have been tested and sealed by an authorized sealer or inspector of weights and measures.(1949 Rev., S. 6768.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-32 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-32 - Delivery tickets, requirements.

 Each vehicle or container of such petroleum products while in transit for delivery shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket and a duplicate original thereof, on which shall be distinctly expressed in ink or other indelible substance (a) in pounds, the gross and tare weights of the vehicle or container; (b) the net weight of such petroleum products contained in such vehicle or container and its specific gravity or the gravity determined by accepted standard practice of using the formula of the American Petroleum Institute at sixty degrees Fahrenheit; (c) the quantity of petroleum products so transported expressed in gallons or in barrels computed at forty-two gallons per barrel, the method of determining such gallonage or barrelage to be by accepted standard practice on the basis of the products being at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit; (d) the name and address of the seller; (e) the name and address of the purchaser; (f) the signature and license number of the public weigher; and (g) the date of the weighing. One of such duplicate delivery tickets shall be surrendered upon demand to any sealer or inspector of weights and measures for his inspection, and such ticket or, when such sealer desires to retain one of the duplicate tickets, a weight slip issued and signed and dated by the sealer or inspector shall be delivered to the purchaser or his agent or representative at the time of delivery of such petroleum products, and the other duplicate ticket shall be retained by the seller for a period of one year, during which time it shall be subject to inspection by a sealer or inspector of weights and measures. If the purchaser takes such petroleum products from the vendor's place of business, a delivery ticket in the form required by this section, signed by a licensed public weigher, shall be given to the purchaser or his agent at the time of delivery. No person shall sell or deliver, attempt to sell or deliver or offer to sell or deliver less than the amount of such petroleum products represented by the delivery tickets therefor, provided a tolerance at the rate of five pounds to the ton shall be allowed.(1949 Rev., S. 6769.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-33 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-33 - Public weighers to secure tare weight.

 No public weigher shall weigh such petroleum products loaded on a vehicle or in a container for transportation and sign a delivery ticket therefor unless he has secured the tare weight of the vehicle or the container in which such petroleum products are loaded for the purpose of delivery.(1949 Rev., S. 6770.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-34 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-34 - Penalty.

 Any person who, by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates any of the provisions of sections 43-31 to 43-33, inclusive, shall (1) for a first offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.(1949 Rev., S. 6772; P.A. 12-80, S. 158.)History: P.A. 12-80 rephrased penalty provisions, changed penalty for first offense from a fine of not less than $20 or more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 3 months or both to a class C misdemeanor, changed penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year or both to a class B misdemeanor and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 43-35 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-35 - Exemptions.

 The provisions of sections 43-31 to 43-34, inclusive, shall not apply to barge, railroad track car or drum deliveries.(1949 Rev., S. 6771.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-36 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-36 - “Liquefied petroleum gas” defined.

 As used in sections 43-37 to 43-44, inclusive, “liquefied petroleum gas” means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butane, normal or isobutane and butylene.(1951, S. 2882d; P.A. 14-122, S. 179.)History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 43-37 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-37 - Sale of liquefied petroleum gas in containers.

 When liquefied petroleum gas is offered for sale, sold or delivered in this state in tanks, cylinders or other approved containers, it shall be considered a package except when sale to a consumer is made on a consumption basis. Such sale or delivery on a package basis shall be by net weight which shall be determined by weighing the tank, cylinder or container and its contents before and after filling on scales of approved design and sealed by a sealer of weights and measures. There shall be plainly marked, on the tank, cylinder, container or attached appurtenances, the name or registered symbol of the filling plant, the weight of the empty tank, cylinder or container, including all permanent attachments, but not the valve protecting cap, and the net weight of the contents expressed in avoirdupois pounds.(1951, S. 2883d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-38 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-38 - Sale in package form.

 When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered in package form and the cylinder or container is connected to the consumer's apparatus, such cylinder or container shall neither be disconnected nor removed from the premises before it becomes empty except as may be provided for by contract with the purchaser or consumer. Such cylinder or container shall be weighed by the seller to determine the quantity of liquefied petroleum gas being removed in such cylinder or container and a written receipt issued to the purchaser or consumer stating such quantity, which shall be subject to verification at the dealer distribution point or the filling plant to verify the amount of credit due the customer. A cylinder or container shall be considered empty when the gross weight of the cylinder or container does not exceed the tare weight as marked within the tolerance allowed.(1951, S. 2884d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-39 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-39 - Delivery tickets. Units of sale.

 Each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas on a package basis in tanks, cylinders or containers to consumers and each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas from vehicle tank or other vessel into tanks, cylinders or containers connected to consumer apparatus when sale is based on a quantity so delivered shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket and a duplicate thereof, on which shall be distinctly expressed, in ink or other indelible substance, the net weight or volume of such liquefied petroleum gas delivered together with the name of the seller and the name of the purchaser of such liquefied petroleum gas. One of such tickets shall be surrendered upon demand to the sealer of weights and measures for his inspection. When the sealer desires to retain the customer's ticket, a delivery slip issued by the seller or his agent shall be delivered upon request to the purchaser, or his agent or representative, of such liquefied petroleum gas and the other ticket shall be retained by the seller. The weight of liquefied petroleum gas and the tanks, cylinders or containers into which it is delivered, sold or stored, when sold by weight, shall be expressed in avoirdupois pounds and the weight determined on scales of approved design and sealed by a sealer of weights and measures. Liquefied petroleum gas shall be sold or offered for sale by avoirdupois weight, liquid measure or cubic foot; provided nothing herein shall be interpreted so as to prohibit the sale of liquefied petroleum gas by other units employed prior to October 1, 1951, by industry and accepted by the trade and approved by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures if the meter or scale and the invoice clearly indicate to the consumer the equivalent of such unit in avoirdupois pounds or fractions thereof. All meters and scales employed in the sale or delivery of liquefied petroleum gas shall be of a type approved by said commissioner.(1951, S. 2885d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-40 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-40 - Sealing of meters.

 Meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas sold in the vapor state shall be sealed by the manufacturer thereof as hereinafter provided or by a sealer of weights and measures. The Commissioner of Weights and Measures shall prescribe regulations including specifications and tolerances governing the testing and sealing of such meters by the manufacturers and method of determining quantity of liquefied petroleum gas, and may authorize any manufacturer to seal such meters upon written agreement to conform to such regulations. Said commissioner may at any time for cause revoke the authority so given by him to any manufacturer.(1951, S. 2886d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-41 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-41 - Variations from marked weight.

 When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or offered for sale by weight, variations at the rate of one pound per one hundred pounds plus or minus the marked net weight of the container are permitted in individual containers, but the average weight of not less than twelve containers shall not be less than the marked net weight of the container. When measured by meter, the meter and pertinent equipment must be such as to assure accurate measurement within plus or minus one per cent.(1951, S. 2887d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-42 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-42 - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Weights and Measures is authorized after a public hearing held to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 43-36 to 43-44, inclusive, as he deems necessary. The commissioner may issue as regulations those specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures set forth in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as amended, of the United States Department of Commerce and incorporate them by reference. Such rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances shall have the force and effect of law. In addition to any provisions adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the commissioner shall not require any person to acquire a weighing or measuring device or instrument that exceeds the weighing or measuring needs of the business in which such device or instrument is employed.(1951, S. 2889d; 1963, P.A. 47; P.A. 90-125, S. 5; P.A. 96-259, S. 8.)History: 1963 act authorized issuance of specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices adopted by National Conference on Weights and Measures as regulations of this state; P.A. 90-125 made technical change, substituting National Institute of Standards and Technology for National Bureau of Standards; P.A. 96-259 prohibited the commissioner from requiring any person to acquire a device that exceeds the needs of the business in which such device is employed.
CT Gen Stat § 43-43 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-43 - Penalty.

 Any person who, by himself or by his agent or servant, or as the servant or agent of another, violates any provision of sections 43-37 to 43-42, inclusive, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 43-9.(1951, S. 2888d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-44 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-44 - Exemptions.

 The provisions of sections 43-36 to 43-43, inclusive, shall not apply to interstate tank car and transport truck deliveries to bulk storage, or to public utility systems using pipes or other fixtures in the public highways or streets for the transmission of liquefied petroleum gas and operating under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of this state, or to any public service company whose operations are subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.(1951, S. 2890d; P.A. 75-486, S. 65, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 334, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced the authority with the division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 43-45 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles|Section 43-45 - Sale and marking of thread.

 No person shall keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale or sell any sewing, basting, mending, darning, crochet, tatting, handknitting or embroidery thread, put up or packaged in advance of sale on spools, tubes, cones or bobbins or in balls, skeins or other similar forms, hereinafter referred to as units, for either wholesale or retail sale, unless each of such units is definitely, plainly and conspicuously marked to show the net weight in terms of avoirdupois pounds and ounces or the length in yards of such thread, subject to the provisions of this section. When the net weight of such thread, in or on any such unit, is less than two avoirdupois ounces, such unit shall be marked to show the length of such thread in yards as unwound from the unit. Ready-wound bobbins which are not sold separately shall not be required to be individually marked, but the package containing such 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 two or more similar individual units of thread, sold only for household use and not sold separately, which are contained in a single package shall not be required to be individually marked but such package shall be marked to show the number of individual units in such package and the net weight or measure of the thread in each individual unit, unless such individual units are separately marked. The markings required by this section shall, in all cases, be in combination with the name and place of business of the manufacturer or distributor of the thread, or with a trademark, symbol, brand or other mark which positively identifies such manufacturer or distributor and which shall be filed with the Commissioner of Weights and Measures. The net content of any such unit of thread shall be determined by ascertaining the average net weight or yardage of not less than ten units of thread of the same type and of the same kind of unit, selected at random from such units kept for the purpose of sale, sold, exposed or offered for sale. Such average net weight or yardage shall not be more than three per cent less than the weight or yardage marked on such units or the package containing such units. Regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this section shall be issued by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures. The provisions of this section shall not apply to wool or to textile products made in whole or in part of wool. Any person who, by himself, his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in section 43-9.(1949 Rev., 6762; 1951, S. 2878d.)
CT Gen Stat § 43-46 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 43 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 753 - Dealers and Repairers of Weighing and Measuring Devices|Section 43-46 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, “dealer” means any person engaged in the business of dealing in, selling, buying, exchanging or trading in weighing or measuring devices in the state; “repairman” means any person engaged in the business of adjusting or repairing weighing or measuring devices in this state or an employee thereof engaged in such business; “testing equipment” means any field standard weight, test measure or measuring flask, as described in Sections 105-1 to 105-3, inclusive, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook.(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 1; P.A. 86-156, S. 2; P.A. 90-125, S. 6.)History: P.A. 86-156 defined “testing equipment”; P.A. 90-125 made technical change, substituting National Institute of Standards and Technology for National Bureau of Standards.