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3 PA Cons Stat § 4114 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4114 - Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes

§ 4114. Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes. The department shall establish, by regulation, a program requiring the registration and reporting of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices which are required to be tested and inspected on an annual basis in accordance with section 4112 (relating to general testing and inspections). A food establishment shall register its weighing and measuring devices at the same time it submits its annual registration under the act of July 7, 1994 (P.L.421, No.70), known as the Food Act. A public eating and drinking place shall register its weighing and measuring devices at the same time it submits its annual license fee under the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.926, No.369), referred to as the Public Eating and Drinking Place Law. A commercial feed facility shall register its weighing and measuring devices at the same time it submits its annual license fee under section 5103 (relating to licensing). The department shall exempt from the registration requirement of this section any establishment engaged in the retail sale of gasoline for use in the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles which is required to obtain an annual liquid fuels permit from the Department of Revenue in accordance with the act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149, No.105), known as The Liquid Fuels Tax Act. The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Revenue which shall specify procedures for the collection of data relating to establishments engaged in the retail sale of gasoline. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the department to impose a fee for the registration of any weighing and measuring device.    References in Text. The act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149, No.105), known as The Liquid Fuels Tax Act, referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of April 17, 1997 (P.L.6, No.3). The subject matter is now contained in Chapter 90 of Title 75 (Vehicles).  The act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.926, No.369), referred to as the Public Eating and Drinking Place Law, referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of November 23, 2010 (P.L.1039, No.106). The subject matter is now contained in Subchapter A of Chapter 57 of this title.  The act of July 7, 1994 (P.L.421, No.70), known as the Food Act, referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of November 23, 2010 (P.L.1039, No.106). The subject matter is now contained in Subchapter B of Chapter 57 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4115 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4115 - Training program

§ 4115. Training program. (a) Inspectors and county and city sealers.--The department shall establish by regulation minimum training which shall be required to be met by all inspectors and county and city sealers. The department shall adopt the training program prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for inspectors and sealers of weights and measures.  (b) Certified parking meter inspectors.--The department shall promulgate regulations that establish training and certification requirements and procedures for certified parking meter inspectors. Prior to the promulgation of regulations under this subsection, the department may issue a temporary order establishing training and certification requirements and procedures for certified parking meter inspectors. A temporary order shall not be effective until on or after it is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and shall remain in effect for no more than one year, unless reissued or supplanted sooner by regulations.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1332, No.169, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 4115 is referred to in section 4121 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4116 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4116 - Investigations

§ 4116. Investigations. The department shall investigate complaints made to it concerning violations of the provisions of this subchapter and shall, upon its own initiative, conduct such investigations as it deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this subchapter and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.    Cross References. Section 4116 is referred to in sections 4112, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4187.6 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4117 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4117 - Inspection of packages

§ 4117. Inspection of packages. The department shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery to determine whether the same contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered or exposed for sale or sold in accordance with law, and, when such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented or are found to be kept, offered or exposed for sale in violation of law, the department may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the department shall use the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133, latest edition, containing any amendments or supplements thereto, or which may be superseded by a new handbook, except insofar as specifically modified, amended or rejected by a regulation issued by the department. No person shall:  (1) sell or keep, offer or expose for sale in intrastate commerce any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless and until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements; or  (2) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements in any manner except with the specific approval of the department.    Cross References. Section 4117 is referred to in sections 4121, 4122 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4118 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4118 - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders

 § 4118. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders. (a) Orders.--The department shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being commercially used and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, whenever, in the course of the department's enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter, the department deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders.  (b) Prohibitions.--No person shall 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 the authority of this section.  (c) Appeal.--Whenever an aggrieved person shall appeal or seek to enjoin enforcement of any order issued by the department pursuant to this section, such proceeding shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the judicial district in which the weight, measure or commodity was located at the time of the issuance of the department's order.    Cross References. Section 4118 is referred to in sections 4121, 4122 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4119 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4119 - Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

 § 4119. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus. (a) Approval and disapproval.--The department shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as it finds upon inspection and test to be correct as defined in section 4110 (relating to specific powers and duties of department; regulations) and shall reject and mark or tag "rejected" such weights and measures as it finds upon inspection or test to be incorrect as defined in section 4110. The sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to such weights and measures as may be exempted therefrom by regulation of the department issued under the authority of section 4110.  (b) Seizure and disposition.--Weights and measures that have been rejected may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the department if not corrected as required by section 4126 (relating to duty of owners of incorrect apparatus) or if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of section 4126.    Cross References. Section 4119 is referred to in sections 4110, 4121, 4122, 4142 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4120 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4120 - Police powers; right of entry and stoppage

 § 4120. Police powers; right of entry and stoppage. (a) Seizure without warrant.--With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other acts dealing with weights and measures, the department may seize for use as evidence without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found, prior to seizure, to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law.  (b) Compliance.--In exercising its powers under section 4112 (relating to general testing and inspections) or 4116 (relating to investigations), the department is authorized to enter and go into or upon, without formal warrant, any structure, vehicle or premises and to stop any person whosoever and to require him to proceed with or without any vehicle of which he may be in charge to the nearest available testing apparatus tested and approved by the department, a city or a county.  (c) Method.--The department shall utilize the method of sale of commodities as stated in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, except insofar as specifically modified, amended or rejected by a regulation issued by the department.    Cross References. Section 4120 is referred to in sections 4121, 4122, 4187.6 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4121 - Powers and duties of director and inspector

 § 4121. Powers and duties of director and inspector. (a) Powers and duties.--The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the department by sections 4111 (relating to testing and inspections of standards), 4112 (relating to general testing and inspections), 4115 (relating to training program), 4116 (relating to investigations), 4117 (relating to inspection of packages), 4118 (relating to stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders), 4119 (relating to disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus), 4120 (relating to police powers; right of entry and stoppage), 4124 (relating to concurrent jurisdiction) and 4192 (relating to temporary or permanent injunctions) are hereby given to and imposed upon the director and inspector also when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the department.  (b) Delegation of powers and duties.--The department may delegate to city and county sealers appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 4122 (relating to city and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties) the powers and duties, or any portion thereof, given to and imposed upon it by sections 4112, 4116, 4117, 4118, 4119, 4120 and 4192, provided that the division of inspection responsibilities and other conditions of such delegation are fully delineated as part of the memorandum of understanding required pursuant to section 4125 (relating to division of responsibilities).    Cross References. Section 4121 is referred to in sections 4122, 4123, 4124, 4125 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4122 - City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties

 § 4122. City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties. (a) Appointment.--The mayors of cities of the second and third class, and the several boards of county commissioners, may, respectively, appoint one or more persons to serve as sealers of weights and measures in the respective county or city. In cities of the first class, the sealers shall be appointed by the county commissioners of the county in which the said city may be located. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent two or more counties, or any county and city, from combining the whole or any part of their jurisdictions, as may be agreed upon by the board of county commissioners and mayors of cities, with one set of standards and one sealer upon the written consent of the department. Any sealer appointed pursuant to an agreement for such combination shall, subject to the terms of his appointment, have the same authority and duties as if he had been appointed by each of the authorities who are parties to the agreement.  (b) Powers and duties.--The sealer of a city or of a county and his deputy sealers, when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall, but only to the extent delegated by the department pursuant to section 4121 (relating to powers and duties of director and inspector) and memorialized in a memorandum of understanding executed pursuant to section 4125 (relating to division of responsibilities), have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within the city or the county for which appointed as are granted to and imposed upon the director by sections 4112 (relating to general testing and inspections), 4116 (relating to investigations), 4117 (relating to inspection of packages), 4118 (relating to stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders), 4119 (relating to disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus), 4120 (relating to police powers; right of entry and stoppage) and 4192 (relating to temporary or permanent injunctions).    Cross References. Section 4122 is referred to in section 4121 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4123 - City and county standards and equipment

 § 4123. City and county standards and equipment. (a) Procurement of standards.--The mayor of each city and the board of county commissioners of each county to which a delegation of powers and duties has been effected pursuant to section 4121 (relating to powers and duties of director and inspector) shall:  (1) Procure at the expense of the city or county, as the case may be, such standards of weight and measure and such additional equipment to be used for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter in such city or county as may be prescribed by the department.  (2) Provide a suitable office for the sealer. (3) Make provisions for the necessary clerical services, supplies and transportation and for defraying contingent expenses incident to the official activities of the sealer in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) Official.--When the standards of weight and measure required by this section to be provided by a city or county shall have been examined and approved by the department, they shall be the official standards for the city or county.  (c) Comparisons.--It shall be the duty of the sealer to make or to arrange to have made, at least as frequently as once a year, comparisons between his field standards and appropriate standards of a higher order belonging to his city or county, as the case may be, or to the Commonwealth in order to maintain the field standards in accurate condition.    Cross References. Section 4123 is referred to in section 4178 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4124 - Concurrent jurisdiction

§ 4124. Concurrent jurisdiction. In cities and counties to which a delegation of powers and duties has been effected pursuant to section 4121 (relating to powers and duties of director and inspector), the department shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter.    Cross References. Section 4124 is referred to in section 4121 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4125 - Division of responsibilities

 § 4125. Division of responsibilities. (a) Agreements; local inspection.--The department shall enter into memorandums of understanding with counties and with cities to which a delegation of powers and duties has been effected pursuant to section 4121 (relating to powers and duties of director and inspector) for a division of inspection responsibilities for the enforcement of this chapter and any rules, regulations and standards promulgated under this chapter, provided that such counties or cities satisfy the standards and requirements established by the department to assure uniform Statewide enforcement of this chapter. Each memorandum of understanding shall be reviewed and updated annually and may be revoked in whole or in part by the department in the event the department determines that the city or county sealer enforcement program does not satisfy the standards and requirements established by the department as necessary to assure uniform Statewide enforcement of this chapter. In reaching agreements to enter into memorandums of understanding with counties and cities employing sealers of weights and measures, the provisions of this chapter and its regulations shall be considered as establishing uniform requirements, regulations and standards for weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices throughout this Commonwealth.  (b) Reports.--Each city and county sealer shall annually and at such other times as the department may require submit to the department a written report of the work performed by him, of the weights, measures and weighing and measuring devices inspected or tested by him and the results of such inspection or test, of all prosecutions instituted by him for violations of the provisions of this chapter and of all other matters and things pertaining to his duties or which may be required by the department.    Cross References. Section 4125 is referred to in sections 4112, 4121, 4122 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4126 - Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

 § 4126. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus. (a) Rejected apparatus.--Weights and measures that have been rejected under the authority of the department or of a sealer shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has been made as required by this section.  (b) Corrections.--The owners of rejected weights and measures shall cause the same to be made correct within 30 days or such longer period as may be authorized by the rejecting authority or, in lieu of this, may dispose of the same but only in such manner as is specifically authorized by the rejecting authority.  (c) Reexamination.--Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially until they have been officially reexamined and found to be correct or until specific written permission for use is issued by the rejecting authority.    Cross References. Section 4126 is referred to in section 4119 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4127 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4127 - Method of sale of commodities

 § 4127. Method of sale of commodities. (a) Liquid commodities.--General commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, 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 such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold.  (b) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall not apply to:  (1) commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold; (2) vegetables when sold by the head or bunch; (3) commodities in containers standardized by Federal or State law; (4) commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner;  (5) concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone and the like when sold by cubic measure; or  (6) unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure. (c) Regulations.--The department may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest. In issuing these regulations, the department shall recognize the method of sale of commodities as stated in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, except as otherwise modified, amended or rejected by regulation.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4129 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4129 - Declarations of unit price on random packages

§ 4129. Declarations of unit price on random packages. In addition to the declarations required by section 4128 (relating to packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions), 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.
3 PA Cons Stat § 4130 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures|Section 4130 - Misleading packages

 § 4130. Misleading packages. (a) Packaging.--No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped 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 package.  (b) Contents.--The contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity in question by the department.