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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 750 - Weights and Measures › Section 43-6. - Municipal sealers of weights and measures.

There shall be a sealer of weights and measures in each municipality of not less than seventy-five thousand population, according to the most recent figures certified to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-2a, to be appointed by the chief executive officer of such municipality. A sealer of weights and measures may be appointed for municipalities having less than seventy-five thousand population by the chief executive officer or board of selectmen of such municipality. Whenever any municipality required by this section to appoint a sealer of weights and measures fails to do so or when a municipal sealer appointed under the provisions of this section fails or neglects to perform his duties, the Commissioner of Weights and Measures may direct his inspectors to perform the duties of the municipal sealer. The clerk or comptroller of each municipality required by this section to appoint a sealer shall, upon notification and request by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures, reimburse the state for the cost of such services rendered. Municipal sealers of weights and measures shall perform the same duties and have the same powers within their jurisdiction as are vested in the Commissioner of Weights and Measures for the state except those powers and duties exempted and reserved to the Commissioner of Weights and Measures by regulation promulgated under the provisions of section 43-3. In those municipalities in which no sealer is required by or appointed under the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Weights and Measures or his inspectors shall perform these duties and have these powers. Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall be so construed as to prevent any contiguous municipalities from combining the whole or any part of their respective territories, as may be agreed upon, with one sealer, subject to the written approval of the Commissioner of Weights and Measures. A sealer appointed in pursuance of any agreement for such combination shall, subject to the terms of his appointment, have the same jurisdiction and duties as if he had been appointed by each of the authorities who are parties to the agreement.
(1949 Rev., S. 6750; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 59; 1969, P.A. 810, S. 2; P.A. 97-96, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to counties and changed “city” to “municipality”; 1969 act required sealer in municipalities of at least 75,000, rather than 25,000, people and permitted municipalities of fewer people to appoint sealers at their discretion, further added provisions re performance of sealer's duties by commissioner's inspectors and municipalities required reimbursement of state for services rendered where sealer fails or neglects to perform duties or where municipality fails to appoint sealer; P.A. 97-96 replaced reference to United States census figures with reference to figures certified pursuant to Sec. 19a-2a.
Cited. 163 C. 588.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 750 - Weights and Measures › Section 43-7. - Arrest without warrant. Issuance of orders. Application of condemned tags.

The Commissioner of Weights and Measures, his inspectors and the municipal sealers of weights and measures shall each have power to arrest, without warrant, any violator of the laws relating to weights and measures, and to seize, without warrant, for use as evidence, any false or unsealed weight, measure or weighing or measuring device, or package or amount of any commodity, found to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law. The commissioner, his inspectors and the municipal sealers may also issue stop use, hold and removal orders with respect to any such weights and measures commercially used and stop sale, hold and removal orders with respect to the weight or measure of any such packaged commodities or bulk commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted thereunder, the commissioner and his inspectors may also issue stop use, hold and removal orders with respect to any weights and measures devices found to be defective or otherwise in violation of section 22a-174 or regulations adopted under said section. The commissioner, his inspectors and the municipal sealers of weights and measures may apply a condemned tag to any false weight, measure or weighing or measuring device or to any weighing or measuring instrument or device to which a sealer of weights and measures has attached a seal or tag which has been tampered with, marked, defaced, removed, forged or counterfeited.
(1949 Rev., S. 6751; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 60; P.A. 84-279, S. 3; P.A. 88-36; P.A. 95-332, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act deleted reference to county sealers and changed “city” to “municipal”; P.A. 84-279 allowed the application of a condemned tag to any measuring device which has been tampered with; P.A. 88-36 provided for the issuance of stop use, hold and removal orders with respect to weights and measures and of stop sale, hold and removal orders with respect to packaged or bulk commodities; P.A. 95-332 extended stop use, hold and removal powers to cover weights and measure devices found to be defective or otherwise in violation of Sec. 22a-174.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 750 - Weights and Measures › Section 43-8a. - Regulations for uniform date labeling for foods. Exemption.

The Commissioner of Weights and Measures shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to prescribe uniform date labeling for foods. Dairy foods required to be marked with a last sale date pursuant to section 22-197b shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 08-99, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 08-99 effective January 1, 2009; P.A. 21-37 replaced provision re incorporation by reference of Uniform Open Dating Regulation with “to prescribe uniform date labeling for foods”, effective June 4, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-10 to 43-16. - State licenses; town weighers.

Sections 43-10 to 43-16, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 609–611, 6753–6756; 1955, S. 2877d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 6; 1959, P.A. 377, S. 1; P.A. 76-223, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-409, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16a. - Definitions.

When used in this chapter:
(1) “Licensed public weigher” means a natural person licensed under the provisions of this chapter;
(2) “Vehicle” means any device in, upon or by which any property, produce, commodity or article is or may be transported or drawn;
(3) “Commissioner” means the state Commissioner of Weights and Measures.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16b. - Commissioner of Weights and Measures. Powers.

The commissioner is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter and he may issue from time to time, in accordance with chapter 54, reasonable regulations for the enforcement of this chapter, which regulations shall have the force and effect of law.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16c. - Licenses. Qualifications.

Any person who is a resident of the state of Connecticut, is not less than eighteen years of age, is of good moral character and has the ability to weigh accurately and to make correct weight certificates may apply to the commissioner for a license as a licensed public weigher.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16d. - License application forms. Requirements.

An application for a license as a licensed public weigher shall be made upon a form prescribed by the commissioner and the application shall furnish evidence that the applicant has the qualifications required by section 43-16c.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16e. - Determination of qualifications.

The commissioner may adopt rules for determining the qualifications of the applicant for a license as a licensed public weigher. He may pass upon the qualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in the application, or he may examine such applicant orally or in writing, or both, for the purpose of determining his qualifications. He shall grant licenses as licensed public weighers to such applicants as may be found to possess the qualifications required by section 43-16c. The commissioner shall keep a record of all such applications and of all licenses issued thereon.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16f. - Fees.

Before the issuance of any license as a licensed public weigher, or any renewal thereof, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner a fee of forty dollars.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 6; P.A. 89-251, S. 186, 203; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 387.)
History: P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $10 to $20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $20 to $40.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16g. - Limited licenses for state officers or employees.

The commissioner may, upon request and without charge, issue a limited license as a licensed public weigher to any qualified officer or employee of a state commission, board, institution or agency, authorizing such officer or employee to act as a licensed public weigher only within the scope of his official employment on behalf of the state commission, board, institution or agency of which he is an officer or employee.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16h. - License expiration.

Each license as licensed public weigher shall expire annually. Renewal applications shall be in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 8; P.A. 94-36, S. 34, 42.)
History: P.A. 94-36 deleted reference to the “thirtieth day of June” license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16i. - Weight certificates. Information required.

The weight certificate issued by a licensed public weigher shall state the date of issuance, the kind of property, produce, commodity or article weighed, the name of the declared owner or agent of the owner or of the consignee of the material weighed, the accurate weight of the material weighed, the means by which the material was being transported at the time it was weighed, such other available information as may be necessary to distinguish or identify the property, produce, commodity or article from others of like kind, and such other information required by statutes of this state or by regulations authorized to be issued for the enforcement of this chapter.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16j. - Gross, tare and net weights.

A licensed public weigher shall not enter on a weight certificate issued by him any weight values but such as he has personally determined, and he shall make no entries on a weight certificate issued by some other person. A weight certificate shall be so prepared as to show clearly that weight or weights were actually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross, tare, and net weights, in any case in which only the gross, the tare or the net weight is determined by the weigher, he shall strike through or otherwise cancel the printed entries for the weights not determined or computed. If gross and tare weights are shown on a weight certificate and both of these were not determined on the same scale and on the day for which the certificate is dated, the weigher shall identify on the certificate the scale used for determining each such weight and the date of each such determination.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16k. - Weight determinations. Devices used.

When making a weight determination as provided for by this chapter, a licensed public weigher shall use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of the amount and kind of material to be weighed and that has been tested and approved for use by a weights and measures officer of this state within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the weighing.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16l. - Scales. Size and capacity.

A licensed public weigher shall not use any scale to weigh a load the value of which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When the gross or tare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to be determined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to accommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully, completely and as one entire unit. If a combination of vehicles must be broken up into separate units in order to be weighed as prescribed herein, each such separate weight certificate shall be issued for each such separate unit.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16m. - Maintenance of records.

A licensed public weigher shall keep and preserve for at least one year, or such longer period as may be specified in the regulations authorized to be issued for the enforcement of this chapter, a legible carbon copy of each weight certificate issued by him, which copies shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by any weights and measures officer of this state.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16n. - Persons permitted to obtain licenses.

The following persons shall not be required, but shall be permitted, to obtain licenses as licensed public weighers: (1) A weights and measures officer when acting within the scope of his official duties, (2) a person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles that he or his employer, if any, is either buying or selling, and (3) a person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles in conformity with the requirements of federal statutes or the statutes of this state relative to warehousemen or processors.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16o. - License required.

No person shall assume the title licensed public weigher, or any title of similar import, perform the duties or acts to be performed by a licensed public weigher under this chapter, hold himself out as a licensed public weigher, issue any weight certificate ticket, memorandum or statement for which a fee is charged, or engage in the full-time or part-time business of public weighing, unless he holds a valid license as a licensed public weigher. As used in this section, “public weighing” means the weighing for any person, upon request, of property, produce, commodities or articles other than those which the weigher or his employer, if any, is either buying or selling.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 71, 121; P.A. 14-122, S. 178.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16p. - Suspension or revocation of licenses.

The commissioner is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any licensed public weigher (1) when he is satisfied, after a hearing upon ten days' notice to the licensee, that such licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or of any valid regulation of the commissioner affecting licensed public weighers, or (2) when a licensed public weigher has been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under authority of this chapter.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 751 - Public Weighers › Section 43-16q. - Penalties.

(a) Any person who requests a licensed public weigher to weigh any property, produce, commodity or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or any person who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in this chapter and who is not a licensed public weigher, shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) Any licensed public weigher who falsifies a weight certificate, or who delegates his authority to any person not licensed as a licensed public weigher, or who preseals a weight certificate with his official seal before performing the act of weighing, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto for which no specific penalty has been provided shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars.
(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each violation with respect to each such unit, certificate, device or scale shall be considered a separate offense.
(P.A. 77-409, S. 17
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19; P.A. 78-331, S. 22
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24, 58; P.A. 90-125, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 185.)
History: P.A. 78-331 made technical grammatical correction, substituting “nor” for “or” as necessary; P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (d) re administrative penalties; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “upon conviction” and change penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor, amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor, and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles › Section 43-17. - Pound, hundredweight, ton, barrel, gallon.

The avoirdupois pound shall bear to the troy pound the relation of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred sixty. The hundredweight shall contain one hundred avoirdupois pounds; and the ton, twenty hundredweight. The barrel for liquids shall contain thirty-one and one-half gallons, except the barrel for beer, ale and porter which shall contain thirty-one gallons; and the hogshead, two barrels. The liquid gallon shall contain two hundred thirty-one cubic inches.
(1949 Rev., S. 6757; P.A. 10-32, S. 127.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles › Section 43-18. - Bushel. Charcoal, flour, potatoes.

The bushel in struck measure shall contain twenty-one hundred fifty and forty-two hundredths cubic inches, and in heap measure twenty-five hundred sixty-four cubic inches, except that each bushel of charcoal shall contain twenty-seven hundred forty-eight cubic inches. When sold by weight, the bushel of charcoal shall weigh twenty pounds when commercially dry; the barrel of flour, one hundred ninety-six pounds, and the barrel of potatoes, one hundred fifty pounds.
(1949 Rev., S. 6758; P.A. 10-32, S. 128.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 753 - Dealers and Repairers of Weighing and Measuring Devices › Section 43-47. - Registration.

No person shall act as a dealer or repairman without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Commissioner of Consumer Protection as provided in this section. Any person wishing to be registered as a dealer or repairman shall make application to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection on forms provided by him, furnishing such pertinent information as he may require. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars in the case of a dealer and twenty dollars in the case of a repairman. Upon approval, said commissioner shall issue to the applicant a registration certification bearing an identification number identifying such dealer or repairman. The certification shall expire annually unless suspended or revoked under the provisions of section 43-51. Such registration shall be renewable annually on payment of a fee of fifty dollars in the case of a dealer and twenty dollars in the case of a repairman.
(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 2; P.A. 76-184, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-125, S. 10; P.A. 94-36, S. 35, 42; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 388.)
History: P.A. 76-184 replaced $5 fee for application and renewal with $25 fee for dealers and $10 fee for repairmen; P.A. 90-125 required dealers and repairmen to be registered and that all registration certificates contain an identification number; P.A. 94-36 deleted reference to the “December thirty-first” certificate of registration expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for certification renewals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › Chapter 753 - Dealers and Repairers of Weighing and Measuring Devices › Section 43-48. - Notice of repairs, adjustments, sales and deliveries. Security.

Every dealer or repairman, within forty-eight hours after the making of a repair or adjustment or after the sale and delivery of a new, repaired, rebuilt, exchanged or used weighing or measuring device, shall notify, in writing, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, giving the name and address of the person, firm, copartnership, corporation or association for whom such repair or adjustment has been made, or to whom such weighing or measuring device has been sold or delivered. The dealer or repairman shall make a written statement that the same has been so altered, rebuilt, repaired and installed as to conform to state specifications, tolerances and regulations. Every dealer or repairman shall affix a security seal, in a manner that requires the security seal to be broken before an adjustment can be made, to any component affecting the performance of any electronic or mechanical device designed to be sealed with a security seal. Each such seal shall bear the identification number issued to such dealer or repairman by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection at the time of registration.
(February, 1965, P.A. 426, S. 3; P.A. 90-125, S. 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 90-125 required dealers and repairmen to affix security seals to weighing or measuring devices; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.