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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.603 - Recognized Systems of Weights and Measures; Use; Recognized Definitions, Tables, and Equivalents Governing Equipment and Transactions.

290.603 Recognized systems of weights and measures; use; recognized definitions, tables, and equivalents governing equipment and transactions.
Sec. 3.
The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and one or the other of these systems or both shall be used, for all commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents, as published by the NIST, are recognized and shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1978 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 253, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.604 - State Reference Standards of Weights and Measures; Storage; Maintenance; Removal From Laboratory; Use.

290.604 State reference standards of weights and measures; storage; maintenance; removal from laboratory; use.
Sec. 4.
The state reference standards shall be maintained traceable to the international system of units through calibrations by a national metrology institute and shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the weights and measures laboratory of the department and shall be maintained as recommended by the NIST handbook 143, which is incorporated by reference, unless otherwise noted. The state primary standards shall not be removed from the weights and measures laboratory except for repairs or certification. The state primary standards shall be used only to verify the secondary standards and for scientific purposes.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 253, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.605 - Keeping Copies of State Primary Standards as Secondary Standards; Field Standards and Equipment; Verification.

290.605 Keeping copies of state primary standards as secondary standards; field standards and equipment; verification.
Sec. 5.
In addition to the state primary standards provided for in section 4, this state shall supply at least 1 complete set of copies of the state primary standards to be kept in the weights and measures laboratory of the department to be known as secondary standards. This state shall also supply field standards and equipment as may be found necessary to carry out this act. The secondary standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and as often thereafter as the director considers necessary. The field standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and at least once every 5 years thereafter. The secondary standards shall be verified by direct comparison with the state primary standards. The field standards shall be verified by direct comparison with the secondary standards.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 253, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.606 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Deputy; Inspectors.

290.606 State director of weights and measures; deputy; inspectors.
Sec. 6.
The director by virtue of his or her office shall be state director of weights and measures during his or her term of office. His or her deputy shall be deputy director of weights and measures, and all inspectors appointed by the director shall be state inspectors and sealers of weights and measures.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 253, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.607 - Custody and Records of Standards and Equipment; Enforcement of Act; General Supervision; Annual Report.

290.607 Custody and records of standards and equipment; enforcement of act; general supervision; annual report.
Sec. 7.
The director shall:
(a) Have the custody of and keep accurate records of the state primary standards of weights and measures and the other standards and equipment provided for by this act.
(b) Enforce this act.
(c) Have general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold or used in this state.
(d) After the close of the fiscal year, report to the governor on all of his or her official activities.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.609 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Testing of Standards, Inspections; Testing of Weights and Measures for State Purchases.

290.609 State director of weights and measures; testing of standards, inspections; testing of weights and measures for state purchases.
Sec. 9.
The director, at least once every 5 years, shall test the standards of weights and measures procured by any city or county for which the appointment of a sealer of weights and measures is provided by this act, and shall approve the same when found to be correct, and he shall inspect such standards at least once every 2 years. He shall from time to time test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which moneys are appropriated by the legislature, and report his findings in writing to the supervisory board and to the executive office of the institution concerned.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.609a - Weighing Device; Measuring Device; Certificates of Conformance; Participating Laboratory.

290.609a Weighing device; measuring device; certificates of conformance; participating laboratory.
Sec. 9a.
(1) A weighing device placed in service after January 1, 1988 must have valid certificates of conformance before use for commercial or law enforcement purposes. A non-NTEP weighing device for special use may be used for products for which an NTEP weighing device is not readily available, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The device owner receives written approval from the director.
(b) The device is tested on an annual basis by a registered service agency.
(c) The registered service agency records all testing data and the records are retained on site and made available to the department on request.
(2) A measuring device placed in service on or after October 29, 2002 must have valid certificates of conformance before use for commercial or law enforcement purposes. A non-NTEP measuring device for special use may be used for products for which an NTEP measuring device is not readily available, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The device owner receives written approval from the director.
(b) The device is tested on an annual basis by a registered service agency.
(c) The registered service agency records all testing data and the records are retained on site and made available to the department on request.
(3) The director may operate a participating laboratory as part of NTEP. The director may charge and collect fees pursuant to section 10b for services rendered by the participating laboratory.
History:
Add. 2002, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 253, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.610 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Inspecting and Testing of Weights and Measures Kept for Sale or Used Commercially; Sampling.

290.610 State director of weights and measures; inspecting and testing of weights and measures kept for sale or used commercially; sampling.
Sec. 10.
When not otherwise provided by law, the director may inspect, and test to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered or exposed for sale. He shall inspect, and test to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used in (1) determining the weight, measurement or count of commodities or things sold or offered or exposed for sale on the basis of weight or of measure or count, (2) computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or of measure or count. With respect to devices designed to be used commercially only once and to be then discarded, and with respect to devices uniformly mass-produced as by means of a mold or die and not susceptible of individual adjustment, the inspection and testing of each individual device shall not be required and the inspecting and testing requirements of this section shall be satisfied when inspections and tests are made on representative samples of such devices; and the lots, of which such samples are representative, shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspection and tests on such samples.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.610a - Inspection Fee; Fees and Expenses for Special Services; Disposition of Monies.

290.610a Inspection fee; fees and expenses for special services; disposition of monies.
Sec. 10a.
(1) A fee shall not be charged for the regular inspection of any weights and measures or commodity subject to this act. A fee shall be charged to the owner or responsible party of any weights and measures or commodity subject to this act under either of the following circumstances:
(a) The inspection is a reinspection of any weights and measures or a lot sample of a commodity subject to this act that has been tested and found incorrect.
(b) The inspection is performed at the request of the owner or responsible party.
(2) The director shall establish the fees and expenses for special services, including fees for voluntary registration and type evaluation. Money collected by the department for special services, fees, and civil fines shall be paid into the general fund and credited to the department for weights and measures programs.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.610b - Fee Schedules.

290.610b Fee schedules.
Sec. 10b.
(1) The department may annually adjust the schedule of fees for reinspections, voluntary registrations, type evaluations, special weights and measures inspections, and other special services requested of the department to provide that each category of fee charged is sufficient to cover the cost of the activities and that the aggregate of fees collected is sufficient to pay for all salaries and other expenses connected with the activities described in this subsection.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, an owner or operator of weights and measures that are assessed an administrative fine, civil fine, or a fee as described in this section or section 10a, or any combination of administrative fine, civil fine, or fee, who does not pay the administrative fine, civil fine, or fee within 60 days after written notice of the assessment is sent may be subject to a stop use order, issued by the director, for those weights and measures.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.611 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Investigation of Complaints; Commercial Transactions.

290.611 State director of weights and measures; investigation of complaints; commercial transactions.
Sec. 11.
The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this act, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this act and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.612 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Weight, Measurement, or Inspection of Packages of Commodities, Sampling Procedures.

290.612 State director of weights and measures; weight, measurement, or inspection of packages of commodities, sampling procedures.
Sec. 12.
The director, as often as he deems advisable, shall weigh, measure or inspect packages or amounts of commodities offered or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they be offered or exposed for sale, or sold in accordance with law. When such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be kept, or offered or exposed for sale in violation of law, the director may order their sale discontinued and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal. The director may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.613 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Stop-Use Orders, Stop-Removal Orders, Removal Orders.

290.613 State director of weights and measures; stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, removal orders.
Sec. 13.
The director may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders or removal orders with respect to weights and measures being or susceptible of being commercially used. He may issue stop-removal orders or removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of this act he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders. No person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified any weight, measure, package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of any order issued pursuant to this section.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.614 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Approval, Rejection, Condemnation, Confiscation.

290.614 State director of weights and measures; approval, rejection, condemnation, confiscation.
Sec. 14.
The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be "correct" as defined in section 8. He shall reject or condemn and seal or mark as "rejected" or "condemned" such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be "incorrect" as defined in section 8. Sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to weights and measures which are exempted by a regulation of the director issued under the authority of section 8. The director shall reject or condemn and may seize and destroy weights and measures found to be incorrect. Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned and ordered corrected or disposed of may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the director if not corrected as required by, or if disposed of contrary to the requirements of, section 22.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.615 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Enforcement, Seizure Without Formal Warrant.

290.615 State director of weights and measures; enforcement, seizure without formal warrant.
Sec. 15.
The director is vested with special powers with respect to the enforcement of this act and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce. He may seize for use as evidence without formal warrant incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodities found to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law. In the performance of his official duties, he may enter and go into or upon without formal warrant any structure or premises.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.616 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Powers of Deputy Director and Inspectors.

290.616 State director of weights and measures; powers of deputy director and inspectors.
Sec. 16.
The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the director by this act are hereby given to and imposed upon the deputy director and inspectors when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.617 - Sealer of Weights and Measures, Deputy Sealers, Supervising Inspectors, City and County Inspectors; Appointment.

290.617 Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; appointment.
Sec. 17.
A sealer of weights and measures, and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors of weights and measures as may be required, may be appointed in and for each city and county by the appointing authority of the city or county.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.618 - Sealer of Weights and Measures, Deputy Sealers, Supervising Inspectors, City and County Inspectors; Jurisdiction; City or County Ordinances.

290.618 Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; jurisdiction; city or county ordinances.
Sec. 18.
The sealer of a city or a county, and his deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall 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 this act, except that the jurisdiction of a county sealer shall not extend to any city for which a city sealer has been appointed as provided for by section 17.
No city or county shall adopt any ordinance contrary to or in any way conflicting with this act, or adopt any regulation contrary to or in any way differing from the provisions of any regulations adopted by the director under the provisions of this act.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.619 - City and County Official Standards; Comparison With State Standards.

290.619 City and county official standards; comparison with state standards.
Sec. 19.
Standards of weights and measures provided by a city or county, after examination and approval by the director, shall be the official standards for such city or county. The sealer shall make, or arrange to have made, at least as frequently as once in 5 years, comparisons between his standards and appropriate standards of a higher order belonging to the state in order to maintain such standards in accurate condition.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.620 - Joint County and City Weights and Measures Jurisdiction; Powers.

290.620 Joint county and city weights and measures jurisdiction; powers.
Sec. 20.
A county and 1 or more cities situated therein, with the consent of the director, may establish a joint weights and measures jurisdiction with 1 sealer and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors as may be required, under an agreement between the board of county supervisors and the city or cities involved. The sealer of the joint jurisdiction, and his deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within the joint jurisdiction for which appointed as are granted to and imposed upon the director by this act.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.621 - State Director of Weights and Measures; Concurrent Enforcement Powers.

290.621 State director of weights and measures; concurrent enforcement powers.
Sec. 21.
The director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this act in counties and cities for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed as provided for in this act.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.622 - Rejected or Condemned Weights and Measures; Disposition.

290.622 Rejected or condemned weights and measures; disposition.
Sec. 22.
Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned and ordered corrected or disposed of under the authority of the director 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 pursuant to this section. The owners of such rejected or condemned weights and measures shall cause the same to be made correct within a specified period authorized by the rejecting authority, or may dispose of the same but only in such manner as is specifically authorized by the rejecting authority.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.623 - Commodities, Liquid, Nonliquid, Measurement; Exceptions.

290.623 Commodities, liquid, nonliquid, measurement; exceptions.
Sec. 23.
Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, measure, or by count. However, liquid commodities may be sold by weight and nonliquid commodities may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. This section shall not apply to (1) commodities sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, (2) vegetables sold by the head or bunch, (3) commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law, or (4) commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner. The director may issue regulations necessary to assure that amounts of commodities sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties in interest.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Admin Rule:
R 285.548.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.624 - Package Labels; Contents; Allowable Variations.

290.624 Package labels; contents; allowable variations.
Sec. 24.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, any commodity in package form kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, must bear on the outside of the package definite, plain, legible, and conspicuous declarations of all of the following:
(a) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity can easily be identified through the wrapper or container.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count. The term "when packed" or any words of similar import, or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count, such as "jumbo", "giant", "full", "approximate", and the like that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package, must not be used.
(c) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed as may be prescribed by regulation promulgated by the director.
(2) The director shall, by regulation, establish reasonable variations to be allowed that may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure. The regulations must provide for exemptions for small packages and for commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.625 - Package Labels; Random Weights, Measures or Counts, Additional Declarations.

290.625 Package labels; random weights, measures or counts, additional declarations.
Sec. 25.
In addition to the declarations required by section 24, any commodity in package form, which package is one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity and bears the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure or count.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.626 - Packages; Misleading Wrappers.

290.626 Packages; misleading wrappers.
Sec. 26.
Any commodity in package form shall not 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.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.627 - Packages; Advertisement, Declaration of Quantity.

290.627 Packages; advertisement, declaration of quantity.
Sec. 27.
Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there must be closely and conspicuously associated with the statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as is required by law or regulation to appear on the package, except that this section must not apply to products for agricultural or horticultural use where the custom is to state the number of objects or amount of area that can be treated per package unit and the number or area is stated. Where the law or regulation requires the declaration of net quantity to appear on the package in terms of more than 1 unit of weight or measure, only the smallest unit of weight or measure need be stated in the advertisement. In connection with the declaration the qualifying term "when packaged" or any other words of similar import, or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count, for example, "jumbo", "giant", "full", "approximate", and the like that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package, must not be used.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628 - Commodities; Sale by Weight, Net Weight.

290.628 Commodities; sale by weight, net weight.
Sec. 28.
When any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628a - Meat, Meat Products, Poultry and Seafood Sold by Weight; Food Combination Sold by Weight, Quantity Representation by Total Weight of Product or Combination.

290.628a Meat, meat products, poultry and seafood sold by weight; food combination sold by weight, quantity representation by total weight of product or combination.
Sec. 28a.
Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as 1 of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold, all meat, meat products, poultry, whole or parts, and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold, as food shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. When meat, poultry or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food element or elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628b - Commodity or Service; Sale by Weight, Measure or Count; Misrepresentation; Display of Price Including Fraction of a Cent.

290.628b Commodity or service; sale by weight, measure or count; misrepresentation; display of price including fraction of a cent.
Sec. 28b.
Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted or labeled price per unit of weight, measure or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least 1/2 the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cents.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628d - Gross Weight of Vehicle or Truck Tractor With Multiple Trailers; Determination; Scale; Inapplicability of Section to Enforcement of Vehicle Weight Under Michigan Vehicle Code.

290.628d Gross weight of vehicle or truck tractor with multiple trailers; determination; scale; inapplicability of section to enforcement of vehicle weight under Michigan vehicle code.
Sec. 28d.
(1) Notwithstanding any requirements adopted under section 28c, the gross weight of a vehicle shall be determined by weighing the vehicle in a single measurement for a vehicle that is not a tractor-trailer combination and not by adding the results of multiple measurements taken at opposite ends of the vehicle. The gross weight of any tractor-trailer combination shall be determined by the method described in subsection (2).
(2) The gross weight combination of a truck tractor with multiple trailers shall be determined without uncoupling and by using a method of split weighing and combining the measurements, if necessary, if the following conditions are met:
(a) The brakes on the tractor and trailers shall be released.
(b) There shall be no tension on the draw bar.
(c) The approaches to the scale shall be straight and on the same level as the scale.
(d) The approaches to the scale shall be of sufficient width and length to ensure level positioning of the coupled vehicles during weighing.
(3) A scale used to weigh vehicles under subsection (2) shall be tested at least annually or upon repair or maintenance of the weights and measures device, by weighing a coupled tractor with multiple trailers as a single unit and comparing that weight with the combined weight of each vehicle weighed separately. If the weights determined by this method vary by more than 0.2%, the scale shall not be used to determine the gross weight of vehicles while they are coupled until the scales are corrected to properly measure within the 0.2% range. All testing data shall be recorded and the records retained on site by the owner or operator and made available to the department for review upon request.
(4) If a scale cannot be used to weigh vehicles under subsection (2) while they are coupled, the vehicles shall be weighed individually and the weights totaled to obtain the gross weight of the vehicle combination.
(5) This section does not apply to the enforcement of vehicle weight under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
History:
Add. 2008, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628e - Sale of Motor Fuel at Roadside Retail Location; Advertising; Use of Proprietary Fuel Name.

290.628e Sale of motor fuel at roadside retail location; advertising; use of proprietary fuel name.
Sec. 28e.
(1) Beginning July 2, 2013, if motor fuel is sold at a roadside retail location, the roadside advertising must comply with all of the following:
(a) The price advertised must be clearly and completely posted in full, including any fractional prices, to the tenth of a cent.
(b) The price advertised must include the grade of fuel being sold, with the following abbreviations allowed:
(i) Regular gasoline: "Regular", "Reg.", or "Reg,".
(ii) Midgrade gasoline: "Midgrade", "Mid.", or "Mid,".
(iii) Premium gasoline: "Premium", "Prem.", or "Prem,".
(iv) Diesel fuel: "Diesel", "Dsl.", or "Dsl,".
(v) Kerosene fuel: "Kerosene", "Ker.", or "Ker,".
(vi) E85 fuel ethanol: "E85".
(c) All prices must be capable of being displayed at the pump, but only the unit price of the selected product must be displayed during the transaction. All indications on the pump display must calculate the correct total price of the purchase.
(d) If the advertised price of the motor fuel is subject to 1 or more conditions for sale at that price, the retailer shall post the conditions immediately adjacent to the sales price with equal illumination in lettering of the same style and of at least 1/2 the size that is used to post the sale price.
(e) If the unit price for the same grade of motor fuel differs, and the sign will not accommodate displaying all prices in lettering of the same style and size, the highest price must be displayed in lettering using the largest size of the prices that are displayed.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not preclude the owner or operator of a business selling motor fuel at a roadside retail location from using a proprietary fuel name.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.628f - Pump With Scanning Device for Reading Customer Payment Card; Security Measure Required; Notice of Noncompliance; Failure to Make Correction; Prohibition; Definitions.

290.628f Pump with scanning device for reading customer payment card; security measure required; notice of noncompliance; failure to make correction; prohibition; definitions.
Sec. 28f.
(1) If a pump for dispensing motor fuel for sale at a roadside retail location includes a scanning device for reading a customer payment card as an integral part of the pump, the pump must include a security measure to restrict the unauthorized access of customer payment card information. The security measure must include 1 or more of the following:
(a) Until December 31, 2022, a pressure-sensitive security tape that is imprinted with a customized graphic and placed over the panel opening leading to the scanning device so as to restrict unauthorized opening of the panel.
(b) A device or system to render the pump or the scanning device inoperable if the panel is opened without proper authorization.
(c) A means for encrypting the customer payment card information in the scanning device.
(d) A device to replace a manufacturer-supplied standard lock.
(e) Any other measure approved by the department.
(2) If the owner or agent of the owner of a pump required to have a security measure under subsection (1) receives a written notice of noncompliance, he or she shall bring the pump into compliance. If the violation is not corrected within 5 days after receipt of the notice of noncompliance, the department may prohibit the use of the pump until a properly functioning security measure is installed on the device.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Customer payment card" means a credit or debit card or other card encoded to provide an electronic means for initiating a fund transfer from the customer's deposit account or for initiating electronic billing.
(b) "Pump" means a device for measuring and dispensing motor fuel used to propel vehicles on the highways of this state.
(c) "Scanning device" means a scanner, reader, or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a customer payment card.
History:
Add. 2017, Act 168, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.629 - Assaulting, Inflicting Bodily Injury Upon, Hindering, or Obstructing Certain Persons in Performance of Official Duties as Misdemeanor; Penalties.

290.629 Assaulting, inflicting bodily injury upon, hindering, or obstructing certain persons in performance of official duties as misdemeanor; penalties.
Sec. 29.
(1) Any person who assaults or inflicts a bodily injury upon, the director, an authorized representative of the director, the deputy director, any inspector, or a sealer or deputy sealer in the performance of his or her official duties under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.
(2) Any person who hinders or obstructs in any way the director, an authorized representative of the director, the deputy director, any inspector, or a sealer or deputy sealer in the performance of his or her official duties under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 194, Eff. Sept. 15, 1986 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.630 - Impersonation of Officers.

290.630 Impersonation of officers.
Sec. 30.
Any person who shall impersonate in any way the director, deputy director, any inspector or a sealer or deputy sealer, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.631a - Consent Agreement; Proceeding; Action by Attorney General; Civil Fines.

290.631a Consent agreement; proceeding; action by attorney general; civil fines.
Sec. 31a.
(1) The director, upon determination that an individual who, by himself or herself, his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another, has violated this act or rules promulgated under this act, may enter into a consent agreement for the assessment of a civil fine as follows:
(a) For a first violation, not less than $150.00 and not more than $2,500.00 for each violation plus the actual cost of the investigation and the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.
(b) For a second violation within 2 years of the first violation, not less than $500.00 or not more than $5,000.00 for each violation plus actual costs of the investigation and twice the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.
(c) For a third violation within 2 years from the date of the first violation, not less than $500.00 or not more than $10,000.00 for each violation plus actual costs of the investigation and 3 times the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.
(2) If a person alleged to have violated this act or rules promulgated under this act does not enter into a written consent agreement as described in subsection (1) within 15 days of the date of the consent agreement, the director may do either of the following:
(a) Initiate a criminal prosecution.
(b) Commence an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, in the case of a person holding a registration under this act, or commence a civil violation proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction regarding any other person.
(3) Upon finding a violation of any provision of this act or rules promulgated under this act as a result of the commencement of an action under subsection (2)(b), the court shall assess a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00 for each violation plus the actual costs of the investigation and the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation as prescribed in subsection (1).
(4) The decision of the director pursuant to a proceeding under this section is subject to appropriate judicial review as provided by law.
(5) The director shall advise the attorney general of the failure of any person to pay a civil fine imposed under this section. The attorney general shall bring an action in court to recover the fine.
(6) Any civil fines or recovery of any economic benefits that are recovered for a violation of this act and collected under this section must be paid to the general fund and credited to the department for the enforcement of this act.
History:
Add. 2002, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.632 - Temporary Restraining Order; Preliminary or Permanent Injunction.

290.632 Temporary restraining order; preliminary or permanent injunction.
Sec. 32.
The director is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provisions of this act or from conducting any commercial transaction that requires the use of a commercial weight or measure.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 194, Eff. Sept. 15, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.633 - Proof of Existence of Weight, Measure or Device; Presumption.

290.633 Proof of existence of weight, measure or device; presumption.
Sec. 33.
Proof of the existence of a weight, measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, shall be presumptive proof of the regular use of such weight, measure or weighing or measuring device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand or vehicle.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.634 - Repeal.

290.634 Repeal.
Sec. 34.
Act No. 168 of the Public Acts of 1913, as amended, being sections 290.1 to 290.10 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.
History:
1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act (290.601 - 290.635) › Section 290.635 - Rescission of R 285.559.

290.635 Rescission of R 285.559.
Sec. 35.
R 285.559 of the Michigan administrative code is rescinded.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards › Act 44 of 1984 - Motor Fuels Quality Act (290.641 - 290.650d) › Section 290.641 - Short Title.

290.641 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motor fuels quality act".
History:
1984, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties relating to purity and quality standards for biofuels from department of energy, labor, and economic growth to department of agriculture, see E.R.O. No. 2009-4, compiled at MCL 445.2026.