(1) Ensuring that weights and measures in commercial service within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed and accurate and are so maintained by their owner or user.
(2) Preventing unfair dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold or purchased within this state.
(3) Making available to all users of physical standards or weighing and measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the State Department of Agriculture.
(4) Promoting uniformity, to the extent such conformance is practicable and desirable, between weights and measures requirements of this state and those of other states and federal agencies.
(5) Encouraging desirable economic growth while protecting the consumer through the adoption by rule of weights and measures requirements as necessary to ensure equity among buyers and sellers. [1973 c.293 §3; 2005 c.22 §414]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures
Section 618.010 - Definitions.
Section 618.021 - Duties of director.
Section 618.031 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 618.041 - Standards for weights and measures system; security of state primary standard.
Section 618.086 - Orders restricting distribution of weights and measures.
Section 618.096 - Prohibited acts involving commercial weights and measures.
Section 618.115 - Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments; fees.
Section 618.126 - Exemptions from licensing requirement.
Section 618.136 - Establishing license fees; renewals; disposition of fees.
Section 618.141 - Maximum license fees.
Section 618.146 - Term of licenses; suspension and revocation of licenses.
Section 618.156 - Forms, certificates and identification tags; license application forms.
Section 618.206 - Manner of selling commodities; exemptions; rules.
Section 618.236 - Price misrepresentation prohibited; expressing fractional prices.
Section 618.241 - Written invoice of certain commodity sales required; contents of writing.
Section 618.246 - Sale by weight required for certain food products; labeling requirements.
Section 618.501 - Definitions.
Section 618.521 - Investigative demand; petition to modify.
Section 618.526 - Method of serving investigative demand.
Section 618.531 - Effect of failure to obey investigative demand.