The Arkansas Bureau of Standards may by regulation adopted pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., adopt as a regulation of the bureau specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices set out in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 44 and 130, or in any similar publication issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In drafting the regulations, the bureau shall consider whether the specifications, tolerances, and regulations published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology are consistent with the needs of Arkansas businesses and consumers and may modify, amend, or delete suggested language found in the National Institute of Standards and Technology handbooks.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions
Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures
Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law
§ 4-18-302. Systems of weights and measures
§ 4-18-303. Physical standards
§ 4-18-304. Technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices
§ 4-18-305. Requirements for packaging and labeling
§ 4-18-306. Requirements for the method of sale of commodities
§ 4-18-307. Requirements for unit pricing
§ 4-18-309. Requirements for open dating
§ 4-18-310. Requirements for type evaluation
§ 4-18-311. State Division of Weights and Measures
§ 4-18-312. Powers and duties of the State Plant Board
§ 4-18-313. Special police powers
§ 4-18-314. Powers and duties of local officials
§ 4-18-315. Misrepresentation of quantity
§ 4-18-316. Misrepresentation of pricing
§ 4-18-319. Information required on packages
§ 4-18-320. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages
§ 4-18-321. Advertising packages for sale
§ 4-18-324. Criminal penalties
§ 4-18-325. Restraining order and injunction
§ 4-18-326. Presumptive evidence
§ 4-18-327. Rules to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute
§ 4-18-329. Fees for tests or inspections
§ 4-18-331. Legal weight of bushel of specific commodities
§ 4-18-332. Bushel of apples — Lawful measure
§ 4-18-334. Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards
§ 4-18-336. State standards — Certification
§ 4-18-337. Office and field standards — Verification
§ 4-18-338. Rules — Correct and incorrect apparatus
§ 4-18-339. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus
§ 4-18-342. Packages or amounts of commodities — Inspection — Disposition of nonconforming units