(a)
(1) The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards is appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(2) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) The director is vested with police powers and may:
(1) Arrest with warrant any violator of:
(A) This subchapter; or
(B) Any other act dealing with weights and measures; and
(2) Seize for use as evidence with warrant incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law.
(c) [Repealed.]
(d) The director shall:
(1) Have custody of the state standards of weights and measures and of the other standards and equipment provided under this subchapter;
(2) Keep accurate records of the standards and equipment;
(3) Maintain a general supervision over weights and measures offered for sale, sold, or in use in the state; and
(4) Make a report to the secretary on the activities of his or her office at the end of each fiscal year.
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