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.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 43 - Weights and Measures
Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles
Section 43-17. - Pound, hundredweight, ton, barrel, gallon.
Section 43-18. - Bushel. Charcoal, flour, potatoes.
Section 43-19. - Weight of bushel in various articles. Penalty.
Section 43-19a. - Sale and advertising of poultry to be by weight.
Section 43-20. - Bulk grains, feeds and feedstuffs to be sold by weight.
Section 43-21. - Seals on containers or vehicles.
Section 43-23. - Manufacture, sale and use of milk bottles.
Section 43-24. - Testing machines used in weighing milk or cream.
Section 43-25. - Weight of sand and gravel.
Section 43-28. - Sale of coal and coke by weight.
Section 43-29. - Location of scales. Fee for testing scales outside the state.
Section 43-30. - Not to apply to foreign or interstate commerce.
Section 43-31. - Sale of preheated petroleum products to be by weight.
Section 43-32. - Delivery tickets, requirements.
Section 43-33. - Public weighers to secure tare weight.
Section 43-36. - “Liquefied petroleum gas” defined.
Section 43-37. - Sale of liquefied petroleum gas in containers.
Section 43-38. - Sale in package form.
Section 43-39. - Delivery tickets. Units of sale.
Section 43-40. - Sealing of meters.