The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, entitled “Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to commercial weighing and measuring devices in the State of Georgia, except insofar as modified or rejected by rules and regulations.
History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-1/HB 252.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards” in the middle of this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.’
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 10-2-2. Recognized Systems of Weights and Measures
§ 10-2-3. Primary Standards of Weights and Measures; Prescribing and Verifying Secondary Standards
§ 10-2-4. Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices
§ 10-2-5. Powers and Duties of Commissioner Generally
§ 10-2-7. Misrepresentation of Quantity in Selling or Buying Prohibited
§ 10-2-8. Misrepresentation or Deception in Pricing by Weight, Measure, or Count Prohibited
§ 10-2-9. Permissible Methods of Selling by Quantity
§ 10-2-10. Delivery Tickets for Bulk Sales and Bulk Deliveries of Heating Fuel
§ 10-2-11. Information Required on Packages
§ 10-2-12. Unit Price Required on Packages With Random Weights
§ 10-2-13. Advertisements of Packaged Commodities Must State Quantity With Retail Price
§ 10-2-15. Grain Moisture Testing Equipment — Standards; Inspections
§ 10-2-16. Grain Moisture Testing Equipment — Operator to Obtain Permit
§ 10-2-17. Inspection of Scales Used in Intrastate Shipments
§ 10-2-18. When Weight, Measure, or Weighing or Measuring Device Presumed Used in Business
§ 10-2-19. Manner of Display of Measurement of Compressed Natural Gas on Dispensing Devices
§ 10-2-20. Enjoining Violations
§ 10-2-21. Administrative Penalty for Violations; Judicial Review; Proceedings for Collection
§ 10-2-22. Criminal Penalty for Violations
§ 10-2-23. Sale and Measurement of Pulpwood, Sawtimber, Poles, and Other Types of Timber