New Mexico Statutes
Article 17 - Standards of Weights and Measures
Section 57-17-4 - Enforcement and administration.

A. Sections 57-17-1 through 57-17-19 NMSA 1978 shall be administered and enforced by the director under the direction of the board. Such sums as may be appropriated by the legislature and fees which are collected shall be allowed to the department for salaries for inspectors and for necessary clerical employees, necessary equipment and supplies, travel and contingent expenses.
B. The board shall after due notice and hearing issue reasonable regulations to carry out the provisions of Articles 17 and 18 of this Chapter 57 NMSA 1978. The regulations shall have the force of law and may include but not be limited to:
(1) standards of weight, measure or count, reasonable standards of fill and labeling requirements for a commodity in package form; and
(2) specifications and tolerances for apparatus, weights and measures designed to eliminate from use apparatus the inaccuracy of which would facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-1-31, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 386, § 4.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1973, ch. 386, §§ 4, 20, repealed 76-1-31, 1953 Comp., relating to the office of the state superintendent of weights and measures, and enacted a new section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Weights and Measures § 12.

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