Bill Text - SB514 (2010)

(New Title) relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture markets and food.


Revision: May 20, 2010, midnight

SB 514 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

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2010 SESSION

10-2953

08/05

SENATE BILL 514

AN ACT relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture markets and food.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Rep. Kidder, Merr 1; Rep. Patten, Carr 4

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Defines registered service technician.

II. Permits registered service technician to mark commercial weighing or measuring devices in a manner approved by the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food.

III. Repeals the general rulemaking authority of the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/24/10 1118s

05May2010… 1645h

10-2953

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture markets and food.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Registered Service Technician; Definition. Amend RSA 438:1 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:

XIII. “Registered service technician” means an individual who holds a valid certificate of registration from the department of agriculture, market, and food who, for hire, installs, services, repairs, reconditions, tests, or calibrates a commercial weighing or measuring device.

2 New Section; Standards for Weights and Measures; Registered Service Technician. Amend RSA 438 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:

438:14-a Registered Service Technician. A registered service technician who installs, services, repairs, reconditions, tests, or calibrates a commercial weighing or measuring device shall mark said device in a manner approved by the commissioner. This mark shall authorize the device owner to use a licensed device unless rejected pursuant to RSA 438:14.

3 Repeal. RSA 438:8, I(j), relative to the general rulemaking authority of the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food, is repealed.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.