Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.601
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "weights and measures act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT (Act 283 of 1964)
Michigan · statute · 283 of 1964, Mich. Comp. Laws · 45 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.602
Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) "Automatic checkout system" means an electronic device, computer, or machine that determines the price of a consumer item by using a product identity code and may, but is not required to, include an optical scanner. (b) "Certificate of conformance" means a document issued by the NCWM based on t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.603
Recognized systems of weights and measures; use; recognized definitions, tables, and equivalents governing equipment and transactions.
The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and one or the other of these systems or both shall be used, for all commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weigh…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.604
State reference standards of weights and measures; storage; maintenance; removal from laboratory; use.
The state reference standards shall be maintained traceable to the international system of units through calibrations by a national metrology institute and shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the weights and measures laboratory of the department and shall be maintained as recommended by the NIST handbook 143,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.605
Keeping copies of state primary standards as secondary standards; field standards and equipment; verification.
In addition to the state primary standards provided for in section 4, this state shall supply at least 1 complete set of copies of the state primary standards to be kept in the weights and measures laboratory of the department to be known as secondary standards. This state shall also supply field standards and equipmen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.606
State director of weights and measures; deputy; inspectors.
The director by virtue of his or her office shall be state director of weights and measures during his or her term of office. His or her deputy shall be deputy director of weights and measures, and all inspectors appointed by the director shall be state inspectors and sealers of weights and measures.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.607
Custody and records of standards and equipment; enforcement of act; general supervision; annual report.
The director shall: (a) Have the custody of and keep accurate records of the state primary standards of weights and measures and the other standards and equipment provided for by this act. (b) Enforce this act. (c) Have general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold or used in this state. (d)…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.608
Rules; exemptions.
(1) The director may promulgate rules necessary to administer and enforce this act. These rules may include any of the following: (a) Standards of net weight, measure, or count. (b) Technical and reporting procedures and the report and record forms and marks of approval and rejection to be used by inspectors in the dis…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.609
State director of weights and measures; testing of standards, inspections; testing of weights and measures for state purchases.
The director, at least once every 5 years, shall test the standards of weights and measures procured by any city or county for which the appointment of a sealer of weights and measures is provided by this act, and shall approve the same when found to be correct, and he shall inspect such standards at least once every 2…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.609a
Weighing device; measuring device; certificates of conformance; participating laboratory.
(1) A weighing device placed in service after January 1, 1988 must have valid certificates of conformance before use for commercial or law enforcement purposes. A non-NTEP weighing device for special use may be used for products for which an NTEP weighing device is not readily available, if all of the following conditi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.609b
Servicepersons and agencies; registration requirements; fee; denial, suspension, or revocation of registration; enforcement action.
(1) The director shall issue a registration for servicepersons and service agencies seeking registration under this section in accordance with the standards described in section 28c. Registration with the director under this section is voluntary. (2) A person may apply for initial and renewal registration as a servicep…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.610
State director of weights and measures; inspecting and testing of weights and measures kept for sale or used commercially; sampling.
When not otherwise provided by law, the director may inspect, and test to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered or exposed for sale. He shall inspect, and test to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used in (1) determining the weight, measurement or count…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.610a
Inspection fee; fees and expenses for special services; disposition of monies.
(1) A fee shall not be charged for the regular inspection of any weights and measures or commodity subject to this act. A fee shall be charged to the owner or responsible party of any weights and measures or commodity subject to this act under either of the following circumstances: (a) The inspection is a reinspection…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.610b
Fee schedules.
(1) The department may annually adjust the schedule of fees for reinspections, voluntary registrations, type evaluations, special weights and measures inspections, and other special services requested of the department to provide that each category of fee charged is sufficient to cover the cost of the activities and th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.611
State director of weights and measures; investigation of complaints; commercial transactions.
The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this act, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.612
State director of weights and measures; weight, measurement, or inspection of packages of commodities, sampling procedures.
The director, as often as he deems advisable, shall weigh, measure or inspect packages or amounts of commodities offered or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they be offered or exposed for sale, or sold in accordance with law. Wh…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.613
State director of weights and measures; stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, removal orders.
The director may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders or removal orders with respect to weights and measures being or susceptible of being commercially used. He may issue stop-removal orders or removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or in process…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.614
State director of weights and measures; approval, rejection, condemnation, confiscation.
The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be "correct" as defined in section 8. He shall reject or condemn and seal or mark as "rejected" or "condemned" such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.615
State director of weights and measures; enforcement, seizure without formal warrant.
The director is vested with special powers with respect to the enforcement of this act and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce. He may seize for use as evidence without formal warrant incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodities…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.616
State director of weights and measures; powers of deputy director and inspectors.
The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the director by this act are hereby given to and imposed upon the deputy director and inspectors when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.617
Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; appointment.
A sealer of weights and measures, and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors of weights and measures as may be required, may be appointed in and for each city and county by the appointing authority of the city or county.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.618
Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; jurisdiction; city or county ordinances.
The sealer of a city or a county, and his deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within the city or the county for which appointed as are granted to and imposed upon the d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.619
City and county official standards; comparison with state standards.
Standards of weights and measures provided by a city or county, after examination and approval by the director, shall be the official standards for such city or county. The sealer shall make, or arrange to have made, at least as frequently as once in 5 years, comparisons between his standards and appropriate standards…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.620
Joint county and city weights and measures jurisdiction; powers.
A county and 1 or more cities situated therein, with the consent of the director, may establish a joint weights and measures jurisdiction with 1 sealer and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors as may be required, under an agreement between the board of county supervisors and the ci…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.621
State director of weights and measures; concurrent enforcement powers.
The director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this act in counties and cities for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed as provided for in this act.
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