HB357 Summary

• Defines "registered service agent" as any individual, agency, firm, company, or corporation that services, repairs, or reconditions weighing or measuring devices for hire and registers with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

• Requires annual testing and inspection of all weighing or measuring devices to be performed by a registered service agent in accordance with Board of Agriculture and Industries rules.

• Authorizes registered service agents to place an approved decal on devices after meeting all requirements, with agents required to provide inspection and test reports to the commissioner.

• Permits the commissioner to suspend or revoke a registered service agent's certificate of registration beginning October 1, 2013, for violations of weights and measures provisions.

• Authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Industries to adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations of the weights and measures chapter, with collected fines deposited into the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury.