SB 1857 Summary

• Amends Oklahoma weights and measures law to add 15 new definitions including "advertised price," "consumer item," "computer-assisted checkout system," "shelf price," and "Universal Product Code (UPC)."

• Makes it unlawful for stores to charge retail prices exceeding the lowest price offered in that store, whether shelf, sale, advertised, or otherwise publicly communicated.

• Requires retailers to disclose item prices either by marking items with retail prices in Arabic numerals or by posting shelf prices and maintaining price look-up functions at point of sale.

• Establishes inspection procedures with sample sizes of 50-300 consumer items and penalties ranging from warning letters to $500 per item for overcharges, with escalating penalties for repeated violations within 12-month periods.

• Revokes prior adoption of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130 but requires inspectors to generally conform to current Handbook 130 standards; effective July 1, 2010 as emergency legislation.