2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 283 of 1964


WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT

Act 283 of 1964

AN ACT to regulate and provide standards for weights and measures, and the packaging and advertising of certain commodities; to provide for a state director and other officials and to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide a fee system for certain inspections and tests; to provide penalties for fraud and deception in the use of false weights and measures and other violations; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.


History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;--Am. 1975, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 290.601Short title.
Section 290.602Definitions.
Section 290.603Recognized systems of weights and measures; use; recognized definitions, tables, and equivalents governing equipment and transactions.
Section 290.604State primary standards of weights and measures; certification; storage and maintenance; removal from laboratory; use.
Section 290.605Keeping copies of state primary standards as secondary standards; field standards and equipment; verification.
Section 290.606State director of weights and measures; deputy, inspectors.
Section 290.607Custody and records of standards and equipment; enforcement of act; general supervision; annual report.
Section 290.608Rules; exemptions.
Section 290.609State director of weights and measures; testing of standards, inspections; testing of weights and measures for state purchases.
Section 290.609aWeighing device; measuring device; certificates of conformance; participating laboratory.
Section 290.609bService persons and agencies; registration requirements; denial, suspension, or revocation of registration.
Section 290.610State director of weights and measures; inspecting and testing of weights and measures kept for sale or used commercially; sampling.
Section 290.610aInspection fee; fees and expenses for special services; disposition of moneys.
Section 290.610bFee schedules.
Section 290.611State director of weights and measures; investigation of complaints; commercial transactions.
Section 290.612State director of weights and measures; weight, measurement, or inspection of packages of commodities, sampling procedures.
Section 290.613State director of weights and measures; stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, removal orders.
Section 290.614State director of weights and measures; approval, rejection, condemnation, confiscation.
Section 290.615State director of weights and measures; enforcement, seizure without formal warrant.
Section 290.616State director of weights and measures; powers of deputy director and inspectors.
Section 290.617Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; appointment.
Section 290.618Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; jurisdiction; city or county ordinances.
Section 290.619City and county official standards; comparison with state standards.
Section 290.620Joint county and city weights and measures jurisdiction; powers.
Section 290.621State director of weights and measures; concurrent enforcement powers.
Section 290.622Rejected or condemned weights and measures; disposition.
Section 290.623Commodities, liquid, nonliquid, measurement; exceptions.
Section 290.624Package labels; contents; allowable variations.
Section 290.625Package labels; random weights, measures or counts, additional declarations.
Section 290.626Packages; misleading wrappers.
Section 290.627Packages; advertisement, declaration of quantity.
Section 290.628Commodities; sale by weight, net weight.
Section 290.628aMeat, meat products, poultry and seafood sold by weight; food combination sold by weight, quantity representation by total weight of product or combination.
Section 290.628bCommodity or service; sale by weight, measure or count; misrepresentation; display of price including fraction of a cent.
Section 290.628cCommodity sale; method; packaging and labeling requirements; certificate of conformance; compliance standards; registration for service persons and agents.
Section 290.629Assaulting, inflicting bodily injury upon, hindering, or obstructing certain persons in performance of official duties as misdemeanor; penalties.
Section 290.630Impersonation of officers.
Section 290.631Prohibited acts; penalties; fines; closure of facility; inspection; consent order; disposition of fines or recovered amounts; "intentional" defined.
Section 290.631aConsent agreement; proceeding; fines.
Section 290.632Temporary restraining order; preliminary or permanent injunction.
Section 290.633Proof of existence of weight, measure or device; presumption.
Section 290.634Repeal.

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