Vermont § 2633 - Specific powers and duties of Secretary; rules

§ 2633. Specific powers and duties of Secretary; rules

• (a) The Secretary shall issue from time to time reasonable rules for the enforcement of
  this chapter, which rules shall have the force and effect of law. The rules may include
  (1) standards of net weight, measure, or count, and reasonable standards of fill,
  for any commodity in package form, (2) rules governing the technical and reporting
  procedures to be followed and the report and record forms and marks of approval and
  rejection to be used by inspectors of weights and measures in the discharge of their
  official duties, (3) exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of section 2639 of this title with respect to weights and measures of such character or size that such sealing
  or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, or damaging to the apparatus in
  question. These rules shall include specifications, tolerances, and other technical
  requirements for weights and measures of the character of those specified in section 2635 of this title, designed to eliminate from use, without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as
  closely as practicable to the official standards, those (1) that are not accurate,
  (2) that are of such construction that they are faulty, that is, that are not reasonably
  permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications correctly, or (3)
  that facilitate the perpetration of fraud. (b) The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial, law
  enforcement, data gathering, and other weighing and measuring devices, as adopted
  by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in National Institute
  of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, “Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical
  Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,” and supplements thereto, or revisions
  thereof, shall apply to weighing and measuring devices in the State, except insofar
  as modified or rejected by regulation. (c) The uniform regulation for packaging and labeling, the uniform regulation for unit
  pricing, the uniform regulation for national type evaluation, and the uniform regulation
  for the method of sale of commodities, except for bread, as adopted by the National
  Conference on Weights and Measures, and published by the National Institute of Standards
  and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” together with amendments,
  supplements, and revisions thereto, are adopted as part of this chapter except as
  modified or rejected by rule. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 8, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1973, No. 22, § 1; 1977, No. 37; 1991, No. 80, § 1; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1993, No. 74, § 6; 2015, No. 39, § 19; 2023, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2024.)