Vermont § 2643 - Licenses; inspections; penalties
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§ 2643. Licenses; inspections; penalties
- (a) No person shall operate a retail point-of-sale laser scanning check-out system with
more than two point-of-sale scanning points without first obtaining a license from
the Secretary. (1) The Secretary may issue a license without first testing the accuracy and use of the
point-of-sale laser scanning check-out system pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (2) The annual license fee shall be $10.00 per individual point-of-sale scanning point
within a store. All single retail units that have two or fewer scanning points shall
be exempt from this fee. (b) The Secretary shall, from time to time, test the accuracy and use of laser scanning
and other computer assisted check-out systems in stores. The Secretary shall compare
the programmed computer price with the item price of any consumer commodity offered
by a store. The store shall provide access to the computer as is necessary to allow
the Secretary to conduct the accuracy test. If, upon review, the programmed price
of a commodity exceeds the price printed on or the advertised price of the commodity,
the store may be subject to license denial, revocation, suspension, or the administrative
penalties allowed by 6 V.S.A. § 15 for overcharge errors identified in more than two percent of the commodities reviewed. (Added 1989, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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