Alaska Statutes Title 45, Chapter 45.75, Article 02 - State and Local Administration of Weight and Measure Regulation

• Sec. 45.75.030 State Director and Inspectors of Weights and Measures.
  The commissioner of transportation and public facilities is ex officio state director of weights and measures. The director may appoint state inspectors.
• Sec. 45.75.040 General Powers and Duties of Director.
  The director is the custodian of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this...
• Sec. 45.75.050 Adoption of Regulations.
  (a) The director shall adopt regulations for the enforcement of this chapter under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). These have the effect of law.(b)...
• Sec. 45.75.060 Office and Working Standards and Equipment.
  The state shall supply the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities with a duplicate set of state standards of weight and measure, referred to...
• Sec. 45.75.070 Testing and Inspection of Local Standards and Weights and Measures At State-Supported Institutions.
  (a) At least once every five years, the director shall test the standards of weight and measure obtained by a city that has appointed...
• Sec. 45.75.080 General Testing.
  (a) The director may inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale. The...
• Sec. 45.75.090 Investigations.
  The director shall investigate complaints of violations of this chapter, and shall initiate and conduct the investigations that the director considers appropriate and advisable...
• Sec. 45.75.100 Inspection of Packages.
  (a) The director shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale...
• Sec. 45.75.110 Stop-Use, Stop-Removal, and Removal Orders.
  (a) The director may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders for weights and measures used or capable of being used commercially. The...
• Sec. 45.75.120 Disposition of Correct and Incorrect Apparatus.
  (a) The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices the weights and measures that the director finds upon inspection...
• Sec. 45.75.130 Police Powers and Right of Entry and Stoppage.
  In the enforcement of this chapter and any other law dealing with weights and measures the director has special police powers. The director may...
• Sec. 45.75.131 Issuance of Citations.
  (a) A peace officer or an employee of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities who is authorized by the commissioner of transportation and...
• Sec. 45.75.133 Bail Forfeiture.
  (a) The supreme court shall specify by rule or order those violations that are appropriate for disposition without court appearance, and shall establish a...
• Sec. 45.75.140 Powers and Duties of Deputy Director and Inspector.
  The powers and duties of the director specified in AS 45.75.070 - 45.75.130, 45.75.170, and 45.75.380 shall also be exercised by the deputy director...
• Sec. 45.75.150 Appointment of City Sealers and Deputy Sealers of Weights and Measures.
  (a) A city may appoint a sealer of weights and measures, and the deputy sealers of weights and measures it needs. If the city...
• Sec. 45.75.160 City Sealers and Deputy Sealers.
  The sealer of a city, and a deputy sealer when acting under the instructions and direction of the sealer, have the same powers and...
• Sec. 45.75.170 Concurrent Jurisdiction.
  In each city having a sealer of weights and measures, the director has concurrent authority to enforce this chapter.
• Sec. 45.75.180 Duty of Owners of Incorrect Apparatus.
  Weights and measures rejected by the director or a sealer remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until suitable repair or disposition...

Last modified: November 15, 2016