Florida Statutes Title XXXIII Chapter 531 - Weights, Measures, And Standards

• 531.36 - Title.
  This act may be cited as the “Weights and Measures Act of 1971.”History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101.
• 531.37 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter:(1) “Weights and measures” means all weights and measures of every kind, instruments, and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliance...
• 531.38 - Systems Of Weights And Measures.
  The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and...
• 531.39 - State Standards.
  Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the Federal Government, or approved as being satisfactory by the National...
• 531.40 - Technical Requirements For Commercial Devices.
  The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices, as determined by regulations adopted by the department, which regulations shall afford...
• 531.41 - Powers And Duties Of The Department.
  The department shall:(1) Maintain traceability of the state standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.(2) Enforce the provisions of this chapter.(3) Adopt rules pursuant to ss....
• 531.415 - Fees.
  (1) The department shall charge and collect the following fees for actual metrology laboratory calibration and testing services rendered:(a) For each mass standard that is tested or...
• 531.42 - Special Police Powers.
  With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and rules pursuant thereto, the department is:(1) Empowered to seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any...
• 531.421 - Powers And Duties Of Local Officials.
  Any weights and measures official appointed for a county or city may exercise, in cooperation with the state, the duties enumerated in s. 531.41(9)-(13) and...
• 531.43 - Misrepresentation Of Quantity.
  No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale less than the quantity he or she represents, nor take any more than the quantity...
• 531.44 - Misrepresentation Of Pricing; Verification Procedures.
  (1) No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor...
• 531.45 - Method Of Sale.
  Except as otherwise provided by rule of the department, commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight, and commodities not...
• 531.46 - Bulk Sale.
  Bulk sales in excess of $20 shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information:(1) The name and address of the vendor and purchaser;(2) The...
• 531.47 - Information Required On Packages.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules adopted pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed...
• 531.48 - Declarations Of Unit Price On Random Packages.
  In addition to the declarations required by s. 531.47, any package being one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity and bearing...
• 531.49 - Advertising Packages For Sale.
  Whenever a packaged commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price stated, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with the retail price...
• 531.50 - Administrative Fine, Penalties, And Offenses.
  (1) The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against a person who violates this chapter or any rule adopted...
• 531.51 - Injunction.
  The department is authorized, without bond, to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating...
• 531.52 - Presumptive Evidence.
  Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or...
• 531.53 - Regulations To Be Unaffected By Repeal Of Prior Enabling Statute.
  The enactment of this chapter or any of its provisions shall not affect any rule adopted pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute...
• 531.60 - Permit For Commercially Operated Or Tested Weights Or Measures Instrument Or Devices.
  (1) A weights and measures instrument or device may not operate or be used for commercial purposes, as defined by department rule, within this state without...
• 531.61 - Exemptions From Permit Requirement.
  Commercial weights or measures instruments or devices are exempt from the permit requirements of ss. 531.60-531.66 if:(1) The device is a taximeter that is licensed, permitted,...
• 531.62 - Permit Application And Renewal.
  (1) An application for a weights and measures commercial use permit shall be submitted to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department...
• 531.63 - Maximum Permit Fees.
  The commercial use permit fees established for weights or measures instruments or devices shall be in an amount necessary to administer this chapter but may...
• 531.64 - Suspension And Revocation Of Permits.
  Any permit issued under s. 531.62 may be suspended or revoked by the department if the devices or instruments for which the permit is issued...
• 531.65 - Unauthorized Use; Penalties.
  If a weights or measures instrument or device is used commercially without a valid commercial use permit, the department may:(1) Prohibit the further commercial use of...
• 531.66 - Forms; Rules.
  (1) The department shall prescribe such forms, permits, certificates, and identification tags or stickers it considers necessary to carry out the permitting provisions of ss. 531.60-531.66.(2) The...
• 531.67 - Expiration Of Sections.
  Sections 531.60, 531.61, 531.62, 531.63, 531.64, 531.65, and 531.66 shall expire July 1, 2020.History.—s. 1, ch. 2013-55; s. 36, ch. 2013-251.

Last modified: September 23, 2016