Hawaii Revised Statutes 486. Measurement Standards
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 486-1 Definitions.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Administrator" means the...
- 486-2 Cooperation; Uniformity of Regulations.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-2 Cooperation; uniformity of regulations. The board may cooperate and enter into agreements with any...
- 486-3 Construction.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-3 Construction. The license required by any part of this chapter shall be in addition...
- 486-4 Measurement Standards Branch; Administrator.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-4 Measurement standards branch; administrator. There shall be a measurement standards branch within the department....
- 486-5 Powers and Duties of the Administrator, and Inspectors.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-5 Powers and duties of the administrator, and inspectors. The administrator may delegate any of...
- 486-6 General Powers and Duties of Board.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-6 General powers and duties of board. The board shall have the custody of the...
- 486-7 Specific Powers and Duties of the Board; Rules.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-7 Specific powers and duties of the board; rules. (a) The board shall adopt reasonable...
- 486-8 to 22 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §§486-8 to 22 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §§23 to 37.
- 486-23 Investigations; Power to Subpoena.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-23 Investigations; power to subpoena. The administrator shall investigate complaints deemed appropriate and advisable to...
- 486-24 Stop-Use, Stop-Sale, Hold, and Removal Orders.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-24 Stop-use, stop-sale, hold, and removal orders. The administrator may issue citations and, incident thereto,...
- 486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §§486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §§38 to 42.
- 486-29 Hindering or Obstructing an Officer or Inspector; Bribery; Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-29 Hindering or obstructing an officer or inspector; bribery; penalties. Any person who shall hinder...
- 486-30 Forgery; Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-30 Forgery; penalties. Any person who shall forge any official device, seal, or mark, shall...
- 486-31 Enforcement; Citation and Notice to Appear; Penalty; Right of Entry and Inspection; Stopping Vehicles.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-31 Enforcement; citation and notice to appear; penalty; right of entry and inspection; stopping vehicles....
- 486-32 Offenses and Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-32 Offenses and penalties. (a) Criminal. Any person who performs any one of the acts...
- 486-33 Injunction.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-33 Injunction. In addition to any other remedy by law provided, the chairperson may apply...
- 486-34 Presumptive Evidence.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-34 Presumptive evidence. For the purposes of the effective enforcement of the respective parts of...
- 486-35 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-35 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §43.
- 486-36 Remedies.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. §486-36 Remedies. Notwithstanding other penalties provided in this chapter, including but not limited to penalties...
- 486-37 Rules; Severability and Continuation.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §8. [§486-37] Rules; severability and continuation. (a) If any provision of the rules adopted under this...
PART II. PETROLEUM PRODUCT ACCOUNTING AND INSPECTION
- 486-50 Definitions.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-50 Definitions. As used in...
- 486-51 Applicability.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-51 Applicability. (a) Petroleum products...
- 486-52 Measurement Standard.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-52 Measurement standard. (a) Any...
- 486-52.5 Price Posting by Gallon Required.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. [§486-52.5] Price posting by gallon...
- 486-53 Violations; Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-53 Violations; penalties. Any person...
- 486-54 Investigations.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-54 Investigations. The administrator may,...
- 486-55 General Duties and Powers.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. [§486-55] General duties and powers....
- 486-56 Adoption of Standards and Rules.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19. Cross References Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J. §486-56 Adoption of standards and...
PART III. ODOMETERS
- 486-70 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-70 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §44.
- 486-71 Definitions.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-71 Definitions. For the purposes of this part: "Odometer" is an analog or digital measuring...
- 486-72 to 74 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §§486-72 to 74 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §§45 to 47.
- 486-75 Properly Functioning Odometer Required.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-75 Properly functioning odometer required. No person shall introduce in the State for any purpose...
- 486-76 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-76 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §48.
- 486-77 Odometers; Prohibitions; Exemptions.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-77 Odometers; prohibitions; exemptions. (a) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Tamper with an odometer,...
- 486-78 Authority to Inspect.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-78 Authority to inspect. The administrator may upon the administrator's own initiative or upon complaint,...
- 486-79 Citation and Notice to Appear.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-79 Citation and notice to appear. The administrator may issue to any person violating this...
- 486-80 Impoundment of Evidence.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-80 Impoundment of evidence. The administrator may, for a period not to exceed ninety-six hours,...
- 486-81 Confiscation of Evidence.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-81 Confiscation of evidence. The administrator or any authorized inspector may confiscate as evidence any...
- 486-82 Nonscheduled Inspection, Permissible.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-82 Nonscheduled inspection, permissible. Any authorized inspector may, where probable cause exists, require the driver...
- 486-83 Scheduled Inspection.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-83 Scheduled inspection. The administrator or any authorized inspector may schedule odometer system inspection for...
- 486-84 Civil Action.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-84 Civil action. (a) Any person who violates any requirement imposed under this part shall...
- 486-85, 86 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §§486-85, 86 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, §§49, 50.
- 486-87 Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §21. §486-87 Penalties. Any person guilty of committing any of the prohibited acts or omitting any...
PART IV. BREAD WEIGHT--REPEALED
PART V. MEASUREMENT STANDARDS, UNIFORM
PACKAGING AND LABELING
- 486-101 Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: "Net weight" means: (1) As applied to commodities, the weight of a commodity excluding...
- 486-102 Systems of Measurement.
The United States customary system of weights and measures and the metric system of measurement are jointly recognized, and either one or both shall...
- 486-103 State Measurement Standards.
The state measurement standard artifacts shall be in conformity with the measurement standards of the United States. As applicable, they shall have been calibrated...
- 486-104 Secondary Standards and Equipment.
The State shall supply secondary standards and other equipment as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. These standards shall be...
- 486-105 General Testing.
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the department, through the measurement standards branch, shall inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all...
- 486-106 Testing At State-Supported Institutions.
The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall from time to time test all measures used in establishing or verifying any other measurement, including...
- 486-107 Type Evaluation; Requirements; Certificate of Conformance.
Any weight or measure, or any weighing or measuring instrument or device, shall have a certificate of conformance indicating that it has passed a...
- 486-108 Use; Disposition of Correct or Incorrect Apparatus.
The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall seal or mark with appropriate devices, such measures and measurement standards as it finds, upon inspection...
- 486-109 Duties of Owners or Custodians of Measuring Apparatus.
Measures and measurement standards shall be subject to the control of the department, through the measurement standards branch, until such time as they receive...
- 486-110 Method of Sale of Commodities; General.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or by firmly established trade custom and practice, or exempted by a rule of the board: (1)...
- 486-111 Packages; Information Required; Variations; Exemptions.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any package introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose...
- 486-112 Declarations of Unit Price on Random Packages.
In addition to the declarations required by section 486-111, any package that is one of a lot containing random measure of the same commodity...
- 486-113 Deceptive Package.
No commodity shall be so wrapped or labeled, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled as to mislead the...
- 486-114 Advertising Packages for Sale.
Whenever a package is advertised in any manner, excluding its labeling, and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there...
- 486-115 Sale by Net Measure.
Commodities or services shall be offered for sale on a net weight or net measure basis. [L 1991, c 153, pt of §6]
- 486-116 Misrepresentation of Price.
Whenever any commodity or service is bought or sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale or purchase, by weight, measure, or count,...
- 486-117 Inspection of Packages.
(a) The department, through the measurement standards branch, shall measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold,...
- 486-118 Misbranding.
(a) No person shall deliver for introduction, hold for introduction or introduce into the State; or keep, offer, or expose for sale; or sell...
- 486-118.5 Ni‛ihau Shells; Representing Content.
(a) For the purposes of this section, "Ni‛ihau shells" means seashells harvested from the island of Ni‛ihau, its waters, or its beaches. (b) Except...
- 486-119 Hawaii-Made Products; Hawaii-Processed Products.
(a) No person shall keep, offer, display or expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product, souvenir, or any other...
- 486-119.5 Acacia Koa Wood; Representing Content.
In addition to all other label and branding requirements, no person shall offer, display, expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any...
- 486-120 "Island Fresh" Milk.
(a) No person shall keep, offer, display, expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any processed milk or milk product which is...
- 486-120.5 Macadamia Nuts; Labeling Requirements.
(a) If a label on a consumer package contains language that all of the raw or processed macadamia nuts contained in the package were...
- 486-120.6 Hawaii-Grown Roasted or Instant Coffee; Labeling Requirements.
(a) In addition to all other labeling requirements, the identity statement used for labeling or advertising roasted or instant coffee produced in whole or...
- 486-121 Misrepresentation of Quantity.
No person shall: (1) Sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity represented; (2) Take any more than the quantity represented when...
- 486-122 Sale From Bulk.
All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement, all bulk deliveries of heating fuel, and...
- 486-123 Nonapplicability.
This part shall not apply to measures or measuring devices utilized in public utilities that are subject to measurement standards control under any other...
PART VI. MEASUREMASTERS
- 486-131 Definitions.
For the purposes of this part: "Certificate of measure" includes a certificate of measure issued in compliance with this part, and shall be prima...
- 486-132 Enforcement; Rules.
The board is authorized to enforce the provisions of this part and shall adopt reasonable rules for the implementation and enforcement of this part....
- 486-133 Requirement for Measuremaster License; Duties; Prohibitions.
Any person who engages in public weighing shall be licensed as a public measuremaster and shall perform the duties as specified by rule of...
- 486-134 Optional Licensing.
The following persons shall not be required, but shall be permitted, to obtain licenses as public measuremasters: (1) A law enforcement or measurement standards...
- 486-135 Reciprocal Acceptance of Certificates.
Whenever in any other state that licenses public weighmasters or measuremasters there is statutory authority for the recognition and acceptance of the certificates issued...
- 486-136 Offenses and Penalties.
(a) Criminal. Any person who performs any one of the acts enumerated in this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Use or...
- 486-137 Suspension and Revocation of License.
The board is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any public measuremaster: (1) When it is satisfied, after a hearing pursuant to...
Last modified: October 27, 2016