New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 16 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- 176 - Declaration of Policy and Purpose.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary and orderly conversion to the metric system of weights and measures is of vital importance to the...
- 177 - Authorized Systems of Weights and Measures; Basic Units.
1. The metric system of weights and measures and the system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States are jointly recognized,...
- 178 - Physical Standards of Weights and Measures.
The primary standards within this state shall be the weights and measures furnished by the government of the United States, based upon the federal prototype...
- 179 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.
The commissioner is hereby authorized to: 1. Administer, supervise and enforce the provisions of this article. 2. Promulgate such rules and regulations as he may...
- 180 - Municipal Directors of Weights and Measures.
1. There shall be a county director of weights and measures in each county, except where (a) a county is wholly embraced within a city...
- 181 - Powers and Duties of Municipal Directors; Prosecution for Violations; Local Fees.
Each municipal director appointed pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred eighty of this article, personally or through his authorized agents, shall: 1. Administer,...
- 182 - Notification and Use of Weighing and Measuring Devices.
No person shall use, for the purpose of determining the weight, quantity or price of any commodity sold, or offered or exposed for sale, any...
- 183 - Sealing of Approved Devices.
1. Whenever any weights and measures official inspects any weighing or measuring device or system and finds that it corresponds with, or causes it to...
- 184 - Condemnation, Seizure or Repair of False Devices.
1. Whenever any weights and measures official inspects any weighing or measuring device or system and finds that it does not correspond with the standards...
- 185 - Stop-Use, Stop-Removal and Removal Orders.
1. Any weights and measures official shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights, measures, and...
- 186 - Possession and Use of False Devices; Responsibility.
1. No person shall retain in his possession any weight, measure or weighing and measuring device or system, knowing it to be false, with intent...
- 187 - Oscillation of Weighing Devices.
No person selling, or offering for sale a commodity by net weight shall quote or state the net weight or the total selling price of...
- 188 - Service Charge Based on Quantity.
No person shall impose a service charge which is based upon quantity in excess of the actual quantity of any commodity or article serviced. Nothing...
- 189 - Method of Sale of Commodities Generally.
All commodities, the method of sale of which is not prescribed by this chapter, shall be sold, or offered or exposed for sale by net...
- 190 - Method of Sale of Food and Food Products.
1. Definition of "food" and "food product." The terms "food" and "food product," as used in this section, shall include all material, solid, liquid or...
- 190-a - Home Food Service Plan Sales.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. "Home food...
- 190-b - Sale of Meat in Bulk or on a Gross or Hanging Weight Basis.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. "Primal source"...
- 191 - Standardized Packaging.
1. For the purposes of this section: a. "Food store" shall mean a store selling primarily food at retail, which store is not primarily engaged...
- 192 - Sale and Delivery of Petroleum Products.
1. No device shall be used for the purpose of dispensing and measuring petroleum products unless the owner of such device has complied with section...
- 192-a - Fuel Octane Labelling Requirements.
1. Automotive fuel ratings, certification and posting for automotive gasoline. No person shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale any automotive gasoline unless it meets...
- 192-b - Fuel Lead Content Labelling and Requirements.
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Distributor" shall mean any person who transports or stores or...
- 192-c - Motor Fuel Standards and Labelling; Cetane Rating of Diesel Fuel; Alcohol Content.
1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "Co-solvent" means an alcohol with a higher molecular weight than...
- 192-e - Sale and Delivery of Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
1. Definition. For the purpose of this section "liquefied petroleum gas" shall mean any material or substance which is predominantly composed of any of the...
- 192-f - Bulk Sales or Transportation; Coal and Coke.
1. This section shall apply to the bulk sale or transportation of coal, coke, feed for domestic animals, fertilizer, lime and household goods, and any...
- 192-g - Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether; Prohibited.
1. For the purposes of this section, "gasoline" shall mean any fuel sold for use in motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines, and commonly or...
- 192-h - Alternate Generated Power Source At Retail Gasoline Outlets.
1. Definitions. When used in this section: (a) "Alternate generated power source" means electric generating equipment that is of a capacity that is capable of...
- 193 - Fair Packaging and Labeling of Containers.
When commodities are sold, or offered or exposed for sale in containers, the net quantity of the contents shall be plainly and conspicuously marked, branded...
- 194 - False Labels.
1. No individual, partnership, corporation, association or firm shall put upon any commodity sold, offered or exposed for sale or upon any container, package, ticket...
- 195 - Licensing of Weighmasters; Duties.
1. No person shall act as a weighmaster, issue or sign any weight tickets, or carry out any functions of a weighmaster unless licensed pursuant...
- 195-a - Weight Tickets Issued in Other States.
Whenever in any state requiring weighing licenses or weight tickets, the administrative officer in charge thereof is authorized by statute to recognize and accept weighing...
- 196 - Statewide Uniformity.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or local law, the commissioner may, in order to secure uniform regulation of weights and measures...
- 197 - Construction of Contracts.
All contracts made within the state for work to be done, or for the sale and delivery of personal property by weight or measure shall...
- 197-a - Weights and Measures Fees.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to deposit all money received in payment of fees...
- 197-b - Retail Pricing Accuracy.
1. Definitions. a. "Retail store" shall mean a store that sells stock-keeping units directly to consumers and charges or is liable for the collection of...
Last modified: February 3, 2019