Weigh Masters, 1995 - 1996

This file contains press releases, a status report on Pennsylvania's weights and measures program, correspondence, notes, legislation

House Bill 2523 of 1996: An Act amending the act of May 5, 1921 (P.L.389, No.187), entitled "An act to regulate and control the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, giving away, and use of weights and measures and of weighing and measuring devices in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; providing for the approval and disapproval of such weights, measures, and devices by the Bureau of Standards; and prescribing penalties," further defining certain terms; providing for the approval of weights, measures and devices; imposing fees; prescribing penalties; and making editorial changes.

House Bill 2524 of 1996: An Act amending the act of December 1, 1965 (P.L.988, No.368), known as the Weights and Measures Act of 1965, further providing for the types of weights and measures governed by the act; imposing duties and conferring powers upon the Department of Agriculture and city and county sealers of weights and measures; authorizing the regulation of persons engaged in selling, installing and repairing of commercial weighing and measuring devices; providing for the registration of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes; providing for county and city sealers of weights and measures and for training; providing for division of responsibilities; further providing for certain standards, for testing, for reporting and for the sale and packaging of certain commodities; providing for disposition of funds; and imposing criminal and civil penalties.

Senate Bill 509 of 1995:An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding provisions relating to weights and measures; regulating the use and sale; providing for the inspection of weighing and measuring devices; regulating the sale and packaging of commodities; authorizing the regulation of persons engaged in selling, installing and repairing commercial weighing and measuring devices; providing for certain standards, for testing and for the sale and packaging of certain commodities; providing for the licensing of public weighmasters and defining their powers and duties; regulating the sale and delivery of solid fuel and other commodities sold by weight; regulating the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, giving away and use of weights and measures and of weighing and measuring devices; providing for the approval and disapproval of such weighing and measuring devices; regulating the delivery of light fuel oil to domestic consumers; providing for certain powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; imposing penalties; and making repeals. Act 155 of 1996