PA HB1671 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on July 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-21 - Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Pending: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in weights and measures, further providing for definitions, for office and working standards and equipment, for specific powers and duties of department and regulations, for testing and inspections of standards, for general testing and inspections, for registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes, for police powers, right of entry and stoppage, for powers and duties of director and inspector, for city and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures, appointment and powers and duties, for method of sale of commodities, for butter, oleomargarine and margarine, for fluid dairy products, for flour, cornmeal and hominy grits, for licenses, for weighmasters' certificates, for preparation of weighmaster's certificate, for scale requirement, for disposition of copies of certificates, for suspension of revocation of licenses, for sales by weight, for meter required, for investigations and for disposition of funds, providing for interim procedures and establishing the Weights and Measures Restricted Account.

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Title

In weights and measures, further providing for definitions, for office and working standards and equipment, for specific powers and duties of department and regulations, for testing and inspections of standards, for general testing and inspections, for registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes, for police powers, right of entry and stoppage, for powers and duties of director and inspector, for city and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures, appointment and powers and duties, for method of sale of commodities, for butter, oleomargarine and margarine, for fluid dairy products, for flour, cornmeal and hominy grits, for licenses, for weighmasters' certificates, for preparation of weighmaster's certificate, for scale requirement, for disposition of copies of certificates, for suspension of revocation of licenses, for sales by weight, for meter required, for investigations and for disposition of funds, providing for interim procedures and establishing the Weights and Measures Restricted Account.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-07-21HouseReferred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS

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