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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="11-207.1" title_number="11" title_name="Weights and Measures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless it is approved by the Secretary, a person may not offer to sell or sell any commercial weight and measure in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When approving any commercial weight and measure, the Secretary shall adopt by regulation those specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weights and measures adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and specified in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 44, 105-1, 105-2, and 105-3, as amended.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>These specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements shall remain in effect unless modified or rescinded by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary may deny or revoke any approval if the Secretary determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person has provided false or misleading information to the Secretary about any weight and measure; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The weight and measure does not conform to the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any commercial weight and measure manufactured before October 1, 1992;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any counting scale;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The sale of any weight or measure that has previously been approved by the Secretary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any noncommercial weight and measure sold in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
