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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Procurement of standards.--The mayor of each city and the board of county commissioners of each county to which a delegation of powers and duties has been effected pursuant to section 4121 (relating to powers and duties of director and inspector) shall:
(1) Procure at the expense of the city or county, as the case may be, such standards of weight and measure and such additional equipment to be used for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter in such city or county as may be prescribed by the department.
(2) Provide a suitable office for the sealer.
(3) Make provisions for the necessary clerical services, supplies and transportation and for defraying contingent expenses incident to the official activities of the sealer in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
(b) Official.--When the standards of weight and measure required by this section to be provided by a city or county shall have been examined and approved by the department, they shall be the official standards for the city or county.
(c) Comparisons.--It shall be the duty of the sealer to make or to arrange to have made, at least as frequently as once a year, comparisons between his field standards and appropriate standards of a higher order belonging to his city or county, as the case may be, or to the Commonwealth in order to maintain the field standards in accurate condition.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture § 4123. City and county standards and equipment - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-3-pacsa-agriculture/pa-csa-sect-3-4123/
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