Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-61

  • Commodity: means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting system, but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel which is not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct from the seller. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Net weight: means the gross weight of a vehicle minus the tare weight of the vehicle. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • weights and measures: means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • weights and measures officer: means , at the State level, the State superintendent, deputy State superintendent, assistant State superintendent, State supervisor, State metrologist, and State weights and measures officers of all grades. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
The State superintendent may adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes. Statutes, rules and regulations published by the United States Government and standardizing groups listed in the National Bureau of Standards Publication 417, “Directory of United States Standardization Activities,” or any subsequent publication may be adopted by title or reference only. Regulations may include, but are not limited to:

a. Provisions for the administration and enforcement of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes, and the supervision and training of personnel;

b. Testing, inspecting and reporting procedures and exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes with respect to weights and measures of a character or size for which the sealing or marking thereof would not be appropriate;

c. Definitions;

d. Specifications, tolerances and technical requirements for weights and measures;

e. Methods of sale for commodities and services;

f. Standards of net contents, net weight, measure, volume, length, area, time, or count and reasonable standards of fill for any commodity in package form, including exemptions, variations and tolerances with regard to those standards;

g. Exemptions from disclosure pursuant to the public records law, P.L. 1963, c. 73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.), of reports or records in the custody of any weights and measures officer involving trade secrets or computer programs, if the owner of the secret or program so requests the exemption. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a weights and measures officer from introducing that information in a proceeding necessary for the enforcement of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes, but, upon application by the owner, the court may seal the record with regard to that information;

h. Any other matter which the State superintendent deems necessary for the effective enforcement of laws relating to standards, weights and measures, consistent with the provisions of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes.

Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 7, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.

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