Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2642

  • Inspector: means a State inspector of weights and measures. See
  • Person: means both the plural and singular, as the case demands and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets or his or her designee. See
  • Weights and measures: means all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and devices including electric vehicle supply equipment available to the public, as defined in subdivision 2730(a)(14) of this title, but not including meters for the measurement of electricity, gas (natural or manufactured), or water when they are operated in a public utility system. See

§ 2642. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

Weights and measures that have been rejected under the authority of the Secretary or of an inspector shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has been made as required by this section. The owners of the rejected weights and measures shall cause them to be made correct within the period authorized by the rejecting authority; or, in lieu of this, may dispose of them, but only in such manner as is specifically authorized by the rejecting authority. Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially until they have been officially re-examined and found to be correct or until specific written permission for that use is issued by the rejecting authority; or until the rejection tag has been removed and the rejected device repaired and placed in service by a person duly registered to do so. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 17, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)