CHAPTER 2. Administration [12100. - 12246.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 43.

§§ 12100–12246 · 42 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. State Administration §§ 12100–12108 · 13 sections

   • § 12100 Where not otherwise provided by law, the Department of Food and Agriculture has general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing and measuring…
   • § 12101 The department shall investigate conditions in the various counties and cities in respect to weights and measures, and to the sale of goods, wares and…
   • § 12102 The department shall annually report to the Governor, and shall prior to each regular session report to the Legislature the work under this division, and shall…
   • § 12103 The department shall keep a complete record of all of its acts, a record of prosecutions, and the reports of the various sealers. These records and reports…
   • § 12103.5 The duty of enforcing this division and carrying out its provisions and requirements is vested in the secretary and in each sealer acting under the supervision…
   • § 12104 (a) The department shall issue instructions and make recommendations to the county sealers, and the instructions and recommendations shall govern the procedure…
   • § 12104.5 The secretary may allocate annually to each county an amount determined by the secretary not to exceed one-third of the amount expended by the county pursuant…
   • § 12105 The department shall, at a frequency determined by the secretary, inspect the work of the local sealers and may inspect the weights, measures, balances, or any…
   • § 12106 The department shall, at least once annually and as often as requested by the Department of General Services or the executive officer of a state institution,…
   • § 12106.5 The secretary may accept the testing and sealing of weighing and measuring devices by another state upon a finding that the requirements of California for…
   • § 12107 The secretary shall establish tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. In doing so, the secretary…
   • § 12107.1 The secretary, by regulation, may establish a standard or standards of net weight or net measure, or net count of any commodity, except any manufactured…
   • § 12108 The secretary may arrange for the services of a sealer employed in a county on a collaborative basis and allow reasonable compensation and expenses for the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Local Administration §§ 12200–12215 · 23 sections

   • § 12200 There is in each county the office of county sealer of weights and measures. The county sealer shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, except in…
   • § 12201 If from any cause a vacancy occurs in the office of county sealer, the secretary upon learning of the vacancy shall immediately transmit to the board of…
   • § 12201.1 The salary and other compensation provided for the county sealer, deputy county sealers and inspectors and clerks shall be paid out of the county treasury in…
   • § 12201.2 If the position of sealer cannot be filled by the board of supervisors or other appointing power or by the secretary as provided in Section 12201, then it…
   • § 12202 (a) The secretary shall cause to be examined persons desiring to become county sealers, deputy county sealers, or inspectors and shall adopt rules and…
   • § 12203 Except as provided in this section, no person shall hereafter be appointed to the office of county sealer, deputy county sealer, or inspector unless he or she…
   • § 12204 In chartered counties providing for the civil service examination of sealers, deputy sealers, or inspectors the secretary shall issue a license without further…
   • § 12205 For the purpose of receiving advice on the best and most efficacious methods of performing his or her duties and conducting his or her office, every county…
   • § 12206 The jurisdiction of a county sealer appointed by a county or the secretary extends over the entire territorial limits of the county.
   • § 12207 The department shall furnish an identification card to each sealer. The identification card shall be of a form as prescribed by the department and shall be…
   • § 12209 Every sealer shall: (a) Carefully preserve all copies of the standards of weights and measures in his possession; (b) Keep the copies in a safe and suitable…
   • § 12209.5 Each sealer may, when so directed by the board of supervisors, issue and cause to be distributed to such persons as he may deem proper illustrative material or…
   • § 12209.6 (a) A county sealer may test and certify the accuracy of all parking meters located in the county in which the sealer has jurisdiction, including, but not…
   • § 12209.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Correct” has the same meaning as defined in Section 12500. (2) “Electric vehicle…
   • § 12210 (a) Each sealer shall, within his or her county inspect, try and test all weights, scales, beams, measures of any kind, instruments or mechanical devices for…
   • § 12210.3 (a) A county sealer who possesses the appropriate equipment to perform tests on water submeters shall inspect, test, and certify to the accuracy of a water…
   • § 12210.5 (a) Any county which inspects or tests any weighing or measuring device or instrument used commercially, at the request of the owner or user of that device,…
   • § 12210.7 A county sealer shall, within his or her county and upon written request of the owner, user, or operator of the water submeter, authorize the installation of a…
   • § 12211 Each sealer shall, from time to time, weigh or measure packages, containers, or amounts of commodities sold, or in the process of delivery, in order to…
   • § 12212 (a) The secretary shall adopt necessary regulations governing the inspection frequency of all commercially used weights, measures, and weighing and measuring…
   • § 12213 Each sealer may, in the general performance of his duty, without formal warrant, enter or go into or upon, any stand, place, building or premises or stop any…
   • § 12214 (a) Upon satisfactory evidence presented to the secretary that the county sealer of any county is guilty of neglect of duty, incompetence, or misconduct in…
   • § 12215 A county sealer who receives information or evidence indicating that any weighing or measuring device, parking meter, or other installation under the county…
3. ARTICLE 2.1. Fees and Charges §§ 12240–12246 · 6 sections

   • § 12240 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the county board of supervisors, by ordinance, may charge an annual registration fee, not to exceed the…
   • § 12241 The secretary shall establish by regulation an annual administrative fee to recover reasonable administrative and enforcement costs incurred by the department…
   • § 12242 The revenue from any fee charged pursuant to Section 12240 shall be deposited in the general fund of the county and used solely for the activities required by…
   • § 12243 In addition to providing notice as otherwise required, before adopting an ordinance charging fees pursuant to Section 12240, the board of supervisors shall…
   • § 12244 Any costs incurred by the board of supervisors in conducting the required meeting may be recovered from fees charged for the services which were the subject of…
   • § 12246 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.