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CHAPTER 5.5. Service Agencies for Weighing and Measuring Devices [12531. - 12544.]

Chapter 5.5 repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 364, Sec. 2.

§§ 12531–12544 · 12 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 12531 · 1 section
    • § 12531 As used in this chapter, the following definitions are applicable: (a) “Service agency” means a person, as defined in Section 12011, that for hire, award,…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Registration §§ 12532–12534 · 3 sections
    • § 12532 (a) No person shall engage in business as a service agency unless the person is registered by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture pursuant to this chapter…
    • § 12533 Before the issuance of its registration or in order to maintain its current registration, a service agency shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Possess, or…
    • § 12534 Commencing January 1, 2001, a service agency shall use suitable and sufficient standards that are permanently and uniquely identified, and have a current…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Fees §§ 12535–12537 · 3 sections
    • § 12535 (a) An application for service agency registration shall be accompanied by an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) for a primary maintenance location, and…
    • § 12536 Fees received by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for…
    • § 12537 Sixty percent of the funds derived pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the secretary to counties that employ a sealer or director of weights and…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Examinations § 12540 · 1 section
    • § 12540 (a) Commencing on January 1, 2001, no person shall be employed by a service agency as a service agent unless he or she possesses a current license. (b)…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Advisory Committee § 12541 · 1 section
    • § 12541 (a) The department shall establish a seven-member advisory committee consisting of the following members: (1) Two members representing registered service…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Disciplinary Action §§ 12542–12544 · 3 sections
    • § 12542 A service agency registration may be suspended for the actions of its service agents in violation of this division. A service agency’s registration may be…
    • § 12543 A service agency’s authorization to place devices into service, or to remove out-of-order notices may be suspended by a county sealer, within his or her…
    • § 12544 (a) A county sealer intending to suspend the authorization of a service agency shall notify the service agency in writing of all of the following: (1) The…