§ 83-209 — Enforcement; orders of secretary

(a) If the secretary finds that any package or amount of any commodity is held, offered or exposed for sale in violation of law, the secretary may order them off-sale and may mark or tag them to show they are illegal.
(b) Whenever the secretary finds that any violation of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations adopted under it has occurred, the secretary may issue a stop-use order, stop-sale order, stop-removal order or removal order or any combination of such orders with respect to weights and measures being, or capable of being, commercially used. The secretary may issue stop-sale orders, stop-removal orders or removal orders, or any combination of such orders, with respect to any package or amount of any commodity held, offered or exposed for sale, sold or being delivered if the secretary deems it necessary for the protection of the public.
(c) No person may sell, use, remove, otherwise dispose of, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any weight, measure or package or any amount of any commodity contrary to the terms of any order issued under this section.
(d) This section does not limit the right of the secretary to proceed as authorized by other sections of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

Legislative History

L. 1985, ch. 345, § 9; L. 1996, ch. 146, § 17; April 18.