Pennsylvania § 4106 State standards of weight and measure

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4106 — State standards of weight and measure

Pennsylvania § 4106

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 3AGRICULTURE

PartPART VI

Ch. 41WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Subch.WEIGHTS AND MEASURES GENERALLY

This text of Pennsylvania § 4106 (State standards of weight and measure) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Pennsylvania primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4106 (2026).

Text

Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the Commonwealth by the Federal Government or otherwise obtained by the Commonwealth for use as State standards shall, when the same have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, be the State standards of weight and measure. The State standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the State Metrology Laboratory, shall not be removed except for repairs or for certification and shall be submitted at least once in ten years to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification. The State standards shall be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes. The Department of G

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the Commonwealth by the Federal Government or otherwise obtained by the Commonwealth for use as State standards shall, when the same have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, be the State standards of weight and measure. The State standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the State Metrology Laboratory, shall not be removed except for repairs or for certification and shall be submitted at least once in ten years to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification. The State standards shall be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes. The Department of General Services shall, within six months of the effective date of this section, submit to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives a plan to obtain full National Institute of Standards and Technology accreditation for the State Metrology Laboratory. Such plan shall include recommendations to solve the space, facility and equipment deficiencies of the laboratory.