Bill Text: HI SB694 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Consumer Protection.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-13 - The committee(s) on AGR/EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB694 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB694-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 481B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§481B- Retail
self-service food; scales; availability.
(a) When retail self-service food is sold by
weight, the seller shall provide, before sale, a scale for the consumer that is
approved for use, accurate, and properly licensed by the department of
agriculture as a commercial measuring device and that indicates the price of
the item being weighed.
(b) This section shall not apply to farmers' markets."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Consumer Protection; Scales; Self-Service; Retail Food Sales
Description:
Requires that food scales be approved for use, accurate, and properly licensed by the department of agriculture as a commercial measuring device and that indicate the price of the item being weighed. Exempts farmers' markets. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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