(a) Any person who requests a licensed public weigher to weigh any property, produce, commodity or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or any person who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in this chapter and who is not a licensed public weigher, shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(b) Any licensed public weigher who falsifies a weight certificate, or who delegates his authority to any person not licensed as a licensed public weigher, or who preseals a weight certificate with his official seal before performing the act of weighing, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto for which no specific penalty has been provided shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars.

(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each violation with respect to each such unit, certificate, device or scale shall be considered a separate offense.

(P.A. 77-409, S. 17–19; P.A. 78-331, S. 22–24, 58; P.A. 90-125, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 185.)

History: P.A. 78-331 made technical grammatical correction, substituting “nor” for “or” as necessary; P.A. 90-125 added Subsec. (d) re administrative penalties; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “upon conviction” and change penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor, amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor, and made technical changes.