A. The State Board of Agriculture may suspend, cancel, revoke, or refuse reissuance of a license after the person has an opportunity for public hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. In addition, the person may be prosecuted for any of the following violations:

1. Failure to correct work on each job which fails to meet the requirements and required testing procedures as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in Handbook 44 as amended;

2. Failure to complete the placing-in-service report in its entirety and to report the accurate description of parts replaced, adjusted, or reconditioned and work performed;

3. Failure to report in a contract or work agreement a written explanation of the actual repairs required to repair the weight or measure to meet the requirements;

4. Failure to furnish to the Board, upon request, duplicated copies of the service agency or any service technician weight or measure test report, or any other information required by the Board;

5. To test or place in service a weight or measure that does not meet the requirements for a commercial device as specified in Handbook 44 and the required testing procedures for the category of weight and measure;

6. Making a misrepresentation for the purpose of defrauding;

7. Operating as a service technician or service agency without proper license;

8. Repairing a weight or measure unless the repair involved causes the weight or measure to meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Service Technician and Service Agency Act for at least ninety (90) days after the repairs;

9. Failure to submit a placing-in-service report to the Board within five (5) calendar days after that repair, installation, or removal is performed; and

10. Filing a false or fraudulent application to the Board.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, holder or nonholder of a valid license to violate any provisions of the Oklahoma Service Technician and Service Agency Act or rules promulgated thereto. Any violation shall be punishable by the imposition of a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

Added by Laws 1990, c. 249, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 75, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000. Renumbered from § 5-62.9 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.