Weights & Measure Fee (language only)

Item 105 #1c

Language
Page 87, line 14, before "Notwithstanding", insert "A.1."
Page 87, line 16, strike "$10" and insert "$9".
Page 87, line 19, strike ",until" and insert "."
Page 87, strike lines 20 through 22.
Page 87, after line 22 insert:
"2.  The department shall report to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance, Agriculture, and Conservation and Natural Resources and House Appropriations, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committees regarding (i) the status of the implementation of the weights and measures fee program; (ii) the number of devices by type subject to the fee requirement; and (iii) recommendations for the program including proposed legislation.  The report shall be submitted by January 7, 2004."

Explanation
(This amendment reduces the weights and measures fee from $10 per device to $9 and requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to report by January 7, 2004 regarding implementation of the program.)