Chief Patron: Watkins
Weights & Measures

Item 104 #2s

Language
Page 72, line 1, strike "$2,243,624" and insert "$1,593,624".
Page 72, line 1, strike "$2,243,624" and insert "$1,593,624".
Page 72, strike lines 9 through 14 and insert:
"The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall inspect and test weights and measures offered for sale or commercially used only on a periodic basis as he deems necessary pursuant to § 3.1-928, Code of Virginia."

Explanation
(This amendment deletes the department's authority to charge a registration fee for the weights and measures regulatory program. The amendment also reduces the department's budget and position level to account for the loss of registration fees.)