EMERGENCY REQUEST of Speaker of the Assembly

Assembly Bill No. 694–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

May 25, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture, and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to packaging for retail sale of fluid dairy products. (BDR 51-1769)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to dairy products; revising provisions relating to the packaging for retail sale of fluid dairy products; authorizing the state sealer of weights and measures to adopt regulations relating to the size of containers used in such packaging; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 581.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 581.050 1. The state sealer of weights and measures may:

1-3 (a) Adopt regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

1-4 (b) Ensure that those regulations comply, insofar as practicable, with the

1-5 specifications, tolerances and regulations recommended by the National

1-6 Bureau of Standards.

1-7 (c) Adopt regulations for the submission for approval of types and

1-8 designs of weights and measures and weighing, measuring and counting

1-9 devices intended for commercial use.

1-10 (d) Adopt regulations relating to the size of the containers used for the

1-11 retail sale of fluid dairy products pursuant to NRS 581.320.

1-12 2. The state sealer of weights and measures shall adopt regulations

1-13 which prescribe the:

1-14 (a) Standards for weighing and measuring devices;

2-1 (b) Requirements for the issuance of a certificate of registration pursuant

2-2 to NRS 581.103; and

2-3 (c) Standards for the equipment used to repair or adjust weighing or

2-4 measuring devices.

2-5 Sec. 2. NRS 581.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-6 581.320 1. All fluid dairy products, including cream and buttermilk,

2-7 [shall] must be packaged for retail sale only in units of 1 gill or less, one-

2-8 half liquid pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, one-half

2-9 gallon, 3 liquid quarts, 1 gallon, 1 1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 2 1/2 gallons , [or]

2-10 multiples of 1 gallon [.] or such other amounts as are approved by the

2-11 state sealer of weights and measures by regulation. Containers used for

2-12 the sale of such products [shall] must be marked upon the side of each

2-13 container with its capacity. The name, initial or trade-mark of the

2-14 manufacturer [shall] must be marked upon the side or bottom.

2-15 2. This section does not apply to eating establishments serving milk in

2-16 glasses with meals.

2-17 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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