00HOUSE BILL NO. 247                                                                                                      
01 "An Act changing the frequency of certain state inspections of weights and                                              
02 measures and relating to the issuance of citations for weights and measures                                             
03 violations."                                                                                                            
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 45.75.080(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
06  (a)  The director may inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all                                         
07 weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale.  The director shall, at least                                  
08 annually [SEMIANNUALLY] and more often as considered necessary, inspect and                                           
09 test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used in                                   
10   (1)  determining the weight, measurement, or count of commodities or                                                 
11 things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight or of measure;                                      
12   (2)  computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the                                              
13 basis of weight or of measure or count; or                                                                              
14   (3)  determining weight or measurement when a charge is made for this                                                

01 determination.                                                                                                          
02    * Sec. 2.  AS 45.75.131(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
03  (a)  A peace officer or an employee of the Department of Commerce and                                                 
04 Economic Development who is authorized by the commissioner of commerce and                                              
05 economic development to enforce this chapter [THE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD                                              
06 LIMITATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND                                                             
07 PUBLIC FACILITIES UNDER AS 19.10.060] may issue a citation to a person who                                              
08 [VIOLATES]                                                                                                              
09   (1)  violates a weight, size, or load limitation adopted by the                                                   
10 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 19.10.060;                                                 
11   (2)  violates the terms of an overweight or oversize vehicle permit                                                
12 issued under AS 44.33.020(25); [OR]                                                                                     
13   (3)  violates a regulation adopted under AS 28.05.011(2) or under                                                  
14 AS 44.33.020(25) and AS 45.75.050(b)(5); or                                                                            
15   (4)  commits a violation identified under AS 45.75.380.