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...tandards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the national institute of standards and technology, shall be the state reference standards of weights and measures, and shall be maintained in such calibration as is prescribed by the national institute of standards and technology. All working standards may be prescribed by the director of agriculture and shall be verified upon their in...

...vices, as adopted by the national conference on weights and measures, recommended by the national institute of standards and technology and published in national institute of standards and technology handbook 44, shall be the specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices of the state, except insofar as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by rule by the director of a...

...cement purposes. (T) Verify advertised prices, price representations, and point-of-sale systems, as necessary, to determine both the accuracy of prices and computations and the correct use of the equipment and the accuracy of prices printed or recalled from a database if a system utilizes scanning or coding in lieu of manual entry. In order to implement this division, the director shall do all of the following: (1)...

...the director's designee shall issue or deny the permit to operate the commercially used weighing and measuring device that was the subject of the application. (D) A permit issued under this section expires on the thirtieth day of June of the year following its issuance and may be renewed annually on or before the first day of July of that year upon payment of a permit renewal fee established in this section. (E) If...

...ighing and measuring device servicing agency shall register with the director of agriculture in accordance with rules adopted under section 1327.50 of the Revised Code.

... any of the following: (1) Enter any commercial premises during normal business hours, except that in the event such premises are not open to the public, the director or official shall first present the director's or official's credentials and obtain consent before making entry thereto, unless a search warrant previously has been obtained; (2) Issue stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to any weig...

...vised Code from fees and for services rendered by the department of agriculture in operating the type evaluation program, a metrology laboratory program, and the device permitting program shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the metrology and scale certification and device permitting fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used to pay operating costs incurred by t...

...y or municipality shall have the duties enumerated in divisions (I) to (M) of section 1327.50 of the Revised Code, and the powers enumerated in section 1327.51 of the Revised Code. These powers and duties shall extend to the respective jurisdictions, except that the jurisdiction of a county official shall not extend to any municipal corporation for which a weights and measures official has been appointed. The directo...

...or sale less than the quantity he represents; (B) Take any more than the quantity he represents when, as a buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; (C) Represent the quantity he sells or offers or exposes for sale in any manner tending to mislead or in any way to deceive.

...n shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person.

...ormation that enables the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons.

...livered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity; (D) The identity in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable, including any quality representation made in connection with the sale; (E) The count of individually wrapped packages, if more than one.

...e commodity and bears the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure, or count. (D) No package or commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the cont...

...advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package or commodity is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with the statement of price such a declaration of quantity as is required by law or rule to appear on the package or with the commodity. Where a dual declaration is required, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the smaller unit of weigh...

...culture may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief restraining any person from continued violation of sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code and of regulations promulgated thereunder.

...losure, stand, or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on creates a rebuttable presumption of the use of such weight or measure or device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle.

... Code does not affect any regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute unless inconsistent with sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code or modified or revoked by the director of agriculture.

...der it, or misrepresent the quantity or price or service contrary to this chapter, or any rules adopted under it; (C) Remove any tag, seal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the proper authority; (D) Recklessly install for use, repair, service, or place into service a commercially used weighing and measuring device unless the installation, repair, service, or placement i...

...Whenever the director of agriculture, or the director's designee, has cause to believe that any person has violated, or is violating any provision of sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under them, the director, or the director's designee, may conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether a violation has occurred. If the director or the ...

...or to discuss the charges and offer evidence in mitigation of the charges.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Diesel fuel" has the same meaning as in section 5735.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Motor fuel" means gasoline or diesel fuel that is sold by a retailer. (B) The director of agriculture may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a motor fuel quality testing program that is uniform throughout the state.

...anor of the second degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense within seven years after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...d by the applicant; (4) The length of time during which the trade name has been used by the applicant in business operations in this state. (C) The trade name application shall be signed by the applicant or by any authorized representative of the applicant. A single trade name may be registered upon each trade name application submitted under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code. The trade name app...

... the office of the secretary of state from any other trade name previously registered under sections 1329.01 to 1329.03 of the Revised Code, any corporate name, whether nonprofit or for profit and whether that of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation authorized to do business in this state, the name of any limited liability company registered in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to Chapter 17...

... the applicant or user with the requirements of sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall accept a document for filing and make a copy of the document by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the filing shall be returned to the person filing the document.