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- Referred to agriculture
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Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to inspection and testing of optical scanning devices and systems
Purpose
To ensure the accuracy of laser scanning equipment used to determine the price and identity of products sold at retail.
Summary of provisions
This bill would amend subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 of section 179 of the Agriculture and Markets Law to include optical scanning equipment as a weighing and measuring device and system.
Justification
The proposed amendment would update the Agriculture and Markets Law by clearly bringing within the scope of its weights and measures provisions laser scanning equipment. This equipment scans and registers the price charged to consumers for products purchased. An error or malfunction in reading the products' scanning code could result in monetary losses to consumers (overcharging), and this bill would provide protection from such losses.
Legislative history
S.3265/A.57 (2007/08)
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become a law.
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