BILL NUMBER: AB 1623	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2012

   An act to amend Section 12246 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to weights and measures.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1623, as introduced, Yamada. Weights and measures: inspection
fees.
   Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test
weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold
in the county. Existing law also requires the sealer of a county to
weigh or measure packages to determine whether they contain the
amount represented, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2013,
permits the board of supervisors of a county to charge fees to
recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties.
   This bill would extend the authority of the board of supervisors
of a county to charge fees to recover the costs of the county sealer,
as provided, until January 1, 2015.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12246 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   12246.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2013   2015  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before
January 1,  2013   2015  , deletes or
extends that date.