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                                                                  SB 482
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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                  SB 482 (Hill) - As Introduced:  February 21, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Business and  
          Professions  Vote:                            12 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill eliminates the sunset date on provisions (a)  
          establishing inspection procedures to be used by counties for  
          determining the pricing accuracy of point-of-sale systems  
          (check-out scanners) used by retail establishments, and (b)  
          authorizing counties to establish fees to cover inspection and  
          re-inspection costs.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Any costs for counties to continue using the required inspection  
          procedures will be covered by authorized inspection fees.

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose  . The Department of Food and Agriculture  
          (DFA) has general enforcement supervision of the state law  
          relating to weights and measures and measuring devices, and any  
          state or county sealer has authority to administer specific  
          provisions of this law. The authority for weights and measures  
          registration fees was first enacted in 1982 to provide funding  
          for inspection activities. The law has been amended several  
          times to add additional devices and to adjust the schedule of  
          maximum fees. 

          AB 1907 (Ruskin)/Chapter 434 of 2008, in part extended, until  
          January 1, 2014, the authority for counties to charge inspection  
          fees and the uniform criteria and methodology for inspection of  
          point-of-sale systems. SB 482 deletes the sunset date on these  
          procedures, and the associated inspection fee authority.









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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081