S*706 Session 110 (1993-1994)
S*0706(Rat #0521, Act #0501) General Bill, By Leventis
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976 by adding Section
39-9-62 so as to provide requirements for packaging and labeling of
commodities, Section 39-9-64 so as to provide requirements for the method of
sale of commodities, Section 39-9-65 so as to provide requirements for the
registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing
and measuring devices, Section 39-9-66 so as to provide requirements for type
evaluation, Section 39-9-68 so as to provide requirements for the Department
of Agriculture Consumer Services Division to administer the weights and
measures law, Section 39-9-203 so as to provide related civil penalties,
Section 39-9-206, so as to provide for an administrative hearing before
assessment of a civil penalty, and Section 39-9-208 so as to provide related
criminal penalties; to amend Chapter 9, Title 39, relating to weights and
measures for commodities, so as to revise definitions and references to
conform to federal law, provide related powers and duties for the Commissioner
of Agriculture, revise requirements for local weights and measures officials,
for quantity, for measures by which commodities are sold, for bulk deliveries,
and for one of a lot packages containing random weights of the same commodity,
provide for package information requirements to apply to random and standard
packages, revise penalties, and authorize applications for restraining
orders.-amended title
04/15/93 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-11
04/15/93 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-12
01/26/94 Senate Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and
Natural Resources SJ-6
01/27/94 Senate Read second time SJ-15
02/01/94 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-15
02/02/94 House Introduced and read first time HJ-17
02/02/94 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-17
05/04/94 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
Commerce and Industry HJ-9
05/24/94 House Amended HJ-25
05/24/94 House Read second time HJ-25
05/25/94 House Read third time and returned to Senate with
amendments HJ-13
05/26/94 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-35
06/02/94 Ratified R 521
08/25/94 Signed By Governor
08/25/94 Effective date 08/25/94
09/12/94 Copies available
(A501, R521, S706)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-9-62 SO AS TO
PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGING AND LABELING OF
COMMODITIES, SECTION 39-9-64 SO AS TO PROVIDE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE METHOD OF SALE OF COMMODITIES,
SECTION 39-9-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF SERVICEPERSONS AND SERVICE AGENCIES
FOR COMMERCIAL WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES,
SECTION 39-9-66 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE
EVALUATION, SECTION 39-9-68 SO AS TO PROVIDE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CONSUMER SERVICES DIVISION TO ADMINISTER THE WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES LAW, SECTION 39-9-203 SO AS TO PROVIDE
RELATED CIVIL PENALTIES, SECTION 39-9-206 SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING BEFORE
ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY, AND SECTION 39-9-208 SO
AS TO PROVIDE RELATED CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND TO
AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 39, RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES FOR COMMODITIES, SO AS TO REVISE DEFINITIONS
AND REFERENCES TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL LAW, PROVIDE
RELATED POWERS AND DUTIES FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE, REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES OFFICIALS, FOR QUANTITY, FOR MEASURES
BY WHICH COMMODITIES ARE SOLD, FOR BULK DELIVERIES,
AND FOR ONE OF A LOT PACKAGES CONTAINING RANDOM
WEIGHTS OF THE SAME COMMODITY, PROVIDE FOR PACKAGE
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY TO RANDOM AND
STANDARD PACKAGES, REVISE PENALTIES, AND AUTHORIZE
APPLICATIONS FOR RESTRAINING ORDERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Requirements for commodities; administration; penalties
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 39-9-62. The Uniform Packaging and Labeling
Regulations adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures
and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Handbook 130, `Uniform Laws and Regulations', and its supplements and
revisions, apply to packaging and labeling in the State, except as modified
or rejected by regulation.
Section 39-9-64. The Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of
Commodities adopted by the National Conference on Weights and
Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Handbook 130, `Uniform Laws and Regulations', and its
supplements and revisions, apply to the method of sale of commodities in
the State, except as modified or rejected by regulation.
Section 39-9-65. The Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary
Registration of Servicepersons and Service Agencies for Commercial
Weighing and Measuring Devices adopted by the National Conference on
Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Handbook 130, `Uniform Laws and Regulations', and its
supplements and revisions, apply to the registration of servicepersons and
service agencies in the State, except as modified or rejected by
regulation.
Section 39-9-66. The Uniform Regulations for National Type
Evaluation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and
Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Handbook 130, `Uniform Laws and Regulations', and its
supplements and revisions, apply to type evaluation in the State, except as
modified or rejected by regulation.
Section 39-9-68. The Department of Agriculture Consumer Services
Division is charged with, but is not limited to, performing the
following functions in connection with weights and measures on behalf of
the citizens of the State:
(1) assuring that weights and measures in commercial service within the
State are suitable for their intended use, properly installed, and accurate and
are so maintained by their owner or user;
(2) preventing unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in a
commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold, or purchased within this
State;
(3) making available to all users of physical standards or weighing and
measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological
certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the
division;
(4) promoting uniformity, to the extent practicable and desirable,
between weights and measures requirements of this State and those of other
states and federal agencies;
(5) encouraging desirable economic growth while protecting the
consumer through the adoption by regulation of weights and measures
requirements necessary to assure equity among buyers and sellers.
Section 39-9-203. A person who by himself, by his servant or agent, or
as the servant or agent of another person commits one or more of the acts
enumerated in Section 39-9-200 may be subject to a civil penalty. A civil
action may be brought by the Commissioner of Agriculture in a court of
competent jurisdiction to recover a civil penalty of not less than:
(1) one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for a first
offense;
(2) two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for a second
offense within two years from the date of the first offense;
(3) one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for a third
offense within two years from the date of the first offense.
Section 39-9-206. (A) Subject to appropriate judicial review, upon a
violation of this chapter, the Commissioner of Agriculture or his designee
may conduct an administrative hearing and, upon notice and an opportunity
to be heard, may assess a civil penalty of not less than:
(1) one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for a first
offense;
(2) two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for a second
offense within two years from the date of the first offense;
(3) one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for a third
offense within two years from the date of the first offense.
(B) A civil penalty collected under this chapter must be transmitted to
the State Treasurer for deposit in a fund to be used by the Department of
Agriculture.
Section 39-9-208. (A) A person who commits one or more of the acts
enumerated in Section 39-9-200 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon a
first conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both. Upon a
subsequent conviction, he must be fined not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
(B) A person who performs one or more of the following acts is guilty
of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten thousand
dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both:
(1) intentionally violates this chapter or regulations promulgated
pursuant to it;
(2) is convicted under subsection (A) more than three times in a
two-year period;
(3) uses or has in possession a device which has been altered to
facilitate fraud."
Provisions for weights and measures for commodities revised
SECTION 2. Chapter 9, Title 39 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"CHAPTER 9
Weights and Measures
Section 39-9-10. This chapter is entitled the `Uniform Weights and
Measures Law'.
Section 39-9-20. When used in this chapter:
(1) `Weights or measures', or both, means all weights and measures of
every kind, instruments, and devices for weighing and measuring and an
appliance and accessories associated with the instruments and devices.
(2) `Weight' as used in connection with a commodity or service means
net weight. It means net drained weight when a commodity is sold by
drained weight.
(3) `Correct' as used in connection with weights and measures means
conformance to all applicable requirements of this chapter.
(4) `Primary standards' means the physical standards of South Carolina
which serve as the legal reference from which all other standards and
weights and measures are derived.
(5) `Secondary standards' means the physical standards traceable to the
primary standards through comparisons using acceptable laboratory
procedures and used in the enforcement of weights and measures law and
regulations.
(6) `Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Agriculture of South
Carolina.
(7) `Person' means plural and singular, as applicable, and includes
individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and
associations.
(8) `Sale from bulk' means the sale of commodities when the quantity is
determined at the time of sale.
(9)(a) Except as modified by application of the uniform packaging and
labeling regulation, `package', standard or random, means a
commodity:
(i) enclosed in a container or wrapped in any manner in advance of
wholesale or retail sale; or
(ii) whose weight or measure has been determined in advance of
wholesale or retail sale.
(b) An individual item or lot of a commodity on which there is marked
a selling price based on an established price for each unit of weight or
measure is considered a package.
(10) `Net weight' means the weight of a commodity excluding
materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity.
Materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity
include, but are not limited to, containers, conveyances, bags, wrappers,
packaging materials, labels, individual piece coverings, decorative
accompaniments, and coupons, except, depending on the type of service
rendered, packaging materials may be considered to be part of the service.
The service of shipping includes the weight of packaging materials.
(11) `Random weight' package means a package that is one of a lot,
shipment, or delivery of packages of the same commodity with no fixed
pattern of weights.
(12) `Standard weight' package means a package that is one of a lot,
shipment, or delivery of packages of the same commodity with identical net
contents declarations.
Section 39-9-30. When a fee is paid for service rendered by a weighing
device, the weighing device is subject to the standards and the inspection
provided by this chapter, and the person owning or operating the device is
subject to its penalties.
Section 39-9-40. The system of weights and measures in customary use
in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are
jointly recognized, and one or both of these systems must be used for all
commercial purposes in the State. The definitions of basic units of weights
and measures, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures
equivalents published by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology are recognized and govern weighing and measuring equipment
and transactions in the State.
Section 39-9-50. Weights and measures traceable to the United States
prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as
being satisfactory by the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
are the state's primary standards of weights and measures and must be
maintained in a calibration prescribed by the institute. All secondary
standards may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and must
be verified upon their initial receipt and as often as considered necessary by
the commissioner.
Section 39-9-60. The specifications, tolerances, and other technical
requirements for commercial, law enforcement, data gathering, and other
weighing and measuring devices adopted by the National Conference on
Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Handbook 44, `Specifications, Tolerances, and Other
Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring
Devices', and its supplements and revisions, apply to commercial weighing
and measuring devices in the State, except as modified or rejected by
regulation.
Section 39-9-70. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall:
(1) maintain traceability of the state standards to the national standards
in the possession of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology;
(2) enforce this chapter;
(3) issue reasonable regulations for the enforcement of this chapter
which have the force of law;
(4) establish standards of weight, measure, or count, reasonable
standards of fill, and standards for the presentation of unit cost information
for a packaged commodity, as necessary;
(5) grant exemptions from this chapter or regulations promulgated
pursuant to it when appropriate to the maintenance of good commercial
practices within the State;
(6) conduct investigations necessary to ensure compliance with this
chapter;
(7) delegate to appropriate personnel any of these responsibilities
necessary for the proper administration of his office;
(8) test annually the standards of weight and measure used by a
municipality or county within the State and approve them when found to be
correct;
(9) inspect and test weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for
sale;
(10) inspect and test to ascertain if they are correct weights and
measures commercially used in:
(a) determining the weight, measure, or count of commodities or
things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure,
or count; or
(b) computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on
the basis of weight, measure, or count;
(11) test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or
disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which
funds are appropriated by the General Assembly;
(12) approve for use and may mark weights and measures found to be
correct and shall reject and mark as rejected weights and measures found to
be incorrect. Rejected weights and measures may be seized if not corrected
within the time specified or if used or disposed of in a manner not
specifically authorized. The commissioner shall condemn and may seize
weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not capable of being
made correct;
(13) weigh, measure, or inspect packaged commodities kept, offered, or
exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery to determine whether
they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or
exposed for sale in accordance with this chapter or regulations promulgated
pursuant to it. In carrying out this section, the commissioner shall employ
recognized sampling procedures designated in the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Handbook 133, `Checking the Net Contents of
Packaged Goods'.
(14) prescribe by regulation the appropriate term or unit of weight or
measure to be used whenever the commissioner determines an existing
practice of declaring the quantity of a commodity or setting charges for a
service by weight, measure, numerical count, time, or combination, of them
does not facilitate value comparisons by consumers or offers an opportunity
for consumer confusion;
(15) allow reasonable variations from the stated quantity of contents
which must include those caused by loss or gain of moisture during the
course of good distribution practice or by unavoidable deviations in good
manufacturing practice only after the commodity has entered intrastate
commerce;
(16) provide for the training of weights and measures personnel and
also may establish minimum training and performance requirements which
must be met by all weights and measures county, municipal, or state
personnel. The commissioner may adopt the training standards of the
National Conference on Weights and Measures National Training
Program.
Section 39-9-80. Moisture meters or other measuring devices used to
determine the moisture content of grain or soybeans offered or exposed for
sale must be inspected and tested within six months before November first
each year and at other times determined by the Department of Agriculture
in the same manner provided by law for the testing of scales by the
department. The department may promulgate regulations necessary to carry
out this section.
Section 39-9-90. When necessary for the enforcement of this chapter or
regulations promulgated pursuant to it, the commissioner may:
(1) enter commercial premises during normal business hours. If the
premises are not open to the public, he first shall present his credentials and
obtain consent before making entry. If entry is denied, he may apply for a
search warrant from a person authorized to issue it;
(2) issue stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to weights and
measures commercially used and to packaged commodities or bulk
commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale;
(3) seize for use as evidence without formal warrant an incorrect or
unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used,
retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of this chapter or
regulations promulgated pursuant to it;
(4) stop a commercial vehicle and after presentation of his credentials
inspect the contents and require the person in charge of that vehicle to
produce documents in his possession concerning the contents and proceed
with the vehicle to some specified place for inspection.
Section 39-9-100. Weights and measures officials appointed for a
county or municipality have the duties and powers enumerated in this
chapter, except duties and powers reserved to the State by law or
regulation. These powers and duties extend to their respective jurisdictions,
except the jurisdiction of a county official does not extend to a municipality
for which a weights and measures official has been appointed. No
requirement set forth by local agencies may be less stringent than or in
conflict with state requirements.
Section 39-9-110. No person may:
(1) sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity represented;
(2) take more than the represented quantity when, as buyer, he furnishes
the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; or
(3) represent the quantity in a manner calculated or tending to mislead
or deceive another person.
Section 39-9-120. No person may misrepresent the price of a
commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by
weight, measure, or count nor represent the price in a manner calculated or
tending to mislead or deceive a person. Whenever an advertised, posted, or
labeled price for each unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction
of a cent, all elements of a fraction must be displayed prominently, and the
numerals expressing the fraction must be immediately adjacent to, of the
same general design and style as, and at least one-half the height and width
of the numerals representing the whole cent.
Section 39-9-130. (A) Pulpwood sold in South Carolina by weight must
be based on the following weights as standard cord equivalents:
(1) hardwood:
(a) soft hardwoods: 5,450 pounds;
(b) hard hardwoods: 6,200 pounds;
(c) mixed hardwoods: 5,800 pounds;
(2) pine: all counties: 5,350 pounds.
(B) For purposes of this section hard hardwoods include oaks, hickorys,
pecans, persimmon, ironwood, locusts, holly, dogwood, chinaberrys, and
cherry. Others are classified as soft hardwoods.
(C) A person violating this section, upon conviction, must be fined not
more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
Section 39-9-140. (A) Except as otherwise provided by the
Commissioner of Agriculture or by firmly established trade custom and
practice, commodities:
(1) in liquid form must be sold by liquid measure or by weight;
(2) not in liquid form must be sold only by weight, measure, or
count.
(B) The method of sale must provide accurate and adequate quantity
information that permits the buyer to make price and quantity
comparisons.
Section 39-9-150. Bulk sales in which the buyer and seller both are not
present to witness the measurement, bulk deliveries of heating fuel, other
bulk sales specified by regulation of the Department of Agriculture must be
accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information:
(1) name and address of the vendor and purchaser;
(2) date delivered;
(3) quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if
this differs from the delivered quantity including, but not limited to,
temperature compensated sales;
(4) unit price unless otherwise agreed upon by the buyer and seller;
(5) identity in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable
including quality representation made in connection with the sale;
(6) count of individually wrapped packages, if more than one, for
commodities bought from bulk but delivered in packages.
Section 39-9-160. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by
regulations promulgated pursuant to it, a random or standard package kept
for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale must bear on the
outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:
(1) identity of the commodity in the package, unless it easily may be
identified through the wrapper or container;
(2) quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count;
(3) name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or
distributor for a package kept, offered, or exposed for sale in a place other
than on the premises where packed.
Section 39-9-170. In addition to the declarations required by Section
39-9-160, a package being one of a lot containing random weights of the
same commodity, when it is offered or exposed for sale at retail, must bear
on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the
price for each kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the
package.
Section 39-9-180. Whenever a packaged commodity is advertised with
the retail price stated, there must be associated closely and conspicuously
with the retail price a declaration of quantity as required by law or
regulation to appear on the package. Where a dual declaration is required,
only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the smaller unit
of weight or measure must appear in the advertisement.
Section 39-9-190. When leaf tobacco is placed on the floor of a leaf
tobacco warehouse in a line or row according to custom in the warehouse
preceding the actual sale, this act on the part of a person, firm, or
corporation must be construed as offering the tobacco for sale, and the
tobacco is offered for sale.
(1) No basket, sheet, or container may be used in a tobacco auction
warehouse which deviates from the established average weight by a weight
in excess of one pound over or under. The average weight must be
established by weighing one hundred baskets, sheets, or containers picked
at random, and this weight must be divided by one hundred. The average
weight must be posted on the scale or scale house in a plain and
conspicuous place. Each basket, sheet, or container in the warehouse which
does not conform to this requirement must be removed from the premises
or destroyed by the operators of the warehouse. Each warehouse must be
equipped with a metal test weight which must be equal in weight to the
established and posted weight of the basket, sheet, or container. The test
weight must be used by the weighmaster in making allowance for the
basket, sheet, or container when setting total tare on tare beam of scale to
protect himself in the issuing of weight certificates provided for in Chapter
11 of this title.
(2) Warehouse trucks must be of the same weight, and weight needed to
bring about this result must be attached permanently by a bolt. The weight
must be painted, stenciled, or otherwise conspicuously marked on each
truck and also must be posted on the scale or scale house.
(3) If the `even pound' system is used in the buying and selling of
tobacco on the warehouse floor, the nearest `even pound' on indicator, dial,
or beam must be used.
(4) A tolerance not exceeding two pounds on each basket, sheet, or
container of tobacco weighing not more than one hundred fifty pounds and
a tolerance of four pounds on each basket, sheet, or container of tobacco
weighing more than one hundred fifty pounds must be considered a
reasonable variation in weight. The variation is allowable only when
supported by the facts in each case and applicable to each individual
basket, sheet, or container of tobacco. Allowance must not be made for
variations in weight on baskets, sheets, or containers erroneously weighed
or illegally packed.
(5) A buyer of leaf tobacco at auction who makes a claim for an
adjusted settlement with a warehouse, based on reweighing done by a
licensed weighmaster, shall present his claim in writing to the
warehouseman within twenty-four hours after the purchase of the tobacco.
A warehouseman may require of the buyer that a claim for an adjusted
settlement must be based upon reweights established by the weighmaster
who originally weighed the tobacco on scales of tested accuracy.
Section 39-9-200. No person may:
(1) use or have in possession for use in commerce an incorrect weight
or measure;
(2) sell or offer for sale for use in commerce an incorrect weight or
measure;
(3) remove a tag, seal, or mark from a weight or measure without
specific written authorization from the proper authority;
(4) hinder or obstruct a weights and measures official in the
performance of his duties;
(5) violate this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to it.
Section 39-9-210. The Commissioner of Agriculture may apply to a
court of competent jurisdiction for a restraining order or temporary or
permanent injunction restraining a person from violating this chapter.
Section 39-9-220. Whenever there exists a weight or measure or
weighing or measuring device in or about a place in which or from which
buying or selling commonly is carried on, there is a rebuttable presumption
that the weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is used
regularly for the business purposes of that place.
Section 39-9-230. The Commissioner of Agriculture has general
advisory authority over the implementation of the metric system in this
State. To assist in the implementation there is created a nine member
advisory committee including the executive officers or their designated
staff member from the State Law Enforcement Division, the State
Commission on Higher Education, the State Board for Technical and
Comprehensive Education, the State Department of Education, the South
Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, the South
Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, and the State
Development Board, one member appointed by the Governor who is
associated with the textile industry and serves without compensation, and
one member appointed by the Governor from his staff. If a designated
member ceases to be on the staff of the state agencies provided in this
section, he no longer is a member of the advisory committee, and the
executive officer shall serve or designate another member of his staff to
serve on the committee. Members of the committee serve until this section
and Section 39-9-240 have been implemented fully. The Commissioner of
Agriculture, with the assistance and recommendations of the committee,
shall:
(1) formulate a suggested program necessary to plan for the gradual
implementation in the commerce of this State to the metric system;
(2) provide to the General Assembly recommendations for achieving
conversion of units of measurement as used in this State to the metric
system;
(3) encourage all state departments, divisions, agencies, boards, and
commissions having authority or responsibility in matters concerning
standards of weights and measurement to initiate planning for the gradual
conversion to and implementation of the metric system of weights and
measures of this State.
Section 39-9-240. A Metric Education Committee consisting of the
Superintendent of the State Department of Education or his representative,
the Chairman of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive
Education or his representative, and the Chairman of the State Commission
on Higher Education or his representative shall develop and encourage
implementation of a metric education plan within initial emphasis on the
immediate requirements of the commercial and industrial community and a
long-range plan of public education."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 25th day of August, 1994. |