Title 3 — Agriculture

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Area A" has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-541. 2. "Area B" has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-541. 3. "Area C" means that portion of Pinal county lying west of range 11 east, excluding that portion…

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 either one or both of such systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the state. The definitions of basic units of weight a…

Weights and measures that are 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, shall be the state reference standards of weights and measures and shall b…

The specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for commercial devices as adopted by the national conference on weights and measures and published in national institute of standards and technology handbook 44, "specifications, tolerances, and other technical requi…

A. The division shall: 1. Maintain custody of the state reference standards of weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards and that are supplied to the states by the federal government or that are otherwise approved as being satisfactory by th…

A. When necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the associate director or the associate director's agents and inspectors shall: 1. Enter any commercial, nonprofit business or governmental premises during normal operating hours, ex…

A. The associate director shall establish and operate within the division the state metrology laboratory. B. A commercial device shall not be approved for use in the state unless the design and construction comply with national institute of standards and technology requirements. …

The associate director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all fees collected in the state general fund.

One hundred eighty days after the final disposition of an investigation and any ensuing enforcement action, the division may destroy those weights, measures or devices that are seized pursuant to section 3-3414 or 3-3415 or transfer the items to the department of administration f…

The associate director may develop and implement the following training programs: 1. A consultation and training program for entities regulated under this chapter that uses on-site visits, training and educational materials, and informational presentations to provide training and…

A. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale less than the quantity the person represents. B. As a buyer, a person shall not take any more than the quantity the person represents when the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determine…

For the purpose of any sale, offer to sell, delivery or consignment of motor fuel in a quantity of five thousand gallons or more, the volume of the motor fuel for the purposes of calculating the price of the motor fuel is considered to be the volume that the quantity of the motor…

A. Except as provided in section 3-3434 and subsections C, D, E, F, G and K of this section, a retail seller or fleet owner shall not store, sell or expose or offer for sale any motor fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid or gaseous fuel or lubricating oil, lubricant, mixtures of l…

A. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, after May 31, 2008, a retail seller or fleet owner shall not store, sell or expose or offer for sale in area C any motor fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid or gaseous fuel or lubricating oil, lubricant, mixtures of lu…

A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale any motor fuel if the temperature of the motor fuel has been changed by any type of a heating device.

A. A retail seller may equip all nozzles from which motor fuel is dispensed with an operating hold-open latch. B. From and after September 30, 2018, all retail diesel fuel dispensers shall be equipped with nozzles that have green grip guards and all retail ethanol flex fuels shal…

A. Engine coolant or antifreeze that is sold in this state on or after January 1, 2008, that is manufactured on or after September 1, 2007 and that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall include denatonium benzoate at a minimum of thirty parts per million and a maxi…

A. A person shall not use a commercial device unless the device is licensed or certified as provided in this chapter. B. A license shall be obtained annually from the division on forms prescribed and furnished by the division. The fee prescribed in this chapter shall be submitted…

A. The following fees shall be paid to the division as license fees for devices used for commercial purposes: Schedules of Fees 1. Weighing devices: 0 - 500 pounds capacity (or metric equivalent) $ 12.00 501 - 2,000 pounds capacity 18.00 2,001 - 7,500 pounds capacity 36.00 7,501 …

A. A person shall not serve as a public weighmaster or deputy weighmaster unless the person is issued a public weighmaster or deputy weighmaster license by the division in accordance with practices and procedures to be established by the associate director. An applicant for a pub…

A. A person shall not operate as a registered service agency or as a registered service representative until a license is issued as provided in this section. B. An applicant for a registered service agency license shall: 1. Submit application information satisfactory to the divis…

A. When any commercial device specified in this chapter is in commercial use and a valid license for the device has not been procured by the owner, the owner's agent or the operator of the device, the division, after giving notice of the licensing requirements to the owner, the o…

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any proceeding to revoke or suspend a license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10. B. The associate director may initiate proceedings for revocation or suspension of…

A. A person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor who: 1. Knowingly hinders, interferes with or obstructs in any way the associate director or any of the associate director's agents or inspectors in entering the premises where a commercial device may be kept for inspecting or testin…

When a weight, measure, meter, counter or commercial device is in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the weight, measure, meter, counter or commercial device is regularly used for the bu…

A. A person who violates this chapter, any rule of the division or any license requirement is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the associate director. B. A person who violates this chapter, any rule of the division or any license requirement may request an informal or formal…

In addition to any other penalty, if a civil penalty or any fee due pursuant to this chapter has not been paid thirty days after the due date, the civil penalty or fee is delinquent and the division may refuse to issue a license or may revoke a license pursuant to this chapter un…

A. From and after September 30 through March 31 of each year, in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and in any portion of a county contained in area A, blends of gasoline with ethanol shall not exceed the volatility requirements prescri…

A. From and after November 1 through March 31 of each year: 1. All gasoline that is supplied or sold by any person and that is intended as a final product for the fueling of motor vehicles within a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and a…

(L16, Ch. 232, sec. 27) A. All gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained in area A, subject t…

(L17, Ch. 295, sec. 2. Conditionally Eff.) A. All gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained i…

A. From and after May 31 through September 30 of each year, all gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in area C shall comply with either of the following fuel reformulation options: 1. A gasoline that meets st…

A. From and after September 30 through March 31 of each year, all gasoline that is supplied or sold by any person and that is intended as a final product for the fueling of motor vehicles within area B or that is consumed in a motor vehicle within area B by a fleet owner shall co…

This article does not prohibit the use within area A or area B of gasoline purchased outside of area A or area B which does not contain the percentage weights of oxygen required by this article if the use is incidental and not for the purpose of evading the requirements of this a…

The provisions of this article do not apply to a manufacturer's proving ground or a motor vehicle racing event held in a vehicle emissions control area.

A. On request, an interstate pipeline terminal or a motor fuel storage or dispensing site shall provide a product transfer document to the division. Product transfer documents may be stored off site as provided by division rule. B. On request, a motor fuel storage or dispensing s…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Annual throughput" means the amount of gasoline transferred into or dispensed from a gasoline dispensing site during twelve consecutive months. 2. "Clean air act" means the clean air act of 1963 (P.L. 88-206; 42 United S…

A. A person shall not offer for sale, sell, install or use a new gasoline stage I vapor recovery system, or any new or rebuilt component parts of the system, unless the system or component part has been certified by the California air resources board as of March 31, 2001 or after…

Notwithstanding section 3-3512, subsection I relating to schedules of compliance: 1. Gasoline dispensing facilities located in area A or in any other geographical area as provided in section 3-3512, subsection G for which construction began after the certification of rules adopte…

The associate director shall adopt rules to: 1. Enhance enforcement of the division's stage I vapor recovery program. The enforcement shall be enhanced through programs that may include increased frequency of or targeting of inspections, increased sampling frequency, use of porta…