Idaho S 1224: WEIGHMASTERS – Amends and repeals existing law to remove licensing provisions, to provide for compliance with specified law by weighmasters, and to revise provisions regarding weight and tare tickets.

Bill Text

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2020
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1224
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AN ACT1
RELATING TO WEIGHMASTERS; AMENDING SECTION 71-401, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE2
THE SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 71-402, IDAHO CODE,3
TO REMOVE LICENSING PROVISIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH4
SPECIFIED LAW BY WEIGHMASTERS; REPEALING SECTION 71-404, IDAHO CODE,5
RELATING TO POSTING OF LICENSE; REPEALING SECTION 71-405, IDAHO CODE,6
RELATING TO CERTIFIED COPIES OF LICENSE; REPEALING SECTION 71-406,7
IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO SIGNATURE OF LICENSED WEIGHMASTER; REPEALING8
SECTION 71-410, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO REVOCATION OF LICENSE; AND9
AMENDING SECTION 71-411, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS REGARDING10
WEIGHT AND TARE TICKETS.11
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:12
SECTION 1. That Section 71-401, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby13
amended to read as follows:14
71-401. SHORT TITLE -- DEFINITIONS. (a1) This chapter may be cited as15
the "Weighmaster's Licensing Standards Act."16
(b2) Definitions -- When used in this act chapter:17
1. (a) "Director" means the director of the Idaho department of agri-18
culture.19
2. (b) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of20
Idaho.21
3. "Public weighmaster" means any person licensed as a weighmaster by22
the director of the state department of agriculture.23
4. "Licensed weighmaster" or "w (c) "Weighmaster" means any person24
licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who weighs grains, dry25
peas, potato starch, dry beans, leguminous and all other small seeds,26
hay, wool, bulk potatoes, bulk fertilizers, sugar beets, and feeds, not27
including minerals, or any of them.28
SECTION 2. That Section 71-402, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby29
amended to read as follows:30
71-402. LICENSING OF WEIGHMASTERS. Any person acting as a public31
weighmaster of grains, dry peas, potato starch, dry beans, leguminous and32
all other small seeds, hay, wool, bulk potatoes, bulk fertilizers, sugar33
beets and feeds (not including minerals) or any of them shall make ap-34
plication to the director of the department for a weighmaster's license.35
Application for a weighmaster's license shall be in writing on a form pre-36
scribed by the director. Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence37
of good moral character, ability to weigh accurately and to make correct38
weight tickets. Upon receipt of the application with satisfactory evidence39
of qualifications, on or before July 1, 1949, and annually thereafter, and40

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a license fee of ten dollars ($10.00), the director shall issue an annual1
weighmaster's license. No weighmaster's license shall be issued to any ap-2
plicant for such license who is under the age of eighteen (18) years, or to3
any person whose license issued under this act has been revoked shall comply4
with the provisions of this act.5
SECTION 3. That Section 71-404, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby6
repealed.7
SECTION 4. That Section 71-405, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby8
repealed.9
SECTION 5. That Section 71-406, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby10
repealed.11
SECTION 6. That Section 71-410, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby12
repealed.13
SECTION 7. That Section 71-411, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby14
amended to read as follows:15
71-411. STANDARD WEIGHT AND TARE TICKET. (1) All commodities weighed16
on public platform scales, having a capacity of five (5) tons or over more,17
shall be recorded on standard weight and tare ticket prepared in triplicate,18
stating:19
(a) Name and address of licensed weighing agency,;20
(b) Serial number,;21
(c) Date,;22
(d) Owner of commodity weighed,;23
(e) Kind of commodity being weighed,;24
(f) Gross weight of load,;25
(g) Tare,;26
(h) Net weight,; and27
(i) Full signature of weigher.28
However, in weighing sugar beets, I.B.M. cards may be used in lieu of the29
standard weight ticket if such cards identify the following:30
(a) Name and address of licensed weighing agency,31
(b) Serial number,32
(c) Date,33
(d) Some identification of the owner of the commodity weighed, such as34
name or a number,35
(e) Gross weight of load,36
(f) Light weight of truck.37
(2) Weight and tare tickets shall be kept and maintained by the weigh-38
master or the weighing facility for three (3) years.39