Sec. 43-6. Municipal sealers of weights and measures.
Sec. 43-6. Municipal sealers of weights and measures. There shall be a sealer
of weights and measures in each municipality of not less than seventy-five thousand
population, according to the most recent figures certified to the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to section
19a-2a, to be appointed by the chief executive officer of such municipality. A sealer of
weights and measures may be appointed for municipalities having less than seventy-five thousand population by the chief executive officer or board of selectmen of such
municipality. Whenever any municipality required by this section to appoint a sealer
of weights and measures fails to do so or when a municipal sealer appointed under the
provisions of this section fails or neglects to perform his duties, the Commissioner of
Weights and Measures may direct his inspectors to perform the duties of the municipal
sealer. The clerk or comptroller of each municipality required by this section to appoint
a sealer shall, upon notification and request by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures, reimburse the state for the cost of such services rendered. Municipal sealers of
weights and measures shall perform the same duties and have the same powers within
their jurisdiction as are vested in the Commissioner of Weights and Measures for the
state except those powers and duties exempted and reserved to the Commissioner of
Weights and Measures by regulation promulgated under the provisions of section 43-3. In those municipalities in which no sealer is required by or appointed under the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Weights and Measures or his inspectors shall
perform these duties and have these powers. Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall
be so construed as to prevent any contiguous municipalities from combining the whole
or any part of their respective territories, as may be agreed upon, with one sealer, subject
to the written approval of the Commissioner of Weights and Measures. A sealer appointed in pursuance of any agreement for such combination shall, subject to the terms
of his appointment, have the same jurisdiction and duties as if he had been appointed
by each of the authorities who are parties to the agreement.
(1949 Rev., S. 6750; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 59; 1969, P.A. 810, S. 2; P.A. 97-96, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to counties and changed "city" to "municipality"; 1969 act required sealer in
municipalities of at least 75,000, rather than 25,000, people and permitted municipalities of fewer people to appoint
sealers at their discretion, further added provisions re performance of sealer's duties by commissioner's inspectors and
municipalities required reimbursement of state for services rendered where sealer fails or neglects to perform duties or
where municipality fails to appoint sealer; P.A. 97-96 replaced reference to United States census figures with reference
to figures certified pursuant to Sec. 19a-2a.
Cited. 163 C. 588.