Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 2 Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices

This article is enacted pursuant to Section 12240 of the Business and Professions Code of the State to establish a system for registering commercial weighing and measuring devices and to recover the costs of inspecting and testing such instruments pursuant to Section 12210 of said Business and Professions Code.

The provisions of this article shall be enforced on and after January 1, 1988. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

No person shall use any weighing or measuring instrument for commercial purposes without having a current registration certificate for such instrument issued pursuant to this article. Such certificate shall be in addition to any other certificate, license, permit, or other entitlement which may be required by the State, County, or any other public entity. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

An application for a registration certificate shall be submitted to the Sealer in the form prescribed by the Sealer. The Sealer shall issue the registration certificate upon the receipt of a properly completed application and the payment of the applicable fee as set forth in Section 3-10.205 of this article. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

A registration certificate shall expire on January 31 next following the date of its issuance and may thereafter be renewed on an annual basis upon the payment of the applicable fees and the submission of a properly completed and current application. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

(a) An annual registration fee shall be charged for the calendar year, or any part thereof, for all weighing and measuring instruments requiring a registration certificate as provided for in California Business and Professions Code Section 12240. The annual registration fee shall be set at the amount necessary to recover the costs incurred in inspecting or testing the devices. The fee amounts shall not exceed the County's total cost of actually inspecting or testing the devices as required by law, up to the maximum amounts set in California Business and Professions Code Section 12240 as may be amended from time to time.

(b) Any person failing to obtain a registration certificate before using any weighing or measuring instrument for commercial purposes, or to renew a certificate on or before March 31 of each year, shall be required to pay, in addition to the registration fee, fifty dollars ($50.00) to reimburse the Department for its costs to obtain payment of the required registration fee. If the Department is required to refer collection of the delinquent fee to the County Office of Revenue and Reimbursement, then a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) administrative fee shall also be paid by the person failing to timely pay the required annual device registration fee in order to reimburse the Department for its costs incurred for this referral. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1277, eff. February 7, 2002, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1341, eff. February 9, 2006, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1440, eff. May 29, 2014)

A registration certificate may be issued to a corporation duly authorized to transact business in the State or to any person operating under a fictitious name who has complied with the provisions of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code of the State. A certificate issued to a corporation shall designate such corporation by the exact name which appears on the Articles of Incorporation of such corporation. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all registration certificates shall be issued in the true name of the applicant. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

Registration certificates shall not be transferable from one person to valid only for another. A registration certificate shall be the particular instruments specified therein and, if the instruments are to be used at a fixed location, for the specific location for which the registration certificate is issued. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)

If a current registration certificate has been lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a replacement from the Sealer upon the payment of a replacement fee of Two and no/100ths ($2.00) Dollars. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987)