California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 347 — Weights and measures: inspection: fees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 521, Statutes of 2018.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of commercial weighing and measuring devices by the Department of Food and Agriculture, and provides for the enforcement of those provisions by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and by county sealers of weights and measures in each county. Existing law requires the secretary to establish or adopt tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold in the county. Existing law also requires the sealer of a county to weigh or measure packages to determine whether they contain the amount represented, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, authorizes the board of supervisors of a county, by ordinance, to charge an annual registration fee, not to exceed the county's total cost of actually inspecting or testing weighing and measuring devices required of the county sealer, to recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the secretary to establish by regulation an annual administrative fee to recover reasonable administrative and enforcement costs incurred by the department for exercising supervision over and performing investigations in connection with the activities performed by county sealers described above, and requires the administrative fee to be collected for every device registered with each county office of weights and measures and paid annually to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. This bill would extend the authority of the board of supervisors of a county to charge an annual registration fee to recover the costs of the county sealer, as provided, until January 1, 2022, and would extend certain other related provisions. The bill would also continue the annual administrative fee to recover the costs incurred by the department described above until January 1, 2022. (2) Existing law specifies that the annual registration fee for a business that uses a commercial weighing or measuring device or devices shall consist of a location fee, the Department of Food and Agriculture administrative fee described above, and a device fee. Existing law provides that the device fee for liquefied petroleum gas meters, truck mounted or stationary, shall not exceed $185 per device. This bill would revise this limitation to also apply to compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas meters beginning in 2021, but would impose a limitation on the device fee for compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas meters of up to $75 in 2019 and up to $125 in 2020. (3) Existing law provides that the device fee for computing scales shall not exceed $20 per device. This bill would instead provide that the device fee shall not exceed $23 per device. (4) Existing law provides that the device fee for jewelry and prescription scales shall not exceed $80 per device and specifies that, for purposes of this provision, a jewelry or prescription scale is a scale that meets the specifications, tolerances, and sensitivity requirements established or adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture applicable to those devices. This bill would revise this limitation to also apply to scales marked as, or meeting the design and performance requirements of, a Class II weighing device.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 521, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6826.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 5805.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6).

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  13. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1423.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3).

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 347 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 76 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54202
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 76202
% of votes cast 95%3%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Salas — Yea
Low — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Nay
Levine — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB347 Chau By Hill

Passed 35 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31301
Democratic 4100
Total 35401
% of votes cast 88%10%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hill — Yea
Chang — Yea
Lara — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 347 CHAU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55002
Democratic 16000
Republican 6001
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 347 do?
(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of commercial weighing and measuring devices by the Department of Food and Agriculture, and provides for the enforcement of those provisions by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and by county sealers of weights and measures in each county. Existing law requires the secretary to establish or adopt tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold in the county. Existing law also requires the sealer of a county to weigh or measure packages to determine whether they contain the amount represented, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, authorizes the board of supervisors of a county, by ordinance, to charge an annual registration fee, not to exceed the county's total cost of actually inspecting or testing weighing and measuring devices required of the county sealer, to recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the secretary to establish by regulation an annual administrative fee to recover reasonable administrative and enforcement costs incurred by the department for exercising supervision over and performing investigations in connection with the activities performed by county sealers described above, and requires the administrative fee to be collected for every device registered with each county office of weights and measures and paid annually to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. This bill would extend the authority of the board of supervisors of a county to charge an annual registration fee to recover the costs of the county sealer, as provided, until January 1, 2022, and would extend certain other related provisions. The bill would also continue the annual administrative fee to recover the costs incurred by the department described above until January 1, 2022. (2) Existing law specifies that the annual registration fee for a business that uses a commercial weighing or measuring device or devices shall consist of a location fee, the Department of Food and Agriculture administrative fee described above, and a device fee. Existing law provides that the device fee for liquefied petroleum gas meters, truck mounted or stationary, shall not exceed $185 per device. This bill would revise this limitation to also apply to compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas meters beginning in 2021, but would impose a limitation on the device fee for compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas meters of up to $75 in 2019 and up to $125 in 2020. (3) Existing law provides that the device fee for computing scales shall not exceed $20 per device. This bill would instead provide that the device fee shall not exceed $23 per device. (4) Existing law provides that the device fee for jewelry and prescription scales shall not exceed $80 per device and specifies that, for purposes of this provision, a jewelry or prescription scale is a scale that meets the specifications, tolerances, and sensitivity requirements established or adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture applicable to those devices. This bill would revise this limitation to also apply to scales marked as, or meeting the design and performance requirements of, a Class II weighing device.
Who sponsors AB 347?
AB 347 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 347?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2017. Enacted.
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