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H.B. 283 Enrolled

                 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
                  AMENDMENTS
                  2004 GENERAL SESSION
                  STATE OF UTAH
                  Sponsor: David Ure
                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill modifies the Agriculture Code by amending provisions relating to weights and
                  measures, registration fees, and the sale of raw milk.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    amends conditions under which raw milk may be sold;
                      .    requires food establishments and entities using weights and measures in commerce
                  or trade to be registered by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
                      .    enacts conditions for registration and allows the Department of Agriculture and
                  Food to charge registration fees;
                      .    designates fees as dedicated credits;
                      .    designates information regarding food security assessments as a protected record
                  under the Government Records Access and Management Act; and
                      .    makes technical corrections.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  AMENDS:
                      4-3-14, as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1980
                      4-5-2, as last amended by Chapter 157, Laws of Utah 1990

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                      4-5-3, as last amended by Chapter 157, Laws of Utah 1990
                      4-5-9, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1979
                      4-9-1, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1979
                      4-9-3, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1979
                      4-9-4, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1979
                      4-9-5, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1979
                      4-9-5.2, as enacted by Chapter 19, Laws of Utah 1985
                      4-9-5.3, as enacted by Chapter 19, Laws of Utah 1985
                      4-9-5.4, as enacted by Chapter 19, Laws of Utah 1985
                      4-9-6, as last amended by Chapter 28, Laws of Utah 1995
                      4-9-12, as last amended by Chapter 19, Laws of Utah 1985
                      63-2-304, as last amended by Chapters 60 and 131, Laws of Utah 2003
                  ENACTS:
                      4-9-15, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 4-3-14 is amended to read:
                       4-3-14. Sale of raw milk prohibited -- Exceptions -- Suspension of producer's
                  permit.
                      (1) [The sale of raw] Raw milk [is prohibited unless] may be sold if:
                      (a) the producer [holds] obtains a permit [issued by] from the department to produce milk
                  under Subsection 4-3-8 (2);
                      (b) the sale and delivery of the milk is made upon the premises where the milk is
                  produced;
                      (c) [the sale] it is sold to consumers for household use and not for resale;
                      (d) [the milk] it is bottled or [otherwise contained] packaged under sanitary conditions
                  and in sanitary containers on the premises where the milk is produced [in sanitary containers
                  furnished by the producer under sanitary conditions,];

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                      (e) it is labeled "raw milk[,]" and meets the [other] labeling requirements under 21 C.F.R.
                  Parts 101 and 131 and rules established by the department;
                      [(e)] (f) [the milk] it is:
                      (i) cooled to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or a lower [Fahrenheit] temperature within one hour
                  after being drawn from the [cow and] animal;
                      (ii) further cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours of being drawn from the
                  animal; and
                      (iii) maintained at [such] 41 degrees Fahrenheit or a lower temperature until it is delivered
                  to the consumer;
                      [(f)] (g) the bacterial [plate] count of the milk does not exceed:
                      (i) 20,000 colony forming units per [c.c.] milliliter, or [the] if individual colonies are
                  counted, a direct microscopic count [of which does not exceed] in excess of 20,000 colony
                  forming units per [c.c. if individual colonies are counted,] milliliter; or
                      (ii) if individual organisms are counted, 80,000 bacteria per [c.c. if individual organisms
                  are counted] milliliter; [and meets]
                      (h) the bacterial plate count and the coliform count of the milk meet the [coliform count,
                  and] bacterial and coliform enforcement standards for grade A pasteurized milk;
                      [(g)] (i) the production of the milk conforms [in all other particulars to state law and] to
                  departmental [regulations] rules for the production of grade A milk;
                      [(h)] (j) all dairy animals on the premises are [identified by a mark or breed registration
                  papers and are]:
                      (i) permanently and individually identifiable; and
                      (ii) free of tuberculosis, brucellosis, and other diseases carried through milk; and
                      [(i)] (k) [all persons] any person on the premises performing any work in connection with
                  the production, bottling, handling, or sale of the raw milk [are] is free from communicable disease.
                      [(2) If the department finds that the production, handling, or sale of milk or the bacteria
                  counts violate those allowed by this section, or that the health of any person or dairy animal
                  offends this section, the permit of such raw milk producer shall be suspended until such time as

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                  compliance is had with this section.]
                      (2) (a) The department shall suspend a permit to produce raw milk issued under
                  Subsection 4-3-8 (2) if a milk producer violates any provision of Subsection (1).
                      (b) The department may reissue a permit to produce raw milk which has been suspended
                  under Subsection (2)(a) if the producer has complied with all of the requirements of Subsection
                  (1).
                      Section 2. Section 4-5-2 is amended to read:
                       4-5-2. Definitions.
                      As used in this chapter:
                      (1) "Advertisement" means [all representations] a representation, other than by labeling,
                  [for the purpose of inducing] made to induce the purchase of food.
                      (2) (a) "Color additive" means a dye, pigment, or other substance not exempted under the
                  federal act that, when added or applied to a food, is capable of imparting color. "Color" includes
                  black, white, and intermediate grays.
                      (b) "Color additive" does not [apply to any] include a pesticide chemical, soil or plant
                  nutrient, or other agricultural chemical which imparts color solely because of its effect, before or
                  after harvest, in aiding, retarding, or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or other
                  natural physiological process of any plant life[, whether before or after harvest].
                      (3) (a) "Consumer commodity" means[, except as otherwise specifically provided by this
                  subsection, any] a food, as defined by this act, or by the federal act.
                      (b) "Consumer commodity" does not include:
                      (i) [any] a commodity subject to packaging or labeling requirements imposed under the
                  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.[, the Federal
                  Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or 21 U.S.C. 151 et seq., the Virus-Serum-Toxin
                  Act];
                      (ii) [any] a commodity subject to Title 4, Chapter 16, [the] Utah Seed Act;
                      (iii) [any] a meat or meat product[,] subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21
                  U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.;

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                      (iv) a poultry or poultry product[, or] subject to the Poultry Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C.
                  Sec. 451 et seq.;
                      (v) a tobacco or tobacco product; or
                      [(iv)] (vi) [any] a beverage subject to or complying with packaging or labeling
                  requirements imposed under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 27 U.S.C. Sec. 201, et
                  seq.[, the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.]
                      (4) "Contaminated" means not securely protected from dust, dirt, or foreign or injurious
                  agents.
                      (5) "Federal act" means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301
                  et seq.[, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.]
                      (6) "Food" means:
                      (a) [articles] an article used for food or drink for [man or animals] human or animal
                  consumption or the components of [those articles] the article;
                      (b) chewing gum or its components; or
                      (c) a food [supplements] supplement for special dietary [uses] use which [exist by reason]
                  is necessitated because of a physical, physiological, pathological, or other condition.
                      (7) (a) "Food additive" means [any] a substance, the intended use of which results in [it]
                  the substance becoming a component, or otherwise affecting the characteristics, of [any] a food
                  [including any]. "Food additive" includes a substance or source of radiation intended for use in
                  producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or
                  holding food[, if that substance is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific
                  training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific
                  procedures to be safe under the conditions of its intended use. In the case of a substance used in a
                  food prior to January 1, 1958, its safety may be demonstrated through either scientific procedures
                  or experience based on its common use in food].
                      (b) "Food additive" does not include:
                      (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity;
                      (ii) a pesticide chemical [to the extent] that [it] is intended for use or is used in the

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                  production, storage, or transportation of [any] a raw agricultural commodity; or
                      [(iii) a color additive; or]
                      [(iv) any] (iii) a substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval granted
                  pursuant to [the federal act] the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.[, the
                  Poultry Products Inspection Act,] or the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et
                  seq.[, the Meat Inspection Act.]
                      (8) (a) "Food establishment" means a grocery store, bakery, candy factory, food
                  processor, bottling plant, sugar factory, cannery, rabbit processor, meat processor, flour mill, cold
                  or dry warehouse storage, or other facility where food products are manufactured, canned,
                  processed, packaged, stored, transported, prepared, sold, or offered for sale.
                      (b) "Food establishment" does not include a dairy farm, a dairy plant, or a meat
                  establishment, which is subject to the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et
                  seq., or the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.
                      [(8)] (9) "Label" means a [display of] written, printed, or graphic [matter upon] display
                  on the immediate container of [any] an article of food. [A requirement made by or under the
                  authority of this chapter that any word, statement, or other information appear on the label may
                  not be considered to be complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also
                  appears] The department may require that a label contain specific written, printed, or graphic
                  information which is:
                      (a) displayed on the outside container or wrapper[, if any,] of [the] a retail package of
                  [the] an article[,]; or [is]
                      (b) easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
                      [(9)] (10) "Labeling" means [all labels] a label and other written, printed, or graphic
                  [matter] display:
                      (a) [upon] on an article of food or [any of] its containers or wrappers; or
                      (b) accompanying the article of food.
                      [(10)] (11) "Official compendium" means the official documents or supplements to the:
                      (a) United States Pharmacopoeia;

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                      (b) National Formulary[, official]; or
                      (c) Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States[, or any supplement to them].
                      [(11)] (12) (a) "Package" means [any] a container or wrapping in which [any] a consumer
                  commodity is enclosed for use in the delivery or display of the consumer commodity to retail
                  purchasers.
                      (b) "Package" does not include:
                      (i) package liners;
                      (ii) shipping containers or wrapping used solely for the transportation of consumer
                  commodities in bulk or in quantity to manufacturers, packers, processors, or wholesale or retail
                  distributors; or
                      (iii) shipping containers or outer wrappings used by retailers to ship or deliver [any] a
                  consumer commodity to retail customers, if the containers and wrappings bear no printed [matter
                  pertaining] information relating to the consumer commodity.
                      [(12)] (13) (a) "Pesticide [chemical]" means [any] a substance [which] intended:
                      [(a) alone, in chemical combination, or in formulation with one or more other substances
                  is a pesticide within the meaning of 7 U.S.C., Sec. 136(u), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
                  Rodenticide Act; and]
                      [(b) is used in the production, storage, or transportation of raw agricultural commodities.]
                      (i) to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest, as defined under Subsection 4-14-2 (20);
                  or
                      (ii) for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desicant.
                      (b) "Pesticide" does not include:
                      (i) a new animal drug, as defined by 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321, that has been determined by the
                  United States Secretary of Health and Human Services not to be a new animal drug by federal
                  regulation establishing conditions of use of the drug; or
                      (ii) animal feed, as defined by 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321, bearing or containing a new animal
                  drug.
                      [(13)] (14) "Principal display panel" means that part of a label that is most likely to be

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                  displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for
                  retail sale.
                      [(14)] (15) "Raw agricultural commodity" means [any] a food in its raw or natural state,
                  including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled, natural form
                  prior to marketing.
                      (16) "Registration" means the issuance of a certificate by the commissioner to a qualified
                  food establishment.
                      Section 3. Section 4-5-3 is amended to read:
                       4-5-3. Unlawful acts specified.
                      (1) [The following acts are prohibited] A person may not:
                      (a) [the] manufacture, [sale, delivery, holding, or offering] sell, deliver, hold, or offer for
                  sale [of any] a food that is adulterated or misbranded;
                      (b) [the adulteration or misbranding of any] adulterate or misbrand food;
                      (c) [the distribution] except as provided in Subsection (2), distribute, in commerce [of], a
                  consumer commodity [which is contained in a package or bears a label that does not conform to]
                  inconsistent with the packaging and labeling requirements of this chapter, or the rules made under
                  this chapter;
                      (d) [the sale, delivery] sell, deliver for sale, [holding] hold for sale, or [offering] offer for
                  sale [of any] an article in violation of Section 4-5-9 ;
                      (e) [the dissemination of any] disseminate false [advertisement] advertising;
                      (f) [the removal] remove or [disposal] dispose of detained or embargoed food in violation
                  of Section 4-5-5 ;
                      (g) [the alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of] adulterate,
                  mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove the food label [of any food, if that act is done while the
                  food is held for sale and] which results in the food being misbranded or adulterated while the food
                  is for sale;
                      (h) [forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely representing, or without proper
                  authority, using any] forge, counterfeit, simulate, or misrepresent a label or information, by the

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                  unauthorized use of a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device [authorized or
                  required by rules made under this chapter]; [and]
                      (i) [the] use or [revelation by any person of any] reveal a method, process, or information
                  which is [entitled to protection] protected as a trade secret[.];
                      (j) operate a food establishment without a valid registration issued by the department; and
                      (k) refuse entry to an authorized agent of the department in a food establishment as
                  required under Section 4-5-18 .
                      (2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to [persons] a person engaged in the wholesale or
                  retail distribution of consumer commodities [except to the extent those persons] unless that
                  person:
                      (a) [are] is engaged in the packaging or labeling of consumer commodities; or
                      (b) [prescribe] prescribes or [specify by any means] specifies the manner in which
                  consumer commodities are packaged or labeled.
                      Section 4. Section 4-5-9 is amended to read:
                       4-5-9. Registration of food establishments -- Fee -- Suspension and reinstatement of
                  registration -- Inspection for compliance.
                      [(1) Whenever the department finds after investigation that the distribution in Utah of any
                  class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture,
                  processing, or packing in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot
                  be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, it shall promulgate
                  regulations providing for the issuance of permits to the manufacturers, processors, or packers of
                  such class of food stating the conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of
                  such class of food, for such temporary period as may be necessary to protect the public health;
                  and after the effective date of such regulations and during such temporary period, no person shall
                  introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any such class of food unless such
                  manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by the department.]
                      (1) (a) Pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
                  department shall establish rules providing for the registration of food establishments to protect

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                  public health and ensure a safe food supply.
                      (b) The owner or operator of a food establishment shall register with the department
                  before operating a food establishment.
                      (c) Prior to granting a registration to the owner or operator of a food establishment, the
                  department shall inspect and assess the food establishment to determine whether it complies with
                  the rules established under Subsection (1)(a).
                      (d) An applicant shall register with the department, in writing, using forms required by the
                  department.
                      (e) The department shall issue a registration to an applicant, if the department determines
                  that the applicant meets the qualifications of registration established under Subsection (1)(a).
                      (f) If the applicant does not meet the qualifications of registration, the department shall
                  notify the applicant, in writing, that the applicant's registration is denied.
                      (g) (i) If an applicant submits an incomplete application, a written notice of conditional
                  denial of registration shall be provided to an applicant.
                      (ii) The applicant must correct the deficiencies within the time period specified in the
                  notice to receive a registration.
                      (h) (i) The department may, as provided under Subsection 4-2-2 (2), charge the food
                  establishment a registration fee.
                      (ii) The department shall retain the fees as dedicated credits and shall use the fees to
                  administer the registration of food establishments.
                      (2) (a) A registration, issued under this section, shall be valid from the date the
                  department issues the registration, to December 31 of the year the registration is issued.
                      (b) A registration may be renewed for the following year by applying for renewal by
                  December 31 of the year the registration expires.
                      (3) A registration, issued under this section, shall specify:
                      (a) the name and address of the food establishment;
                      (b) the name of the owner or operator of the food establishment; and
                      (c) the registration issuance and expiration date.

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                      [(2)] (4) (a) The department [is authorized to] may immediately suspend [immediately
                  upon notice any permit] a registration, issued under [authority of] this section, if [it is found that]
                  any of the conditions of [the permit] registration have been violated.
                      (b) (i) The holder of a [permit so] registration suspended [shall be privileged at any time
                  to] under Subsection (4)(a) may apply for the reinstatement of [such permit, and] a registration.
                      (ii) If the department [shall, immediately after prompt hearing and an inspection of the
                  establishment, reinstate such permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to
                  comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended]
                  determines that all registration requirements have been met, the department shall reinstate the
                  registration.
                      [(3)] (5) (a) [Any officer or employee duly designated by] A food establishment,
                  registered under this section, shall allow the department [shall] to have access to [any factory or]
                  the food establishment[, the operator of which holds a permit from the department for the purpose
                  of ascertaining whether or not] to determine if the [conditions of the permit are being complied
                  with, and denial of] food establishment is complying with the registration requirements.
                      (b) If a food establishment denies access for [such] an inspection [shall be ground for
                  suspension of the permit] required under Subsection (5)(a), the department may suspend the food
                  establishment's registration until [such] the department is allowed access [is freely given by the
                  operator] to the food establishment's premises.
                      Section 5. Section 4-9-1 is amended to read:
                       4-9-1. Definitions.
                      As used in this chapter:
                      (1) "Correct" [as], when used in connection with weights and measures, means
                  conformance to [all] applicable requirements of this chapter[;].
                      (2) "Package" means [any] a commodity put up or packaged [in any manner in advance
                  of] before sale in [units suitable for] either wholesale or retail sale[;]units.
                      (3) "Primary standards" mean the physical standards of the state, described in Section
                  4-9-4 , which [serve as] are the legal reference from which all other standards and weights and

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                  measures are derived[;].
                      (4) "Sale from bulk" means the sale of commodities, when the quantity is determined at
                  the time of sale[;].
                      (5) "Secondary standards" [mean] means a physical [standards] standard which [are] is
                  traceable to primary standards through comparisons, using acceptable laboratory procedures[;].
                      (6) "Weighing and measuring" means the use of weights and measures.
                      [(6)] (7) "Weight" means net weight, unless the label declares that the product is sold by
                  drained weight, in which [event, it] case, "weight" means net drained weight[; and].
                      [(7)] (8) "Weights and measures" [mean all] means weights and measures [of every kind],
                  and [any instrument or device] instruments or devices used for weighing or measuring [together
                  with any], including an appliance or accessory associated with [such an] the instrument or device.
                      (9) "Weights and measures registration" means the issuance of a certificate by the
                  commissioner to a weights and measures user.
                      (10) "Weights and measures user" means a person who uses weights and measures in
                  trade or commerce.
                      Section 6. Section 4-9-3 is amended to read:
                       4-9-3. Weights and measures -- Systems used -- Basic units, tables, and equivalents
                  as published by National Institute of Standards and Technology.
                      [The] (1) The department shall use the same system of weights and measures [in
                  customary use] that is customarily used in the United States, and the metric system of weights and
                  measures [are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall].
                      (2) Either system may be used for [all] commercial purposes in [this] the state.
                      (3) The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and
                  measure, and the weights and measures equivalents published by the National [Bureau] Institute
                  of Standards and Technology, shall [govern] determine the weights and measures systems used
                  within [this] the state.
                      Section 7. Section 4-9-4 is amended to read:
                       4-9-4. Weights and measures -- Primary state standards -- Secondary state

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                  standards -- Verification.
                      (1) 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 [Bureau]
                  Institute of Standards and Technology, shall be the state primary standards, and shall be
                  maintained in [such] the calibration [as] prescribed by the National [Bureau] Institute of Standards
                  [prescribes] and Technology.
                      (2) Secondary standards may be prescribed by the department and shall be verified upon
                  their initial receipt, and as often after initial receipt as [deemed] is considered necessary by the
                  department.
                      Section 8. Section 4-9-5 is amended to read:
                       4-9-5. Weights and measures -- Specifications, tolerances, and technical data
                  published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook govern.
                      [The] Unless modified by the department, Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and
                  Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, National Institute of
                  Standards and Technology, adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures,
                  including supplements or revisions to Handbook 44, shall determine the specifications, tolerances,
                  and other technical requirements for devices used for:
                      (1) commercial weighing and measuring[, for];
                      (2) law enforcement[, for];
                      (3) data gathering[,]; and [for]
                      (4) other weighing and measuring [devices adopted by the National Conference on
                  Weights and Measures and published in National Bureau of Standards Handbook 44,
                  "Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring
                  Devices," and supplements or revisions of such handbook, shall govern devices for weights and
                  measures in the state used for any official purpose, except as modified by regulation of the
                  department] purposes.
                      Section 9. Section 4-9-5.2 is amended to read:
                       4-9-5.2. Adopting uniform packaging and labeling regulation.

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                      [The] Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Packaging and Labeling
                  Regulation, [as] adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures [and published in
                  the National Bureau of Standards' Handbook 130 "Uniform Laws and Regulations" is applicable]
                  in Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine
                  Fuel Quality, National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall apply to packaging and
                  labeling in the state[, unless modified by the department].
                      Section 10. Section 4-9-5.3 is amended to read:
                       4-9-5.3. Adopting uniform regulation for the method of sale of commodities.
                      [The] Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale
                  of Commodities, [as] adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, [and
                  published by the National Conference on Weights and Measures in the National Bureau of
                  Standards' Handbook 130 "Uniform Laws and Regulations" is applicable] in Handbook 130,
                  Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality,
                  National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall apply to the method of sale of commodities
                  in the state[, unless modified by the department].
                      Section 11. Section 4-9-5.4 is amended to read:
                       4-9-5.4. Adopting uniform regulation for the voluntary registration of
                  servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices.
                      [The] Unless modified by the department, the Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary
                  Registration of Servicepersons and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring
                  Devices, [as] adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures[, and published in
                  the National Bureau of Standards' Handbook 130 "Uniform Laws and Regulations" is applicable]
                  in Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine
                  Fuel Quality, National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall apply to the registration of
                  servicepersons and service agencies in the state[, unless modified by the department].
                      Section 12. Section 4-9-6 is amended to read:
                       4-9-6. Department duties -- Seizure of incorrect weights and measures.
                      (1) The department may:

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                      [(1)] (a) [promulgates] establish weights and measures standards, specifications, and
                  tolerances for [any and]:
                      (i) all commodities[, standards of];
                      (ii) the fill for any commodity contained in a package[, standards and specifications for];
                      (iii) labels or labeling of [any] a commodity[,]; and [standards, specifications, and
                  tolerances for]
                      (iv) weights and measures used commercially;
                      [(2)] (b) [inspects] inspect and [tests] test weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed
                  for sale to determine if they are correct;
                      [(3)] (c) [inspects] inspect and [tests] test weights and measures commercially used to
                  determine if they are correct;
                      [(4)] (d) [tests] test all weights and measures used [in checking] to check the receipt or
                  disbursement of supplies used by [any] a state agency or institution funded by the state;
                      [(5)] (e) [inspects and tests, according to] in accordance with sampling procedures
                  recognized and designated in [the] Handbook 133, Checking the Net Contents of Packaged
                  Goods, National [Bureau] Institute of Standards [Handbooks 67 and 133, "Checking
                  Prepackaged Commodities,"] and Technology, inspect and test any packaged commodity kept,
                  offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine if the package
                  contains the amount represented;
                      [(6)] (f) [prescribes] determine the appropriate term or unit of weight or measure to be
                  used for container sizes, if [it] the department determines that an existing practice of declaring the
                  quantity by weight, measure, count, or any combination of [such] these practices, hinders value
                  comparisons by consumers;
                      [(7)] (g) [approves] approve correct weights and measures [for use as correct] and
                  [rejects] reject and [marks] mark as "rejected," weights and measures [found incorrect] that are
                  incorrect;
                      [(8)] (h) [allows] allow reasonable variations from [the] a stated weight or measure
                  caused by loss or gain due to:

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                      (i) moisture during the course of [good] acceptable distribution [practice] practices; or
                  [by]
                      (ii) unavoidable deviations in [good] acceptable manufacturing [practice] practices;
                      [(9)] (i) [grants] grant an exemption from the requirements of this chapter or from any
                  [regulation published as authorized by] rule promulgated under this chapter, when [appropriate]
                  the department determines that the exemption is necessary for the maintenance of [good]
                  acceptable commercial practices;
                      [(10)] (j) [maintains] maintain on file, for public inspection, a copy of each handbook
                  prepared by the National [Bureau] Institute of Standards and Technology which is used to enforce
                  this chapter; and
                      [(11)] (k) [establishes] establish and [charges] charge fees as authorized under [Section
                  63-38-3.2 ] Subsection 4-2-2 (2) for the inspection of weights and measures. [Weights]
                      (2) The department may seize weights and measures that [have been rejected may be
                  seized if] are:
                      (a) incorrect and are not corrected within [the ] a reasonable time specified [or if] by the
                  department; or
                      (b) used or disposed of in a manner not [specifically] authorized[. The] by the
                  department [shall condemn and may seize weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not
                  capable of being corrected].
                      Section 13. Section 4-9-12 is amended to read:
                       4-9-12. Unlawful acts specified.
                      [It is unlawful for any] A person [to] may not:
                      (1) sell, offer, or [expose] present for sale [any] a commodity whose weight and measure
                  is less than the weight and measure represented as being sold, offered, or exposed for sale;
                      (2) misrepresent the price of [any] a commodity sold, advertised, exposed, or offered for
                  sale by weight, measure, or count, or to represent the price in [any] a manner [tending to mislead
                  or deceive] that misleads or deceives a person;
                      (3) use or possess [any incorrect] an incorrect weight or measure in commerce;

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                      (4) remove [any] a tag, seal, or mark from [any] a weight or measure without specific
                  written authorization from the department; [or]
                      (5) hinder or obstruct [any] an agent of the department dealing with weights and
                  measures in the performance of the agent's duties[.]; or
                      (6) operate weights and measures in trade or commerce for the purpose of determining
                  the weight or measure of a commodity without a valid weights and measures registration issued
                  by the department.
                      Section 14. Section 4-9-15 is enacted to read:
                      4-9-15. Registration of commercial establishments using weights and measures --
                  Application -- Fee -- Expiration -- Renewal.
                      (1) (a) Pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
                  department shall establish rules providing for the registration of weights and measures users and
                  issuance of certification of weights and measures devices to ensure the use of correct weights and
                  measures in commerce or trade.
                      (b) A weights and measures user shall register with the department.
                      (c) Prior to granting a registration to a weights and measures user, the department shall
                  determine whether the weights and measures user complies with the rules established under
                  Subsection (1)(a).
                      (d) An applicant shall register with the department, in writing, using forms required by the
                  department.
                      (e) The department shall issue a registration to an applicant, if the department determines
                  that the applicant meets the qualifications of registration established under Subsection (1)(a).
                      (f) If the applicant does not meet the qualifications of registration, the department shall
                  notify the applicant, in writing, that the applicant's registration is denied.
                      (g) (i) If an applicant submits an incomplete application, a written notice of conditional
                  denial of registration shall be provided to an applicant.
                      (ii) The applicant must correct the deficiencies within the time period specified in the
                  notice to receive a registration.

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                      (h) (i) The department may, as provided under Subsection 4-2-2 (2), charge the weights
                  and measures user a registration fee.
                      (ii) The department shall retain the fees as dedicated credits and shall use the fees to
                  administer the registration of weights and measures users.
                      (2) (a) A registration, issued under this section, shall be valid from the date the
                  department issues the registration, to December 31 of the year the registration is issued.
                      (b) A registration may be renewed for the following year by applying for renewal by
                  December 31 of the year the registration expires.
                      (3) A registration, issued under this section, shall specify:
                      (a) the name and address of the weights and measures user;
                      (b) the registration issuance and expiration date; and
                      (c) the number and type of weights and measures devices to be certified.
                      (4) (a) The department may immediately suspend a registration, issued under this section,
                  if any of the requirements of Section 4-9-12 are violated.
                      (b) (i) The holder of a registration suspended under Subsection (4)(a) may apply for the
                  reinstatement of a registration.
                      (ii) If the department determines that all requirements under Section 4-9-12 are being
                  met, the department shall reinstate the registration.
                      (5) (a) A weights and measures user, registered under this section, shall allow the
                  department access to the weights and measures user's place of business to determine if the weights
                  and measures user is complying with the registration requirements.
                      (b) If a weights and measures user denies access for an inspection required under
                  Subsection (5)(a), the department may suspend the weights and measures user's registration until
                  the department is allowed access to the weights and measures user's place of business.
                      Section 15. Section 63-2-304 is amended to read:
                       63-2-304. Protected records.
                      The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
                      (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret

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                  has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
                      (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a person
                  if:
                      (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
                  competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
                  governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
                      (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access than
                  the public in obtaining access; and
                      (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with the
                  information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
                      (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity to
                  the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
                  commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
                  substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
                      (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
                  competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
                  defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
                      (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
                  employment, or academic examinations;
                      (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement proceedings
                  or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or agreement with a
                  governmental entity, except that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to see
                  bids submitted to or by a governmental entity after bidding has closed;
                      (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real or
                  personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
                  before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
                      (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
                  entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;

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                      (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
                  duty of confidentiality to the entity;
                      (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
                  property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property; or
                      (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of property,
                  the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value of the
                  property;
                      (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
                  compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
                  disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value of
                  the subject property, unless:
                      (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including the
                  governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
                      (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of the
                  value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
                  duty of confidentiality to the entity;
                      (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
                  purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
                  release of the records:
                      (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
                  enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
                      (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
                  proceedings;
                      (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
                  hearing;
                      (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not generally
                  known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of an
                  investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of

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                  government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
                      (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques, procedures,
                  policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would interfere with
                  enforcement or audit efforts;
                      (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an individual;
                      (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
                  property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft, or
                  other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
                      (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
                  facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
                  with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
                      (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
                  Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
                  Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
                  employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
                  jurisdiction;
                      (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
                  procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
                  audits or collections;
                      (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit until
                  the final audit is released;
                      (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
                  litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
                      (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
                  legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning litigation;
                      (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
                  representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
                  privileged as provided in Section 78-24-8 ;

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                      (19) personal files of a legislator, including personal correspondence to or from a member
                  of the Legislature, provided that correspondence that gives notice of legislative action or policy
                  may not be classified as protected under this section;
                      (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
                  General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated legislation
                  or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the legislation or
                  course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
                      (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
                  Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator asks
                  that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such time as
                  the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
                      (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and General
                  Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared in response
                  to these requests;
                      (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
                      (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
                  pending litigation;
                      (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
                  may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the Uninsured
                  Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
                      (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
                  concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
                  privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
                      (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or biological
                  resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of valuable historic,
                  scientific, educational, or cultural information;
                      (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would conflict
                  with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;

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                      (28) records of a public institution of higher education regarding tenure evaluations,
                  appointments, applications for admissions, retention decisions, and promotions, which could be
                  properly discussed in a meeting closed in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public
                  Meetings, provided that records of the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention,
                  promotions, or those students admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
                      (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
                  proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
                  policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected those
                  policies or courses of action or made them public;
                      (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
                  revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
                  recommendations in these areas;
                      (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
                  that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
                  records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure if
                  retained by it;
                      (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
                  except as provided in Section 52-4-7 ;
                      (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
                  final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
                  disclosure;
                      (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
                  administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any other
                  body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
                      (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered by
                  or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand or
                  locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
                  person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not be

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                  used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
                      (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining the
                  governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
                  copyrights, and trade secrets;
                      (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including a
                  public institution of higher education, and other information concerning the donation that could
                  reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of the donor, provided that:
                      (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
                      (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
                  classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
                      (c) except for public institutions of higher education, the governmental unit to which the
                  donation is made is primarily engaged in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no
                  regulatory or legislative authority over the donor, a member of his immediate family, or any entity
                  owned or controlled by the donor or his immediate family;
                      (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6-40 , 41-12a-202 , and 73-18-13 ;
                      (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
                  34A-2-205 ;
                      (40) (a) the following records of a public institution of education, which have been
                  developed, discovered, or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the
                  institution:
                      (i) unpublished lecture notes;
                      (ii) unpublished research notes and data;
                      (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
                      (iv) creative works in process;
                      (v) scholarly correspondence; and
                      (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals; and
                      (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
                      (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that

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                  would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the date
                  that audit is completed and made public; and
                      (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
                  Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that the
                  records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would reveal
                  the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as protected
                  records until the audit is completed and made public;
                      (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
                  other document that indicates the location of:
                      (a) a production facility; or
                      (b) a magazine;
                      (43) information contained in the database described in Section 62A-3-311.1 ;
                      (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
                  Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services; [and]
                      (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
                  National Guard's federal mission[.]; and
                      (46) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed by
                  the Department of Agriculture and Food.

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