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Tot;1", BOARD OF SUPEkVISORS
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i%.ROM: Supervisor Nancy C. Fanden
Costa
March 10 , 1987 ./lug Count
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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW FOR PROPOSED
SUBJECT: WEIGHTS & MEASURES FUNDING LEGISLATION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
REQUEST:
That the County Administrator' s office review proposed
funding legislation for County Weights and Measures for
possible support by the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors.
BACKGROUND:
John Ginochio, President of the Contra Costa County Farm
Bureau, has asked that Contra Costa County join several
other Counties in the state that are supporting funding
legislation for County Weights and Measures.
Attached is a copy of the Resolution of the Contra Costa
County Farm Bureau that was passed by their Board of
�- Directors at their regular meeting on February 25, 1987 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: �A- YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X I .
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC:
County Administrator ATTESTED March.. .17 , .1987
Dept . of Agriculture _
Contra Costa County Farm Bureau r Phil Batchelor, CWrk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7•83 BY DEPUTY
RESOLUTION OF THE
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU
SUPPORTING PROPOSED COUNTY WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES FUNDING LEGISLATION
WHEREAS, agriculture is the number one industry. in California; and
WHEREAS, the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices used in com-
mercial transactions is crucial to the protection of both buyers and sellers
of agriculture commodities; and
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WHEREAS, county weights and measures programs are essential in assuring
the accuracy of commercial weighing and measuring devices used in the buying
and selling of agriculture commodities; and
WHEREAS, county weights and measures programs are experiencing local
general fund cutbacks, reducing their ability to provide necessary services;
and
WHEREAS, the Farm Bureau's support is crucially needed for passage of
funding legislation necessary to maintain county weights and measures pro-
grams vital to the agriculture industry in California.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Contra Costa County Farm Bureau
hereby supports the county weights and measures funding legislation proposal
attached to this resolution.
I hereby certify that this resolution was passed by the Board of Directors
of Contra Costa County Farm Bureau at their regular meeting on February
25, 1987.
Dated March 4, 1987
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU
Susan Spannagel, Executive Secretary
amend
12104.5(a). The director may allocate annually to each county an amount
determined by the director not to exceed one-third of. the amount expended by
the county pursuant to this division during the previous fiscal year for weights
and. measures programs. The allocation shall be made from funds appropriated to
' the director for the administration and enforcement of this division at the local
level. The Vepartme_nt shall require counties receiving such allocation to main-
tain county support (from county general funds or fees) for weights and measures
activities at the previous fiscal year level at a minimum.
(b) The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Food and Agricul-
ture to be allocated by the director to county sealers pursuant to this section.
Amend
12240. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, charge an annual device
registration fee to recover the cost of inspecting or testing weighing and mea-
suring devices required of the county sealer pursuant to Section 12210. The fee
shall not exceed the county's total cast of actually inspecting or testing the
devices, as required by law_, or the amount prescribed in the table of Maximum
Annual Charges in i�-Kdiiiif JfI Ui Section ..1.2241,. except that the county may
collect the fees biennially in which case they shall not exceed twice the amount
of an annual fee. The ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to Article 7 (com-
mencing with Section 25120) of Chapter- 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
Retail gasoline pump meters, for which the above fees are assessed, shall be
inspected as frequently as required by regulations, but not less than once every
two years.
Amend
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