3.2-5615 - Appointment, terms and compensation of local sealers of weights and measures; discontinuance of local program. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-5615. Appointment, terms and compensation of local sealers of weightsand measures; discontinuance of local program.

The governing bodies of the respective counties and cities may appoint asealer of weights and measures. However, two or more counties may appointjointly a sealer subject to the approval of the Commissioner. Sealersappointed under this chapter shall hold office for such terms and shallreceive such salaries, as the appointing powers may prescribe. Such salariesshall be paid out of the county or city treasury, as the case may be. Nocounty or city employing a sealer or sealers and conducting a weights andmeasures program shall discontinue the program without first giving theCommissioner 12 months' written notice of its intent to do so.

(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.19, 59-85; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-937; 1987,c. 46; 2008, c. 860.)