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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1362

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By House Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Nealey, Betrozoff, Rasmussen and McLean)

Read first time 2/5/88.

AN ACT Relating to weights and measures; and amending RCW 19.94.410.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 41, chapter 67, Laws of 1969 and RCW 19.94.410 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, butter, oleomargarine and margarine shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold by weight and only in units of one-quarter pound, one-half pound, one pound or multiples of one pound, avoirdupois weight.

(2) The director of agriculture may allow the sale of  butter speciality products in nonstandard units of weight if the purpose achieved by using such nonstandard units is decorative in nature and the products are clearly labeled as to weight and price per pound.

                                                                                                                        Passed the House February 9, 1988.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate March 3, 1988.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.