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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the transfer of the County Bureau of Weights and Measures as an office under the County Chief Executive (“Chief Executive”) to an office within and under the purview of the Office of the County Controller (“Controller”).
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WHEREAS, the Consolidated Weights and Measures Act (3 Pa.C.S.A. §§4101-4194) (“the Act”) empowers and requires the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (“PDA”) to inspect and test to ascertain if they are correct, weights and measures that are used in commerce within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”); and,
WHEREAS, Section 4121(b) of the Act authorizes PDA to delegate certain powers and duties to county sealers, and requires that any such delegation be fully-delineated in a memorandum of understanding (“MOA”); and,
WHEREAS, the PDA and Allegheny County (“County”) have entered into an MOA, currently effective for July 1st, 2007 through June 30th, 2012, initially effectuated July 1, 2002, under which the PDA has delegated to the County the power and duty to operate its own Bureau of Weights and Measures (“Weights and Measures”); and,
WHEREAS, Weights and Measures presently exists as a bureau under the overall direction and supervision of the Chief Executive, and is appropriated for in the budget of the Office of the Chief Executive; and,
WHEREAS, the Chief Executive believes that the transfer of Weights and Measures as a bureau under his overall direction and supervision, to a bureau under the overall direction and supervision of the Office of the Controller will enhance the administration of Weights and Measures; and,
WHEREAS, in order to properly administer the bureau of Weights and Measures it is necessary to transfer the appropriations for Weights and Measures from the Office of the Chief Executive to the Office of the Controller, and the transfer is necessary for the appropriate administration of the burea...
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