Wonder if the NY state highway department read the first two sentences of that section.
Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 17:56 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40707] current New York state law supports metrication As we await a decision from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Bureau of Weights and Measures, on the adoption of the UPLR metric-only labeling option, we might want to scratch our heads about the delay. Article 16, Section 176 of the New York Agriculture and Markets laws is forcefully pro-metric (see below). Once again, only two states, New York and Alabama, have not yet adopted the measure, which would allow product labeling not regulated by the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) to be optionally labeled in metric units only. All other U.S. states and territories have adopted the change. ยง 176. Declaration of policy and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary and orderly conversion to the metric system of weights and measures is of vital importance to the economy of the state. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the gradual implementation of the metric system throughout the state's government, industry, commerce, business, education and agriculture. This article is enacted in the exercise of the public power in order to encourage such implementation and to provide a revised code of weights and measures which will be responsive to the present and future needs of commerce, industry and consumers. The legislature finds and declares that the coordination and administration of this unitary regulatory system governing weights and measures throughout the state should be, and is hereby, vested in the commissioner of agriculture and markets and that enforcement of this article by the counties and cities of the state shall be under his supervision. -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
