Excellent work, Paul! Thank you for your efforts. Once New York state falls in line, you'll have an excellent opportunity (as you pointed out in an earlier e-mail) to woo Alabama by reminding it that it can then be the state that establishes adoption of the UPLR metric labeling provision in 100% of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all U.S. territories and possessions.
Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Trusten To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:37 PM Subject: [USMA:40712] Re: current New York state law supports metrication Not because of your USMA PR Director (grin)! Commissioner Andersen informed me a few weeks ago that he has some "impetus" now (something to do with complying with federal law, although he didn't make clear what that was about). Perhaps a few more weeks will tell. I shall keep you informed. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, Section 176 is sufficiently pro-metric that I doubt than any prosecutor in New York State would be willing to challenge labels which are metric-only! Thanks for the quotation. Yes. Why does the N.Y. State Dept. of Agriculture delay? Gene. ---- Original message ---- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:55:48 -0600 From: Paul Trusten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:40707] current New York state law supports metrication To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> ... 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]
