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ODA proposes raising weights and measures fee caps to sustain program that inspects 60,000 devices a year
Summary
The Department of Agriculture asked lawmakers to increase statutory fee caps for weights and measures by up to 30% and to retain 3% annual authority; the agency also asked temporary flexibility to raise fees further in 2026–27 to catch up after several years when increases were not taken.
Jonathan Sandow, deputy director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, told the House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water that House Bill 2806 would increase statutory fee caps for ODA’s weights and measures program and give the agency limited additional authority in the next two licensing years.
Sandow said the weights and measures program inspects about 60,000 devices annually — retail scales, fuel dispensers and other meters that sell goods by…
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