Renewal Deadline May 31, 2016
Company Website:
http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- (Business Wire)
Businesses with weighing and measuring devices can now pay for renewals
and obtain certificates online through the Maryland Department of
Agriculture’s Weights
& Measures Device Registration Service. Renewals will be
accepted until May 31, 2016.
The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and accepts all
major credit cards and eCheck/ACH payments. Businesses that need to
renew their devices can access the online Weights
& Measures Device Registration Service through the State’s
official website, www.maryland.gov
or through the Department of Agriculture’s website, www.mda.maryland.gov.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture mailed renewal postcards to
businesses with active weights and measures devices earlier this week
and is encouraging all businesses to use the online system. Businesses
that need to add new devices or make any changes can contact the agency
directly and then pay any amount due online the next business day. Last
year, nearly 65% of the device renewals were conducted online with the
agency reporting considerable time savings and efficiencies.
Businesses may easily renew their devices by entering their Agriculture
account number and entering payment information. If a business has
devices in more than one location, all of their devices may be renewed
in one easy transaction. The certificate for each location is displayed
for printing and can also be reprinted at any time from the online
system.
The Department of Agriculture’s Weights and Measures program ensures the
fairness and equity of all commercial transactions involving
determinations of quantity. This includes day-to-day activities such as
the sale of food that is weighed by a scale in a supermarket, the sale
of gasoline through a gasoline pump, or the sale of fuel oil through a
truck mounted meter. Maryland weights and measures officials inspect and
regulate devices used in determining the quantity of commodities such as
fuel oil, food products, livestock, grain, and precious metals.
The Weights
& Measures Device Registration Service was developed at no
charge for the Maryland Department of Agriculture by NIC
Maryland, through the self-funded eGovernment services contract with
the State
Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
About NIC Maryland
NIC
Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the official
website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its eGovernment services. NIC Maryland is a collaborative
public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information
Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland helps Maryland state
and local government entities web-enable their services and operates
without tax funds through a Self-funded eGovernment Services contract.
NIC Maryland has developed more than 65 eGov services for the state of
Maryland since the contract was awarded in August 2011.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
official government websites, online services, and secure payment
processing solutions. The Company's innovative eGovernment services help
make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The
family of NIC companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than
4,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes
has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small Companies in America” six
times, and the Company has been included four times on the Barron’s 400
Index. Additional information is available at https://www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
NIC Maryland
Janet Grard, 443-924-7405
jgrard@egov.com
Source: NIC Maryland
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