Indiana § 24-6-3-2 - Division of weights and measures; powers and duties

§ 24-6-3-2. Division of weights and measures; powers and duties

Sec. 2. (a) The division of weights and measures shall take charge of the standards adopted by this chapter as the standards of the state, cause them to be kept in a fireproof building belonging to the state, and from which they shall not be removed except for repairs or for certification, and take all other necessary precautions for their safekeeping.

(b) The division shall maintain the state standards in good order and shall submit them once in ten (10) years to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification. The division or inspectors at the division's direction, shall correct the standards of the several cities and counties, and as often as once in two (2) years compare the same with those in the division's possession, and where not otherwise provided by law the division shall have the general supervision of the weights, measures, and measuring and weighing devices in use in Indiana.

(c) The division of weights and measures is also authorized to adopt rules, specifications, and tolerances necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. The division shall, upon the written request of any Indiana citizen, firm, corporation, limited liability company, or institution, test or calibrate weights, measures, weighing, or measuring devices and instruments or apparatus used as standards in Indiana. The division or inspectors at the division's direction, shall at least once annually test all scales, weights, and measures and devices used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution under the jurisdiction of the department of child services and the division shall report in writing the findings to the executive officer of the institution concerned.

(d) The division of weights and measures shall keep a complete record of the standards, balances, and other apparatus belonging to the state and take a receipt for the same from the successor in office to the head of the division.

(e) The division or inspectors at the division's direction, shall at least once in two (2) years visit the various cities and counties in Indiana that have appointed sealers of weights and measures in order to inspect the work of the local sealers. In the performance of such duties, the division may inspect the weights, measures, balances, or any other weighing or measuring appliances of any person.

(f) The division of weights and measures shall issue from time to time rules for the guidance of state, county, and city sealers or inspectors. The rules shall govern the procedure to be followed by those officers in the discharge of their duties.

Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.2. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2418; Acts 1979, P.L.17, SEC.38; Acts 1981, P.L.33, SEC.29; P.L.3-1989, SEC.143; P.L.2-1992, SEC.750; P.L.8-1993, SEC.365; P.L.145-2006, SEC.156.