83-225. Scale; authorized removal of rejection tag or other mark. (a) A licensed service company shall be authorized to remove an official rejection tag or other mark placed on a scale by authority of the secretary for the purpose of testing or repairing any scale.
(b) After the test is conducted and necessary repairs are completed, the service company shall place the weighing and measuring device in service and shall notify the secretary of such within the time periods established by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations adopted hereunder.
(c) When a scale cannot be repaired properly, the service company shall replace the rejection tag or other mark with a substitute rejection tag or other mark supplied by the department and shall notify the secretary within the time period as established by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations adopted hereunder.
(d) This section shall apply to new and used scales.
(e) This section shall be supplemental to and part of the act appearing in article 2 of chapter 83 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. Administrative or civil penalties specified in K.S.A. 83-220, and amendments thereto, shall apply to violations of this section.
History: L. 1986, ch. 398, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 398, § 10; L. 1996, ch. 146, § 28; Apr. 18.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 83 - Weights And Measures
Article 2 - Standards And Enforcement
83-202 Recognized system of weights and measures.
83-203 State primary standards of weights and measures; secondary standards.
83-205 Weights and measures inspection program; personnel; functions.
83-206 Same; powers and duties of secretary of agriculture.
83-207 Same; rules and regulations.
83-208 Inspections; prohibited acts; penalty for violation.
83-209 Enforcement; orders of secretary.
83-210 County or city enforcement; powers and duties of officials.
83-212 Bulk sales delivery ticket; contents.
83-213 Labeling of packages; rules and regulations.
83-214 Testing and sealing on request; charge for services; weights and measures fee fund.
83-215 Rejection of weighing or measuring device; repair or destruction of device.
83-216 Same; devices declared to be common nuisance and contraband; action for disposal of device.
83-218 Presumptive proof of regular use of device.
83-220 Penalty for violations.
83-221 Dispensing devices and vehicle tanks; inspections, tests, certifications.
83-222 Continuation of rules and regulations.
83-223 Action for injunction authorized to restrain or prevent violations.
83-225 Scale; authorized removal of rejection tag or other mark.