37-20-3. Reference standards, working standards, and field standards.
In addition to the state reference standards of weights and measures provided for by law, the state shall supply at least one complete set of duplicate standards which shall be kept at all times in the department. The duplicate standards shall be known as the working standards. The other weights, measures, and apparatus which are necessary to carry out the provisions of chapters 37-20 to 37-22, inclusive, shall be known as field standards.
Source: SDC 1939, §63.0201; SL 1982, ch 278, §2; SL 2004, ch 17, §242; SL 2006, ch 187, §5; SL 2016, ch 183, §17.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 20 - Standard Weights And Measures
Section 37-20-1 - Definitions.
Section 37-20-1.1 - Federally supplied weights and measures adopted as state standards.
Section 37-20-3 - Reference standards, working standards, and field standards.
Section 37-20-4 - Verification and sealing of working standards and field standards.
Section 37-20-5 - Working standards used to test weighing and measuring devices.
Section 37-20-31 - Marking false weight on container as misdemeanor.
Section 37-20-32 - Placing foreign substance in package to increase weight as misdemeanor.