98.03 State standards; specifications and tolerances.
(1) Weights and measures obtained by the state as standards and certified for use as such by the national institute of standards and technology shall be the state standards of weight and measure. They shall be in the custody of the department and shall be used only for verification of other standards.
(2) The department may issue rules governing the construction, installation, and use of commercial weights and measures and prescribing tolerances therefor. The specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices issued by the national institute of standards and technology shall apply in this state except as modified by such rules or by statute.
History: 1989 a. 165; 2017 a. 22.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.
98.02 - Systems of weights and measures; special units.
98.03 - State standards; specifications and tolerances.
98.05 - Enforcement authority; measurement center laboratory.
98.06 - Method of sale of commodities.
98.07 - Declaration of quantity.
98.08 - Price refunds; price information.
98.12 - Sale of ice cream and similar frozen products.
98.13 - Milk or cream tests; samples; patrons' statement.
98.14 - Standardization of Babcock pipettes.
98.145 - Licensing of milk and cream testers.
98.146 - Licensing milk weighers and samplers.
98.16 - Vehicle scale operators; scale installation and testing.
98.18 - Installing and servicing weights and measures.
98.22 - Bulk deliveries sold in terms of weight and delivered by vehicle.
98.225 - Deliveries of certain liquid fuels.
98.245 - Liquefied petroleum gas sales.