Indiana Code 24-6-3-2. Division of weights and measures; powers and duties
(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.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-6-3-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- devices: as used in this chapter shall be construed to include all weights, scales, beams, mechanical devices, or other instruments. See Indiana Code 24-6-3-14
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: as used in this chapter shall be considered to include also firms, copartnerships, limited liability companies, or corporations. See Indiana Code 24-6-3-14
(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.