Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 83-214

  • 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.
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(a) The secretary may try and prove weights, measures, balances and other measuring devices on request for any person, corporation or institution, and when the same are found or made to conform to the state standards, and otherwise fulfill such reasonable requirements as the secretary may make, the secretary, or an authorized representative of the secretary, may seal the same with a seal which is kept for that purpose.

(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the secretary, or the authorized representative of the secretary, may charge for services provided by the department and other necessary and incidental expenses or both incurred in conjunction with the testing and proving of weights, measures and other devices at rates prescribed pursuant to this section. An in-state rate shall be charged to licensed service companies that have licensed technical representatives performing service work in Kansas. An additional fee for adjustment of any weight, measure or other device may be assessed. The rates charged by the secretary shall be as follows:

Category

In-Staterate

In-State ratefor quantitiesof 10 or more

In-State ratefor quantities of100 or more

Standardrate

Standard ratefor quantities of10 or more

Adjustmentfee perpiece

Large Mass ( 1,250 lbs through 100 lbs, 500 kg through 50 kg)

$16

$8

$6

$20

$10

$5

Medium Mass (< 100 lbs through 20 lbs, < 50 kg through 10 kg)

$6

$4

$2

$10

$5

$5

Small Mass (< 20 lbs through 0.001 lbs, < 10 kg through 1 mg)

$6

$4

$2

$10

$5

$5

Small Mass Set ( 10 lbs through 0.001 lbs, 5 kg through 20 mg)

$35

$35

$45

$45

$5

Precision Mass (1,000 lbs through 0.001 lbs, 30 kg through 1 mg) ASTM 2, 3.4. 5

$20

$20

$30

$30

$40

Precision Mass Echelon I (30 kg through 1 mg) ASTM 1 or ASTM 0

$40

$40

$60

$60

Extra Large Headhouse Weights (3,000 lbs through > 1,250 lbs)

$40

$40

$50

$50

$5

Weight Carts (6,000 lbs through 2,000 lbs)

$80

$80

$100

$100

$25

Weight Carts (8,000 lbs)

$200

$200

$220

$220

$25

Large Volume (100 gal or less)

$85

$85

$100

$100

$25

Large Volume (greater than 100 gal and less than or equal to 200 gal)

$185

$185

$200

$200

$25

Large Volume (greater than 200 gal and less than or equal to 500 gal)

$285

$285

$300

$300

$25

Large Volume (greater than 500 gal)

$485

$485

$500

$500

$25

Small Volume (5 gal)

$50

$50

$70

$70

$10

Gravimetric Volume (5 gal)

$180

$180

$200

$200

Thermometry (-35°C through 150°C)(Based on a per point calibration)

$90

$75

$110

$90