§ 24-6-3-16 — Standards for weights and measures; rules; federal standards

Indiana § 24-6-3-16

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 6: WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND LABELING
• Ch. 3: State and Local Weights and Measures Program

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(a) The state department may adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 to establish standards for weights and measures to be
used by the state department. A standard adopted under this section
must be the same as or at least as effective as the standards adopted by
the National Conference on Weights and Measures, including
amendments to those standards in effect on June 30, 1993, and found
in:
(1) Handbook 44: Specification, Tolerances, and Other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices;
(2) Handbook 130: Chapter A, Uniform Packaging and Labeling
Regulation;
(3) Handbook 130: Chapter B, Uniform Regulation for the
Method of Sale of Commodities, except for Section 2.20; and
(4) Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged
Goods;
all published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(b) The state department may determine when an amendment to
federal standards described in subsection (a) has been adopted. If the
state department determines that an amendment to the federal standards
has been adopted, the state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to amend the rules adopted by the state department under
subsection (a). A rule adopted under this subsection must provide a
standard that is:
(1) the same as; or
(2) at least as effective as;
the amendment to the federal standards for weights and measures. A
rule adopted under this subsection must take effect not later than sixty
(60) days after the date of publication of the amendment to the federal
standards.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.177-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.123-1994, SEC.1; P.L.93-2024, SEC.174.