§ 47-1-2. Custody and maintenance of state standards — Testing of standards.
(a) The director of the department of labor and training shall have the exclusive custody
and control of the standards so received by the state from the United States, which
standards shall be kept in a suitable fireproof place to be provided by the state.
The director shall have the oversight of all the standards furnished by the state
to the various towns and cities, and shall keep a complete list of the standards and
shall see that they are kept in good order and repair. The director shall also keep
the standards belonging to the state, furnished by the United Sta
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§ 47-1-2. Custody and maintenance of state standards — Testing of standards.
(a) The director of the department of labor and training shall have the exclusive custody
and control of the standards so received by the state from the United States, which
standards shall be kept in a suitable fireproof place to be provided by the state.
The director shall have the oversight of all the standards furnished by the state
to the various towns and cities, and shall keep a complete list of the standards and
shall see that they are kept in good order and repair. The director shall also keep
the standards belonging to the state, furnished by the United States, in perfect order,
and shall keep a complete list of the standards, and shall take a receipt for the
standards from his or her successor in office.
(b) The director may, if he or she deems it desirable, and shall, upon request by private
industry and for law enforcement agencies, test any weights, measures, instruments,
or mechanical devices of any kind used or intended to be used in standardizing the
production of any manufactured article by controlling processes or by determining
the dimensions, proportions, or properties of materials or products, in determining
wages or compensation for labor performed, in determining the dimensions or capacity
of any tank, can, or other container, or in determining the accuracy of any automatic
weighing or measuring device. When any weight, measure, instrument, or mechanical
device has been tested and found correct by the director, the director may seal the
same. If the director finds it inaccurate, the director may, in his or her discretion,
either condemn it or the director may furnish the owner or user with a certificate
indicating the amount and direction of any errors found by him or her. This section
shall not give to the director or his or her inspectors the power to seal any of the
devices which are required by law to be sealed by local sealers.
(c) The director of the department of labor and training shall by regulation establish
a fee schedule for services rendered under this section.