Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) Subject to the
provisions of Title 32, chapter 12, part 2, and Title 82, chapter 15, part 1,
MCA, the bureau adopts and incorporates by reference the following publications
for weights and measures in Montana:
(a) NIST
Handbook 44, 2023 edition: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices with the following
modifications:
(i) Delete paragraph UR.3.3.
Single-Draft Weighing found in section 2.20, Scales.
(ii) Delete paragraph UR.2.2. Ticket Printer,
Customer Ticket found in section 3.31, Vehicle-Tank Meters.
(b) NIST Handbook 130, 2023
edition: Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel
Quality with the following modifications:
(i)
IV Uniform Regulations part A, Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation
section 14, insert in the blank space [effective date], for the effective
date.
(ii) IV Uniform Regulations
part B, Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities, section 5
insert in the blank space [effective date], for the effective date.
(iii) IV Uniform Regulations part D, Uniform
Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons and Service
Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices, section 3, Registration
Fee, insert in all blank spaces, $25.00. Section 8 insert P.O. Box 200516
Helena Mt 59620 in the blank space.
(iv) IV Uniform Regulations part E. Uniform
Regulation for National Type Evaluation, section 4(c) through (g) insert in all
blank spaces January 1, 2024 for the effective date.
(v) IV Uniform Regulations part E. Uniform
Regulation for National Type Evaluation, section 7, insert in the blank space
[effective date], for the effective date.
(c) NIST Handbook 130, 2023 edition: Uniform
Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality with the
following modifications:
(i) Delete in its
entirety Section III, part B Uniform Weighmaster Law.
(ii) Delete in its entirety Section IV, part
C Uniform Unit Pricing Regulation.
(d) NIST Handbook 133, 2022 edition: Checking
the Net Contents of Packaged Goods.
(2) A copy of NIST Handbooks 44, 130, and 133
can be obtained from the United States Department of Commerce, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, National Conference on Weights and
Measures, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, or online at www.nist.org.
AUTH:
30-12-202,
82-15-102, MCA; IMP:
30-12-202,
30-12-205,
30-12-401,
30-12-406,
30-12-407,
30-12-408,
30-12-409,
MCA
