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Kentucky Administrative Regulations (Last Updated: August 1, 2016) |
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TITLE 302. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
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Chapter 85. Weights and Measures |
302 KAR 85:010. Requirements to establish fee schedules for calibrations, adjustments, weights and measures
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Section 1. Application. The department shall inspect and calibrate all weighing and measuring devices in accordance with KRS 363.610.
(1) Each weighing and measuring device inspected shall be charged the following calibration fees:
(a)
MASS
(lbs.)
(weights)
0-5
5.01-10
10.01-49
50-
250
251-500
501-1000
1001-5000
$5.00
$7.50
$15.00
$20.00
$35.00
$50.00
$100.00
(b)
VOLUME
(gal)
(gas cans & provers)
5
25
50
100
500
1000
$20
$ 35
$70
$50
$250
$400
(2) Each weighing and measuring device that is out of tolerance and requires adjustment shall be charged the following fee for adjustment:
MASS
(lbs.)
(weights)
0-5
5.01-10
10.01-49
50-250
251-500
501-1000
1001-5000
$2.50
$2.50
$5.00
$5.00
$10.00
$20.00
$50.00
(a)
VOLUME
(gal)
(gas cans & provers)
5
25
50
100
500
1000
$5.00
$5.00
$10.00
$25.00
$50.00
$100.00
(b) Three (3) Metric Equivalents shall be charged on the schedule established in subsections 1 and 2. (33 Ky.R. 656; 1306; eff. 11-8-2006.)
Notation
RELATES TO: KRS 363.590, 363.610
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 363.590(1), 363.610, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Part I, A.22(4),
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 363.590(1) requires the director of the division of weights and measures to issue administrative regulations for the enforcement of KRS 363.510 to 363.850. KRS 363.610 authorizes the director to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale. 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Part I, A.22(4) authorizes the Department to promulgate administrative regulations establishing license fees, testing fees, and any other fees necessary to operate and maintain a metrology lab. This administrative regulation requires the department to inspect all weighing and measuring devices for accuracy and allows establishment of a fee system for the calibration and adjustments to these weighing and measuring devices.