37 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.54 - Minimum Standards for Scales not Furnished by the Texas Department of Public Safety
(a) Portable,
semiportable and fixed scale models. Portable, semiportable and fixed scale
models evaluated under the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) and found to
comply with the applicable technical requirements set out in the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, "Specifications,
Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring
Devices," will be approved for law enforcement purposes by the Texas Department
of Public Safety and may include only the following exceptions.
(1) Weight readout may be truncated to the
next lower increment reading.
(2)
Hold mode may hold scale reading until manually released.
(b) Approval procedures.
(1) Portable, semiportable, and fixed scales.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring approval shall submit to the Texas
Department of Public Safety a properly attested verification affidavit, on a
form which will be furnished by the department upon request. The affidavit
shall state, in part, that the make and model of the particular portable,
semiportable, or fixed scale meets the criteria set forth in subsection (a) of
this section. A copy of the NTEP Certificate of Conformance, provided by the
National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), shall be submitted with the
required affidavit.
(2) List of
approved scales. The department will furnish upon request a list of approved
makes and models of scales.
(3)
Cancellation or suspension of approval. If, at any time, it is determined that
any approved scale does not comply with the required specifications, the
department will cancel the approval of said make and model; provided, however,
that the person, firm, or corporation holding such an approval is entitled to
30 days' notice of such proposed cancellation of approval. During such 30-day
period, the holder of the approval shall have an opportunity to submit proof
that the make and model number in question does in fact comply with these
specifications. Such proof shall include attestation from an independent
testing agency that the scale in question complies with the criteria set forth
in subsection (a) of this section.
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