Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-13-5-.01
The Superintendent of weights and measures shall pass upon each type of weight and measure and weighing and measuring device manufactured, offered or exposed for sale or sold for use or used in the State of Alabama and shall approve or disapprove of said type. The said Superintendent shall approve each type of weight and measure and weighing and measuring device submitted to him for approval by any person if such type is so designated and constructed that it conforms to the specifications adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and gives correct results in terms of standard weights or measures or in terms of values derived therefrom, and is reasonably permanent in its indication and adjustment and does not facilitate the perpetration of fraud, otherwise the superintendent shall disapprove the same.
Note: The term, Superintendent of Weights and Measures,used in the above rule is now Director, Weights and Measures/Gins and Warehouse Division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-13-5-.01
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 80-15-16.