Section 215A.3 – Rules adopted — hearing.
215A.3 Rules adopted — hearing. The department is charged with the enforcement of this chapter and, after due publicity and due public hearing, is empowered to establish rules, regulations, specifications, standards, and tests as necessary in order to secure the efficient administration of this chapter. Publicity concerning the public hearing shall be reasonably calculated to […]
Section 215A.4 – Officer assigned to act.
215A.4 Officer assigned to act. The department may at its discretion designate an employee or officer of the department to act for the department in any details connected with the administration of this chapter. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215A.4]
Section 215A.5 – Marking with seal.
215A.5 Marking with seal. If an inspection or comparative test reveals that the moisture-measuring device being inspected or tested conforms to the standards and specifications established by the department, the department shall cause the same to be marked with an appropriate seal. Any moisture-measuring device which upon inspection is found not to conform with the […]
Section 215A.6 – Procedure when device rejected.
215A.6 Procedure when device rejected. 1. Any defective moisture-measuring device, while so marked, sealed, or tagged, as provided in section 215A.5, may be used to ascertain the moisture content of agricultural products offered for sale, processing, or storage, only under the following conditions: a. The person shall keep a record, open to inspection, of every […]
Section 215.17 – Test weights to be used.
215.17 Test weights to be used. 1. A person engaged in scale repair work for hire shall use only test weights sealed by a laboratory approved by the department in determining the effectiveness of repair work and the test weights shall be sealed as to their accuracy once each year. However, a person shall not […]
Section 215A.7 – Located where visible to public.
215A.7 Located where visible to public. Every device used to ascertain the moisture content of agricultural products offered for sale, processing, or storage shall be used in a location visible to the general public and the detailed procedure for operating a moisture-measuring device shall be displayed in a conspicuous place close to the moisture-measuring device. […]
Section 215.18 – Specifications and tolerances.
215.18 Specifications and tolerances. The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial, law enforcement, data gathering, and other weighing and measuring devices, as adopted by the national conference on weights and measures and published in the national institute of standards and technology, handbook 44, “Specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring […]
Section 215A.8 – Untested devices not to be used — exception.
215A.8 Untested devices not to be used — exception. No person shall use or cause to be used any grain moisture-measuring device which has not been inspected and approved for use by the department; except, a newly purchased grain moisture-measuring device may be used prior to regular inspection and approval if the user of such […]
Section 215.19 – Automatic recorders on scales.
215.19 Automatic recorders on scales. Except for scales used by packers slaughtering fewer than one hundred twenty head of livestock per day, all scales with a capacity over five hundred pounds, which are used for commercial purposes in this state, and installed after January 1, 1981, shall be equipped with a type-registering weigh beam, a […]
Section 215A.9 – Inspection fee.
215A.9 Inspection fee. 1. The department shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected at the time of inspection an inspection fee in accordance with the fee schedule established pursuant to section 214.3, subsection 3. 2. A fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each device subject to reinspection under section 215A.5. All moneys […]