A commercial weighing and measuring device shall not be installed in this state unless approved by the department. All livestock scales and pit type scales, regardless of capacity, installed on or after July 1, 1990, shall have a clearance of not less than four feet from the finished floor line of the scale to the bottom of the "I" beam of the scale bridge. Livestock shall not be weighed on any scale other than a livestock scale or pit type scale. An electronic pitless scale shall be placed on concrete footings with concrete floor. After approval by the department, the specifications for a commercial weighing and measuring device shall be furnished to the purchaser of the device by the manufacturer. The approval shall be based upon the recommendation of the United States national institute of standards and technology.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 215.14]
90 Acts, ch 1045, § 1
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