47-26-1002 - Definitions.
47-26-1002. Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Certificate means that document or instrument issued by a public weighmaster containing information specified in § 47-26-1012;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's duly appointed representative;
(3) Department means the Tennessee department of agriculture;
(4) Handbook 44 means National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices;
(5) NIST means the National Institute of Standards and Technology which is an agency of the United States department of commerce;
(6) Public weighing means the weighing, measuring, or counting, upon request, of vehicles, property, produce, commodities, or articles other than those that the weigher or the weigher's employer, if any, is either buying or selling;
(7) Public weighmaster means any person who performs public weighing as defined;
(8) State means the state of Tennessee;
(9) Vehicle means any device (except railroad freight cars) in, upon, or by which any property, produce, commodity, or article is or may be transported or drawn; and
(10) Weights and measures official means any department of agriculture employee acting on behalf of the department and/or appointed by the commissioner.
[Acts 1997, ch. 311, § 2.]