47-26-802 - Definitions.
47-26-802. Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Certified public weigher means a natural person licensed under the provisions of this part;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's duly appointed representative;
(3) Department means the Tennessee department of agriculture;
(4) Natural resources product means crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement, and asphalt related to highway construction and/or other construction projects or construction purposes, so long as materials are produced at a central location for commercial or highway use, and are measured by ton, cubic yard, or metric weights;
(5) Producer and supplier means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or governmental entity which engages in the production and/or sale of natural resources products;
(6) Seal means and includes the certified weigher's name, the words Tennessee Certified Weigher and the weigher's license number, which can be affixed either manually (by a rubber stamp or with an imprinting type stamp) or electronically; and
(7) Signature means the certified weigher's written name, which can be generated manually or electronically.
[Acts 1981, ch. 389, § 3; 1981, ch. 539, § 1; T.C.A., § 71-802; Acts 2000, ch. 597, § 1.]