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TITLE 4 - AGRICULTURE
PART 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 12 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
SUBCHAPTER E - SERVICE COMPANIES
SECTION/RULE §12.40 - License Requirements
Chapter Review Date 12/12/2022

(a) Unless the person is exempt from the license requirement, a person may not employ an individual who performs or offers to perform device maintenance activities unless the person holds a service company license issued by the department.(b) The department may issue a license to a person who:(1) has available annually certified test standards meeting the specifications in NIST Handbook 105 series, for each class of license as follows:(A) Class 1. Scales, capacity 300 pounds or less: One 30-pound test kit, and additional test weights capable of testing a scale to 100% of its capacity.(B) Class 2. Scales, capacity more than 300 pounds but not more than 3,000 pounds: One 30-pound test kit, and additional test weights equal to 300 pounds or 25% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more.(C) Class 3. Scales, capacity more than 3,000 pounds but not more than 40,000 pounds: Test weights equal to 1,000 pounds or 12.5% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more, and correction weights in sizes no larger than one-half the minimum graduation of any scale to be tested.(D) Class 4. Scales, capacity more than 40,000 pounds: Test weights equal to 10,000 pounds or 12.5% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more, and correction weights in sizes no larger than one-half the minimum graduation of any scale to be tested.(E) Class 7. Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) measuring devices: LPG prover.(2) has available the latest editions of NIST Handbook 44 and this chapter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.40 adopted to be effective September 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 7959; amended to be effective April 23, 1998, 23 TexReg 3822; amended to be effective April 11, 2000, 25 TexReg 2991; amended to be effective November 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 8792; amended to be effective July 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 4589; amended to be effective December 16, 2013, 38 TexReg 9009; amended to be effective September 9, 2020, 45 TexReg 6227; amended to be effective March 5, 2023, 48 TexReg 1030.

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