213.2 - PHYSICAL STANDARDS.
213.2 PHYSICAL STANDARDS.
Weights and measures, which conform to the standards of the United
States national institute of standards and technology existing as of
January 1, 1979, that are traceable to the United States standards
supplied by the federal government or approved as being in compliance
with its standards by the national bureau of standards shall be the
state primary standard of weights and measures. Such weights and
measures shall be verified upon initial receipt of same and as often
as deemed necessary by the secretary of agriculture. The secretary
may provide for the alteration in the state primary standard of
weights and measures in order to maintain traceability with the
standard of the national bureau of standards. All such alterations
shall be made pursuant to rules promulgated by the secretary in
accordance with chapter 17A. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 2053, 2054; C97, § 3020; S13, § 3009-b; C24, 27, 31, 35,
39, § 3252; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
213.2] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1045, § 3