215.26 - DEFINITIONS.
215.26 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Commercial weighing and measuring device" means a weight
or measure or weighing or measuring device used to establish size,
quantity, area or other quantitative measurement of a commodity sold
by weight or measurement, or where the price to be paid for producing
the commodity is based upon the weight or measurement of the
commodity. The term includes an accessory attached to or used in
connection with a commercial weighing or measuring device when the
accessory is so designed or installed that its operation may affect
the accuracy of the device. "Commercial weighing and measuring
device" includes a public scale.
2. "Liquefied petroleum gas" means liquids that do not remain
in a liquid state at atmospheric pressures and temperatures composed
predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of
hydrocarbons: propane, propylene, butanes including normal butane or
isobutane, and butylenes.
3. "Packer" means a person engaged in the business of any of
the following:
a. Buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter;
b. Manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for
sale or shipment in commerce;
c. Marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products
in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or
distributor in commerce.
4. "Service agency" means an individual, firm or corporation
which holds itself out to the public as having servicers available to
install, service or repair a weighing or measuring device for hire.
5. "Servicer" means an individual employed by a service
agency who installs, services or repairs a commercial weighing or
measuring device for hire, commission or salary. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 215.26] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1084, §10, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §43
Referred to in § 214.1, 214.2