C.R.S. Section 35-14-116
Railroad car tare weights

(1)

Whenever stenciled tare weights on freight cars are employed in the sale of commodities or the assessment of freight charges, the following conditions and requirements shall apply:

(a)

All newly stenciled or restenciled tare weights shall be accurately represented to the nearest one hundred pounds for inch pound units and to the nearest fifty kilograms for metric units, and the representation shall include the date of weighing.

(b)

The allowable difference between actual tare weight and stenciled tare weight on freight cars in use shall be:

(I)

If in inch pounds:

(A)

Plus or minus three hundred pounds for cars of fifty thousand pounds or less;

(B)

Plus or minus four hundred pounds for cars over fifty thousand pounds but not over sixty thousand pounds; or

(C)

Plus or minus five hundred pounds for cars over sixty thousand pounds;

(II)

If in metric:

(A)

Plus or minus one hundred fifty kilograms for cars twenty-five thousand kilograms or less;

(B)

Plus or minus two hundred kilograms for cars over twenty-five thousand kilograms but not over thirty thousand kilograms; or

(C)

Plus or minus two hundred fifty kilograms for cars over thirty thousand kilograms.

(c)

Tare weight determinations for verification or change of stenciled weights shall only be made on properly prepared and adequately cleaned freight cars.

(d)

Tank cars, covered hopper cars, flat cars equipped with multideck racks or special superstructures, mechanical refrigerator cars, and house-type cars equipped with special lading protective devices must be reweighed and restenciled only by owners or their authorized representatives if the car bears no lightweight (empty weight) stenciling or if repairs or alterations result in a change of weight in excess of the permissible lightweight tolerance.

Source: Section 35-14-116 — Railroad car tare weights, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-35.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

35‑14‑101
Short title 35‑14‑102
Definitions 35‑14‑103
Systems of weights and measures - customary or metric 35‑14‑104
Physical standards 35‑14‑105
Technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices - certificate required - exception 35‑14‑106
Administration 35‑14‑107
Powers and duties of commissioner - rules 35‑14‑108
Special police powers 35‑14‑110
Misrepresentation of quantity 35‑14‑111
Misrepresentation of price 35‑14‑112
Method of sale - general 35‑14‑115
Machine vended commodities 35‑14‑116
Railroad car tare weights 35‑14‑117
Unit pricing - application - inch pound or metric 35‑14‑118
Declarations on packages 35‑14‑119
Misleading packages - allowances 35‑14‑120
Declaration of unit price on random-weight packages 35‑14‑121
Weigher - qualification - certification - revocation 35‑14‑122
Public scales - requirements - weight certificates - procedures - records 35‑14‑123
Weighing and measuring device service providers - certification - fees - placing in service - rules 35‑14‑124
Inaccurate devices - stickers - tags - wire seals - rules 35‑14‑124.5
Disciplinary powers 35‑14‑126
Commercial weighing device exemption - licensing - testing 35‑14‑127
Licenses - fees - rules - stickers - certificates 35‑14‑128
Laboratory approval - service - condemnation 35‑14‑129
Moisture-testing devices and grain protein analyzers - specifications 35‑14‑130
Stop sale order 35‑14‑131
Civil penalties 35‑14‑132
Criminal penalties 35‑14‑133
Enforcement 35‑14‑134
Repeal of sections - review of functions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 35-14-116’s source at colorado​.gov