C.R.S. Section 35-14-123
Weighing and measuring device service providers

  • certification
  • fees
  • placing in service
  • rules

(1)

No person, other than the owner, may repair, service, or place in service any commercial weighing or measuring device for which the owner must obtain a license to operate unless the person is certified by the commissioner as a commercial weighing and measuring device service provider. The commissioner may specify the requirements for certification of service providers by rule. For the purposes of this section, only one certificate is required for each business employing service persons. The application for a commercial weighing and measuring device service provider certificate shall be submitted to the commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee established by the commission. All certificates shall expire on the date specified by the commissioner by rule. A provider who fails to renew a certificate on or before the expiration date of the certificate shall pay a late fee, as established by the commission, in addition to the certificate fee.

(2)

The commissioner shall adopt rules specifying:

(a)

The categories and requirements for certification of commercial weighing and measuring device service providers; and

(b)

The performance requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices service providers.
(c)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-113), ch. 88, p. 331, § 18, effective April 2, 2009.)(3)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-113), ch. 88, p. 331, § 18, effective April 2, 2009.)(4) Each commercial weighing or measuring device not exempted pursuant to section 35-14-126 that is placed in service by a commercial weighing and measuring device service provider shall comply with section 35-14-105. When repairing, servicing, or placing in service any such device, a commercial weighing and measuring device service provider shall comply with the most current version of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44, “Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices”.

(5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

No commercial weighing and measuring device service provider may use a standard when repairing, servicing, or placing in service a commercial weighing or measuring device that is not exempted pursuant to section 35-14-126 unless the commissioner has approved the standard.
(b)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-113), ch. 88, p. 331, § 18, effective April 2, 2009.)(6) Each commercial weighing and measuring device service provider shall at least annually submit all standards used to repair, service, or place in service any commercial weighing or measuring device not exempted pursuant to section 35-14-126 to the laboratory for approval pursuant to section 35-14-128; except that, if such standards are annually approved in another state by that state’s national institute of standards and technology-recognized metrology laboratory and evidence is shown of current approval, traceable to standards of the national institute of standards and technology, which is less than a year after date of issuance, the commissioner may exempt the service provider from obtaining a Colorado approval for the current year.

(7)

Upon placing in service any commercial weighing or measuring device not exempted pursuant to section 35-14-126, the service provider shall submit a placing-in-service report to the commissioner within ten days after the placing-in-service date. The commissioner shall promulgate rules to specify the information to be included in placing-in-service reports.
(8)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-113), ch. 88, p. 331, § 18, effective April 2, 2009.)(9)(Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 896, § 8, effective July 1, 1995.)(10)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-113), ch. 88, p. 331, § 18, effective April 2, 2009.)(11) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from performing repairs or service on a weighing or measuring device that the commissioner has condemned or placed under work order, but such person may not remove any tag placed on any weighing or measuring device pursuant to this article.

Source: Section 35-14-123 — Weighing and measuring device service providers - certification - fees - placing in service - rules, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-35.­pdf (accessed Dec. 24, 2024).

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

§ 35-14-123’s source at colorado​.gov