(A) No person shall use or employ within the county an instrument to determine the size, quantity, extent or measurement of quantities, things, produce, articles for distribution or consumption offered or submitted by the person for sale, for hire or award in his or her business operations if the instrument does not meet the standards established by the State of Indiana or the National Conference on Weights and Measures Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices.
(B) A person placing an instrument:
(1) Previously rejected or condemned by the County or State Inspector until the County Inspector has been notified of the location of the instrument, the instrument has been inspected, and any tags, stickers, security seals and the like, if any, are replaced on the instrument by the County or State Inspector; or permission is given by the County Inspector if immediate resealing is impractical;
(2) In service after a repair person has broken and replaced the seal on the instrument and/or performed a major repair on the instrument shall fax or mail the repair person's report to the County's Weights and Measures Department within two working days after the seal was replaced and/or the major repair was performed. The report shall include the company name, address, phone number, date the major repairs were made, the device type, serial number and readings; and
(3) That replaces an existing instrument shall fax or mail the installers report to the County Weights and Measures Department within two working days after installation. The report shall include the company name, address, phone number, date of installation, device type, serial number, and readings.
(C) A person who opens a new business or assumes operations of an existing business shall not operate a weighing or measuring instrument until the County Inspector is informed of the location of the instruments and inspected the instruments prior to usage. In enforcing this division, the person shall provide the County Inspector with business records showing the date of opening.
(D) If any person fails to present a non-mobile instrument or instruments operated at only one location for the County Inspector's annual or random inspection, or fails to allow a County Inspector to conduct an inspection on the premises, the County Inspector may condemn the instrument or otherwise render the instrument inoperable by utilizing the same procedures he or she would use if the instrument were found to be false or fraudulent.
(Ord. 1198C, passed 12-14-1999; Ord. 1208B, passed 10-10-2000; Ord. 1209B, passed 11-14-2000; Ord. 1258C, passed 12-14-2004; Ord. 1260A, passed 2-8-2005; Ord. 1264C, passed 6-13-2005; Ord. 1264D, passed 6-13-2005) Penalty, see § 110.99