Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Commercial Instruments and Transactions
  4. Weights and Measures
  5. Certified Public Weighers of Natural Resources Products
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Certified public weigher” means a natural person licensed under this part;
  2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's duly appointed representative;
  3. “Department” means the Tennessee department of agriculture;
  4. “Natural resources product” means crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement, and asphalt related to highway construction and/or other construction projects or construction purposes, so long as materials are produced at a central location for commercial or highway use, and are measured by ton, cubic yard, or metric weights;
  5. “Producer and supplier” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or governmental entity which engages in the production and/or sale of natural resources products;
  6. “Seal” means and includes the certified weigher's name, the words “Tennessee Certified Weigher” and the weigher's license number, which can be affixed either manually (by a rubber stamp or with an imprinting type stamp) or electronically; and
  7. “Signature” means the certified weigher's written name, which can be generated manually or electronically.


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