Section 290.604 - State primary standards of weights and measures; certification; storage and maintenance; removal from laboratory; use. - Michigan Statutes

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 283 of 1964

290.604 State primary standards of weights and measures; certification; storage and maintenance; removal from laboratory; use.

Sec. 4.

Weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as supplied to this state by the federal government or otherwise obtained by this state for use as state primary standards, when certified as being satisfactory for use by the national bureau of standards, shall be the state primary standards of weights and measures. The state primary standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the weights and measures laboratory of the department of agriculture and shall be maintained in the calibration prescribed by the national bureau of standards. The state primary standards shall not be removed from the weights and measures laboratory except for repairs or certification. The state primary standards shall be used only to verify the secondary standards and for scientific purposes.

History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978