47-26-802 - Definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

47-26-802. Definitions.

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

     (1)  “Certified public weigher” means a natural person licensed under the provisions of 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.

[Acts 1981, ch. 389, § 3; 1981, ch. 539, § 1; T.C.A., § 71-802; Acts 2000, ch. 597, § 1.]