§ 9.11. Issuing a public weighmaster’s certificate.
(a) General requirement. A licensed public weighmaster shall issue a weighmaster’s certificate with respect to any public weighing the licensed public weighmaster conducts.
(b) Required weighing device. A licensed public weighmaster shall, when making a public weighing, use a weighing device which is of a type approved by the Department in accordance with Subchapter D of the act (relating to device type approval) and Chapter 10 (relating to device type approval), suitable for the weighing of the amount and kind of commodity to be weighed and which has been tested and approved for use by a weights and measures officer of this Commonwealth preceding the date of the weighing.
(c) Order of issuance. A licensed public weighmaster shall issue weighmaster’s certificates in consecutive order of the serial numbers affixed thereon.
(d) Computer generated, typewritten or indelible pencil. The original weighmaster’s certificate shall be computer generated, typewritten or completed with indelible pencil.
(e) One licensed public weighmaster per certificate. A public weighmaster’s certificate shall be entirely the product of a single licensed public weighmaster. A licensed public weighmaster may not enter a weight value on a weighmaster’s certificate unless the public weighmaster has personally determined that weight, and may not make any entry on a weighmaster’s certificate of another licensed public weighmaster.
(f) Clarity required. A licensed public weighmaster shall issue a complete and accurate weighmaster’s certificate that legibly shows what weights were actually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross, tare and net weights, and the licensed public weighmaster determines fewer than these three weights, the weighmaster shall strike through or otherwise cancel these undetermined weights on the certificate. If weights recorded on a certificate were determined on different dates, the certificate shall clearly report these dates. If the weights recorded on the certificate were determined using different scales, the certificate shall clearly identify these scales.
(g) Reweighing solid fuel. A licensed public weighmaster may not reweigh or issue a weighmaster’s certificate for solid fuel unless the motor vehicle operator has surrendered the original and all duplicate weighmaster’s certificates in his possession pertaining to the solid fuel. The licensed public weighmaster shall attach these certificates to the scale copy of the new weighmaster’s certificate. The new certificate shall be retained in a manner that they may be easily reconciled. These provisions notwithstanding, a duplicate copy of the original weighmaster’s certificate may be returned to the operator of the vehicle if it is obliterated with a rubber stamp using the following legend:
This solid fuel has been reweighed and this certificate should not be accepted. Any attempt to use this certificate to deliver solid fuel should be reported to your local or State inspector of weights and measures at once.
(h) Distribution of original and copies.
(1) The original of a weighmaster’s certificate shall be delivered to the purchaser of the commodity specified in the certificate at the time of delivery.
(2) One copy of a weighmaster’s certificate shall be maintained at the place of weighing for a period of at least 2 years. A copy of a weighmaster’s certificate may be retained by the business selling or delivering the commodity.
Cross References This section cited in 70 Pa. Code § 9.2 (relating to definitions).
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