531.40 Technical requirements for commercial devices.—The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices, as determined by regulations adopted by the department, which regulations shall afford the greatest degree of protection to the public, shall conform to those adopted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to the extent possible. The department, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 120, shall have the power to adopt by reference in a regulation or regulations adopted by it the specifications, tolerances, and technical requirements approved by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in Handbook 44 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The department may, from time to time, adopt such regulations as may be necessary to conform the state standards to those of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which may be adopted by reference to supplements to, or revisions of, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Handbook 44.
Cited 3 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1990 WL 1430
...asis of gallons without any temperature adjustment. However, Dealers contend that temperature compensated billing is required by Florida statute. Therefore, the only issue is one of Florida law, appropriately decided on summary judgment. Florida’s section 531.40 2 gives the Department of Agriculture and Consumer *313 Services the authority to adopt regulations relating to specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices....
...Gasoline expands as its temperature increases and therefore its volume changes. Temperature compensation is a measurement technique — taking the actual gallon volume of an amount of gasoline at a certain temperature and estimating its volume in gallons at 60°F. 2 . 531.40....
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