asset_type: testing-requirement

body: For each US state: how often commercial fuel dispensers and retail scales are tested for accuracy, and who has to arrange it -- taken from the state's own statute where the state sets an interval in law, and from the agency's own description of its programme where it does not. Answers 'how often are gas pumps inspected in [state]', 'how often do scales have to be tested', and 'who is responsible for getting my scale inspected'. The common assumption is that every state inspects annually and that the state pays for it, and both halves of that are wrong often enough to matter: Texas requires a commercial device to be tested only once every four years and lets the department go longer still if funding is short, while Kansas requires annual testing but puts the cost and the arranging on the device's owner, who must hire a licensed service company. No compiled multi-state table exists, because building one means reading fifty statutes and fifty agency sites in fifty formats and re-checking them every year.

key_field: state

licence: unknown

title: How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state

type: dataset


body:
**State:** Kansas

**Inspection interval:** at least annually

**Devices covered:** a device used for weighing, measuring or both that is used commercially

**Who arranges the test:** device owner

**Legal basis:** 83-304.

**Source page:** Kansas Statutes K.S.A. 83-304 -- Annual inspection required

> the owner or operator of a device used for weighing, measuring or both that is used commercially shall have such device tested and inspected at least annually for accuracy.

Source: <https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch83/083_003_0004.html>

inspection_interval: at least annually

state: Kansas

title: Kansas — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state

type: testing-requirement

who_arranges: device owner


body:
**State:** Louisiana

**Inspection interval:** At least once a year

**Devices covered:** all commercial weighing and measuring devices

**Who arranges the test:** state agency inspectors

**Source page:** Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry -- Device registration and inspections

> At least once a year, our inspectors inspect and test all commercial weighing and measuring devices for suitability, accuracy, and correctness.

Source: <https://www.ldaf.la.gov/business/weights-measures/devices>

inspection_interval: At least once a year

state: Louisiana

title: Louisiana — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state

who_arranges: state agency inspectors


body:
**State:** Pennsylvania

**Inspection interval:** the annual inspections on many devices throughout the state

**Devices covered:** Fuel Dispensers, Scales and Timing Devices

**Who arranges the test:** state agency inspectors

**Source page:** Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture -- Weights and Measures Inspection

> Weights & Measures is tasked with the annual inspections on many devices throughout the state, including but not limited to Fuel Dispensers, Scales and Timing Devices.

Source: <https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/consumer_protection/weights_measures/Pages/Weights-and-Measures-Inspection-.aspx>

state: Pennsylvania

title: Pennsylvania — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state


body:
**State:** South Carolina

**Inspection interval:** inspecting every pump in the state each year

**Devices covered:** fuel pumps

**Who arranges the test:** state agency inspectors

**Source page:** South Carolina Department of Agriculture -- Gas Pumps and Scales

> We test the accuracy of fuel pumps by inspecting every pump in the state each year.

Source: <https://agriculture.sc.gov/permits-and-inspections/gas-pumps-and-scales/>

devices_covered: fuel pumps

state: South Carolina

title: South Carolina — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state


body:
**State:** Texas

**Inspection interval:** at least once every four years

**Devices covered:** a commercial weighing or measuring device

**Who arranges the test:** state agency inspectors, but the device owner is responsible for making sure it happens

**Legal basis:** Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 13.101. Inspection of Devices

**Source page:** Texas Agriculture Code § 13.101 -- Inspection of Devices

> a commercial weighing or measuring device shall be inspected and tested for correctness by the department at least once every four years, or more often as required by the department

Source: <https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/agriculture-code/agric-sect-13-101.html>

inspection_interval: at least once every four years

state: Texas

title: Texas — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state


body:
**State:** Wisconsin

**Inspection interval:** at least annually

**Devices covered:** a scale with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds or more used for the commercial weighing of commodities

**Who arranges the test:** device owner

**Legal basis:** 98.16(3m)(a)

**Source page:** Wisconsin Statutes s. 98.16(3m)(a)

> The owner or operator of a scale with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds or more used for the commercial weighing of commodities shall cause the scales to be tested and inspected at least annually for accuracy

Source: <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/98/16/3m/a>

source_page_title: Wisconsin Statutes s. 98.16(3m)(a)

state: Wisconsin

title: Wisconsin — How often gas pumps and retail scales get inspected, by state