Section 17.90.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,  
		(1) "ANSI" means American National Standards Institute;  
		(2) "artifact" means any measurement standard (mass or volume) submitted to the metrology laboratory for calibration or other measurement services;  
		(3) "commercial and law enforcement weighing and measuring device" has the same meaning given the term "commercial and law-enforcement equipment" in NIST Handbook 44, Section 1.10, General Code, Paragraph G-A.1;  
		(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;  
		(5) "creep" means that, with the load wires removed and with potential only applied to the meter, the moving element rotates at a speed in excess of one revolution in five;  
		(6) "current capacity" means the maximum current that a meter can carry continuously without damage and without exceeding the allowable limits of accuracy;  
		(7) "day" means calendar day;  
		(8) "department" means the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;  
		(9) "device" means a weighing and measuring device as described in Item G-A.1 of Section 1.10, General Code, NIST Handbook 44, adopted by reference in AS 45.75.050(d);  
		(10) "director" means the director of the division of measurement standards and commercial vehicle enforcement;  
		(11) "division" means the division of measurement standards and commercial vehicle enforcement;  
		(12) "electric meter" means a device that measures and registers the integral of an electrical quantity with respect to time;  
		(13) "gpm" means gallons per minute;  
		(14) "NIST" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology;  
		(15) "NTEP" means National Type Evaluation Program;  
		(16) repealed 9/20/2015;  
		(17) "power factor" means the ratio of watts over volt-amperes, power factor = ((watts)

Authorities

45.75.040;45.75.050;45.75.070;45.75.080;45.75.380

Notes

Authority

AS 45.75.040 AS 45.75.050 AS 45.75.070 AS 45.75.080 AS 45.75.380 ________________________

History

Eff. 7/9/2000, Register 155; am 1/18/2002, Register 161; am 9/20/2015, Register 215