§ 110.2. State Metrology Laboratory fee schedule.
(a) General. The State Metrology Laboratory shall charge a fee for any testing services it provides under authority of the act. These services include actual metrology laboratory calibration, type evaluation and any other services identified in subsection (c).
(b) Exemptions.
(1) Agencies of the Commonwealth are exempt from having to pay any of the fees established in this section.
(2) A city or county which is required to procure standards of weights and measures and additional equipment in accordance with section 4123 of the act (relating to city and county standards and equipment) to enforce the act is exempt from having to pay fees with respect to the calibration, evaluation or other testing of those standards and that equipment.
(c) Schedule of fees. The State Metrology Laboratory shall charge the following fees for the indicated testing services:
| General type of test | Description | Fee |
| Precision mass | Up to ASTM E 617 Class 2 or
best calibration but not to a
specific class to and including
30 kg. or 50 lb. | $30 per weight |
| Precision mass | ASTM E617 Class 3 and 4 and OIML Class F1 and F2 to and including 30 kg. or 50 lb. | $12 per weight |
| Ordinary mass | NIST Class F and ASTM E617 Classes 5, 6, 7 and OIML Class
M1, M2 and M3 to and including
5 kg. or 10 lb. | $2 per weight (without adjustment)
$10 per weight (with adjustment)
|
| Ordinary mass | NIST Class F and ASTM E617 Classes 5, 6 and 7 from 10 kg.
or 20 lb. to 50 kg. or 100 lb. | $5 per weight (without adjustment)
$10 per weight (with adjustment)
|
| Ordinary mass | NIST Class F and ASTM E617 Classes 5, 6 and 7 from 100 kg.
or 200 lb. to 2500 kg. or 5500 lb. | $15 per weight (without adjustment)
$25 per weight (with adjustment)
|
| Ordinary mass | Weight carts | $50 per cart |
| Volume transfer | 5 gallon/20 liter test measures | $15 per measure (includes adjustment) |
| Volume transfer | 10 gallon to 50 gallon | $50 per prover (includes adjustment) |
| Volume transfer | 51 to 100 gallon | $150 per prover (includes adjustment) |
| Volume transfer | Greater than 100 gallon | $150 plus $50 per each additional 100 gallons or fractions thereof |
| Gravimetric calibrations | Metal test measures to 5 gallon
or 20 liters or 1 cubic foot | $35 per item |
| Length calibrations | Metal tapes or rules | $15 per point tested |
| Timing devices | Stopwatches | $30 |
| Wheel load weighers | | $6 per scale |
| Special tests | | $75 per man-hour
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(d) Payment of fees. A nonrefundable deposit for the estimated fee shall be submitted when the testing request is made. Fees are payable at the time the metrology service is provided, regardless of whether the item tested is certified or approved.
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