4 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.40 – License Requirements

(a) Unless the person is exempt from the license requirement, a person may not employ an individual who performs or offers to perform device maintenance activities unless the person holds a service company license issued by the department under this subchapter.
(b) The department may issue a license to a person who:
1. (1) has available annually certified test standards meeting the specifications in NIST Handbook 105, for each class of license as follows:
  1. (A) Class 1. Scales, capacity 300 pounds or less: One 30-pound test kit, and additional test weights capable of testing a scale to 100% of its capacity.
  2. (B) Class 2. Scales, capacity more than 300 pounds but not more than 3,000 pounds: One 30-pound test kit, and additional test weights equal to 300 pounds or 25% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more.
  3. (C) Class 3. Scales, capacity more than 3,000 pounds but not more than 40,000 pounds: Test weights equal to 1,000 pounds or 12.5% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more, and correction weights in sizes no larger than one-half the minimum graduation of any scale to be tested.
  4. (D) Class 4. Scales, capacity more than 40,000 pounds: Test weights equal to 10,000 pounds or 12.5% of the capacity of the scale being tested, whichever is more, and correction weights in sizes no larger than one-half the minimum graduation of any scale to be tested.
  5. (E) Class 5. Liquid measuring devices, maximum flow rate 20 gallons per minute or less: One five-gallon test measure.
  6. (F) Class 6. Liquid measuring devices, maximum flow rate more than 20 gallons per minute: One test measure whose capacity exceeds the amount of liquid delivered by the device in one minute at the maximum flow rate.
  7. (G) Class 7. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) measuring devices: LPG prover.
2. (2) has available the latest editions of NIST Handbook 44 and this chapter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §12.40 adopted to be effective September 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 7959; amended to be effective April 23, 1998, 23 TexReg 3822; amended to be effective April 11, 2000, 25 TexReg 2991; amended to be effective November 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 8792; amended to be effective July 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 4589; amended to be effective December 16, 2013, 38 TexReg 9009.