COVID-19 leaves Minnesota's Weights and Measures office strapped for cash

COVID-19 leaves Minnesota's Weights and Measures office strapped for cash
The $1.5 million request for funding underscores what officials say is an increasingly unstable source of revenue for the department's Weights and Measures Division. The division, which also inspects gas station pumps and performs fuel quality checks, is funded primarily by a $1 fee charged to fuel distributors for every 1,000 gallons of petroleum they receive.
Written By: Matthew Guerry
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An official with the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Weights and Measures Division holds up a box of weighted disks used in the state metrology lab in Burnsville on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Matthew Guerry / Forum News Service)

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