(1) The bureau, with the advice and counsel of NIST, adopts the test methods and procedures as published in NIST Handbook 133, fourth edition, as the methods and procedures to be used for determining net weight of packaged commodities for the state of Montana.

(a) A copy of NIST Handbook 133 can be obtained from the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Conference of Weights and Measures, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001.