SECTION 165:65-9-5. Record of meter and meter test

(a)   Whenever any service meter is tested, the original tests records shall be preserved, including the information necessary for identifying the meter, the reason for making the test, the reading of the meter, the reason for making test, the reading of the meter before and after the test, together with all data taken at the time of the test in sufficiently complete form as to permit the convenient checking of the method employed and the calculations. On removal from service, only the record of the latest test need be preserved.

(b)   A record shall be made for each meter owned or used by any utility, showing the date of acquisition, a record of the use, repairs, and the most recent test to which it has been subjected, and its present location. The record shall be retained until six (6) months after the meter is permanently retired from service.