101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4939

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Monica Bristow

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 470/42  from Ch. 147, par. 142
225 ILCS 470/42.5 new

    Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that a seal placed by the Director on a weighing or measuring device may be broken for purposes of testing, calibration, adjustment, or repair; specifies persons who may break a seal for those purposes. Provides for notice and recordkeeping related to breaking a seal and resealing weighing or measuring devices. Provides that all weighing or measuring devices must be placed into service and sealed before their first use in trade.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by
5changing Section 42 and by adding Section 42.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 470/42)  (from Ch. 147, par. 142)
7    Sec. 42. Sealing and resealing a weighing or measuring
8device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by
9the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing,
10calibration, adjustment, or repair but only by a serviceperson,
11service agency, or special sealer registered by the Director or
12by a State inspector appointed by the Director.
13    After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed
14with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer
15as assigned by the Director, and the sealer shall be
16responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written
17notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal
18was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days after
19resealing so that a recheck may be made by the Department.
20    If the sole method of sealing the device is an audit trail,
21event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident label shall
22be affixed to the device; the label shall include the sealer's
23registration number as issued by the Director and the most

 

 

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1recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event
2counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered
3on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where
4calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing.
5Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for
6service; resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring
7device by the Director may be broken for the purpose of
8calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a serviceperson
9or special sealer registered by the Director or by a special
10sealer. After servicing, the serviceperson must reseal using
11the number on the seal as assigned by the Director, and shall
12be responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written
13notice advising the Director within 5 days as to the unit on
14which the seal was broken and resealed must be submitted so
15that a recheck may be made by the Department.
16(Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 470/42.5 new)
18    Sec. 42.5. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring
19devices must be placed into service and sealed before their
20first use in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or
21special sealer registered by the Director or by a State
22inspector appointed by the Director.