Public Act 102-0218
 
SB1658 EnrolledLRB102 11693 SPS 17027 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by
changing Section 42 and by adding Section 42.5 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 470/42)  (from Ch. 147, par. 142)
    Sec. 42. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring
devices must be placed into service and sealed before they are
first used in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or
special sealer registered by the Director or by an inspector.
Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for
service; resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring
device by the Director may be broken for the purpose of
calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
serviceperson or special sealer registered by the Director or
by a special sealer. After servicing, the serviceperson must
reseal using the number on the seal as assigned by the
Director, and shall be responsible for the unit after it has
been resealed. Written notice advising the Director within 5
days as to the unit on which the seal was broken and resealed
must be submitted so that a recheck may be made by the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)
 
    (225 ILCS 470/42.5 new)
    Sec. 42.5. Sealing and resealing a weighing or measuring
device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by
the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing,
calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by
the Director or by an inspector.
    After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed
with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer
as assigned by the Director and the sealer shall be
responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written
notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal
was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days so that
a recheck may be made by the Department.
    On any device whose sole method of sealing is an audit
trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident
label shall be affixed to the device that includes the
sealer's registration number as issued by the Director and the
most recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event
counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered
on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where
calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing.

Effective Date: 1/1/2022