HB4939 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

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. 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 a State inspector appointed by the Director.

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 after resealing so that a recheck may be made by the Department.

If the sole method of sealing the device is an audit trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident label shall be affixed to the device; the label shall include 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. 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. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring devices must be placed into service and sealed before their first use in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by the Director or by a State inspector appointed by the Director.