SB1658 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 11693 SPS 17027 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1658

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

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 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. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Moves provisions and makes other changes concerning sealing and resealing.

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. 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.