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HB2620 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2620

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

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.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB2620LRB102 11692 SPS 17026 b

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. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring
8devices must be placed into service and sealed before they are
9first used in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or
10special sealer registered by the Director or by an inspector.
11Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for
12service; resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring
13device by the Director may be broken for the purpose of
14calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
15serviceperson or special sealer registered by the Director or
16by a special sealer. After servicing, the serviceperson must
17reseal using the number on the seal as assigned by the
18Director, and shall be responsible for the unit after it has
19been resealed. Written notice advising the Director within 5
20days as to the unit on which the seal was broken and resealed
21must be submitted so that a recheck may be made by the
22Department.
23(Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)
 

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 470/42.5 new)
2    Sec. 42.5. Sealing and resealing a weighing or measuring
3device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by
4the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing,
5calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
6serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by
7the Director or by an inspector.
8    After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed
9with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer
10as assigned by the Director and the sealer shall be
11responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written
12notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal
13was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days so that
14a recheck may be made by the Department.
15    On any device whose sole method of sealing is an audit
16trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident
17label shall be affixed to the device that includes the
18sealer's registration number as issued by the Director and the
19most recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event
20counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered
21on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where
22calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing.