Full Text of HB4939 101st General Assembly
HB4939 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 | |
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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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by | 5 | | changing 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 | 8 | | device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by | 9 | | the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing, | 10 | | calibration, adjustment, or repair but only by a serviceperson, | 11 | | service agency, or special sealer registered by the Director or | 12 | | by a State inspector appointed by the Director. | 13 | | After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed | 14 | | with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer | 15 | | as assigned by the Director, and the sealer shall be | 16 | | responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written | 17 | | notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal | 18 | | was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days after | 19 | | resealing so that a recheck may be made by the Department. | 20 | | If the sole method of sealing the device is an audit trail, | 21 | | event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident label shall | 22 | | be affixed to the device; the label shall include the sealer's | 23 | | registration number as issued by the Director and the most |
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| 1 | | recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event | 2 | | counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered | 3 | | on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where | 4 | | calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing. | 5 | | Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for | 6 | | service;
resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or
measuring | 7 | | device by the
Director may be broken for the purpose of | 8 | | calibration, adjustment, or
repair, but only by a serviceperson | 9 | | or special sealer
registered by the Director or by a special | 10 | | sealer. After servicing, the
serviceperson must
reseal using | 11 | | the number on the seal as
assigned by the Director, and shall | 12 | | be responsible for the unit after it
has been resealed. Written
| 13 | | notice advising the Director within 5 days as to the unit on | 14 | | which the seal
was broken and resealed must be submitted so | 15 | | that 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 | 19 | | devices must be placed into service and sealed before their | 20 | | first use in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or | 21 | | special sealer registered by the Director or by a State | 22 | | inspector appointed by the Director.
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