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90_HB0282eng

      240 ILCS 40/10-25
          Amends the Grain Code.  Makes stylistic changes.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Grain Code by changing Section 10-25.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Grain Code is amended by changing Section
 5    10-25 as follows:
 6        (240 ILCS 40/10-25)
 7        Sec. 10-25.  Warehouse receipts and storage of grain.
 8        (a)  If  When  grain  is delivered to a warehouseman at a
 9    location where grain is also purchased,  the  licensee  shall
10    give  written evidence of delivery of grain, and that written
11    evidence shall be marked to indicate  whether  the  grain  is
12    delivered  for  storage  or  for  sale.   In  the  absence of
13    adequate  evidence  of  sale,  the  grain  shall  be   deemed
14    construed to be in storage.
15        (b)  Upon  demand  by  a  depositor, a warehouseman shall
16    issue warehouse receipts for grain delivered into storage.
17        (c)  There shall be no charge  for  the  first  warehouse
18    receipt  issued  to  a  depositor  for  a given lot of grain.
19    Charges for  any  additional  warehouse  receipts  for  grain
20    previously   covered   by   a   warehouse   receipt  must  be
21    commensurate with the cost  of  issuance  of  the  additional
22    warehouse receipt.
23        (d)  A  warehouseman  shall issue warehouse receipts only
24    in accordance with the following requirements:
25             (1)  Warehouse  receipts  shall   be   in   a   form
26        prescribed  by  the  Department  and when issued from the
27        same warehouse shall be consecutively numbered.
28             (2)  In the case of a lost  or  destroyed  warehouse
29        receipt,  the  new  warehouse receipt shall bear the same
30        date as the original and shall be plainly marked  on  its
31        face  "duplicate  in  lieu of lost or destroyed warehouse
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 1        receipt number .......", and the warehouseman shall  duly
 2        fill  in the blank with the appropriate warehouse receipt
 3        number.
 4             (3)  Warehouse  receipts  shall  be  printed  by   a
 5        printer approved by the Department.
 6             (4)  Negotiable  warehouse  receipts shall be issued
 7        only for grain actually in storage with the  warehouseman
 8        from   which   it   is  issued  or  redeposited  by  that
 9        warehouseman as provided in  subsection  (e)  of  Section
10        10-20.
11             (5)  A   warehouseman   shall   not  insert  in  any
12        negotiable warehouse receipt issued by  it  any  language
13        that  in  any  way  limits  or  modifies its liability or
14        responsibility.
15        (e)  Upon delivery  of  grain  covered  by  a  negotiable
16    warehouse  receipt,  the  holder  of the negotiable warehouse
17    receipt   must   surrender   the   warehouse   receipt    for
18    cancellation,  and a warehouseman must cancel and issue a new
19    negotiable warehouse receipt for  the  balance  of  grain  in
20    storage.
21        (f)  When all grain, the storage of which is evidenced by
22    a warehouse receipt, is delivered from storage, the warehouse
23    receipt shall be plainly marked across its face with the word
24    "cancelled"  and  shall  have  written  on  it  the  date  of
25    cancellation,  the name of the person canceling the warehouse
26    receipt, and such other information as required by rule,  and
27    is thereafter void.
28        (g)  When  a  warehouseman  delivers grain out of storage
29    but fails to collect  and  cancel  the  negotiable  warehouse
30    receipt, the warehouseman shall be liable to any purchaser of
31    the  negotiable warehouse receipt for value in good faith for
32    failure to deliver the grain to the  purchaser,  whether  the
33    purchaser acquired the negotiable warehouse receipt before or
34    after  the  delivery  of  the grain by the warehouseman.  If,
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 1    however, grain has been lawfully sold by  a  warehouseman  to
 2    satisfy  its  warehouseman's lien, the warehouseman shall not
 3    be liable for failure to deliver the grain  pursuant  to  the
 4    demands  of a holder of a negotiable warehouse receipt to the
 5    extent of the amount of grain sold.
 6        (h)  Except as otherwise provided by this Code  or  other
 7    applicable  law,  a warehouseman shall deliver the grain upon
 8    demand made by the holder of a warehouse  receipt  pertaining
 9    to that grain if the demand is accompanied by:
10             (1)  satisfaction of the warehouseman's lien;
11             (2)  in  the case of a negotiable warehouse receipt,
12        a properly endorsed negotiable warehouse receipt; or
13             (3)  in  the  case  of  a  non-negotiable  warehouse
14        receipt, written evidence that the grain was delivered to
15        the warehouseman and that the depositor  is  entitled  to
16        it.
17        (i)  If  no warehouse receipt is issued to a depositor, a
18    warehouseman  shall  deliver  grain  upon  the  demand  of  a
19    depositor if the demand is accompanied by satisfaction of the
20    warehouseman's lien and written evidence that the  grain  was
21    delivered  to  the warehouseman and the depositor is entitled
22    to it.
23        (j)  If a warehouseman refuses or fails to deliver  grain
24    in  compliance  with  a  demand  by  a  holder of a warehouse
25    receipt or a depositor, the burden is on the warehouseman  to
26    establish the existence of a lawful excuse for the refusal.
27        (k)  If a warehouse receipt has been lost or destroyed, a
28    warehouseman  may  issue  a  substitute warehouse receipt, as
29    provided  for  in  this  Section,  upon   delivery   to   the
30    warehouseman  of  an  affidavit  under  oath stating that the
31    applicant for the substitute warehouse receipt is entitled to
32    the  original  warehouse  receipt  and  setting   forth   the
33    circumstances that resulted in the loss or destruction of the
34    original  warehouse  receipt.   The  warehouseman may request
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 1    from the depositor a bond in double the value  of  the  grain
 2    represented  by the original warehouse receipt at the time of
 3    issuance of the substitute warehouse receipt so as to protect
 4    the warehouseman from any liability or expense  that  it,  or
 5    any  person  injured  by the delivery, may incur by reason of
 6    the original warehouse receipt remaining outstanding.
 7        (l)  A  warehouse  receipt  that  is  to  be   used   for
 8    collateral purposes by a warehouseman must be first issued by
 9    the warehouseman to itself.
10        (m)  The Department shall approve temporary storage space
11    in  an  amount  to be determined by the Department if all the
12    following conditions are met:
13             (1)  The warehouseman pays all fees and  assessments
14        associated with the temporary storage space.
15             (2)  The  warehouseman  demonstrates that there is a
16        need for additional storage on a temporary basis due to a
17        bumper crop or otherwise.
18             (3)  The structure for the storage  of  grain  meets
19        all of the following requirements:
20                  (A)    The  grain  storage area has a permanent
21             base made of concrete, asphalt, or a material having
22             similar structural qualities.
23                  (B)   Hot spot detectors,  aeration  fans,  and
24             ducts  are  provided  to  assure that the quality of
25             grain in storage is maintained.
26                  (C)   The grain  storage  structure  has  rigid
27             sidewalls  made  of  concrete,  wood,  metal,  or  a
28             material having similar structural qualities.
29                  (D)    The  grain storage structure is equipped
30             with a waterproof covering of sufficient strength to
31             support a person's weight and with inlets  to  allow
32             airflow.
33                  (E)    Access  to the grain is provided for the
34             purpose of sampling and making examinations.
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 1             (4)  Temporary storage space shall be considered  an
 2        increase in the licensed storage capacity of the licensee
 3        and shall be subject to Section 5-30.
 4             (5)  The  authorization  to  use  temporary  storage
 5        space for the storage of grain shall expire at the end of
 6        6  months after the date of approval by the Department or
 7        May 15th, whichever comes first.
 8        (n)  The Department may approve emergency  storage  space
 9    at the request of the licensee according to rule.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-287, eff. 1-1-96.)

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