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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 16, 17, 40, and 41 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 470/16) (from Ch. 147, par. 116)
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7 | Sec. 16.
The powers and duties given to and imposed upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the Director by
Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 and 56 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | this Act
shall also be conferred upon the designated or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | appointed qualified persons,
whenever they act under the
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11 | instructions and at the direction of the Director.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)
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13 | (225 ILCS 470/17) (from Ch. 147, par. 117)
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14 | Sec. 17. Sealer weights and measures. In and for each city | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | having a population of 2,000,000 or more, there shall be a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | sealer of weights and measures and such deputy sealers as may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | be required. The city sealer shall be responsible for all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | aspects of the weights and measures program within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | jurisdictional city limits. In and for each city having a
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20 | population of 25,000 or more according
to the latest official | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | United States census, there may be a sealer of weights
and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | measures and such deputy sealers of weights and measures as may |
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1 | be
required. A city sealer is required to attend annual | ||||||
2 | training workshops
conducted by the Department.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)
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4 | (225 ILCS 470/40) (from Ch. 147, par. 140)
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5 | Sec. 40. Inspection fee; Weights and Measures Fund. The | ||||||
6 | Director and each sealer shall collect and receive
from the | ||||||
7 | user of weights and measures a commercial weighing or measuring | ||||||
8 | device
inspection fee. For the use of its Metrology Laboratory, | ||||||
9 | the testing testings of
weights and measures and such other | ||||||
10 | inspection and services performed, the
Department shall set a | ||||||
11 | fee, the amount of which shall be according to a
Schedule of | ||||||
12 | Weights and Measures Inspection Fees established and published | ||||||
13 | by
the Director. The fees so collected and received by the | ||||||
14 | State shall be
deposited into a special fund to be known as the | ||||||
15 | Weights and Measures Fund.
All weights and measures inspection | ||||||
16 | fees, metrology fees, weights and measures
registrations, and | ||||||
17 | weights and measures penalties collected by the Department
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18 | under this Act shall be deposited into the Weights and Measures | ||||||
19 | Fund. The
amount annually collected shall be used by the | ||||||
20 | Department for activities
related to the enforcement of this | ||||||
21 | Act and the Motor Fuel and Petroleum
Standards Act, and for the | ||||||
22 | State's share of the costs of the Field Automation
Information | ||||||
23 | Management project. No person shall be required to pay more
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24 | than 2 inspection fees for any one weighing or measuring device | ||||||
25 | in any one
year when found to be accurate. When an inspection |
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1 | is made upon a weighing or
measuring device because of a | ||||||
2 | complaint by a person other than the owner of
such weighing or | ||||||
3 | measuring device, and the device is found accurate as set
forth | ||||||
4 | in Section 8 of this Act, no inspection fee shall be paid by | ||||||
5 | the
complainant. Any time a weighing or measuring device is | ||||||
6 | found to be
inaccurate, the user shall pay the inspection fee.
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7 | If any person fails or refuses to pay, within 60 days after | ||||||
8 | the issuance of notice from the Department, a fee authorized by | ||||||
9 | this Section,
the Department may prohibit that person from | ||||||
10 | using commercial weighing and
measuring devices. In addition to | ||||||
11 | prohibiting the use of the device, the Department may also | ||||||
12 | recover interest at the rate of 1% per month from the time the | ||||||
13 | payment is owed to the Department until the time the Department | ||||||
14 | recovers the fee.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 100-155, eff. 8-18-17.)
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16 | (225 ILCS 470/41) (from Ch. 147, par. 141)
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17 | Sec. 41.
No person shall operate, upon the streets or | ||||||
18 | highways of this
State any vehicle tank used for commercial | ||||||
19 | purposes unless such tank either
is equipped with a meter or | ||||||
20 | other device for measuring deliveries from the
tank or has been | ||||||
21 | calibrated for capacity and sealed by the Director. When a
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22 | vehicle tank has been calibrated for capacity by the Director, | ||||||
23 | he shall
issue to the owner or operator a certificate of | ||||||
24 | calibration in which is
shown the calibrated capacity of each | ||||||
25 | compartment. A copy of this
certificate shall accompany the |
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1 | vehicle tank at all times or kept on file
available for | ||||||
2 | examination either at the plant out of which the vehicle tank
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3 | is operated or at a regional or principal Illinois office of | ||||||
4 | the owner of
the vehicle tank. Each compartment of a vehicle | ||||||
5 | tank shall be marked with a
statement of its capacity as | ||||||
6 | defined by its indicator, located in a
conspicuous place in | ||||||
7 | letters and figures not less than one inch in height.
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8 | Enforcement of this Section is reserved to the Director or to | ||||||
9 | the sealer in
a city having a population of 200,000 or greater | ||||||
10 | according to the latest
official United States census.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)
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12 | (225 ILCS 470/9 rep.)
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13 | (225 ILCS 470/19 rep.)
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14 | (225 ILCS 470/20 rep.)
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15 | (225 ILCS 470/21 rep.)
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16 | Section 10. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by | ||||||
17 | repealing Sections 9, 19, 20, and 21.
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