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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 Section 42 and by adding Section 42.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 470/42) (from Ch. 147, par. 142)
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| 7 | Sec. 42. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring | ||||||
| 8 | devices must be placed into service and sealed before they are | ||||||
| 9 | first used in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or | ||||||
| 10 | special sealer registered by the Director or by an inspector. | ||||||
| 11 | Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for | ||||||
| 12 | service;
resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or
measuring | ||||||
| 13 | device by the
Director may be broken for the purpose of | ||||||
| 14 | calibration, adjustment, or
repair, but only by a | ||||||
| 15 | serviceperson or special sealer
registered by the Director or | ||||||
| 16 | by a special sealer. After servicing, the
serviceperson must
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| 17 | reseal using the number on the seal as
assigned by the | ||||||
| 18 | Director, and shall be responsible for the unit after it
has | ||||||
| 19 | been resealed. Written
notice advising the Director within 5 | ||||||
| 20 | days as to the unit on which the seal
was broken and resealed | ||||||
| 21 | must be submitted so that a recheck may be made by
the | ||||||
| 22 | Department.
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| 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 | ||||||
| 3 | device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by | ||||||
| 4 | the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing, | ||||||
| 5 | calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a | ||||||
| 6 | serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by | ||||||
| 7 | the Director or by an inspector. | ||||||
| 8 | After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed | ||||||
| 9 | with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer | ||||||
| 10 | as assigned by the Director and the sealer shall be | ||||||
| 11 | responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written | ||||||
| 12 | notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal | ||||||
| 13 | was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days so that | ||||||
| 14 | a recheck may be made by the Department. | ||||||
| 15 | On any device whose sole method of sealing is an audit | ||||||
| 16 | trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident | ||||||
| 17 | label shall be affixed to the device that includes the | ||||||
| 18 | sealer's registration number as issued by the Director and the | ||||||
| 19 | most recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event | ||||||
| 20 | counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered | ||||||
| 21 | on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where | ||||||
| 22 | calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing.
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