97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3170
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Norine Hammond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



225 ILCS 470/10  from Ch. 147, par. 110

     Amends the Weights and Measures Act.  Provides that an inspector shall notify a quarry 24 hours before the day the inspector intends to perform an aggregate scale inspection of a quarry's scale or scales. Provides that if an aggregate scale at a quarry is 1% of the test weight or less outside the tolerance level, then the aggregate scale operator shall be allowed  7 days to have the scale calibrated before being required to cease operations of the scale. Provides procedures for recertification of a scale if it exceeds tolerance levels 3 or more times in a 24-month period. Effective immediately.
  


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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 10 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 470/10)  (from Ch. 147, par. 110)



7    Sec. 10. Inspection. 
8    (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the Director may

9inspect and
test all weights and measures held, offered, or 
10exposed for sale to
ascertain if they are correct. The Director 
11shall, within each period of 12 months or more
frequently if 
12necessary, inspect and test all law enforcement scales used to

13determine vehicle weights and
all weights and measures

14commercially used (1) in determining the weight, measurement, 
15or count of
commodities or things sold or offered or exposed 
16for sale on the basis of
weight, measure, or count or (2) in 
17computing the basic charge or
payment
for services rendered on 
18the basis of weight, measure, or count to
ascertain if they are 
19correct. However, with respect to single-service
devices 
20(meaning those designed to be used commercially only once and 
21then
discarded) and devices uniformly mass-produced, as by 
22means of a mold or
die, and not susceptible to individual 
23adjustment, such tests may be
made
on representative samples of 
 
 
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1these devices. The lots
of which such
samples are 
2representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon

3the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on the

4samples.

5    (b) An inspector shall notify a quarry 24 hours before the 
6day the inspector intends to perform an aggregate scale 
7inspection of a quarry's scale or scales. If the aggregate 
8scale at a quarry is 1% of the test weight or less outside the 
9tolerance level, then the aggregate scale operator shall be 
10allowed  7 days to have the scale calibrated before being 
11required to cease operations of the scale. If an inspector 
12finds a scale that exceeds tolerances and it is the quarries 
13first or second offense, then the inspector shall use the 
14normal tolerances when retesting. If the scale exceeds 
15tolerances 3 or more times in a 24-month period, the inspector 
16shall retest the scale and the scale will have to meet one-half 
17the normal tolerances to be recertified. 
18(Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)

 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.