HB2273 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2273

Introduced , by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 470/8	from Ch. 147, par. 108
225 ILCS 470/30	from Ch. 147, par. 130
225 ILCS 470/36	from Ch. 147, par. 136

Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that weights and measures or weighing and measuring devices used for commercial or law enforcement purposes must have a Certificate of Conformance or have been certified by the Department or the city sealer on or before July 1, 2012. Provides that any apparatus certified by the Department or city sealer as of July 1, 2012 satisfies construction and installation requirements. Provides that the Department shall furnish an identification plate for registration and tracking purposes for any type of weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is impracticable to mark as required by the Act. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Weights and Measures Act is amended by changing Sections 8, 30, and 36 as follows:

(225 ILCS 470/8) (from Ch. 147, par. 108)

Sec. 8. Regulations; issuance; contents. The Director shall from time to time issue reasonable regulations for enforcement of this Act that shall have the force and effect of law. In determining these regulations, he shall appoint, consult with, and be advised by committees representative of industries to be affected by the regulations. These regulations may include (1) standards of net weight, measure or count, and reasonable standards of fill, for any commodity in package form, (2) rules governing the technical and reporting procedures to be followed and the report and record forms and marks of approval and rejection to be used by inspectors of weights and measures in the discharge of their official duties, and (3) exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of Section 14 of this Act with respect to weights and measures of such character or size that such sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, or damaging to the apparatus in question. These regulations shall include specifications, tolerances, and regulations for weights and measures, of the character of those specified in Section 10 of this Act, designed to eliminate from use (without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as closely as practicable to the official standards) such weights and measures as are (1) inaccurate, (2) of faulty construction (that is, not reasonably permanent in their adjustment or not capable of correct repetition of their indications), or (3) conducive to the perpetration of fraud. Specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 and supplements thereto or in any publication revising or superseding Handbook 44, shall be the specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices of this State, except insofar as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by a regulation issued by the Director.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133 and its supplements, or any publication revising or superseding Handbook 133, shall be the method for checking the net contents of commodities in package form. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 105-1, 105-2, 105-3, 105-4, 105-8, and their supplements, or any publication revising or superseding Handbooks 105-1, 105-2, 105-3, 105-4, and 105-8 shall be specifications and tolerances for reference standards and field standards weights and measures.

For purposes of this Act, apparatus shall be deemed "correct" when it conforms to all applicable requirements promulgated as specified in this Section. Apparatus that does not conform to all applicable requirements shall be deemed "incorrect".

The Director is authorized to prescribe by regulation, after public hearings, container sizes for fluid dairy products and container sizes for ice cream, frozen desserts, and similar items.

For the purposes of this Act, any apparatus certified by the Department or city sealer as of July 1, 2012 satisfies construction and installation requirements.

The Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation and the Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, and any of its subsequent supplements or revisions, shall be the requirements and standards governing the packaging, labeling, and method of sale of commodities for this State, except insofar as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by regulation issued by the Director.

(Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)

(225 ILCS 470/30) (from Ch. 147, par. 130)

Sec. 30. National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements and specifications. Each type of new weight and measure or weighing and measuring device manufactured, offered, or exposed for sale or sold or given away for the use in trade or commerce, or used in trade and commerce in this State, shall conform with the requirements and specifications in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, 105-1, 105-2, 105-3, 105-4, or 105-8 and any of their revisions or supplements. Such weights and measures or weighing and measuring devices used for commercial or law enforcement purposes must have a A Certificate of Conformance, unless such devices were certified by the Department or the city sealer on or before July 1, 2012. This Section applies to all such devices, including repaired devices and devices removed from service and installed at a different location in this State must be issued prior to the use of such new weight and measure or weighing and measuring device for commercial or law enforcement purposes. Pending the issuance of a Certificate of Conformance, the Department may permit such new weight and measure or weighing and measuring device to be used, provided it meets the specifications and tolerances for that particular weight and measure or weighing and measuring device as set forth in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, 105-1, 105-2, 105-3, 105-4, or 105-8.

(Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)

(225 ILCS 470/36) (from Ch. 147, par. 136)

Sec. 36. It is unlawful to manufacture, offer or expose for sale, or sell or give away, for use in trade or commerce, or to use in trade or commerce, any weight or measure or weighing or measuring device which does not have cast, stamped, etched or otherwise marked thereon the name of the manufacturer and the serial number of the approved type to which it belongs. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Department that any type of weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is such as to render it impracticable to mark, it as required by this Section, the such Department shall furnish an identification plate for registration and tracking purposes. a certificate to that effect to any manufacturer applying therefor and such weight or measure or weighing or measuring device need not be marked as required by the provisions of this Section.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3433.)

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