Bill Text: IL HB2620 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, provides that the Commission shall approve self-distribution exemptions if the applicant is not a member of any affiliated group that produces directly or indirectly more than a specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, and spirits per annum, and will not annually produce for sale more than the specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, and spirits per annum. Provides that the Commission may fine, suspend, or revoke a self-distribution exemption after a hearing if it finds that the exemption holder has exceeded production of a specified amount of gallons of wine, beer, or spirits in any calendar year. Sets forth provisions concerning requirements for class 3 brewer licensees. Provides that the Commission may adopt rules governing self-distribution examples. Authorizes a distributor licensee to sell mead to brewers, class 1 brewers, and class 2 brewers that sell beer, cider, or mead to non-licensees at their breweries. Provides that a self-distribution exemption for certain wine manufacturers shall allow the sale of cider, mead, or both cider and mead to brewers, class 1 brewers, class 2 brewers, and class 3 brewers that sell beer, cider, mead, or any combination thereof to non-licensees at their breweries. Sets forth provisions concerning requirements for first class and second class wine-manufacturers that manufacture beer or spirits, class 1 and class 2 craft distillers that manufacture beer, and class 1 and class 2 brewers that manufacture spirits or wine. Provides that a brewer, class 1 brewer, or class 2 brewer may sell mead for on-premises or off-premises consumption. Provides that a first class wine-maker that concurrently holds a class 1 brewer license or a class 1 craft distiller license shall not be eligible to hold a wine-maker's premises license. Provides that the Commission may issue beer showcase permit licenses. Sets forth provisions concerning beer showcase permit licenses. Changes fees for first-class wine manufacturer and first-class wine-maker licenses and establishes fees for class 3 brewer and beer showcase permit licenses. Sets forth provisions concerning stocking, rotation, resetting, and pricing services; cooperative purchase agreements; quantity discounting programs; transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses; one-time inventory transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses; and beer production quantity reporting. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0442 [HB2620 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2620-Engrossed.html

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HB2620 Engrossed LRB102 11692 SPS 17026 b
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 Section 42 and by adding Section 42.5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 470/42) (from Ch. 147, par. 142)
Sec. 42. Placing into service. All weighing or measuring
devices must be placed into service and sealed before they are
first used in trade by a serviceperson, service agency, or
special sealer registered by the Director or by an inspector.
Seal placed on weighing or measuring device; breaking for
service; resealing. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring
device by the Director may be broken for the purpose of
calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
serviceperson or special sealer registered by the Director or
by a special sealer. After servicing, the serviceperson must
reseal using the number on the seal as assigned by the
Director, and shall be responsible for the unit after it has
been resealed. Written notice advising the Director within 5
days as to the unit on which the seal was broken and resealed
must be submitted so that a recheck may be made by the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)

HB2620 Engrossed - 2 - LRB102 11692 SPS 17026 b
(225 ILCS 470/42.5 new)
Sec. 42.5. Sealing and resealing a weighing or measuring
device. A seal placed on any weighing or measuring device by
the Director may be broken for the purposes of testing,
calibration, adjustment, or repair, but only by a
serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer registered by
the Director or by an inspector.
After testing or servicing, the device must be resealed
with the seal displaying the registration number of the sealer
as assigned by the Director and the sealer shall be
responsible for the unit after it has been resealed. Written
notice advising the Director as to the unit on which the seal
was broken and resealed must be submitted within 5 days so that
a recheck may be made by the Department.
On any device whose sole method of sealing is an audit
trail, event counter, or similar system, a tamper evident
label shall be affixed to the device that includes the
sealer's registration number as issued by the Director and the
most recent count or counts listed in the audit trail, event
counter, or similar system. These counts shall also be entered
on all placed in-service reports and any test reports where
calibration counts were changed from the beginning of testing.