Bill Text: IL HB3170 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3170 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3170-Introduced.html
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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 10 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 470/10) (from Ch. 147, par. 110)
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7 | Sec. 10. Inspection. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the Director may
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9 | inspect and
test all weights and measures held, offered, or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | exposed for sale to
ascertain if they are correct. The Director | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall, within each period of 12 months or more
frequently if | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | necessary, inspect and test all law enforcement scales used to
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13 | determine vehicle weights and
all weights and measures
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14 | commercially used (1) in determining the weight, measurement, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | or count of
commodities or things sold or offered or exposed | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | for sale on the basis of
weight, measure, or count or (2) in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | computing the basic charge or
payment
for services rendered on | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the basis of weight, measure, or count to
ascertain if they are | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | correct. However, with respect to single-service
devices | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (meaning those designed to be used commercially only once and | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | then
discarded) and devices uniformly mass-produced, as by | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | means of a mold or
die, and not susceptible to individual | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | adjustment, such tests may be
made
on representative samples of |
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1 | these devices. The lots
of which such
samples are | ||||||
2 | representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon
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3 | the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on the
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4 | samples.
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5 | (b) An inspector shall notify a quarry 24 hours before the | ||||||
6 | day the inspector intends to perform an aggregate scale | ||||||
7 | inspection of a quarry's scale or scales. If the aggregate | ||||||
8 | scale at a quarry is 1% of the test weight or less outside the | ||||||
9 | tolerance level, then the aggregate scale operator shall be | ||||||
10 | allowed 7 days to have the scale calibrated before being | ||||||
11 | required to cease operations of the scale. If an inspector | ||||||
12 | finds a scale that exceeds tolerances and it is the quarries | ||||||
13 | first or second offense, then the inspector shall use the | ||||||
14 | normal tolerances when retesting. If the scale exceeds | ||||||
15 | tolerances 3 or more times in a 24-month period, the inspector | ||||||
16 | shall retest the scale and the scale will have to meet one-half | ||||||
17 | the normal tolerances to be recertified. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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