Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 470 — Weights and Measures Act.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Weights and Measures Act"

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Weights and Measures Act". (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3433.)

Definitions

Definitions. As used in this Act: "Person" means both singular and plural as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies and associations. "Weights and measures" means all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any app…

Recognition and use of systems

Recognition and use of systems. The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and one or the other of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in this State. The definitions of basic units of weight and measu…

The term "barrel", when used in connection with fermented liquor, means a unit of 31 gallons

The term "barrel", when used in connection with fermented liquor, means a unit of 31 gallons. The term "ton" means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois weight. The term "cord", when used in connection with wood intended for fuel purposes, means the amount of wood contained in a space of 128 cubic feet when the wood is ra…

State standards; safekeeping

State standards; safekeeping. Weights and measures supplied to the State of Illinois by the federal government or otherwise obtained by the State for use as State standards shall, when certified to be satisfactory for use as such by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, be the standards of weight and meas…

The Director shall be, ex officio, the director of weights and measures for the State of Illinois

The Director shall be, ex officio, the director of weights and measures for the State of Illinois. The Director may designate or appoint qualified persons to represent him in carrying out his responsibilities as set forth in this Act. There shall be State inspectors of weights and measures and necessary technical and c…

The Director shall maintain custody of the State standards of weight and measure and of other standards and equipment provided for by this Act and shall keep accurate records thereof

The Director shall maintain custody of the State standards of weight and measure and of other standards and equipment provided for by this Act and shall keep accurate records thereof. The Director shall enforce the provisions of this Act, shall maintain general supervision of weights and measures offered for sale, sold…

Regulations; issuance; contents

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 re…

Registration of servicepersons, service agencies, and special sealers

Registration of servicepersons, service agencies, and special sealers. (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall install, service, recondition or repair a weighing or measuring device used in trade or commerce without first obtaining a certificate of registration. A certificate of registration shall be renewed annually…

Calibration of field standards procured by cities

Calibration of field standards procured by cities. At least once every year, the Director shall test the standards of weights and measures procured by any city for which appointment of a sealer of weights and measures is provided by this Act. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

Inspection

Inspection. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Director may inspect and test all weights and measures held, offered, or exposed for sale to ascertain if they are correct. The Director shall, within each period of 12 months or more frequently if necessary, inspect and test all law enforcement scales used to determine…

The Director shall investigate complaints received by him concerning violations of the provisions of this Act and shall conduct such investigations as he deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of t…

The Director shall from time to time weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities held, offered or exposed for sale or sold or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and are being held, offered or exposed for sale or were sold in accordance with law. Whe…

The Director may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being or susceptible of being commercially used, and may issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale or sold or in pro…

Upon inspection and test, the Director shall approve for use and may seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds to be "correct" and shall reject and mark or tag as "rejected" such weights and measures as he finds to be "incorrect" (but susceptible of satisfactory repair), as defined in…

To enforce this Act and other Acts dealing with weights and measures and enforceable by him, the Director is vested with special police powers, and may without formal warrant both arrest any violator of such Acts and seize for use as evidence incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodit…

The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the Director by Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 and 56 of this Act shall also be conferred upon the designated or appointed qualified persons, whenever they act under the instructions and at the direction of the Director. (Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)

Sealer weights and measures

Sealer weights and measures. In and for each city having a population of 25,000 or more according to the latest official United States census, there may be a sealer of weights and measures and such deputy sealers of weights and measures as may be required. A city sealer is required to attend annual training workshops c…

Subject to the annual training provisions of Section 17, the sealer of a city, and each of his deputy sealers when acting under his instructions and at his direction, has the same powers and duties within the city for which appointed as are conferred upon the director by Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 56 of this A…

The common or legislative council of each city for which a sealer has been appointed pursuant to Section 17 of this Act shall (1) procure at the expense of the city such standards of weight and measure and such additional equipment, to be used for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act in such city, as may be pr…

In cities for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed pursuant to this Act, the Director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this Act

In cities for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed pursuant to this Act, the Director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this Act. The legislative body of each such city may, by ordinance, prescribe the duties of the sealer and enact regulatory measures more restrictive th…

Rejected weights and measures

Rejected weights and measures. Weights and measures rejected under the authority of the Director or a sealer remain subject to control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has been made under this Section. The owners of the rejected weights and measures shall cause them t…

Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count. However, liquid commodities may be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form may be…

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce or kept, offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain and conspicuous declaration of (1) the identity…

In addition to the declarations required by Section 24 of this Act, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity shall bear the total selling price of the package and shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous dec…