Bill Title: Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that certificates of registration shall be renewed annually. Provides that if a registrant fails to renew a certificate of registration for more than one registration year, the registrant shall pass a qualifying examination for each type of weighing or measuring device the registrant intends to install, service, recondition, or repair before the registrant's certificate is renewed. Provides that, beginning with the 2020 registration year, a registrant must pass a qualifying examination for each type of weighing and measuring device the registrant intends to install, service, recondition, or repair. A registrant must retest every 5 years thereafter, provided the serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer is registered annually and remains in good standing. If a serviceperson, service agency, or special sealer fails to register with the Department of Agriculture, he or she must retest after a year lapse. Provides that for registrants who have been continuously registered for 5 or more years on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall require one-third to pass the examinations required by the Act in the 2020 registration year, one-third to pass the examinations required by the Act in the 2021 registration year, and one-third to pass the examinations required by the Act in the 2022 registration year. Provides that each serviceperson must be associated with a primary service agency. Provides that each service agency shall have at least one registered serviceperson prior to being qualified as a registered service agency. Makes changes concerning Placed in Service Reports. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3666 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Jerry Costello [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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