Public Act 100-0155

HB3121 Enrolled LRB100 07350 SLF 17413 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 Sections 40 and 56.1 as follows:

(225 ILCS 470/40) (from Ch. 147, par. 140)

Sec. 40. Inspection fee; Weights and Measures Fund. The

Director and each sealer shall collect and receive from the

user of weights and measures a commercial weighing or measuring

device inspection fee. For the use of its Metrology Laboratory,

the testings of weights and measures and such other inspection

and services performed, the Department shall set a fee, the

amount of which shall be according to a Schedule of Weights and

Measures Inspection Fees established and published by the

Director. The fees so collected and received by the State shall

be deposited into a special fund to be known as the Weights and

Measures Fund. All weights and measures inspection fees,

metrology fees, weights and measures registrations, and

weights and measures penalties collected by the Department

under this Act shall be deposited into the Weights and Measures

Fund. The amount annually collected shall be used by the

Department for activities related to the enforcement of this

Act and the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act, and for the

State's share of the costs of the Field Automation Information

Management project. No person shall be required to pay more

than 2 inspection fees for any one weighing or measuring device

in any one year when found to be accurate. When an inspection

is made upon a weighing or measuring device because of a

complaint by a person other than the owner of such weighing or

measuring device, and the device is found accurate as set forth

in Section 8 of this Act, no inspection fee shall be paid by

the complainant. Any time a weighing or measuring device is

found to be inaccurate, the user shall pay the inspection fee.

If any person fails or refuses to pay, within 60 days after

the issuance of notice from the Department, a fee authorized by

this Section, the Department may prohibit that person from

using commercial weighing and measuring devices. In addition to

prohibiting the use of the device, the Department may also

recover interest at the rate of 1% per month from the time the

payment is owed to the Department until the time the Department

recovers the fee.

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

(225 ILCS 470/56.1) (from Ch. 147, par. 156.1)

Sec. 56.1. Administrative penalties; judicial review. When

an administrative hearing is held, the hearing officer, upon

determination of any violation of any Section of this Act shall

levy the following administrative monetary penalties:

(A) A penalty of $500 for a first violation.

(B) A penalty of $1,500 for a second violation at the

same location within 2 years of the first violation.

(C) A penalty of $2,500 for a third or subsequent

violation at the same location within 2 years of the second

violation.

The penalty so levied shall be collected by the Department.

Any penalty of $2,500 or greater not paid within 120 60 days of

issuance of notice from the Department shall be submitted to

the Department of Revenue Attorney General's office for

collection as provided under the Illinois State Collection Act

of 1986. The Department may prohibit any person from using a

commercial weighing or measuring device for failure to pay an

administrative monetary penalty within 60 days of issuance of

notice from the Department.

All final administrative decisions of the Department are

subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.

The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section

3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

becoming law.