240 ILCS 40/10-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 240 - WAREHOUSES|240 ILCS 40/ - Grain Code.|Article 10 - Duties And Requirements Of Licensees

Sec. 10-20.     Duties and requirements of warehouseman.(a) It is the duty of every warehouseman to receive for  storage any grain that may be tendered to it in the ordinary course  of business so far as the licensed storage capacity of the  warehouse permits and if the grain is of a kind customarily stored  by the warehouseman and is in suitable condition  for storage.(1) If the condition of grain offered for storage     might adversely affect the condition of grain in the warehouse, a warehouseman need not receive the grain for storage, but if a warehouseman does receive the grain, then it must be stored in a manner that will not lower the grade of other grain in the warehouse.(2) A warehouseman shall provide competent personnel     and equipment to weigh and grade all grain in and out of storage.(3) A warehouseman shall maintain all licensed     warehouse facilities in a manner suitable to preserve the quality and quantity of grain stored.(b) For the purposes of the Department's examinations, a  warehouseman shall provide and maintain safe and adequate means of  ingress and egress to the various and surrounding areas of the  facilities, storage bins, and compartments of the warehouse.(c) Except as provided in this item (c), a warehouseman shall at all  times have a sufficient quantity of grain of like kind and quality to meet its  outstanding storage obligations.  For purposes of this Section, "like kind and quality" means the type of  commodity and a combination of grade, specialty traits, if any, and class or  sub-class as applicable.(d) A warehouseman shall not store grain in excess of the  capacity for which it is licensed.(e) A warehouseman may redeposit grain from its warehouse  with another warehouseman or a federal warehouseman in an  additional quantity  not to exceed the licensed storage capacity of its own warehouse.(1) If grain is redeposited as provided in this     Section, a warehouseman must retain the receipt it obtains from the second warehouseman as proof of the redeposit and retain sufficient control over the redeposited grain as is necessary to comply with directions of the original depositor regarding disposition of the redeposited grain.(2) While grain is en route from the redepositing     warehouseman to the second warehouseman, a redepositing warehouseman must retain an original or a duplicate bill of lading instead of and until such time as it obtains possession of the warehouse receipt as proof of disposition of the redeposited grain.(f) Schedule of rates and licenses.(1) A warehouseman shall file its schedule of rates     with the Department and shall post its warehouse license and a copy of the schedule of rates on file with the Department in a conspicuous place in each location of the warehouseman where grain is received.(2) The schedule of rates shall be on a form     prescribed by the Department and shall include the names and genuine signatures of all persons authorized to sign warehouse receipts issued by the warehouseman.(3) To change the schedule of rates or the name of     any person authorized to sign warehouse receipts, a warehouseman must file with the Department a revised schedule of rates and, thereafter, post the revised schedule of rates at each location of the warehouseman where grain is received.  The revised schedule of rates shall be deemed filed with the Department on the earlier of the date it is delivered to the Department or mailed to the Department by certified mail properly addressed with sufficient postage attached.  The revised schedule of rates shall be effective on the date the schedule of rates is posted after delivery or mailing to the Department in accordance with this Section.  Revised schedules of rates shall apply only to grain delivered for storage after the effective date of the revised schedule of rates.  No grain in storage at the time of the effective date of a revised schedule of rates shall be subject to a revised schedule of rates until one year after the date of delivery of grain, unless otherwise provided by a written contract.(4) The schedule of rates may provide for the     negotiation of different rates for large deliveries of grain if those rates are applied on a uniform basis to all depositors under the same circumstances.(g) A warehouseman may refuse to accept grain if the  identity of the grain is to be preserved.  If a warehouseman accepts  grain and the identity of the grain is to be preserved, the evidence of  storage shall state on its face that the grain is stored with its  identity preserved and the location of that grain.(h) A warehouseman shall at all times maintain an accurate  and current daily position record on a daily basis.(i) In the case of a change of ownership of a warehouse, the  obligations of a warehouseman do not cease until its successor is  properly licensed under this Code  or the United States Warehouse Act,  it has surrendered all unused  warehouse receipts to the Department and has executed a successor's  agreement, or the successor has otherwise provided for the  obligations of its predecessor.(j) If a warehouseman proposes to cease doing business as a  warehouseman and there is no successor, it is the duty of the  warehouseman to surrender all unused warehouse receipts to the  Department, together with an affidavit accounting for all warehouse  receipts setting forth the arrangements made with depositors for  final disposition of the grain in storage and indicating the  procedure for payment in full of all outstanding obligations. After payment in  full of all outstanding obligations, it is the duty of the warehouseman to  surrender its license.(k) Requests by a warehouseman for special examinations,  grain inventory computation, or verification of grain quantity or  quality shall be accompanied by a fee of $200.(l) Nothing in this Section is deemed to prohibit a warehouseman from  entering into agreements with depositors of grain relating to allocation or  reservation of storage space.    (Source: P.A. 93-225, eff. 7-21-03.)