100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3081

 

Introduced , by Rep. David B. Reis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 650/3  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 303
225 ILCS 650/11  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 311

    Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2018, licenses issued to Type I and Type II establishments (meat and poultry processing and slaughtering) shall not expire if the licensee remains in compliance with the provisions of the Act. Provides that if the management at a Type I establishment desires to work under conditions which will require the services of a Department of Agriculture inspector on any Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, or for more than an approved work day on any other day shall request the Department representative (currently, Regional Administrator) to furnish inspection service during those times. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended
5by changing Sections 3 and 11 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 650/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 303)
7    Sec. 3. Licenses.
8    (a) No person shall operate an establishment as defined in
9Section 2 or act as a broker as defined in Section 2 without
10first securing a license from the Department except as
11otherwise exempted. Beginning July 1, 2018, licenses issued to
12Type I establishments and Type II establishments under this Act
13shall not expire if the licensee remains in compliance with the
14provisions of this Act.
15    (b) The following annual fee fees shall accompany each
16license application for the license year from July 1 to June 30
17or any part thereof. This fee is These fees are
18non-refundable: .
19        Meatbroker,   Poultry  broker,  or  Meat  and  
20    Poultry
21    broker ...............................................$50
22        Type I Establishment - Processor, Slaughterer, or
23    Processor and Slaughterer of Meat, Poultry or Meat and

 

 

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1    Poultry ..................................................$50
2        Type II Establishment - Processor, Slaughterer, or
3    Processor and Slaughterer of Meat, Poultry or Meat and
4    Poultry ..................................................$50
5Application for licenses shall be made to the Department in
6writing on forms prescribed by the Department.
7    (c) The license issued shall be in such form as the
8Department prescribes, shall be under the seal of the
9Department and shall contain the name of the licensee, the
10location for which the license is issued, the type of
11operation, the period of the license, and such other
12information as the Department requires. The original license or
13a certified copy of it shall be conspicuously displayed by the
14licensee in the establishment.
15    (d) Failure to meet all of the conditions to retain a
16license may result in a denial of a renewal of a license. The
17licensee may request an administrative hearing to dispute the
18denial of renewal, after which the Director shall enter an
19order either renewing or refusing to renew the license.
20    (e) A penalty of $50 shall be assessed if renewal license
21applications are not received by July 1 of each year and
22establishment operations shall be discontinued until payment
23is received in full.
24(Source: P.A. 94-1052, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
25    (225 ILCS 650/11)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 311)

 

 

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1    Sec. 11. Time of operation. The Director shall require
2operations at Type I licensed establishments to be conducted
3under inspection and during approved hours of operation. The
4management of an official establishment desiring to work under
5conditions which will require the services of an inspector of
6the Department on any Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, or for more
7than an approved work day on any other day shall, sufficiently
8in advance of the period of overtime, request the Department
9representative Regional Administrator to furnish inspection
10service during such overtime period, and, if approved, shall be
11allowed inspection on an overtime basis.
12(Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.