SB2754 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2754

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. David Koehler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 635/5.1

from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2205.1

Amends the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Public Health to charge specific fees and instead directs the Department to determine an application fee for permits by rule. Provides that a permit issued by the Department is required prior to the operation of any milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, cleaning and sanitizing facility, milk hauler sampler, milk tank truck, or certified pasteurizer sealer. Requires the Department to determine and assess a late fee. Effective January 1, 2021.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act is amended by changing Section 5.1 as follows:

(410 ILCS 635/5.1) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2205.1)

Sec. 5.1. (a) (Blank). The Department shall charge a fee of $100 for each permit issued to a milk plant; $50 for each permit issued to a receiving station, transfer station, or cleaning and sanitizing facility; $25 for each permit issued to a milk hauler-sampler; $25 for each permit issued for a milk tank truck; and $100 for each certified pasteurizer sealer. In addition to such fees, the Department shall assess a late fee if an application for renewal of a permit is received after the expiration date of the existing permit. The late fee shall be $50 for a permit issued to a milk plant; $25 for a permit issued to a receiving station, transfer station, or cleaning and sanitizing facility; and $15 for a permit issued to a milk hauler-sampler.

(a-5) A permit issued by the Department is required prior to the operation of any milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, cleaning and sanitizing facility, milk hauler sampler, milk tank truck, or certified pasteurizer sealer. The operator of the facility shall file an application for a permit with the Department that shall be accompanied by the requisite fee, as determined by the Department by rule. In addition to the fee, the Department shall determine and assess a late fee if an application for renewal of a permit is received after the expiration of an existing permit.

(b) All permit fees charged under this Section shall be deposited into the Food and Drug Safety Fund.

(Source: P.A. 92-216, eff. 1-1-02.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2021.