Public Act 93-0121

HB0176 Enrolled                      LRB093 03775 AMC 03810 b

    AN ACT concerning animal cremation services.

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

    Section  5.   The Environmental Protection Act is amended
by adding Section 22.49 as follows:

    (415 ILCS 5/22.49 new)
    Sec. 22.49. Animal  cremation.   Unless  subject  to  the
requirements   of   Title  XV  of  this  Act  as  potentially
infectious medical waste, a  deceased  companion  animal,  as
defined  in  the  Companion  Animal  Cremation  Act,  that is
delivered  to  a  provider  of  companion  animal   cremation
services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not
waste  for  the  purposes  of  this Act.  Providing companion
animal cremation services at a location does  not  make  that
location a waste management facility for the purposes of this
Act.
    For the purposes of this Section, "companion animal" does
not include livestock.