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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Vector Control Act is amended by changing 
5Section 2 and by adding Sections 1.5 and  3.5 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 95/1.5 new)
7    Sec. 1.5. Legislative intent.  The General Assembly 
8recognizes that:
9    (1) climate change is a factor in future mosquito-borne 
10and vector-borne diseases;
11    (2) there is a need to ensure environmental protection as 
12well as the protection of public health and the quality of 
13life; and
14    (3) an integrated pest management approach is the best way 
15to balancing these goals.
 



16    (410 ILCS 95/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7802)



17    Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act: 

18    "Arthropod" means a mosquito or other invertebrate animal 
19with jointed
legs and a segmented body.

20    "Commercial pesticide applicator" means a person certified 
21or licensed
under the Structural Pest Control Act or the 
22Illinois Pesticide Act who
contracts to apply a pesticide 
 
 
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1within the scope of his or her certification
or license.

2    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
3Health.

4    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department 
5of Public Health.

6    "Integrated pest management" means modification of the 
7life system of a
vector or pest to reduce its numbers to an 
8acceptable level by applying
current biological and 
9technological knowledge to achieve the desired
modification in 
10a manner that ensures protection of the environment and public 
11health.

12    "Integrated vector management approach" means an approach 
13that prioritizes prevention, biological, and nonchemical means 
14of controlling disease vectors and prioritizes a data-driven 
15approach to vector management. 
16    "Local health authority" means the full-time health 
17department, as
recognized by the Department, having 
18jurisdiction over a particular area.

19    "Pest" means undesirable arthropods (including certain 
20insects, spiders,
mites, ticks and related organisms), wood 
21infesting organisms, rats, mice,
birds and any other obnoxious 
22or undesirable animals.

23    "Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other 
24animals capable of
carrying disease-producing organisms to a 
25human or animal host. "Vector"
does not include animals that 
26transmit disease to humans only when used as
human food.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 86-452.)

 
2    (410 ILCS 95/3.5 new)
3    Sec. 3.5. Integrated vector management plan; public 
4notification prior to use of  wide-area chemical pesticides 
5from the public right of way.
6    (a) An organization performing mosquito control as a 
7public service shall submit to the Department a written 
8integrated vector management plan.
9    (b) This Section does not apply to the Department mosquito 
10control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the 
11effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General 
12Assembly.
13    (c) This Section does not apply to any business or person 
14regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act.
15    (d) A vector management organization shall establish and 
16maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of 
17wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way.
18    (e) A vector management plan shall consist of a plan for 
19the prevention, biological, and nonchemical means of 
20controlling disease vectors based upon scientific data 
21prescribed by the Department.
 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
231, 2024.