Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 2/18/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2879




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    AMENDMENT 2879 NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2879 by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5.  The Mosquito Abatement District Act is amended 
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by changing
Section 8 as
follows:


 



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    (70 ILCS 1005/8)
  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 81)



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    Sec. 8. The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement 
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district shall, in
its work, advise and cooperate with the 
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Department of Public Health of the
State, and the board of 
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trustees of such district shall submit to such
Department, on 
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or before January 1st of each year, a report of the work
done 
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and results obtained by the district during the preceding year.

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    The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement district, 
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or its designee,
shall conduct routine
surveillance of 
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mosquitoes to detect the presence
of mosquito-borne
diseases of 
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public health significance. The surveillance shall be 
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conducted in
accordance with mosquito
abatement and
control 
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guidelines as set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control 
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and
Prevention. Areas reporting
disease in humans shall be 
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included in the surveillance activities. Mosquito
abatement 
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districts
shall report to the local certified public health 
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department the results of
any positive mosquito
samples 
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infected with any arboviral infections, including, but not

 


 






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limited
to: West Nile
Virus, St. Louis Encephalitis, and 
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Reports shall
be made to the local

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certified public health department's director of environmental 
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health, or a
designee of the department, within 24 hours
after 
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receiving a positive report. The report shall include the type 
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of
infection, the number of
mosquitoes collected in the 
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trapping device, the type of trapping device used,
and
the type 
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of
laboratory testing used to confirm the infection.
Any 
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trustee of a mosquito abatement district, or designee of the 
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board of
trustees of a mosquito abatement district, that fails 
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to
comply with the
requirements of this Act is guilty of a 
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Class A Misdemeanor.

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(Source: Laws 1927, p. 694.)



 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.28 as
follows:


 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)

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    Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 93rd General Assembly.

 
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    Section 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".