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    AN ACT concerning animals.

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



 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 6 as follows:
 



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    (510 ILCS 50/6)  (from Ch. 8, par. 173)



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    Sec. 6. Whenever quarantine is established in accordance 
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with the
provisions of this Act, notice shall be given by 
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delivery in person or by
mailing by registered or certified 
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mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or
occupant of any premises 
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so quarantined. Such notice shall be written or
printed, or 
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partly written and partly printed, with an explanation of the

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contents thereof. Such quarantine shall be sufficiently proved 
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in any court
by the production of a true copy of such notice of 
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quarantine together with
an affidavit, sworn to by the officer 
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or employee of the Department who
delivered or mailed such 
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notice, containing a statement that the original
thereof was 
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delivered or mailed in the manner herein prescribed.

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    Every quarantine so established shall remain in effect 
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until removed by
order of the Department. Any person aggrieved 
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by any quarantine may appeal
to the Department which shall 
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thereupon sustain, modify or annul the
quarantine as it may 
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deem proper. Quarantines will be removed when epidemiological 
 


 






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evidence indicates that the disease or contamination threat to 
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humans or other animals no longer exists.


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    Upon the satisfaction of the Director that the reason for 
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quarantine no longer exists, animals and premises quarantined 
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under this Act shall be released.  The requirements for release 
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shall be determined based on one or both of the following: (i) 
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the most recent veterinary medical information available for 
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the condition or (ii) consultation with USDA or other federal 
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agencies and reference their recommendations, guidelines, or 
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requirements. 
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    Methods for quarantine release may include, but are not 
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limited to: 
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        (1) Complete and total depopulation of affected 
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    animals followed by Department approved methods of 
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    cleaning and disinfection of the quarantined premises, 
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    when appropriate, as verified by a Department 
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    representative. 
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        (2) Completion of a Department approved testing 
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    protocol that proves the condition no longer exists in the 
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    affected and susceptible animals. 
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        (3) The use of a vaccination protocol approved by the 
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    Department combined with an approved testing protocol and 
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    depopulation of the affected animals. 
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        (4) Completion of a treatment protocol approved by the 
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    Department followed by a testing protocol approved by the 
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    Department proving the condition no longer exists in the 
 


 






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    treated animals. 
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        (5) Fulfillment of the requirements for quarantine 
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    release as provided for in the Program Standards or Uniform 
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    Methods and Rules for state/federal cooperative disease 
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    programs. 
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        (6) After the lapse of an appropriate length of time, 
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    it is determined to the satisfaction of the Director that 
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    the condition for which the quarantine was issued no longer 
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    exists. 
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    Within 45 days after the issuance of quarantine, the 
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Department shall provide the owner with a protocol whereby the 
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quarantine will be released.  Notice of the required protocol 
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shall be given by delivery in person or by mailing by 
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registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or 
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occupant of any premises under quarantine. 
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(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.